Coral Life

Title: Coral Life
Artist(s): Sarah Bernstein
Artist Statement: This piece is a slow, folk-inflected song drawn from a story told by a woman who, as a child, discovered coral buried in the clay of her grandmother's lake — an image that feels both deeply personal and quietly mythic. Layered harmonies and understated instrumentation shape the sound, giving the work a mystical, poetic quality that honors the texture and wonder of the original story. The project emerges from a semester-long engagement with vocal practice as a primary mode of connection, making song the most natural and resonant form for this material. Rooted in listening and storytelling, the piece attempts to carry forward someone else's memory through voice — transforming a fleeting childhood discovery into something that lingers.

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