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

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I Shall Not Care for SSATTB choir

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