A LITTLE BROWN BIRD (2021)
2-part, viola and cello
Co-written with Jocelyn Hagen. As sung by Nation.
Secular
Choral score
Note:
This short work delivers joy and hope in under two minutes. Fun to play and sing, you and your audience will feel lighter after a performance of “Little Brown Bird.” Nation doesn’t disappoint with this score that’s true to their performance.
Text:
A Little Brown Bird
Just landed on my windowsill.
Thought about coming in.
Bent her head, looked around. Looked
at my string of paper butterflies,
looked at me, then out
at the tree, flew to a branch.
Made the branch dance.
The leaves went crazy.
My heart did too.
A little brown bird.
Did all that.
– Julia Klatt Singer, previously published in the Saint Paul Almanac, 2011