SSATB or SATB with Treble Choir, with piano and (opt. string quartet)
With music and words expressing determination to find a way forward after challenges, this piece reminds us that we “know what hope feels like inside,” and encourages us to move into the future “with purpose, with grace, the sun in my soul, golden light on my face.” It can be done with SSATB choirs, or a combined Treble and SATB choir, with piano and optional string quartet. Commissioned in celebration of Rainier Youth Choirs’ 15th Anniversary Season, Leora Schwitters, Founder and Artistic Director. Click here to learn more about poet Jordan Chaney.
this light
from the
mouth of the earth
like gold on fire
the sun speaks and
spills its secrets of life
of light
then sings them to me
I know what hope
feels like inside
a light in the spirit
a place not too distant
past shadows
and dimness
this light
I feel it
it shines
it shines
brighter
and brighter
waxing away
still making a way
sorrow became faith
woke up the next day
with purpose
with grace
the sun in my soul
golden light on my face
~Jordan Chaney
10 December 2021