If I Was Tomorrow

Speak to Us of Joy 
Composed By: Sami Anguaya
Text By: Kahlil Gibran
Performed By: The Concreamus Chamber Choir, December Concert 2022 

Text:

Then a woman said, Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.
And he answered:
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.”
But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.

Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.
Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced.
When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh his gold and his silver, needs must your joy or your sorrow rise or fall.

Speak To Us Of Joy

Commissioned by the Modern Sound Collective, 2022
Composed By: Sami Anguaya
Text By: Sami Anguaya & Tom Robinson 
Performed By: The Concreamus Chamber Choir, April Concert 2023

Waiting: 

Rise the dream is over now
Come and face the light of day
Bright, Blinding 
Awakened dreamer, come and face the light 

In dreams I lie awake, waiting
Like a turtle on a deadhead just
Taking in rays, taking in rays 

Waiting
like a hummingbird at a feeder

Awake,
I lay low 
Waiting
like a fossil by a roadside
Waiting 
To be picked up

Lying Awake, Waiting

Dawn, Where Are You Now?
Music & Lyrics By: Sami Anguaya 
Performed By: The Concreamus Chamber Choir 

Available For Purchase: https://www.modernsoundcollective.ca/store/msc0011-dawn-where-are-you-now/

Dawn, Where Are You Now?

A Cover of "Tuyo" by Rodrigo Amarante

"I am the fire that burns your skin,
I am the water that kills your thirst.
Of the castle, I am the tower,
the sword that guards the treasure.
You, the air that I breathe,
and the light of the moon on the sea.
The throat that longs to be choked
that I’m afraid I’ll drown in love.
And which desires you are going to give me.
just to look is treasure enough,
it will be yours, it will be yours."


Tuyo (Narcos Theme Song)

Dream Of Me

Recorded in Walter Hall, University of Toronto 

Poetry by Stephen Crane
Music by Sami Anguaya

Soprano: Salena Harriman
Accompanist: Jeong-Wu Lee
Cover: Malaika Astorga

Since She Is Here

Music By Sami Anguaya
Conducted By Lorenzo Guggenheim 
Performed By The University of Toronto Student Orchestra

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