<div style="overflow-wrap:break-word;margin:0px auto 1em;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify;line-height:1;font-size:16px !important;color:rgb(81, 81, 81) !important;box-sizing:inherit">The new Virtual Chicago songSLAM remains open through May 31st at 5pm. Online audience members will vote with their dollars, starting at just $1, for their favorite team to win. The winning team’s composer will receive the first ever Chicago songSLAM commission prize: $1,000 commission from Fourth Coast Ensemble The funds that each team raises during the virtual event will be split 50/50 with the team and Fourth Coast Ensemble, who will use their portion to reinvest in future competitions and new art song initiatives.  On May 31st, total funds raised will be announced on our website and social media, including the $1,000 commission prize.</div>TEAM #2hunter t. johnson, composer & pianistCatarine Hancock, vocalist & poet always mealways me who leaves. always me who scrambles like some caged animal for the door. always me who breaks all the promises. always me who makes plans and then changes them. always me who’s first to realize it won’t work. always me who has to say it. always me who shatters the illusion. always me who stands among the wreckage. always me who rebuilds. who carries bits and pieces of everything i’ve ever left behind like it makes up for the fact that i left. it was mutual but i started it. i know it. you know it. they know it. always me who leaves. don’t say i didn’t warn you.  ---hunter t. johnson (he/him) is a dynamic young composer of vocal and instrumental works living in Chicago, Illinois. His music often sets poetry written by friends and collaborators, and his scores often feature complex expression texts/extensive visual elements. for more information, works, and to contact, visit huntertjohnson.com. Catarine Hancock is a mezzo-soprano and writer originally from Lexington, Kentucky, currently living in Chicago. She is a recent graduate from Indiana University, where she earned her master’s of music. She is the author of five best-selling poetry collections and signed with Central Avenue Publishing. Her work has been praised for its “confessional” and “raw” voice, and has amassed an audience of over 100,000 across social media.

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<div>The new Virtual Chicago songSLAM remains open through May 31st at 5pm. Online audience members will vote with their dollars, starting at just $1, for their favorite team to win. The winning team’s composer will receive the first ever Chicago songSLAM commission prize: $1,000 commission from Fourth Coast Ensemble The funds that each team raises during the virtual event will be split 50/50 with the team and Fourth Coast Ensemble, who will use their portion to reinvest in future competitions and new art song initiatives.  On May 31st, total funds raised will be announced on our website and social media, including the $1,000 commission prize.</div>TEAM #2hunter t. johnson, composer &amp; pianistCatarine Hancock, vocalist &amp; poet always mealways me who leaves. always me who scrambles like some caged animal for the door. always me who breaks all the promises. always me who makes plans and then changes them. always me who’s first to realize it won’t work. always me who has to say it. always me who shatters the illusion. always me who stands among the wreckage. always me who rebuilds. who carries bits and pieces of everything i’ve ever left behind like it makes up for the fact that i left. it was mutual but i started it. i know it. you know it. they know it. always me who leaves. don’t say i didn’t warn you.  ---hunter t. johnson (he/him) is a dynamic young composer of vocal and instrumental works living in Chicago, Illinois. His music often sets poetry written by friends and collaborators, and his scores often feature complex expression texts/extensive visual elements. for more information, works, and to contact, visit huntertjohnson.com. Catarine Hancock is a mezzo-soprano and writer originally from Lexington, Kentucky, currently living in Chicago. She is a recent graduate from Indiana University, where she earned her master’s of music. She is the author of five best-selling poetry collections and signed with Central Avenue Publishing. Her work has been praised for its “confessional” and “raw” voice, and has amassed an audience of over 100,000 across social media.

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Team 2: "always me" (Music by hunter t. johnson | Text by Catarine Hancock)

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