“I Am I” by Paolo Griffin was written for the Bahué 2022 Latinx Composer Miniature Challenge and performed and recorded by Ariel Campos and Aliana de la Guardia.
The voice and percussion duo, Bahué, presents the first virtual world premiere of the 2022 LATINX COMPOSER MINIATURE CHALLENGE (#LCMC), now available to watch on Instagram, YouTube, and the Bahué website.
"I Am I" by Paolo Griffin was written for the Bahué 2022 Latinx Composer Miniature Challenge and performed and recorded by Ariel Campos and Aliana de la Guardia. Its virtual world premiere is April 28, 2022. The composer writes about the work: "I was on a walk by myself in the afternoon of February 1st. My neighbourhood in the West end of Toronto has a good amount of graffiti and public art, most of it very beautiful. On the side of a building I walked by, just off of Dundas St. West, someone had scrawled the words, I am I, in black paint on a white brick wall. Our Winters in Canada can be quite bright, since the cold gives away to near constant sun during the day. I thought the contrast of white and black in the glaring sunlight was very striking. After I began writing this short piece, I remembered the words I had seen written on that building (by the time I started working on this piece, a week later, the words had been removed). Those words became the text for this piece."Like and subscribe to @bahueduo on Instagram and YouTube to witness the virtual world premieres of these new miniature compositions. Visit bahueduo.com/lcmc to learn more.
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