America Will Be!
Joel Thompson
The friction between professed ideals and painful reality that Langston Hughes captured in his poem Let America Be America Again is also the foundation of this piece. Emma Lazarus' words, which are engraved at the base of the Statue of …
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The friction between professed ideals and painful reality that Langston Hughes captured in his poem Let America Be America Again is also the foundation of this piece. Emma Lazarus' words, which are engraved at the base of the Statue of Liberty, are a perfect foil to Hughes' dark but ultimately hopeful sentiments. A commissioned work, the members of the very diverse commissioning choir were asked to complete three prompts: I hope; I dream; I sing. Some of their answers are included in this unique and powerful piece.