...and we are the flawless:
four songs on poems by
Marcus Amaker

as if we are not

a mirror image

of intelligent design,

as if our brains

are incapable

of infinite wisdom.

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— Marcus Amaker

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Commissioned by soprano Saundra DeAthos-Meers, ...and we are the flawless is a song cycle on four poems by Marcus Amaker. 

 

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INSTRUMENTATION

 

Soprano and Piano

 

DURATION

 

14'​

 

SONGS

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i. faster (3')

ii. 4:22 a.m. (3'30)

iii. empath (drowning) (1')

iv. ...and we are the flawless (6'30)

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DATE OF COMPOSITION

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2025

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Commissioned by and dedicated to Saundra DeAthos-Meers.