Written for the 2021 SOCAN Young Composers awards (no prize).

Programme Notes:

I try to keep this memory at arms length—it’s still one of the more difficult nights of my life to grapple with. It was hard to write out the words, and it was just as hard to hear them spoken back to me. ““YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?”” then, is a piece about deflection. The story is spoken in a voice that is not my own, presented in the form of a stand-up comedy act. The laughter is fake and there are no jokes, the voice presenting its words like a light-hearted story a friend would tell. The listener, however, will not be allowed to suspend disbelief. Raucous laughter punctuates the un-jokes, which later turn into delirious repetitions of single words and phrases. Finally, a man’s voice can be heard cutting through the clamour. His words are unclear yet his voice sounds as if it could be right behind the listeners ear. The laughter dissolves over time and the comedian ends their set to an empty audience.

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