Here I Am: I Am Here

Commission year: 
2019
Grant recipient: 
Coro Allegro

Boston, MA

A work focused on the experiences of transgender and queer children and their parents, for SATB chorus, soloists, small ensemble, and narrator.

Composer note: A mother writes to her transgender son on his 5th birthday to affirm who he always was. A survivor of conversion therapy writes to their younger self with gratitude for the courage it took to survive.

CANE role: 
Premiere date: 
Sunday, November 6, 2022