Description
If you’re looking for something different that can feature an aspiring beatboxer, this is the piece for you. The text for Someplace was created by singer/songwriter Chris Koza, and Hagen wanted to give the piece similar style in a choral setting. It gives the choir and opportunity to feature two soloists and is a wonderful fit for spring concerts and graduation.
Performed by Autumn Simunek, Eldon Warner, Seth Pierce, University of South Dakota Chamber Singers under the direction of David Holdhusen
Text
Let’s go Someplace
To the wind be wed
Let the compass spin
And by chance be led
Across a sea
Of rocks and red
Of mountain peaks
And riverbeds
Let’s drift like clouds
Ever changing form
Through the sapphire day
And amethyst eve
Through ruby dawn
And emerald morn
Where the moon dies
And sun’s reborn
Let’s sing like branches
Bending with the breeze
In the summer heat
Through the autumn leaves
With winter’s hush
As the rivers freeze
mimic trickling cricks
In Spring’s reprise
Let’s go someplace
Where the boundaries blur
Lost in Prairie Sage
Among Bison herds
Where pheasants fly
Where the river turns
Let’s be together
On this sweet sojourn
Let’s go someplace
Let’s go someplace
Let’s go
– Chris Koza
Composer Notes
The beatboxing part is not notated and should be improvised. Please listen to the recording by the University of South Dakota Chamber Singers for a wonderful example on how it can be done.
– Jocelyn Hagen