Todos Parense
[2003]
commissioned by the Chicago Children's Choir
for double choir, percussion quintet
Todos Parense was commissioned by the Chicago Children's Choir and premiered at their Gala Concert in May 2003. In addition to a full SATB choir, this piece includes an SSA treble-choir as well as Afro-Cuban percussion quintet (conga, bongos, guiro, guataca, clave).
Text is by Tongan-American activist and performance artist Viamoana Niumeitolu, and is sung in both Spanish and English:
