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"You Are Safe. You Are Calm. You Are In Control.", Carly Erst Dec 2021

"You Are Safe. You Are Calm. You Are In Control.", Carly Erst

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"You are safe. You are calm. You are in control." is a piece written out of a state of emotional and physical exhaustion. The piece uses an electronic track comprised of the sounds of distressed children recorded at a daycare and a flex string quintet that plays along with the track. This paper explores the reasoning behind the music, the connections the piece has to the past, and the relevance of the piece now and in the future.