Ich bin ein Baum

In Ich bin ein Baum (“I am a tree”), composer Hannah Friederike Ewald weaves together the many associations and feelings that trees arouse in us with the knowledge needed to treat them – and ourselves – with respect.

The piece for children’s choir is predominantly in unison with only a few two-part passages. The three-part harmony is achieved by overlaying sung melody and sounds. It is conceived like a tiny piece of musical theater, in the course of which the children encounter a variety of tasks such as imitating the rustling of leaves, the blowing of wind, etc. This creates an atmospheric soundscape that the choir has to create by vocal means alone. At the same time, the young singers are encouraged to stand tall both internally and externally, to inhabit the space they need and to listen to one another.

• Soundscapes and spoken texts for children’s choir
• Current topic “Our Voice for Our Planet”
• Exciting facts about trees
• Full of variety and highly atmospheric
• Prize-winning entry in the children’s choir category at the "females featured" composition competition of the Baden-Württemberg Choir Academy 2023