Conducted by Maestro Michael Pratt. Recorded live by Andrés Villalta in the Lewis Center for the Arts Forum, New Jersey, USA, May 2018.

Note:
Searching for Sanctuary was composed during a period of grief. I was privately struggling while publicly maintaining commitments, but that discrepancy could not be sustained in music. For several consecutive nights, I was unable to compartmentalize and compose; finally, I gave into my feelings and the piece began to unfold. Writing with all of that emotion tired & drained me, but the catharsis eventually healed me, too. The motif of “Redemption” is one of my personal favorites— it is a standing reminder to me, and perhaps others, that even if it seems impossible in the present, this, too, will pass.

Image captured at Cayuga Lake, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Searching for Sanctuary (2018)

Indian-American composer & vocalist. Please visit my website (www.shruthirajasekar.com) and contact me at shruthirmusic@gmail.com

Searching for Sanctuary (2018)

Shruthi Rajasekar