Take Some Time (2025)
Picture Credit: HHN2L
Instrumentation: 2222/4231(+ b. tbn)/2perc/e.gtr/e.bass/str/rappers
Duration: 4’
Take Some Time is a collaboration between Brittany J. Green, the Louisville Orchestra and Hip-Hop N2 Learning (HHN2L) as a part of the Louisville Orchestra Rap School program. Green partnered with Rap school student-producers Oren Hatchett and Kamari Harper and producer Jon Woo to produce an original track and arrange it for orchestra. Student rappers from the rap school then worked with Teddy Abrams and Green to write lyrics for the track inspired by themes of self-esteem and self-determination. Take Some Time was was commissioned by the Louisville Orchestra as a part of their 2024-2025 Creator Corps Program. and premiered at the Louisville Orchestra's Making Music Concert series, conducted by Kalena Bovell.