GENERATION 2.5
for SATB divisi a cappella
Music and text by: Kai Leung
Commissioned and premiered by Modern Sound Collective in 2024.
With both text and music by Kai Leung, Generation 2.5 is a moving and profoundly personal exploration of the composer’s relationship to his Chinese Canadian heritage.
$3.00
VIEW PERUSAL SCORE:
MSC0014 – Generation 2.5 – SCORE PERUSAL PDF
PROGRAM NOTE:
Generation 2.5 is a critical exploration of my relationship to Chinese Canadian culture. Since childhood, I have been sad about my limited ability to interact with the Chinese half of my heritage. It seems that most of the Chinese culture that I am able to experience in Canada is simultaneously so special and yet so universal that it borders on cliche. The poem, which was completed in March of 2024, describes my yearly experience at Lunar New Year celebrations with my family, and my desire for a deeper connection to the ancient and mundane aspects of Chinese culture that are unavailable to me due to barriers of geographical distance and language.
