commissioned by Donald Nally and the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University
for the Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble
SATB
Published by E.C. Schirmer (score preview)
Performances:
- BCE, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 10/29/2017
- The Crossing, Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, PA, 12/15/2017
- The Crossing, Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA, 12/17/2017
- Chestnut Street Singers, Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA, 11/09/2018 and 11/11/2018
- Wicker Park Choral Singers, St. Ignatius Church, Chicago, IL, 03/08/2019
- Common Ground Voices / La Frontera, San Diego, CA, 03/08/2019 and Tijuana, MX 03/09/2019
- Sacra/Profana, San Diego, CA, 03/22-23/2019
- VOICES 21C, ACDA Eastern Division Conference, Rochester, NY, 3/5/2020 and 3/6/2020
- Additional Performance History
Program Note:
She took Saulito’s hands and said to him very calmly, ‘They can’t hurt us. God is protecting us. You just have to have faith and I will be fine and with you soon.’
–Emma Lozano, quoted in Washington Post article, August 21, 2007, on the arrest of Chicago activist Elvira Arellano