MUSICAL WORKS

SEO Juri / 서주리

2022

Goldfinch

Birth C: KOREA (South) Gender: Female

Dest: Concert

Media Specification: Mixed Music

Performer(s): Patrick Dailey, countertenor

Instruments: Voice & Live Electronics

Prog. notes: Birdsongs are a mystery to the human ear. Every language has produced a myriad of unsuccessful attempts at depicting birdsongs. My Goldfinch lives in the continuum between humans and birds. The lyrics are various mnemonics, the most prominent being the “po-ta-to-chip” call of the American Goldfinch. It is a song we sing to the birds, with the birds, in our unrelenting affection for them.

Editor: MB

Comment: 2022