Seated at the Throat [2023-24]

solo baritone voice [25’]

written for Ty Bouque

performance history

3/10/2024 - Ty Bouque. Boston Conservatory. Seully Hall. Boston, MA

2/5/2024 - Ty Bouque. Lecture-Performance. The Institute of Sonology at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. The Netherlands

1/23/2024 - Ty Bouque. 2640 Space. Baltimore, MD

program note

[…forthcoming…]

text

song i

Beyond the mouth,

Swelled & heavy,

Ghosts nest in my passage,

Sprawled upon my nodes

This grave is loud.

Dead sex echoes

In the carrier

song ii

my Stowaway,

our hosts…

i eat and am eaten.

song iii

Unfurl the tongue.

Flare the throat.

My fleshy altar

A seat to offer

You’ll find me,

Sunken,

Hungrier than the ghost