# @americancomposersforum on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BtRP17dgr30
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/3906522-americancomposersforum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-01-30T18:55:47.000+00:00

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An excerpt from 2016 JFund awardee Joseph C. Phillips Jr.’s latest work, “The Grey Land,” which was premiered last October . . . . . #Repost @numinousmusic with @get_repost
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An excerpt from “One Side Losing Slowly” from my monoopera @thegreyland premiere, concert version, at @roulette_intermedium in October 2018.
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A setting of poem by #JosephCPhillipsJr (@numinousmusic) the piece also uses words from the “Mothers of the Movement” (mothers whose children were killed through police conduct), to reflect on the lost hopes, dreams, and futures many black and brown parents have for their children, with a desire to live just as anyone else would: with dignity and respect. •
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Soprano: @rhargrov Dancer: @j_bouey Choreography: #EdisaWeeks Music and conductor: #JosephCPhillipsJr Orchestra: #Numinous
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