Set to a love poem by Wilfred Owen, the text describes the changing of seasons from fall to winter.

WINTER SONG

Seattle Pro Musica - Caritas

O virga mediatrix

Seattle Pro Musica - Winter Rose

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Arrangement of the Swedish holiday carol.

Northern Lights CD final

Nu ar det jul igen

Musta Been Something I Said

In the Mist
In Three Quatrains, in the Spirit of Rumi and Frost
For Sonny Walden, in Honor of his Retirement and in Celebration of the Beauty He Creates “in the Mist”
1
When day breaks over the Eastern ridge,
I find myself still seeking for a bridge
Between present Dark and Light to come,
Between Doubt’s mist and a Faith to salvage.
2
When morning’s mist lingers and clouds the ground,
I find clarity and solace in sound –
In Nature’s whispers that not all is seen,
And there is beauty beyond to be found.
3
When life is bleak and longer than its days,
Come find me in the greyness, in the haze.
Creating in the mist of mystery 
And singing my way to some sort of praise. 
Emily A. Decker
January 2020

In The Mist

ODE TO CRICKET  (RIP Kristi Noem's dog)

My heart is shot My liver is fried
I can only see Out of one eye
My blood pressure’s high My belly is huge
Everything aches I barely can move

(Chorus)
At least I’m not Kristi Noem’s dog
At least I’m not Kristi Noem’s dog
I can’t point a bird
I can’t bring in the herd
Thank God I ain’t Kristi Noem’s dog

My prostate’s the size of a basketball
I can barely go pee at all
My best days are over my talent is spent
Perhaps I should run for President
(Chorus) 

(Bridge)
That merciless rebel truly believes
Shooting a puppy is a sure way to please
The radical masses that will get out and vote
For a gun toting mama that likes to kill goats
(Instrumental)
 
I grew up on a farm I had hunting dogs
Some of them would not hunt at all
Some were frustrating to live with and yet
We didn’t shoot them we just called them pets.

At least they weren’t Kristi Noem’s dogs
At least they weren’t Kristi Noem’s dogs
They wouldn’t point a bird
They couldn’t bring in the herd
Thank God they weren’t  Kristi Noem’s dogs

In a pit they’d lie dead
Being shot it the head
If they were Kristi Noem’s dogs

Ode To Cricket

Listening for SATB chorus

Stephen Lancaster, baritone
Eric Trudel, piano
Chorosynthesis Singers
Wendy K. Moy & Jeremiah Selvey, Co-Artistic Directors/Co-Conductors

EAST COAST PREMIERE/SECOND PERFORMANCE
Commissioned by Chorosynthesis Singers, Jeremiah Selvey, and Wendy Moy
In Honor of World AIDS Day
Seven Living Words of the HIV Positive (2018) Thomas Schuttenhelm (b. 1970)
1. Diagnosis
2. Family & Friends
3. Daily Routine / Taking the Pill
4. Undetectable
5. Dating
6. Religion
7. Re-imagining the Future

April 13, 2019
Evans Hall at Connecticut College
Sponsored in part by the Dayton Artist in Residence Program

www.chorosynthesis.org

Seven Living Words of the HIV Positive by Thomas Schuttenhelm (Live)

CHOROSYNTHESIS SINGERS, a state-of-the-art project-based ensemble, exists to collaborate with professional-level musicians and composers in the creation and performance of music that connects the art with community. As part of the greater vision of Chorosynthesis, the ensemble serves as a practical example of applying the ideals of the organization: collaboration, innovation, sustainability, and excellence. 

Seven Living Words of the HIV Positive by Thomas Schuttenhelm (Live)

Chorosynthesis

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