I Tell You Me

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Annika Socolofsky

Annika Socolofsky


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General Info

Year: 2021
Duration: c. 17:15
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown


Movements

1. Sugar, spice - 4:05
2. What Are Little Girls Made of? - 7:10
3. They Tell Us We - 5:24


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Errata

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Program Notes

We grew up in a world that divides billions of complex people into one of two categories. We’d never do that to colors. We’d never do that to flowers. We understand in most things that the more things that there are, the more beautiful they are. And not only that, not only do we divide them into two, we say that they have to be opposing and oppositional. Which means to be a woman means not to be a man. To be masculine means to be not feminine. That means there’s an internal war going on between us and inside of us ... based off these preconceived ideas that focus on conflict over creativity.

—Alok Vaid-Menon

For my entire life, I have been told I do my gender wrong. For my entire life, I have been told that if I tamed my curly hair, I would be prettier. If I dressed like a girl, I wouldn’t be thrown out of the girls’ bathroom. If I wore different clothes, I would look more feminine. If my muscles weren’t so strong, I’d be less masculine. If I was less driven, I’d more more likeable. If I presented as more feminine, I would be more attractive. If I was more attractive, I could get a boyfriend. If I just acted like a woman, I wouldn’t cause so many problems. If I would just change every fiber of my being, I’d finally fit in.

For my entire life, I’ve been told who I ought to be. But they never asked me who I was.

I Tell You Me was commissioned by ~Nois Saxophone Quartet, and the wind ensemble arrangement was commissioned by Don McKinney and the CU [University of Colorado] Boulder Wind Symphony. Many thanks go out to Don and the CU Wind Symphony for their tremendous work on this challenging piece. It is truly a joy to be a part of this wonderful community here at CU Boulder.

- Program Note by composer


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Performances

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  • University of Colorado Boulder Wind Symphony (Donald J. McKinney, conductor; Annika Socolofsky, vocal) - 8 November 2022 *Premiere Performance*


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