Decolonization by Dawn Avery

from North American Indian Cello Project by Dawn Avery

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

"Decolonization" (2006) was written for solo cello and voice following a talk by Mohawk elder, Tom Porter, as part of a language and cultural immersion class at Kanatsiohare:ke Mohawk community. His talk about decolonization transitioned between poignant and painful stories of decolonization and genocide, humor, pride, history and the importance of cultural revitalization. His storytelling from one topic to the next is reflected in my composition, where I employ the inspiration of themes taken from "American" music, including one of Geronimo's songs, a Yuman healing song, Amazonian instruments, a Haudenosaunee women's stomp dance, and I end with the inspiration of a Cherokee Peace Pact song, with hope for our future generations.

lyrics

to be added at a later date

credits

from North American Indian Cello Project, released November 5, 2021
Composed by Dawn Avery, Mohawk Kanièke:ha descent
Performed by Dawn Avery
Recorded by Atilla Molnar LIVE at Montgomery College in 2019
Edited and Mastered by Larry Mitchell in 2021
Commissioned by Dawn Avery thanks to a grant from the First Nations Composers Initiative project supported through the Ford Foundation's Indigenous Knowledge, Expressive Culture grant program of the American Composers Forum

license

about

Dawn Avery South Riding, Virginia

www.dawnavery.com

contact / help

Contact Dawn Avery

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Dawn Avery, you may also like:

I the Storm
by Simon McCorry

Minimalist modern classical that captures the slowly unfolding beauty of post-rock groups like Rachel’s. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 23, 2023
go to album
Temporal
by Julia Kent

Julia Kent’s dance-inspired pieces for cello and electronics prove she can elegantly render the quieter, intimate moments just as well as the big, powerful ones. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jan 31, 2019
go to album
Snowmelt (EP)
by Zoe Keating

The new EP from Zoe Keating is full of warm, stirring cello compositions that highlight her singular playing style Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 28, 2018
go to album
The Sea Ranch Songs
by Aleksandra Vrebalov & Kronos Quartet

featured on Bandcamp Radio Dec 26, 2017
go to album
Concrete Fields
by CEEYS

Fragile cello and piano recall the bleak childhood of brothers Sebastian and Daniel Selke spent in a large prefab estate in East Berlin. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 10, 2017
go to album
Frost and Furrow
by Julia Kent

Cellist Julia Kent follows up her recent Asperities LP with a seasonally inspired icy-cool single. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 23, 2015
go to album
Into The Trees
by Zoe Keating

featured on Bandcamp Radio Oct 29, 2013
go to album