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Page 1: Let it Matter (SATB) cover · Let it Matter - SATB and piano - Choral Score 4. Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson,

Elizabeth Alexander

Seafarer Press

SEA-125-04 $3.50

Let it Matter

SATB and piano

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Let it Matter

Lyrics and Music by Elizabeth Alexander

You’ve got your own story –

You and everybody else have got a bone story,

Sunrise certain and touchstone true.

A homegrown story that you’ve known

ever since you could say the words for

“us” and “them” and “you.”

But every story’s got a flip side –

Underneath the surface there’s a rip tide

Powerful and yet denied.

To know the story of a stranger:

That can be a mighty re-arranger –

Let it be a downright game changer.

CHORUS:

Let that story in. Let it matter.

Let it open up the prison of your mind.

There’s so much pain and glory in everybody’s story –

Let it matter. Let it in.

Let it lead to honest conversation.

Let it shape the things you say and do.

Let it be the bridge that heals a nation.

No matter what you’ve been through,

Your own point of view

Is just a little part of what is true.

Don’t be afraid to let that story in.

(CHORUS)

It’s about the fears that lead to fences.

It’s about the dreams that fall apart.

It’s about what builds up our defenses.

You’ve got to open your heart

Your most tender part

You’ll find yourself alone until you start –

Until you start to let that story in.

This is the work of justice,

This is the work of trust,

This is the work that is asked of us today.

No one would ever call this “easy listening” –

Listen anyway. Listen anyway. Listen anyway.

(CHORUS)

No one would ever call this “easy listening.”

© 2016 by Elizabeth Alexander

Cover art by Agnes Grochulska

www.agnesgrochulska.com

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Please do not photocopy this score. Composing is my livelihood. Additional copies of this musicmay be purchased at www.seafarerpress.com or through any music dealer.

(Somewhere around q = 96)

Straightforward, passionatelyElizabeth Alexander

SATB and piano

© 2016 by Elizabeth Alexander

Original SSA version commissioned by Amasong, Jill Crandall Artistic Director

Let it Matter

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You’ve

mp

got your

G C/G B¨6 F9/A G C/G B¨6 F9/A

mp

sun

mp

rise cer tain and touch stone true.

sun

mp

rise cer tain and touch stone true.

You

mp (joining in with basses)

and ev’ ry bo dy elsehave got a bone* sto ry, A

own sto ry;You and ev’ ry bo dy elsehave got a bone* sto ry, A

G C/G B¨6 F9/A G C/G B¨6 F

* Go ahead and slide up into “soul-notes” such as this one. Everyone else does it, so you might as well too. Plus it just feels goo.

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Please do not photocopy this score. Composing is my livelihood. Additional copies of this musicmay be purchased at www.seafarerpress.com or through any music dealer.

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“us” and “them,” and “you.”

“us” and “them,” and “you.”

home grown sto ry that you’ve known ev er since you could say the words for “us” and “them,” and “you.”

home grown sto ry that you’ve known ev er since you could say thewords for “us” and “them,” and “you.”

G C/G B¨6 F9/A G B¨%

But

mp

ev’ ry sto ry’s got a flip side,

But

mp

ev’ ry sto ry’s got a flip side,

C9(;3)G C/G

mf

12 3

mp

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Please do not photocopy this score. Composing is my livelihood. Additional copies of this musicmay be purchased at www.seafarerpress.com or through any music dealer.

15

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un

“stealth notes”*

der neath the sur face there’s a rip

mf

tide pow er ful and yet de nied,

un

“stealth notes”*

der neath the sur face there’s a rip

mf

tide pow er ful and yet de nied, To know the

un

mp

der neath the sur face there’s a rip

mf

tide pow er ful and yet de nied, To

“stealth notes”*

know the

un

mp

der neath the sur face there’s a rip

mf

tide pow er ful and yet de nied, To

“stealth notes”*

know the

B¨6 F9/A G C/G B¨/F F

mf

That can be a migh ty re ar rang er. Let it be a down right gamechang

strug gle of a stran ger: That can be a migh ty re ar rang er. Let it be a down right gamechang

strug gle of a stran ger: That can be a migh ty re ar rang er. Let it be a down right gamechang

strug gle of a stran ger: That can be a migh ty re ar rang er. Let it be a down right gamechang

C/E G/D C G/B B¨ B¨/F F

* What are “stealth notes”? I’m glad you asked. They are little cue notes which you may sing quietly during early rehearsals, until youlearn to confidently pull your next entrance note out of the air. Voila!

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Please do not photocopy this score. Composing is my livelihood. Additional copies of this musicmay be purchased at www.seafarerpress.com or through any music dealer.

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A26

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er, Oh let that sto ry in,

f

er, Let it in, let it in, Oh let that sto ry in,f

er, Let it in, Oh let that sto ry in,f

er, Let it in, Oh let that sto ry in,

F/E¨ E¨ D7(“4)

Let

mp

it mat ter, Let it o pen up the pri son of your mind. There's so much

Let

mp

it mat ter, Let it o pen up the pri son of your mind. There's so much

Let

mp

it in, let it mat ter, Let it o pen up the pri son of your mind.

Let

mp

it mat ter, Let it o pen up the pri son of your mind.

C9(“4) D7(“4) G C9(“4) D7(“4) G

mp

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Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous

web designer B Scott Bates, poet B Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael

deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey,

poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer

B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher,

composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web

designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa,

composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet

B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf

Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven

Stucky, composer/teacher B Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John

Greenleaf Whittier, poet B Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood,

poet B Yehudi Wyner, composer/teacher B Paul Adams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret &

George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B

Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray

Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet

B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer

B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher B Paul Gerike,

proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill,

composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher

B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen,

artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald

Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven Stucky, composer/teacher B

Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John Greenleaf Whittier, poet B

Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood, poet B Yehudi Wyner,

composer/teacher B Paul Adams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents

B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B Abbie Betinis,

composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B

Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet

B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet

B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper,

technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet

B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller

B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J.

David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King

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WAS EVEN MINE.

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Please do not photocopy this score. Composing is my livelihood. Additional copies of this musicmay be purchased at www.seafarerpress.com or through any music dealer.

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Let it in, let it in, No mat ter

do. No mat ter

do. Let it be the bridge that heals a na tion. No mat ter

Let it be the bridge that heals a na tion. No mat ter

G(“4) G C9 C G(“4) G

what you've been through, your own point of view is just a lit tle part of what is

what you've been through, your own point of view is just a lit tle part of what is

what you've been through, your own point of view is just a lit tle part of what is

what you've been through, your own point of view is just a lit tle part of what is

A‹7 G/B C G/B A‹7 G/B

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true, don’t be a fraid to let that stor y in,

true, don’t be a fraid to let that stor y in,

true, don’t be a fraid to let that stor y in,

F% D7(“4)

Let

mf

it in,

Let

mf

it in, Let it mat ter, Let it o pen up the pri son of your mind.

There's

mf

so much

Let

mf

it mat ter, Let it o pen up the pri son of your mind. There's so much

C9(“4) D7(“4) G C9(“4) D7(“4) G

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Oh, Oh, Let it mat ter, let it in, let it in.

Oh, Let it mat ter, let it in, let it in, let it in.

pain and glo ry in ev’ ry bo dy’s sto ry: Oh, let it in, let it in, let it in.

pain and glo ry in ev’ ry bo dy’s sto ry: Oh, let it in.

C9/E D/F© F C/E C C/D G9

Oh,

mp

It's

mf

a bout the dreams that fall a part,

Oh,

mp

let that sto ry in,

Oh,

mp

let that sto ry in,

It's

mf

a bout the fears that lead to fenc es, Oh,

mp

C9(“4) C G(“4) G C9(“4) C

mp

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Please do not photocopy this score. Composing is my livelihood. Additional copies of this musicmay be purchased at www.seafarerpress.com or through any music dealer.

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It's a bout what builds up our de fen ses, You’ve got to

Oh, It's

mf

a bout what builds up our de fen ses, You’vegot to

Oh, It's

mf

a bout what builds up our de fen ses, You’vegot to

Let

mf

it in, let it in, You’ve got to

G9 C9(“4) C G(“4) G

o pen your heart, the most ten der part, you'll find your self a lone un til you

o pen your heart, the most ten der part, you'll find your self a lone un til you

o pen your heart, the most ten der part, you'll find your self a lone un til you

o pen your heart, the most ten der part, you'll find your self a lone un til you

A‹7 G/B C G/B A‹7 G/B

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Please do not photocopy this score. Composing is my livelihood. Additional copies of this musicmay be purchased at www.seafarerpress.com or through any music dealer.

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start,

f

un til you start to let that sto ry in (n),

start,

f

un til you start to let that sto ry in (n),

start,

f

Oh,

start,

f

Oh,

F%3

D7(“4)

3 4 34

f

this

p (but very intensely)

is the work that is asked

this

p (but very intensely)

is the work that is asked

This

p (but very intensely)

is the work of jus tice, this is the work of trust, this is the work that is asked

This

p (but very intensely)

is the work of jus tice, this is the work of trust, this is the work that is asked

C/E G/D C9

p

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Please do not photocopy this score. Composing is my livelihood. Additional copies of this musicmay be purchased at www.seafarerpress.com or through any music dealer.

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of us to day.

of us. No one would ev er call this “eas y” lis ten ing.”

of us to day.

of us. No one would ev er call this “eas y” lis ten ing.”

G/B C A‹7 G/B G

Lis

mp

ten an y way, Lis ten an y way,

Lis

mp

ten an y way, Let

mf

it in,

Lis

mp

ten an y way,

Lis

mp

ten an y way, Lis ten an y way, Let

mf

it in,

F9(;3) F9(;3) A‹7 E‹ D7(“4)

mp 3

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Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous

web designer B Scott Bates, poet B Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael

deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey,

poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer

B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher,

composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web

designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa,

composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet

B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf

Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven

Stucky, composer/teacher B Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John

Greenleaf Whittier, poet B Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood,

poet B Yehudi Wyner, composer/teacher B Paul Adams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret &

George Alexander, parents B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B

Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray

Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet

B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer

B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher B Paul Gerike,

proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill,

composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher

B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen,

artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald

Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven Stucky, composer/teacher B

Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John Greenleaf Whittier, poet B

Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood, poet B Yehudi Wyner,

composer/teacher B Paul Adams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer Adisa, poet B Margaret & George Alexander, parents

B Yehuda Amichai, poet B Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B Abbie Betinis,

composer/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael deVernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B

Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet

B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet

B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper,

technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, composer/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet

B Mark Humphrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, composer/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller

B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J.

David Moore, composer/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King

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A LOT OF HARD WORK &CREATIVITY

WENT INTO BRINGING

THIS MUSIC TO YOU...

...AND SOME OF IT

WAS EVEN MINE.

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let it in, let it in, let it in, Oh, let it in,let it in,

Let it mat ter, let it mat ter, let it mat ter, let that stor y mat ter,

Oh, let it mat ter, let it mat ter, let that stor y mat ter,

Oh, let it in, let it in, let it in, let that stor y mat ter,

A‹7 G/B C G9/D

let that stor y mat ter, let it in.

let that stor y mat ter, let it in.

let that stor y mat ter, let it in.

let that stor y mat ter, let it in.

C/E D/F G G/B F9/C

Keep pedal depressed for the remainder of the piece.

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rallentando89

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No

p

one would ev er call this “eas y lis ten ing.”

No

p

one would ev er call this “eas y lis ten ing.”

No

p

one would ev er call this

F9/C G7(„ˆˆ9)/D F9/C

p

No

pp

one would ev er call this

No

p

one would ev er call this “eas y lis tening.”

No

pp

one would ev er call this “eas y lis ten ing.”

“eas y lis tening.”

pp

G7(„ˆˆ9)/D F9/C G7(„ˆˆ9)/D

pp

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“eas y lis ten ing.”

Singers: gradually and unobtrusively close vowel to “ng”

pp Singers: gradually and unobtrusively close vowel to “ng”

Singers: gradually and unobtrusively close vowel to “ng”

Singers: gradually and unobtrusively close vowel to “ng”

F9/C G7(„ˆˆ9)/D F9/C

niente

niente

niente

niente

G7(„ˆˆ9)/D

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Elizabeth Alexander grew up in the Carolinas and Appalachian

Ohio. Her love of words nearly eclipses her love of music – a

passion reflected in her over 100 songs and choral works, which

have received thousands of performances worldwide.

A recent McKnight Fellow, she has received awards and

fellowships from the Jerome Foundation, New York Council on the

Arts, Wisconsin Arts Board, National Orchestral Association,

International League of Women Composers, and American

Composers Forum.

Elizabeth lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she makes pretty

good biscuits, looks for all kinds of excuses to visit her two grown

sons, and gardens during the three month period in Minnesota

which is not winter.

www.elizabethalexander.com

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Selected Choral Music by Elizabeth Alexander

April Rain Song (Langston Hughes) SATB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-006-01

Before the Bread (English folk prayer) SSSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-023-00

Blessed Be the Flower That Triumphs (Michael deVernon Boblett) SATB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-078-00

Cherish Your Doubt (Alexander) SATB & piano / SSAA & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-063-01 / SEA-063-02

Climb (Edna St. Vincent Millay) SATB & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-059-00

Dragon Dance (Elizabeth Alexander) S & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-001-00

Die Gedanken Sind Frei (155h century German protest song, arr.) SATB & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-087-00

The Earth Called To My Friend (Nancy Wood) SSA & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-057-00

Even a Fist Was Once an Open Palm (Yehuda Amichai) SATB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-026-01

Faith Is the Bird That Feels the Light (Rabindranath Tagore) SSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-068-00

Fighting Over What We Believe (Alexander) SAB youth choir, SATB & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-099-00

Finally On My Way To Yes (Pesha Gertler) SSATB & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-019-00

Folks, I’m Telling You (Langston Hughes) SSATB & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-027-00

For So the Children Come (Sophia Fahs) SATB & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-010-00

Glen Song (Scott Bates) SSATB & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-025-00

Go Out! (John Murray) SATB & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-081-00

I Write This Poem Out of Darkness (George Ella Lyon) SSA, flute, violin & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-024-00

If You Can Walk You Can Dance (Zimbabwean Proverb) SAB & piano / TTB & piano . . SEA-022-03 / SEA-022-05

Immortal Love (John Greenleaf Whittier) SATB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-017-00

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (arr. Polish carol) SSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-020-00

The Journey (Evelyn Dudley) TTBB / SATB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-075-00 / SEA-075-01

Jump! (Ray Bradbury) SSA & string quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-090-00

Life is not a Garden (Alexander) SATB & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-064-00

May This Be a Working Alleluia (Alexander) Children’s choir, SATB & piano (opt. flute & trumpets) . SEA-098-00

Morning Bread (Amy Lowell) SATB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-060-00

...or a musician (Philip Dacey) SATB & orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-007-00

A Palette To Paint Us As We Are (Gerald Rich) SA & piano / SATB & piano . . . . . . . . . SEA-014-00 / SEA-014-01

Praise Wet Snow Falling Early (Denise Levertov) SATB & piano SEA-015-00

Reasons for the Perpetuation of Slavery (Alexander) SSAA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-091-00

Spring Grass (Carl Sandburg) SATB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-006-03

They Have Freckles Everywhere (Alexander) SSAA & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-076-00

Those Who Wish To Sing Always Find a Song (Swedish proverb) SSS, oboe & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-022-01

To Make a Prairie (Emily Dickinson) SSA & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-016-00

Tomorrow, God Willing (Garrison Keillor) TTBB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-077-00

Trust the Seeds (Alexander) SATB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-009-00

We Lift Up Our Hearts (Richard Fewkes) Children’s choir, SATB & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-021-00

We Remember Them (Sylvan Kamens & Jack Riemer) SATB & piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-083-01

Where There Is Light in the Soul (Chinese proverb) SAB/SATB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-070-00 / SEA-070-01

When the Song of the Angels Is Stilled (Howard Thurman) SSAA / TTBB . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-062-04 / SEA-062-02

Why I Pity the Woman Who Never Spills (Joan Wolf Prefontaine) SSAA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-058-00

CD: Finally On My Way To Yes — Award-winning choral works by Elizabeth Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEA-CD-001

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