MELIA WATRAS: AN ORCA, A NUTHATCH AND A CAT
WALK INTO A BAR…
for violin and viola or for two violas (2019)

 
Photo by Michelle Smith-Lewis

Photo by Michelle Smith-Lewis

 

World Premiere: Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin; Melia Watras, viola; February 15, 2022, Seattle, WA

Duration: 4:51

Program Notes:
An orca, a nuthatch and a cat walk into a bar…
poem by Michael Jinsoo Lim

Knock knock.
Who’s there?
An orca.
An orca who?
An orca, a whale and a nuthatch walk into a bar…

© 2020 by Michael Jinsoo Lim

An orca, a nuthatch and a cat walk into a bar… is part of the collection, The almond tree duos. It can be performed independently, in different combinations with the other works, or as part of the complete set.