Product Number | 8518* |
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Composer/Arranger | Walker, Gwyneth |
Text Author | Johnson, James Weldon |
Voicing & Instruments | SSA Chorus and Piano, with opt. Flute |
Difficulty | Moderately Easy |
Text Language | English |
Topics (Secular) | Crisis/Comfort/Hope, Music |
Popular Choral Searches | Female Composer |
Duration | 3:30 |
Publisher | E. C. Schirmer Music Company |
Recording Credits | Performed by Choral Spectrum, Oberlin Musical Union, and the Oberlin Choristers; Ted Williams, Greg Ristow, and Jennifer McCall, directors. |
The message of “The Gift to Sing” is that, even in the darkest of times, music can lift the soul. I have a magic way to turn the gloom to brightest day—I softly sing. One can sing softly, one can sing forcefully (with determination) and one must always sing with passion!