SILENCED ANGELS SPEAK for trombone and percussion was commissioned by Kenneth Thompkins in 2022

The work is four movements:

1. African Violet 2. Our Midnight Place 3. Bookmark 4. Love

LENGTH: 20:00

Instrumentation: Tenor Trombone, Percussionist (One Player) Playing Tympani, Chimes, Bongos, Marimba, Cymbals

ABOUT THIS WORK

Silenced Angels Speak offered a fun exploration in the musical
expression of a complex emotion, Love. Even more joyous was the non-
traditional combination of instruments offered as the conduits. I
imagined the percussionist and trombonist as angels. Angels,
rendered voiceless and tasked to return to earth to demonstrate the
importance and power of love, expressed without words.

Each of the four movements are based on and titled after poems of
love. African Violet by Miguel Edwards, Our Midnight Place by Vee
Bdosa, Bookmark by Kewayne Wadley and Love by DeVonta Reese.