Juniper Sky

Program Notes

Juniper Sky is a musical and poetic exploration of queerness, polyamoury and the multiplicity of love—connecting us, like constellations that link to themselves and other combinations of stars. A feeling of warmth and unbridled love interweaves the music, and the entire work should feel amorous, with love tied to every word and musical motion.

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Juniper Sky - Tawahum Bige

Imagine the time and distance of lightyears:

How long I waited, travelled

to align an astrology between Leo & Aries

and I found a flux—synchronous with her:

a star from Dene nebula

floating and forming

her own constellations

like I once charted my own.

Our contact blew an explosion of juniper sky—

marvelled at the marble etched into your crown—

this swirling moment—

returned to our galactic quadrants.

Through our own constellation:

the conjunct became square, sextile,

this shape of lines weaving silver gossamer

out across parsecs of empty space—

how could I lock an eternity

around only one body in night skies

when I want this Milky Way to thrive.

Faint rays and flares, from you to me:

Astral projected aurora