BACK TO THE HEART (2016)
3-part round, optional piano
Excerpted from “Everything Sings,” commissioned by Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs
Secular
Choral score
Note:
Excerpted from “Everything Sings,” this round stands alone as it’s own concert piece. The round can be taught in solfege, and introduces the feel of a 12/8 triple compound meter. Singers will enjoy the text, which speaks of music being rooted deep within their bodies. You can also get permission to print the melody in the program, and invite the audience to join in!
The piece is a round, embodying the communal nature of singing–the same song moving through one body, then another and another, and finally coming back to everyone singing together. – Timothy C. Takach, 2015
Text:
My song is my blood
It moves through my body–
Moves through yours too–
Always finding its way
Back to the heart,
to the heart
of me and of you.
– Commissioned poem by Julia Klatt Singer. Used with permission.