Offered in utter devotion to our Mother Waters. This one poured through me as I knelt down at the banks the Tuolumne River to express my gratitude. To be sung with reverence and devotion. 

Lyrics:

Oh Mother Waters
Thank you for your healing song
Oh Mother Waters
Here I know 
that I belong

Heather Houston
© August 2021

Heather Houston's Album

Mother Waters - Heather Houston, All Parts

Hold on, hold on
my dear ones here comes the dawn

Hold On Heidi Wilson 02-25-26

A song for our time, written by the beautiful singing duo MaMuse. UPDATE! This recording has been updated here as of June 2025 to more accurately match MaMuse's arrangement, style and tempo.

Original song by Karisha Longaker, 2016. Copyright MaMuse. We Shall Be Known is recorded here with permission for the purposes of oral tradition singing and teaching. If singing this song for performance or recording for profit, get permission from and pay royalties to the composer.
http://mamuse.org

This is a recording used as a practice track for the Wholehearted Chorus of Monterey and Big Sur, CA, under the direction of Lisa G. Littlebird. Details including lyrics and individual part tracks can be found at:
http://thebirdsings.com/we-shall-be-known

We Shall Be Known by MaMuse - Alto (melody)

This short but luscious 4-part, dense harmony piece by Annie Zylstra is a true joy to sing. Note that Annie delineates the parts differently than we do in the Wholehearted Chorus. The high line is the Air/ Soprano line, middle-high is the Tenor/ Water line, middle low is the Fire/ Alto line and low is the Fire/ Bass line.

The Way is Clear by Annie Zylstra

Forget Your Perfect Offering

*Track Updated 6/27/25*
Influenced by the Gullah tradition active in composer Sarah Nutting's Carolina homeland, it's part gospel, part hoedown, and major joy. This song is in a mostly 2-3 voice part arrangement that shifts between voicings and has several solo opportunities on the verses.

Original song by Sarah Nutting of MaMuse. ©Sarah Nutting. Please support the artist by purchasing their released version of this song on MaMuse's album Heart Nouveau.  These practice tracks were recorded over the original MaMuse track by Lisa G. Littlebird, up a half step from the original.

For individual part tracks, lyrics and more, visit:
http://thebirdsings.com/through-that-gate/

Through That Gate by MaMuse - ALL PARTS

Simple Gifts : Amazing Grace

Adapted 2016 from Chance the Rapper’s ‘Blessings’, by Momentum Trainers from Black Lives Matter, Movimiento Cosecha, IfNotNow, and more!

LYRICS: 
We're gonna rise up, rise up till it's won.
When the people rise up, the powers come down.
They tried to stop us, but we keep coming back.

A team of cross-movement leaders adapted “Blessings” for use by social movement organizations. Sunrise is part of an in an interconnected network building for a just world and social transformation brought together by Momentum.

A team of cross-movement leaders adapted “Blessings” for use by social movement organizations. Sunrise is part of an in an interconnected network building for a just world and social transformation brought together by Momentum.

If singing this song for performance or recording for profit, you must get permission from and pay royalties to the composer.

Heartiest thanks to Scot Brenton at 9 Below Productions for graciously donating his time & studio space to help us record!

Rise Up

Niggun Simcha/Anim Zemirot/Yifrach Beyomov - Chabad melody

Batya Levine, Rena Branson, Aliza Schwartz, Tamar Sandweiss-Back

Shalom Aleichem (Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Sheva & Jai Uttal)

written on the 1st of Nissan, 5780 // March 26th, 2020

The words for this song come from Earthseed: The Books of the Living out of Octavia Butler's Parable series. At a time when so much is rapidly changing around us, her words feel more present than ever.  I sought to try and write a song to capture this, and opened the book to a part in the story where a community member passes without time to do a proper burial.  Instead, this prayer is offered.  May this song offer some support and solace in a moment where there is so much loss without the ability to come together and properly mourn.

As wind,
As water,
As fire,
As life

God is Change.

God 
Is both creative and destructive,
Demanding and yielding,
Sculptor and clay.

original text:
As wind,
As water,
As fire,
As life,
God
Is both creative and destructive,
Demanding and yielding,
Sculptor and clay.
God is Infinite Potential:
God is Change.

dedicating this song to Edith Louise Goldberg, a"h, who I did not have the privilege to know but was dear to many and took her life on the very day this song came to life. may her memory be a blessing.

As Wind, As Water

The New Synagogue Project is building a spiritually vibrant, radically inclusive synagogue that reflects our vision for a world of justice, equity, and liberation. Our community is being created by and for families with kids, couples and single people, queer and trans people, disabled and chronically ill people, D/deaf and hard of hearing folks, interfaith families, Jews of color and white Jews, Jews from many religious and secular backgrounds, and anyone interested in exploring and experiencing Jewish life. 

We believe communal singing is an incredibly powerful way to pray, connect with each other and ourselves, and find healing. Singing infuses our services and gatherings, and we are always looking for new ways to create vibrant, songful experiences. Come sing with us!

Forget Your Perfect Offering

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