Bye Felicia: sonata for solo viola (live world premiere)

Bye, Felicia (2022)
a sonata for solo viola

Music by Felix Jarrar (b. 1995)

Movements/titles:

1. Felicia is happy and clucking, and playing with the other chickens (0:00)

2. A slow dark piece that represents the evil coyote (03:40)

3. A “La Chasse” that represents the coyote chasing and eating Felicia (07:09)

4. An elegy for the deceased, beloved Felicia (09:39)

About the composition:

Bye, Felicia was written in memory of a beloved, deceased chicken named Felicia that was eaten by a big, bad coyote in Los Angeles, California in February 2022.

Justin Ouellet, violist

Premiered and recorded by Justin Ouellet on May 19th
Church of the Good Shepherd
Watertown, Massachusetts

Premiered during Music for a Better Tomorrow: a benefit for NAGLY