echo
Available for SATB and percussion
Duration: 4 mins
Exclusively distributed by Oxford University Press.
echo is musical celebration of human connectivity. It is singable, powerful, rhythmic, and contemplative. Wong reflects in her music and text the idea that ‘the coming-together of many singers to a single location is also the coming-together of many ancestors […] where they would not have intersected before this’. The percussion part is flexibly written for high and low drums. echo was commissioned by National Concerts and was premiered in April 2024 at Carnegie Hall, conducted by Marques L. A. Garrett.
You and I
Echo ancient voices
That fly through time
Carving memories in the air
You and I
I penned the text, reflecting on the nature of group singing that brings folks together for a unique shared moment in time. In many cultures, there is a belief that we carry our ancestors in our hearts as we walk the earth. So, the coming-together of many singers to a single location is also the coming-together of many ancestors connecting in a way and time where they would not have intersected before this, if not for a choral or group singing event.
This work features a joyous anthemic refrain that bursts through contrasting sections of various tonalities and textures. The contemplative ending allows singers to capture the final moments of music-making in the same space, together.
I am grateful to National Concerts for commissioning me to create this work as their Composer-In-Residence for the 2024 Season. It is an honour to be a part of this meaningful collaboration.
– Tracy Wong, November 2023.
Learning Resources
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Tracy Wong on composing echo:
Recordings
UNT University Singers
Marques L. A. Garrett, conductor
Michael Crawford, percussion
Recorded live Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Winspear Hall
Murchison Performing Arts Center, College of Music, University of North Texas
echo · London Voices · Tracy Wong · Ben Parry
More Choral Music for Mixed Voices 2024
℗ 2024 Oxford University Press
Released on: 2024-10-01
Conductor: Ben Parry
Producer, Engineer: Ken Blair
Music Publisher: Oxford University Press
Lyricist, Composer: Tracy Wong
