she took his hands (2017)

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:

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