marginal at best by Max Vinetz

Performed by singers from Yale Voxtet and Yale Schola Cantorum:

Conductor: Jasmine Gelber
Sopranos: Addy Sterrett, Isobel Anthony
Countertenor: Bradley Sharpe
Alto: Emma Simmons
Tenors: Hannah Goodwillie, Will Watson
Basses: Ned Vogel, Zak Fletcher

selections from "Marginal at Best," (2014), Anonymous
i: all I am//
ii: if I was anything more (her)

i
all I am is marginally curious
in my head, curiosity is some unrelenting force that propels people to explore their
world
yet all I am is marginally curious
I would know
yet I can't build the courage to break down my limitations
I begin to fall asleep
conversations
her
I would talk to her
it took her to set
who am I

ii
if I was anything more, I would build up the courage to talk to her
we'd compare perspectives and laugh at the differences
and appreciate the world anew