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Finding Your Voice, commissioned by the Vista Murrieta High School Chamber Choir directed by Zachary Krug, sets the reflective and uplifting poem by Robert Longley. The text wrestles with how our once-carefree lives can shift suddenly, which is reflected by the lush harmonies in the Piano and Cello. The choir paints the image of how “something changed” and is “suddenly rearranged” through playful interplay between the parts. The piece goes through various moods, including nostalgia for simpler times, indignance about unfulfilled dreams, and finally a deeper acceptance that we can gain insight “despite a sense of loss” in the piece’s climax. The piece concludes with the quietly triumphant realization that we have the power to make meaning from our lives, whether or not they are exactly as we planned, and use those hard-won insights to find our voice.
This piece would fit well in any concert about storytelling, narratives, and belonging.
Alone Together, commissioned by the Jordan High School Choir directed by Juan-Jose Garcia II, sets the poignant poem written by the commissioner, Juan-Jose Garcia II. The musical setting begins with a dark, somber four note motive that is split between the Violin & Cello, perhaps representing two people separated by circumstance. There is an occasional 3/4 measure to imply a feeling of longing and incompleteness. The piece starts to shift into a more hopeful tonality at Section D, as the narrator experiences “a presence, all powerful, ever present”. The piece blossoms into a pop-infused Chorus at Section G, where we realize that we may feel alone but we are still together in our hearts.
This piece would fit well in any concert about friendship and/or featuring a Mixed Voice Choir.
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Alchemy, commissioned by Indianola Presbyterian Church, Christopher Dent, Director of Music, to celebrate the generations of children’s music ministry leadership of Carol Winans, Sharon Renkes, and Mary Rebekah Fortman, sets the powerful poem by Libby Weber. The poem and piece are inspired by a real-life charity called Swords to Plowshares (Northeast USA), which collects firearms from the community, melts them into gardening tools, distributes the tools to community gardens, harvests the food grown, and then donates the food to local food banks. This piece features a repeating refrain that traces each step of the alchemical cycle that transforms guns into sustenance. This poem form is called a circular, in which the last item of each stanza becomes the first item of the next stanza, similar to the famous “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” by Peter, Paul, and Mary.
Visit https://www.s2pnortheast.org/ to find out more about the Swords to Plowshares charity, research ways to get involved, and/or make a donation.
This piece is suitable for any Mixed-Voice ensemble and would fit well in any concert about action-based love.
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