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MOMENTS IN FILM Flying Solo

for SATB choir and piano

Flying Solo Timothy C. Takach $3.00 SATB, piano

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This piece was funded through the website Consortio.io Consortium Members: Baker University, Dr. Ryan Olsen, conductor; Baldwin City, KSBranham High School, Barbara West, conductor; San Jose, CAC. M. Russell High Chanteur Choir, Lynn Ryan, conductor; Great Falls, MTChanhassen High School Concert Choir, Sarah Gilbertson, conductor; Chanhassen, MNCharlotte High School Chorale, Andy Schroetter, conductor; Charlotte, MICherry Creek High School Meistersingers, Sarah Harrison, conductor; Greenwood Village, COConcordia International School Shanghai Chamber Singers, Meg Ideker, conductor; Shanghai, ChinaEast Gaston High School Concert Choir, Peter Haley, conductor, Mt. Holly, NC Estes Park High School Concert Choir, Alan Denney, conductor; Estes Park, COFlower Mound High School, Dr. Mark Rohwer, conductor; Flower Mound, TXGonzaga University Concert Choir, Dr. Timothy Westerhaus, conductor; Spokane, WAGreat Falls High, Patrick Ryan, conductor; Great Falls, MTGreater South Jersey Chorus, Dr. Christopher Thomas, conductor; Cherry Hill, NJ Illinois College, Dr. Abby Musgrove, conductor; Jacksonville, ILIndianola High School Choir, Myles Finn, conductor; Indianola, IAInterlochen Arts Academy Choir, John Bragle, conductor; Interlochen, MIIowa City West High School Singers, David Haas, conductor; Iowa City, IAIrvine High School, Tina Peterson, conductor; Irvine, CAKansas City Kansas Community College, John Stafford, conductor; Kansas City, KSLakeside School Concert Choir, Shekela Wanyama, conductor; Seattle, WA Laramie High School Plainsmen Singers, Donna Solverud, conductor; Laramie, WYMason City High School, Joel Everist, conductor; Mason City, IAMuleshoe High School, Christy Barber, conductor; Muleshoe, TXNew Richmond High School, New Richmond, WINorth Idaho College Cardinal Chorale, Max Mendez, conductor; Coeur d’Alene, IDNorth Lamar HS Varsity Mixed, Rebecca Hildreth, director; Paris, TXNortheastern Illinois University Choirs, Dr. Christopher Owen, conductor; Chicago, ILNorthern Illinois University, Dr. Eric A. Johnson, conductor; DeKalb, ILOriana Consort, Walter Chapin, conductor; Cambridge, MAOsseo Senior High Chamber Singers, Margaret Sabin, conductor; Osseo, MN Pella Christian High School Concert Choir, Timothy Van Voorst, conductor, Pella, IAPenn State Behrend Concert Choir, Dr. Gabrielle Dietrich, conductor; Erie, PASauk Rapids-Rice High School Concert Choir, Steven D. Mick, conductor; Sauk Rapids, MNShattuck-St. Mary’s Chamber Choir, Peter Schleif and James Yao, conductors; Faribault, MNSouth Metro Chorale, Mark Bilyeu, conductor; Minneapolis/St. Paul, MNSouthern Berkshire Regional School District, Chris Clark, conductor; Sheffield, MAThe St. Michael - Albertville Concert Choir, Brandon Berger and Joseph Osowski, directors; St. Michael, MN Sunnyvale High School Choir, Megan Senter, conductor; Sunnyvale, TXVJ and Angela Skutt Catholic High School Concert Choirs, Chris Storm, conductor; Omaha, NEWaconia High School Select Chamber Choir, Aaron Olson, conductor; Waconia, MNWalter Johnson High School Madrigals, Kelly Butler, conductor; Bethesda, MDWashington Community High School, Lara Reem, conductor; Washington, ILWaunakee High School Concert Choir, Molly Petroff, conductor; Waunakee, WIWright County Chamber Chorus, Michael Walsh, conductor; Buffalo, MN

Text: You are gone,And I fall silent.

You staked your lifeTo save my own. You spoke for meAnd called me friend,And you are silent now.

Together we were legend—The Falcon, you, and I—No bounty hunter stopped us;No pirate lord could bring us in.We smuggled, we fought, eluded, tricked;We owned the Kessel Run. Heroes of the Rebellion.

We have seen the darkness rise, and fall,And rise again. The struggle continues,And I take my familiar seat,But I cannot fly solo.

But now there is another,And the Falcon flies again. You trusted her. I trust her too. But I will not forget. - Charles Anthony Silvestri - Commissioned for this piece. Used with permission.

From the Composer: As I’ve become more in touch with what drives my creative energy, I’ve tried to find ways to combine my passions togther. When I was a kid, this meant putting every topping imaginable on my ice cream. More recently it means making choral music out of new poetry inspired by film. I had the idea to take a longer look at some of the themes from scenes or moments on film and explore them in a different artistic medium. In this way, we as musicians can explore passion, fear, grief, strength and other emotions with an additional access point other than words and music.

I called Tony up and asked him if he’d be interested in this project. We talked about a few films, and then when I told him my idea for this piece, he paused and said, “I’ve been waiting my whole life to write a Star Wars poem.” We wanted to write about a moment in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” where (SPOLIER ALERT) Chewbacca witnesses his lifelong friend Han Solo get killed. We see a moment of grief on screen, but for those of us who have been through any kind of grief, we know it lasts a whole lot longer than that. Tony and I wanted to explore that grief from a best friend’s perspective. The poem itself is very specific (and delightfully so for a geek like me), but I think Tony has captured the emotion perfectly: Starting with despair and ending with hope.

In the original poem, Tony had written a wordless wailing in between a few of the stanzas. It was obviously a wookie sound - “rruoww” - and since that’s a hard word for humans to pronounce, we will sing it on an “ah” vowel. But notice that there is a16th note tremolo in it, meant to approximate that slow, gutteral wookie vibrato.

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©2018 All Rights Reserved. Text used with permission. For more information and to order scores please visit TimothyCTakach.com

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Selected vocal works by Timothy C. Takach:

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s A Worshipper and a Man SATB a cappella And I Saw SATB div. a cappella As the Sunf lower Turns on Her God SSAATBB div, Sop. solo, SSATB soli, a cappella The Darkling Thrush (earthsongs) SATB, SAT soli, a cappella Fragile SATB, hand drum Listen to the Apples SATB div. a cappella moments in film: A Mural of Change SATB, piano moments in film: Insidious SATB, piano moments in film: Flying Solo SATB, piano Neither Angels, Nor Demons, Nor Powers (Graphite Publishing) SSATBB a cappella Nubes Oriebatur: the eruption of Vesuvius SSATBB a cappella One Boy Told Me SATB, piano Ragnarök SATB div. a cappella Su Rahva Koda (The House of Your Kindred) SSAATTBB a cappella This Alien Landscape SATB, crotales, suspended cymbal, bass drum This Amazing Life SA(T)B, piano

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The Longest Nights (ca. 21’) SATB, piano or string quartet This is How You Love (ca. 35’) composed with Jocelyn Hagen SATB div. a cappella True North (ca. 16’) SATB, chamber orchestra We, the Unknown (ca. 40’) TTBB, soloists, chamber orchestra Where Beauty Comes From (ca. 16’) TBB, 2-part, SSAA, SATB; piano

Reviewed as “gorgeous” (Washington Post) and “stunning” (Lawrence Journal-World), the music of Timothy C. Takach has risen fast in the concert world. Applauded for his melodic lines and rich, intriguing harmonies, Takach has received commissions from the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, St. Olaf Band, Cantus, Pavia Winds, Lorelei Ensemble, VocalEssence, the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, The Rose Ensemble, and numerous other organizations. His compositions have been performed on A Prairie Home Companion, The Boston Pops holiday tour, multiple All-State and festival programs and at venues such as the Library of Congress, Kennedy Center and Royal Opera House Muscat. He is a co-creator of the theatrical production of All is Calm: the Christmas Truce of 1914, by Peter Rothstein.

Takach studied music composition at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, and has frequent national work as a composer-in-residence, presenter, clinician and lecturer. He is a full-time composer and lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two sons.

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Timothy C. Takach - Graphite Publishing · Star Wars poem.” We wanted to write about a moment in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” where (SPOLIER ALERT) Chewbacca witnesses his