Description
Premiere
Dennis Tobenski, tenor
Marc Peloquin, piano
Sparks & Wiry Cries
2nd Annual NYC songSLAM
HERE Theater
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Program Notes
This song was written in a fit of supreme silliness.
It started as a tweet by poet Maggie Smith, whose “Good Bones” I had recently finished setting. Another writer formatted the poem to look as though it were a poem published on Poets.org, and I ran with his joke.
For the song, I took the liberty of un-abbreviating the phrase “Casually af.”
A GIANT spider just sauntered across my living room rug. Casually af. OH HELL NO. Got him with a throw pillow. Finished him off with a shoe.
— Maggie Smith (@maggiesmithpoet) September 6, 2017
Loving this new @POETSorg piece pic.twitter.com/PUfHvnURgY
— Jacob Schroeder (@j_s_schroeder) September 6, 2017
@maggiesmithpoet This may or may not be happening right now… 😉 pic.twitter.com/vMz4aYsy7M
— Dennis Tobenski (@dennistobenski) September 6, 2017
“Oh Hell No” is also included in the Sparks & Wiry Cries songSLAM Songbook, Vol. 1, available from NewMusicShelf.
Performance History
Date | Performer(s) | Venue | City/State |
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November 14, 2017 | Dennis Tobenski, tenor; Marc Peloquin, piano Sparks & Wiry Cries: NYC songSLAM | HERE Arts Center | New York, NY |
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