Last Words from Texas
Eight songs setting to music the last statements (verbatim) of executed offenders put to death by the state of Texas.
This 18-minute EP was released as a free download on May 1st, 2011, as part of a New York Times profile of Corey.
The EP is being arranged (by Corey) for the amplified chamber ensemble Newspeak who will premiere the arrangements in the fall of 2012. The amazing soprano Mellissa Hughes will be the singer.
Also, the ensemble Le Train Bleu has commissioned a sequel, called, appropriately enough, More Last Words from Texas, which they will premiere on April 20th, 2012, at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, NY. It is scored for chamber orchestra, with Corey singing.
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Last Words from Texas
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Corey Dargel does words, music, vocals, all instruments, and production
©2011 Automatic Heartbreak (ASCAP)
1. Date of Execution May 13 2010
2. Date of Execution May 04 2006
3. Date of Execution December 15 1993
4. Date of Execution February 11 2004
5. Date of Execution July 11 2006
6. Date of Execution October 28 1997
7. Date of Execution May 19 2010
8. Date of Execution June 26 2007
