Justice Phillips: Wing of a Hawk, for Two Guitars and Voice (Score video)

Juli Orlandini, soprano Justice Phillips and Alex Lew, guitars Laraine Kentridge Lasdon, text -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Author’s words: I wrote this piece in March of 2024. The words are from Laraine Kentridge Lasdon’s poem of the same name. It tells her story of being at Lake Superior and at Hawk Ridge Observatory Hill, and the music attempts to capture that essence. This was performed Saturday May 4th, 2024 by me, and the absolutely amazing musicians who helped me. They are my best friend Alex Lew, and another dear friend, Juli Orlandini. “The signal to leave is called out urgently. Blue jays spin, whistle, and gurgle. Heralds of the gray days of winter. We climb Hawk Ridge Observatory Hill. The rough benches, wooden table, a simple tabern