Words My Mother Wrote

For SATB choir
Composed in 2024
Text by author and poet Sandra Young

Words My Mother Wrote is a suite of three songs for unaccompanied choir. The lyrics — taken from three poems by Sandra Young — cover a great deal of emotional ground. At times, tender and poignant. At times, euphoric and uplifting. Set with modal harmonies and extended chords, the choral suite strives to stay accessible while appropriately serving the intimate and sentimental text.

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Remember

love, loss, memory

When Lonely Turns

introspective, haunting, tense

Elevated

joyful, celebratory, uplifting