When I Rise Up
SSA choir and piano
(2018)

Text: Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880-1966)
Language: English
Duration: 5 minutes

Premiered May 2018
Nothing But Treble choir
Elgin IL

Audio forthcoming

Composer’s Note

This piece was commissioned as a celebratory flagship piece for the inaugural concert of Nothing But Treble, a choir in Elgin, IL.

Text

When I rise up above the earth,
And look down on the things that fetter me,
I beat my wings upon the air,
Or tranquil lie,
Surge after surge of potent strength
Like incense comes to me
When I rise up above the earth
And look down upon the things that fetter me.

    -Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880-1966)

Perusal score forthcoming.