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Letter from Beirut

from Reacting to the Landscape by Whistling Hens

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  • Whistling Hens commissioned a coloring book featuring women composers. Made in collaboration with Dynamic Doodle Co., the PDF coloring book includes: Victoria Bond, Amy Bormet, Jenni Brandon, Rebecca Clarke, Ashi Day, Melika Fitzhugh, Cherise Leiter, Dannielle McBryan, Diana Rosenblum, Jennifer Stevenson.

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about

Jennifer Stevenson, composer. Written for Whistling Hens in 2021.

lyrics

Text by Lory Bedikian

Dear Cousin -

The country is on fire again.

Today, rockets hit nearby.

Lebanon is so small

everything can be heard.

​

For years we have known

the language of bombs.

But tonight, tonight it is quiet.

​

The country is falling.

People have fled their homes.

Children are dead.

Here, in the eastern part,

we are safe, for now.

​

Sorry for writing you late.

Everything is shut down.

I have no work.

Indoors most of the time.

We sit and wait for news.

Our lights flicker on and off

like the winter moon.

​

People's hearts have turned

hard as rocks. No one walks

the streets. Only the old men

at the corner argue until dusk.

They are so close to death,

they don't tremble as we do.

​

For now, this much.

It is difficult to write.

Our ears are accustomed

to explosions and running feet.

​

But tonight, tonight it is so quiet,

so silent you could hear

​

the strike of a match.

-Lory Bedikian

credits

from Reacting to the Landscape, released October 1, 2022
Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano; Natalie Groom, clarinet.

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Whistling Hens Lanham, Maryland

Whistling Hens was founded by soprano Jennifer Piazza-Pick and clarinetist Natalie Groom to perform and commission music by women composers and create a financially and artistically equitable future for women in music. The name comes from a quote by a male music critic who said of Lili Boulanger in 1918, "women composers are at best whistling hens.” ... more

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