Choirs Won't Be Silenced

Available for accompanied SA and SATB voices, I wrote this poem after watching the INCREDIBLE response from choir directors and singers all over the world in 2020 and 2021. This is the 2nd movement in a collection of pieces entitled "Phoenix: A Trilogy of Hope." We have all come to the collective conclusion that there is nothing more important than physical health, but also that the well-being of our souls will is what will guide us through to the other side of this virus. Not even a global pandemic can stop choir directors from inspiring their students and communities! We remember when the world went still Choirs across the world were silenced Shadows stormed into our being What once healed, now delivers pain? Animabus nostris dolent (Our souls hurt) Human hearts began to turn to song Health of our bodies will protect us But the well-being of our souls will see us through Light began to emerge from the darkness Through struggle and strife, choirs found a way Through song, we will carry on Sana animam meam (Heal my soul)