Commissioned by the Bethel College Concert Choir

Peacefully SATB Chorus

Paul Rudy Duration 4’

© 2009 by Twisted Trail Music, all rights reserved

Peacefully Program Notes

Peacefully was commissioned by the Bethel College Concert Choir as part of a residency around their Greer Lectureship in the Arts (2010). The text is my own resonance with the Tao te Ching, a monumental and important work of the utmost simplicity and wisdom: a source of comfort and direction in a complicated technological time that often seems out of control. The Tao speaks to the heart of our matter, and in this point in my life, that heart is peace. I learned as a child in the Mennonite Church, and as a student of both music and theology at Bethel College that peace is a place of great tranquility-a place of active participation rather than passive complacency, and a way to seek. Much has intervened in between now and then, but as life circles back on itself, it settles into a wisdom born of these roots untarnished even by long decades of detour. And so it is with great pleasure that I return to this place of peace in both a personal and musical way and that Bethel College is again a part of that space. Special thanks to the many that guided me during my first residency at Bethel (1980-84) and to those whom I am so grateful to be collaborating with 30 years later!

Biography

Paul Rudy (1962) is a life-long student whose music encompasses desert to kitchen, inside to outback, and chamber/orchestral. A fascination with sound has led from instrumental works to radio programs in London and Aspen Colorado, to interactive, installation, and cinematic works, with, and without visuals. Rudy has received awards from the Guggenheim (2008), Fulbright (1997) and Wurlitzer Foundations (2007 and 2009), Sounds Electric ’07 Competition (1st Prize), Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition (including a 2008 commission), EMS (Sweden 1st Prize), Citta di Udine (Prize ex aequo), SEAMUS, Meet the Composer, the American Composer’s Forum, SCI, National Music Teacher’s Association and the Missouri Music Teacher’s Association. He promotes the music of living composers by curating concerts Internationally and lectures widely on the analysis of non-notated sonic art, sound in film and timbral practice. He teaches at the University of Missouri at Kansas City where he received the 2008 Kauffman Award for Artistic Excellence. He has an avid interest in bicycling, hiking, camping, and mountaineering. In 1994 he completed the Colorado Grand Slam after climbing all 54 of Colorado's 14,000 ft peaks and still hopes some day to go above 20,000 ft. Rudy’s CD Series 2012 Stories are available online at iTunes. Visit: www.paulrudy.com for more information.

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peace ful ly...

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peace ful ly...

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peace ful ly...

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peace ful ly...

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peace

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peace

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ful speak

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ful speak

˙̇̇ œœ˙̇˙# œœn

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mi nim al

.œ jœ œmi nim al

.œ jœ œmi nim al

.œn Jœœ

mi nim al

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then be

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still,

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PeacefullyPaul Rudy

b. 1962

© 2009 by Twisted Trail Music, All Rights Reserved

Commissioned by The Bethel College Concert ChoirText inspired by Lao Tzu

*The A can be nested in the alto from the beginning by a single or few singers speaking on A, or given via tuning fork or pitch pipe softly in the middle of the aleatoric "speak" section. Regardless,it should emerge imperceptibly at first and grow into the whole chorus.

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Speak random, nonsense or conversational gibberish to your neighbors (be theatrical!)

Speak random, nonsense or conversational gibberish to your neighbors (be theatrical!)

Speak random, nonsense or conversational gibberish to your neighbors (be theatrical!)

Speak random, nonsense or conversational gibberish to your neighbors (be theatrical!)

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œb œ Œsi lence

œb œ Œsi lence

œb œb Œsi lence

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airy...almost a whisper

airy...almost a whisper

airy...almost a whisper

airy...almost a whisper

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œ œb ˙re son...

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re so nate

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not in tempo! vary syllables and speed

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storms!storms ex cite!

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storms ex cite! storms ex cite!

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storms excite! storms excite!

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storms excite! storms excite!

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storms excite! storms excite!

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storms ex cite!

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storms ex cite! storms ex cite!

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storms ex cite! storms ex cite!

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storms ex cite! storms ex cite!

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storms ex cite! storms ex cite!

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sun

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storms ex cite! storms

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jœœsun shine sun shine

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jœœsun

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jœœsun shine sun shine

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œjœœœ œ

jœœœœœbb Jœ

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jœshine

.œ .œsun shine

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jœsun shine sun shine

.œ .œsun shine

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Jœ

shine sun

œœœbjœœ œœ

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sun shine

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jœsun shine sun shine

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shine sun

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œœsun shine sun shine

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jœsun shine sun shine

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sun shine

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œ œ œb œsun shine sun shine

œ œ œ œsun shine sun

œ œ œb œ œ œsun

œ œ œ œb œ

sun shine sun

œœ œ œœ œb œœ œ

œœ œ œœb œ œœ œœ

œ œ œb œ œ œsun shine

œb œ œ œ œb œshine

œb œ œ œ œshine

œ œb œ œ œ œbshine

œœœb œ œœ œœ œœb œ

œ

œb œœb œœ œœ œœ œ

œœb œœb ˙̇b

sun shine!

œb ˙̇bsun shine!

œ œb ˙̇bsun shine!

œ ˙̇˙b

b( )

sunshine!

œb œ

œœœœbb

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bœb œ

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approximate pitch only

..¿¿

approximate pitch only

..¿̇

approximate pitch only

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sun

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sun

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sun

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sun

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œ ˙œ œb œshine sun

œœœœ

b œœb œœœb œœœ œn œ œ

œ ˙œœœbb œœ

..˙̇bbshine!

..˙˙bshine!

..˙̇bshine!

..˙̇bbshine!

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..˙˙,

..˙̇,

..˙̇,

....˙̇˙˙

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sun

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bb

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still

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still

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still

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2 singers per part(staggar breathing)

œmi nim

˙˙ œœmi nim

˙̇bb œœmi nim

˙b œmi nim

˙˙˙b œœœ

˙̇˙b

bb œœœ

˙b œal ly,

˙˙ œœal ly,

˙̇bb œœal ly,

˙b œal ly,

˙˙˙b œœœ

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bb œœœ

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¿whisper! do not coordinate

Psubito

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œ œ# œ#Speak speak

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.˙nspeak

...˙̇̇##...

˙̇̇#n

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peace

..˙̇#

π

peace

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peace

.˙π

peace

....˙˙̇̇#...˙˙˙##

..˙˙ful

..˙̇#ful

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˙ œœpeace ful

˙̇# œœpeace ful

˙̇# œœpeace ful

˙ œpeace ful

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œœœœ˙̇˙# œœœ

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..˙̇ly...

..˙̇#ly...

..˙̇ly...

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Taos, New Mexico, May, 2009