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w PROGRAM NOTE w 'Vulnerable Joy' is inspired by the self-sacrifice, commitment and humility of the mother Humpback whale. As a mammal, baleen whale, she grows to approx. 16m (52 ft) and lives at the ocean's surface in order to breath. She travels up to 6, 500km (approx. 4,000miles) from her feeding ground to birth her calf in warmer tropical waters. Once she leaves the feeding grounds of Antarctica or the cooler oceans of the Northern Hemisphere, she will not feed again until she returns some 8-9 months later. All the while, nursing her newborn calf with up to 600 litres (132 gallons) of milk per day. Photograph by Christopher Swann In realising the enormity of this feat, my mind turned to the whales who are closest to me, those who migrate along the East coast of Australia from Tonga to Antarctica. I imagined the sheer relief she must feel in that moment when the cool waters of the Southern Ocean rub her skin for the first time. She is tired and hungry but in that moment (in my imagination), I feel her joy, her intense, overwhelming joy. During the opening and closing of the performance, you may here the instrumentalists murmuring some words. This ‘chant’ is made up of word fragments from eight different languages. The fragments used come from translations of the following words/phrases: “Welcome”, “Peace be with you”, “Live long and prosper”, “Love”. The colour and beauty of these translated words has been used not to create a direct translation of these English phrases, but to provide a link between the humpback whales’ intelligent communication capability and our inability to understand them. For if we could, I feel sure they would be sending us a very clear message: please allow us to live our lives in peace, love, prosperity and beautiful, awe-inspiring, vulnerable joy. Jodie Blackshaw Baranduda, Victoria, 2022 w ABOUT THE COMPOSER w Dr. Jodie Blackshaw (b. 1971) grew up in the south-east of rural Australia and formed a very personal relationship with music early in life through the creative application of her imagination to musical colours and movement. Today, she continues to seek creative experiences for students through her teaching and composing so they, too, may enjoy the personal relationship she discovered in her formative years. In 2020 Blackshaw completed her PhD in Composition with Dr. Christopher Sainsbury at the Australian National University. In addition to composing and presenting music education workshops, Blackshaw is passionate about fostering equality in concert programs, including schools. In 2018 she curated the website www.colourfullmusic.com to share diverse wind band programs created by leading conductors with the global wind music community. In 2021 Blackshaw launched the Teaching Performance through Composition series. This series is evidence-based and was developed as part of Jodie’s post-graduate studies into the compositional process and how best to apply that to an educational environment. In mid-2022 Jodie was proudly elected onto the board of WASBE. To find out more please visit: www.jodieblackshaw.com: www.jodieblackshaw.com i
w REHEARSAL NOTES w THE CHANT In the opening 16 measures of the work, all non-playing performers recite a rhythmic chant created specifically for the purpose of this work. It is not in any specific language, but a collation of words from multiple languages that represent a selection of phrases. The phrases and their translations/transliterations are: ENGLISH FRENCH JAPANESE FINNISH HEBREW ROMANIAN TONGAN MAORI VULCAN Welcome Bienvenue ようこそ “yōkoso” Tervetuloa “barokh' Bun venit Talitali lelei Nau mai haere mai Na'shaya haba” Peace be with you Live long and prosper Que la paix soit avec vous Vivre longtemps et prospérer あなたと一緒に平和 “heiwa isshoni to anata” 長生きして繁栄する “nagaiki shite han-ei suru” Love Amour 愛 “ai” Rauha olla kanssasi Elää pitkään ja menestyä Rakkaus ‏)ֹרָבּ אָבַּה ii וֹםלָשַּׁהֶשׁ יֶהְהִי ‎4‎‏ְמִּע “shehashalo m yih'yeh im'kha” וֹתיַּחְל בַר ןַמְז “l'chayot z'man rav ul'shoag'shoe g” הָבֲהַא “ahavah” Pacea să fie cu tine pacea: “paché” Să: “sō” Tine: “ti-né” Trăiește mult și prosperă ke ‘iate koe ‘a e melinó גֵשְׂ‏ גַשְׂלוּ trăiește – “try-é-stè” Dragoste “Drag-ôstè” Mo’ui fuoloa mo tu’umālie ‘ofa “ôfa” Kia tau te rangimarie ki a koutou Kia ora, kia ora Aroha Sochya nam-tor k' du Dif-tor heh smusma Ashaya AUDIO SAMPLE: A sample of the chant being spoken for your students to practice with is included on the ‘Exclusive materials’ page access via the QR code on every part and the score (see next page for details), Please note: The languages chosen here were designed to represent different sectors of the world. Western Europe: French. Asia-Pacific: Japanese, Scandinavia: Finnish, Middle East: Hebrew, Eastern Europe: Romania, First nations: Maori. Tongan was added as the Humpback whales closest to my region (South East Australia) migrate from Antarctica to Tonga. An African language was not selected due to the many, many dialects. Instead, knowing that French is spoken as the lingua franca by a high population of African nations, French has been used here with this in mind. Vulcan (from Star Trek) was added to demonstrate that this is not an attempt to make any kind of political statement, but to create a global chant (see below). It was the initial research into humpback whalesong that convinced scientists that these mammals were sentient beings that deserved our protection and respect. Hence I wanted to represent an aspect of the work that was not of itself wholly comprehensible, but perhaps moments of it maybe to some, (just like the moments of profound communication some humans have had with whales and other sea creatures). This is why no English words have been included. The phrase itself it not to be directly translated. It is designed to portray an overall message of warmth, kindness, peace, love and prosperity. This in turn resembles the altruistic nature of the humpback whales as well as their highly complex form of communication (of which we know so little about). PERSONALISE THE PHRASE: Ensembles are encouraged to invite students who speak a second language (especially one native to them or their immediate family) to share their own translations of these phrases. You are welcome to change words within the phrase that match the rhythm provided with these alternate translations in other languages, effectively creating a personal message of peace and goodwill that best represents the community from within your ensemble. Resources are provided as a downloadable Word Document via the dedicated webpage (see QR code over page).
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Page 6 and 7: EMOTIONAL CONTEXT: Embracing the 21
Page 8 and 9: Measure 53-70 “Re-connection and

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