Performed on July 2, 2013 by the American Creators Chorus under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson.

Written for the 2013 Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium.


PROJECT : ENCORE™ has found this work to be of exceptional merit.  Its panel of internationally know conductors has selected the work for inclusion in its database of recommended choral music.  - www.projectencore.org

Semi-finalist for for the 2014 American Prize in choral composition.

(I recommend headphones to get the full effect.)

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I Shall Not Care 
by Sara Teasdale
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When I am dead and over me bright April
     Shakes out her rain-drenched hair,
Tho' you should lean above me broken-hearted,
     I shall not care.

I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful
     When rain bends down the bough,
And I shall be more silent and cold-hearted
     Than you are now.


I Shall Not Care for SSATTB choir

" ...simultaneously innovative, intellectually stimulating, but most of all emotionally moving." - Maria Choban, Oregon ArtsWatch

Peter B. Kay is a composer and performer, writing for traditional groups, eclectic ensembles, and multimedia. His music often features long, lyrical lines and folk/blues harmonies. Works are typically episodic – several parts that are connected but still individually framed. His current works are primarily geared toward film and video scoring, but he writes for the concert hall as often as he can.

I Shall Not Care for SSATTB choir

Brandon Stewart