A Little Violin Music in Memory of Elijah McClain

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A Little Violin Music in Memory of Elijah McClain - Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Score title
A Little Violin Music in Memory of Elijah McClain
Composer
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Date
2020
Instrumentation
Violin
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Program note
In her powerful Foreword to the music, violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins has written: "There are great works which give voice to important moments for generations, and this is one of them." The tragedy of Elijah McClain's murder has moved us all, and for many musicians the image of this gentle young man playing his violin for kittens at an animal shelter has added a poignant extra layer. Zwilich was a professional violinist before turning exclusively to composing, and A LITTLE VIOLIN MUSIC is a memorial from the heart of one violinist to another