Of My Grandfather (2018) - Mezzo Soprano and Violin by AkshayaTucker published on 2019-01-13T05:38:50Z Performed by Duo Cortona (Rachel Calloway, Ari Streisfeld) at the University of South Carolina on December 7, 2018, under the aegis of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music. Music and Text by Akshaya Avril Tucker. "At 6 PM, I walked outside I found a marble ogre's fingernail and hid it away The house held silence Mama found a golden hair as it lay in a dusty box I fastened it around my wrist a glowing amulet Oldest friend, in both senses of the words Oldest friend, go to sleep pleasant dreams That was when evening sun turned tree branches into canals of light suddenly blessed by the touch of an ancient grandfather And the queen of love was installed luminous, in the full moon My love is in love my love is in love is in love love" Genre Classical
