Song Title
Response

Description
Choral song cycle for SATB choir, soprano soloist (or boy soprano), organ or brass ensemble. Thirteen minutes. The four songs in the cycle are: "The Lost Child," "The Charge," "The Meadow," and the "The Blessing". Response was written as a tribute to all those who experienced the September 11, 2001 experience and is appropriate for any musical tribute to all those who experience major communal crisis. Medium difficulty.

13:27, Gm – E.

Other key words and concepts: 9/11, hate, harm, kill, grief, goodness, reckoning, God, cherish, destroy, bouquet, wisdom, forgiveness, love, blessing, thanksgiving.

Downloadable files - Please email the composer if you download a file.
Response - Brass Version (Draft)
Response - MP3
Response - Score
Response - Text
Response - Vocal Score
Response - Woodblocks and Cymbal