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Words of the Wanderer

TBB chorus, piano + djembe - 5 minutes - medium difficulty

It was important to me that this piece for bass voices be infused with a spirituality of nature. The piano and djembe create an atmosphere that is at once playful and reverent while the choir explores our bond with nature. Moments of mixed meter and shifting tonality drive the piece forward and give your singers, of any level, something to sink their teeth into.


Everybody needs beauty as well as bread,
places to play in and pray in,
where nature may heal and give strength
to body and soul.

-John Muir (1838-1914)

Supplemented by composer:
What is life without beauty?
What is life without song?