Sounds of a Better World

Composer Jim Papoulis has created an energetic and uplifting work that fuses the rhythms from African, American and Latin cultures, and uses a text primarily in Swahili interspersed with phrases in Spanish. Supported by shaker, djembe and agogo bell, the middle section has the feel of a real celebration with layers of spoken word that lead us to the understanding : "listen, hear, stand strong. " Instrumentation : choir (SSAA) a cappella and percussion