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I first encountered the work of Bengali poet, Rabindranath Tagore, singing Silence, My Soul, by Filipino composer, Francisco Feliciano, with the Philippine Madrigal Singers. Tagore’s poetry is lyrical, organic and very attuned to nature. These were probably the factors that appealed most to me as an Asian composer. Tagore was also a polymath, excelling in the fields of visual, aural and spatial arts, making his poems malleable and easily adaptable to musical settings; notwithstanding the fact that Tagore himself was also a musician. This particular setting was written for the 2013 Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium.

Paper Boats is from a children's poetry set called "Crescent Moon" published in 1913. The piece should be performed with child-like zeal and wonder, making sure that it is light and playful while also ensuring rhythmic accuracy, particularly in the hocketing textures in the middle of the piece.

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