Orianna Webb -- Works
Cantilena Program Note: The tune for the Cantilena came to me while I was standing on a dusty dirt road between fields at a second cousin's farm in Michigan. My extended family was gathered together around picnic tables nearby, eating macaroni and cheese, ham, and many varieties of Jello salad. A few had come from faraway places like Florida and California; we had come from Ohio; but most were from the area; in fact there is a road named for this branch of the family that stretches through the rural counties outside of Ann Arbor. I was mostly accustomed to more urban environments, and I enjoyed the sound of the breeze, the shades of green, brown, and sky-blue, and all the space around me. I think there is some of this gentleness and spaciousness in the tune of the Cantilena.
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