(Each week we look at one or two of the best choral works posted in the Composition Showcase here on ChoralNet. This is where we store a treasure trove of works that your choirs will love to sing and your audiences will love to hear.)
Faith is the Bird That Feels the Light by Elizabeth Alexander for SSA a cappella (Click here for PDF http://archive.choralnet.org/paint/425424/We+Three+Kings.pdfand here for AUDIO)
Level: Advanced High School
Uses: General Concert Use
Program Themes: Trust, Freedom, Birds
This Piece Would Program Well With: Birds from The Little Prince by Rachel Portman available through from JWPepper and Sheet Music Plus
This piece has received many performances throughout the world. It is bright, fresh and approachable. The length and a few of the harmonic changes make it a bit difficult but it could be handled well by an advanced high school women’s choir. There are two videos below that show a range of performance possibilities.
Faith is the Bird That Feels the Light is available from the composer’s website: http://www.seafarerpress.com/works/faith-is-the-bird-that-feels-the-light
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