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SATB or SA Chorus, Cello & Vibraphone | 3.5' | Graphite | Text: Annie Finch
Poet Annie Finch’s text for "Butterfly Lullaby" includes the beautifully evocative names of real butterflies—”wild indigo duskywing,” “southern cloudywing”— in a haunting lullaby for one, butterfly or child, who will inevitably fly away.
SSAA or SATB a cappella | 3' | Boosey & Hawkes | Text: Stacy Gnall
Flare is constantly in motion, a rhythmic race "through trees with bursting limbs" that drives toward the last line: “big brother, I am catching up to you.” This piece was commissioned by the 32 choruses of the ACDA Women's Commission Consortium.
SATB or SSAA Chorus & Piano | 5.5' | Graphite | Text: Barbara Crooker
Barbara Crooker's text for "In the Middle" describes our need to connect in the rush of ordinary life. The piano serves as an unreliable time-keeper, ebbing and flowing as our perception of time does. The word “time” itself occurs over and over within the piece, serving as a sort of refrain, a reminder to slow down.
SA, TB, or SAB chorus & vibraphone (or piano) | 3' | Graphite | Text: Dale Trumbore
This luminous lullaby narrates the experience of watching sea turtles hatch, guiding the listener through darkness with tender repetition and quiet resolve. Its imagery embeds real aspects of a baby sea turtle's journey—the struggle to find the light of the moon and walk toward the sea—in a larger metaphor about finding the right path.
SATB, SSAA or TTBB a cappella | 4' | Graphite | Text: Dale Trumbore
"You see yourself reflected... You learn to love what you see."
This vibrant new piece is about those rare moments when a single experience reshapes you: you visit a place or meet a new person and learn something about yourself you'll carry with you for the rest of your life.
SATB or SSAA a cappella | 4' | Mark Foster Series | Text: Laura Foley
Not just an exultation of happiness, Threads of Joy recognizes how we emerge from darkness and pain back into light. The music captures this duality
in ever-shifting prismatic harmonies.
