Along the Bay is a lyrical and reflective duet for soprano and piano. The poem “Along the Bay” is from a larger collection of poems entitled As Time Stops to Rest, written by the composer’s late aunt, Susan Jordan. The text describes the passage of snowflakes as they fall, join the dew, and eventually become the bay, possibly a metaphor for our lives. The references to dancing and Tinker Bell highlight the playful nature of this journey.
While Along the Bay is the third movement from a larger song cycle As Time Stops to Rest, it can also be used as a stand-alone piece in any concert or recital.
Snowflakes melt
But hold their shapes
In minute yet
Important ways
And join the dew
That greets the day
And flow together
Making the bay
And I have traveled very far,
Passing shadows
That dare me to stay
I have traveled
With snowflakes
Along the bay
Tinker Bell how wise and small
Possessing knowledge
Needed by all
And forever came and went
Was given by some, by others spent
But we knew that life was started
In the dew
And followed snowflakes in their dance
Tinker Bell helped us prance
in beat, along the bay