David Brunner: Eletelephony

  
Eletelephony is from a set of two pieces, Two for Fun, written for the Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus and their Music Director Emerita, Doreen Rao. Scored for unison voices and piano, it is a syllabic and through-composed setting of Laura E. Richards' text. The melodic line is angular in nature and encompasses a range from "Bb to g2". The distinctive aspect of the pieces is its rhytmic interest and shifting meters, and its humor, evident in the lumbering nature of the piano accompaniment in the lower range of the keyboard, and the declamation of the text. This humorous text and attractive style provides a moderate challenge for young voices.