My Boy Jack

This composition, written for a classmate who was killed in a car accident, uses Kipling's text written over the loss of his son in war. Kipling's words reflect on loss yet offer hope. The imagery of the sea and the feeling of searching inform the composition in ways unexplainable and yet obvious, with an opening clarinet statement that is mournful and the ongoing harmonic language from the choir that is unsettled and shifting. This is a powerful concert selection that will require your choir's full range of emotions.