For Bass Voice and Piano

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Premiere:

March 3, 2018

at Peabody Conservatory

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Length: 11 Minutes

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Premiere Ensemble: 

Robert Ellsworth Feng, bass

Chelsea de Souza, collaborative pianist

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Projections (2017) is a song cycle with music by Terrence J. Martin and text by Robert Ellsworth Feng, which explores the pitfalls of obsession and idolization.

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From Martin's own words, "The text tells the story of a character on the first steps of their journey from passionate to compassionate love. They struggle with having a false projection of another, a common side effect of extreme passionate love, which threatens to tear them apart. However, after reflection, they destroy the projection they created to make room for a truer image of the person they love."

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I. Suffering

II. Fantasy 1

III. Stranger

IV. Fantasy 2

V. Mantra