a boy & a boy (Vocal score)

for SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied Stuart Beatch's a boy & a boy sets a romantic and ultimately tragic text by poet Matthew Stepanic.

Written as a response to Eric Whitacre's well-known work A Boy and a Girl, Beatch describes this piece as a 'queer love song'.

The poem is illuminated by lush harmonies and conversational textures.