Boxes

Composer

  Catherine Dalton

Lyricist

 Catherine Dalton 

Publisher

 https://catherinedalton.net/catalog/boxes/ 

Score Status

 Public Domain 

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Using a variety of Broadway musical styles, this upbeat piece questions societal boxes while dreaming a world in which we are all free to be who we’re meant to be.

“Boxes” is about wanting to live in a world where we can all “be free to be who we’re meant to be” – a world where we can be “true to ourselves, true to the world.” I worked on the lyrics with friends of mine who know a lot about cultural gendered boxes, but some of the words also came from my own experiences of feeling boxed in by clothing options, gendered language, and societal expectation. My friends who helped with the lyrics were also brave enough to be interviewed and allow their interviews to be included in the score. – Catherine Dalton

Voicing

SATB, SSAA or TTBB

Text Language

English

Difficulty

4-Challenging

Duration

6–9 min

Characteristics

Concert Opener – LGBTQ+ composer  – Woman composer

Theme

Bisexual 
Body Autonomy
Coming of Age
LGBTQ+ Rights
Trans Rights
Trans/Nonbinary 

Genre

Contemporary Choral

Instruments