MELIA WATRAS: WEEPING PENDULA
for voice and loop pedal (2021)
Photo by Michelle Smith-Lewis
World Premiere: Carrie Henneman Shaw, voice; April 11, 2022, Seattle, WA
Duration: varies with each performance
Program Notes:
Dedicated with much gratitude to the captivating singer, Carrie Henneman Shaw.
Weeping Pendula
poem by Michael Jinsoo Lim
Weeping Pendula
Reaching to the ground,
Asking to be found.
Casting penumbra,
Waiting to be crowned.
© 2021 by Michael Jinsoo Lim
Carrie Henneman Shaw performing the world premiere of Weeping Pendula. Photo by Michelle Smith-Lewis