For Bass Voice and Piano

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Projections (written 2017, premiered 2018) 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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This song cycle is in 5 movements, which become increasingly out of touch with reality, culminating in a cryptic and esoteric prayer. 

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I. Suffering

II. Fantasy 1

III. Stranger

IV. Fantasy 2

V. Mantra