Author: Toti O'Brien

Toti O'Brien was born in Rome and lives in Los Angeles. She is not quite internationally known as "the-Italian-Accordionist-with-the-Irish-last-name". Her work has appeared in Intrinsick, Alebrijes, Entropy and Random Sample, among other journals and anthologies.
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The Choir

The composer came to work with the choir before the concert, just for a few days. It wasn’t common: first of all most composers are dead. Then, how likely a living one (being alive and performed isn’t common either) would be in town and show up? Not very. Of course there are helpful circumstances, such as being in a very large town, or preparing a truly glamorous concert. Or, the choir director being one of the composer’s best friends. All that said, the visit still was exceptional – a miraculous blessing. read more