Utah Valley University Chamber Choir
Dr. Reed Criddle, conductor
Recorded live at the Orem Public Library, Orem, Utah (USA)

UVU Chamber Choir; Reed Criddle, conductor

Daylight Declines - Paweł Łukaszewski

Utah Valley University Chamber Choir  2014-2015
Dr. Donna Fairbanks, violin
Natasha Johnson, soprano
Kathleen Stitt, piano
Dr. Reed Criddle, composer/conductor
Recorded live at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Orem, Utah

Translation: 
"The Bodhi* fundamentally is not a tree. 
The bright mirror also has no stand. 
If originally a thing does not exist, 
On what can dust collect?"

* Note: Bodhi (Sanskrit: बो#ध) refers to the tree in India under which the Buddha sat and attained enlightenment.
The term also refers directly to the enlightenment (or awakening) itself.

Background:
According to Buddhist lore, the Fifth Patriarch proposed a poetry competition to determine his successor. The lowly, illiterate monk Hui-neng shockingly won the patriarchy, having asked another monastic to transcribe his poem on a wall beside the other poems. Huineng's poem (to the left) is a direct response to the frontrunning submission by the most esteemed scholar-monk of the monastery, Shen-Xiu, which read:

"The body is the Bodhi tree, 
The mind is like a bright mirror stand. 
Moment to moment, diligently wipe, 
To let no dust collect."

Chant Of The Sixth Patriarch - Reed Criddle

Utah Valley University Men's Choir 
Addison Marlor, Dane Ficklin, Ryan Roberts, trio
Wilford Wulfenstein, Jordan Moyes, Alex Denning, soloists
Dr. Reed Criddle, conductor
Recorded live at the Orem Public Library, Orem, Utah

Ave Maria - Franz Biebl

Utah Valley University Men's Choir
John Sargeant, solo pianist
Dr. Reed Criddle, arranger & conductor

Shostakovich Piano Concerto #2, mvt. 2 Adagio ("Let Love Sustain You")

UVU Alumni Chorus
Seth Knight, soloist
Dr. Reed Criddle, piano
Dr. Reed Criddle, composer/conductor
Recorded live in Vineyard, Utah

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