About the piece

Dragon Mother describes one woman's journey from girlhood to motherhood, a journey that is glorious, frightening, inspiring, heartbreaking, and bizarre. The orchestra whispers, shouts, sings and stomps in order to magnify the narrator’s inner world, including a guest vocal appearance of an orchestra member in the role of the protagonist’s daughter.

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Dragon Mother

Monodrama for amplified soprano and symphonic orchestra (2013)
Length: 17 minutes
Lyrics: Sean Patterson
Music: Gilad Cohen

This performance:
Martha Elliot, soprano
The Princeton University Orchestra (Sophia Mockler, mezzo-soprano)
Michael Pratt, conductor