Seek, Home - for SATB choir and piano (2023) - 5'

commissioned by the Cornell University Glee Club and Chorus

Joe Lerangís, conductor
Cornell University Glee Club and Chorus

“Seek, Home” contains two sets of text: one in English and the other in Taiwanese. William Blake’s “Nurse’s Song” depicts a nurse gently urging the children to come back home for the night, while the Taiwanese folk song “A Bird Cries in Despair” portrays a bird’s desolate cries over its lost nest. This piece juxtaposes these two contrasting portrayals to create ambiguity and tension around the idea of "home."