Eric William Barnum pens music that possesses an emotional directness without being too saccharine, accessibility without being corny, and lyricism born of a natural gift rather than a struggle. After Music illustrates all of these qualities that we’ve come to admire in Eric’s work, and more. This piece, for mixed choir SATB and piano accompaniment possesses scope, depth, and breadth. This work will take singers on an emotional journey with text that will engage them to think more profoundly about music itself and its place in their lives.
A setting of text penned by Josephine Preston Peabody, this sentiment is easy for any musician to grasp; that music has the innate ability to “call” and to “move” is widely understood, but how does one imitate that aspect? How do we speak of music’s stirring of our heart and its ways, its “otherness” or heavenly qualities? This text gives voice to these questions and speaks to the very heart of its singers.
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