GILDA LYONS
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Songs from the F Train (2009) Premiere buy the music Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NYC
Make Music New York
American Opera Projects, Fort Greene Park Conservancy and The Walt Whitman Project.
Nicole Mitchell, mezzo soprano
Tom Bagwell, pianist
Instrumentationvoice and piano
Duration7'
Text Byon poems by children from Brooklyn
TextI'm Smart
I'm smart but timid,
I worry I will never break
out of my fear.
I hear the
harmony when
people sing.
I see the
violence in my
community.
I want to indulge
my talents to the
world, I'm smart
but timid.
- Alexis Cummings, age 12
I am From The Ghetto "Brooklyn"
I am from the streets of Brooklyn.
Where Graffiti Art is our museum.
Where that park on the corner with
broken bottles and needles from
the crack heads is our Disney World.
Where gang fights are our get together,
and funerals are our family reunions.
I am from the streets of Brooklyn
where we use jumper cables to play
double dutch because, jump ropes keep
the crooks near so they could sell it for crack.
I am from the streets of Brooklyn
where the ghetto is something
I can runaway from
though can not forget.
- Najaya Royal, age 12
When Randa wears red When Randa wears red
She looks like a strawberry
When Randa wears red
She looks beautiful
When Randa wears red
She is happy
When Randa wears red
She gets new things
When Randa wears red
She remembers everything
When Randa wears red
She has her watch
When Randa wears red
She reads a book
When Randa wears red
She matches with Valentines Day
- Samori Covington, age 9 Program Note—
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