"In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love." — Marc Chagall. This gorgeous choral work was composed as the
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In simple, true words Kim Stafford's poem transforms "peace" from an abstraction into living, breathing action. Mr. Stafford said of composer Szymko’s composition: "I don't know that I have ever
"Ffe Mwe Mwe Ffe" begins with a simple unison call, the energy of community coming together for the common good grows with each interwoven and layered rhythm that enters. A soloist then introduces
This is a lyrical setting of Ranier Maria Rilke's exquisite poem on loneliness and of hope. The music, introspective and melancholy at first, "falls" gently into the gracious hands of "the One" who
"The whole world is a very narrow bridge and the main thing is not to be afraid at all." Set in the original Hebrew, with dramatic rhythmic intensity, this setting of an 18th-century text by Rebbe
This work of dramatic intensity, set to a Wendell Berry text, explores the soulless greed of those who wield power over land, people, governments, and information - power over our future. The conclusion of
A flame within a chalice is an important symbol of the Unitarian Universalist faith tradition. For All Souls Unitarian Church of Tulsa, OK, it signifies the warmth of welcoming community— All
This contemporaneous response to the war in Ukraine is both stirring and soothing in its simplicity. Its call for peace is dedicated to the people of Ukraine and to all who suffer the violence of war. All
With unyielding imagery William Orpen, by vocation a painter not a poet, portrays a muddy morass in "The Church, Zillebeke, October 1918.” Mud clings and hinders, mires and confuses. Here
This beautiful setting, commissioned in remembrance of a beloved founding director, includes lyrics of the poem by Nancy Wood, which convey the healing that accompanies releasing the past with all its pain
The opening theme of "River" on the words, "There is a river now flowing fast, flowing very fast" develops with ever growing urgency by means of texture and key changes while accompanied by an unrelenting
Part invocation, part call to action, part celebration, this setting of a quote by Audre Lorde was commissioned by MUSE: Cincinnati's Women's Choir to commemorate the choir's 25th anniversary season. Toward
"Todo o Meu Ser" with its Portuguese lyrics and Brazilian flavor actually has its roots with the Unuit who are indigenous peoples of the North American Arctic. While in Brazil, Joan Szymko was
We Are All Bound Up Together is the stand alone interlude from Lifting As We Climb, a 30 minute choral narrative scored for women's choir, speakers (6) piano, drum kit and alto sax.