Thy Silver Pinions

Description

SATB divisi with Soprano solo

The first Marguerite Brooks Commission for the National Collegiate Choral Association. The piece combines poems by Emily Dickinson and John Keats both of which speak beautifully to the subject of hope. The choral writing lends itself to advanced choirs and is very expressive in nature.

Duration: 5:15

“Hope” is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words…

– Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

Sweet Hope, ethereal balm upon me shed,
And wave thy silver pinions o'er my head!

– John Keats (1795-1821), from “To Hope”