Was so fun to sing with you Elaine. Was at the dorian festival of 2020. Your music truly touches my heart and it was so incredible to sing your song in front of you with so many other girls. Will truly remember this for the rest of my life. Thank you.
My choir is performing this for our fall concert and I'm a soprano 2 and I completely agree. I wander around my house singing my part because it's just so beautiful.
My choir is singing this! Whenever our director lets the gents go, you can hear the girls cheering because we know it means we get to work on this piece. There's just something so compelling about it that it never gets old, no matter how many times you hear it. The open chords especially make my ears happy.
lol my small ensemble (8 SA 8 TB) has competition coming up and we're splitting into an SA and a TB group for two different songs. i'm a bass and the song us guys are doing is incredible but i can't help but be jealous of the sopranos and altos for this song. it's so incredible, i can't stop coming back to listen to it, and i'm so excited to hear my friends in choir perform it. they're so amazing
My director put together a lineup of three songs, depicting the story of Moses and the deliverance of his people - this was the second song. This song was so incredibly gorgeous that it made me question my entire belief system. It is, quite literally, a religious experience. Amazingly beautiful. Fantastically written and very enjoyable to perform.
Tenor here, but this piece was the highlight of the repertoire for me. It was absolutely beautiful and you lot preformed it beautifully. Ms. Hagenberg also did a brilliant job conducting this beauty. Well done all around!
I was going to sing this for the Tennessee All State Choir but unfortunately it was cancelled due to the corona virus. This song still sticks with me although I never was able to perform it
This is my favorite song ever composed. As a sophmore I had made several deep connections that were my friends who were seniors and the seniors sang this as their parting song. I’ve never felt such a deep connection to a song. Everyone in the choir after they graduated remembers this piece it’s simply gorgeous.
I get teary-eyed everytime I hear this song, we sung this at honor choir the women's choir did, and i sung the second sopprano part in this song, let's just say it was all the women's favorite song, it was mine to i tried so hard to not to cry while singing this infront of alot of people, I miss singing like this with a whole bunch of people, it was just an absolutely amazing experience that I would never forget!! ❤🎙🎵
every day, i can hear the frustrated groans of mrs. lee and my fellow soprano 2s but i have to just. congratulate you for making such a difficult but beautiful song to sing, as well as helping me learn so many new things from singing it!
My eyes are dazzled, The sky brilliant blue. I think the slide on "blue" is my favorite part of the song. That and "For a moment knowing nothing risking risking all."
Just sang this at a huge honors choir (Dorian Music Festival) and it was honestly my favorite piece. I've never enjoyed learning an arrangement so much, and it's truly a masterpiece. Fantastic work done by an even more fantastic woman. Definitely a new role model to look up to❤
singing this song with my choir! it’s so beautiful. i love singing soprano 2 for this piece because we get a mix of the high notes and the low notes. us soprano 2’s are so flexible. this song is incredible, and i can’t wait to perform it soon❤
The University of Alabama Women's Chorus was going to sing this at our spring concert, but due to current events that had to be canceled. While we're sad that we can't perform this lovely piece, we still discuss the beauty of it and how we can "dive into unknown waters" amidst all of this chaos. Thank you for such a lovely composition! I hope we all get the chance to sing it again one day.
I loved singing this at the Dorian Vocal Festival in 2020, I am so glad that was what I can consider my final vocal performance of my senior year. It was truly a blessing working with you and even more amazing to sing that BEAUTIFUL Soprano II line! Thank you! I constantly find myself humming this or singing it in my head.
I stand at the sea and turn to face the desert stretching endless and still. My eyes are dazzled The sky brilliant blue Sunburnt sands unyielding white. My hands turn to dove wings. My arms reach for the sky and I want to sing the song rising inside me. My mouth open I stop. Where are the words? Where the melody? In a moment of panic My eyes go blind. Can I take a step Without knowing a Destination? Will I falter Will I fall Will the ground sink away from under me? The song still unformed- How can I sing? To take the first step- To sing a new song- Is to close one’s eyes and dive into unknown waters, For a moment knowing nothing risking all- But then to discover The waters are friendly The ground is firm. And the song- the song rises again. Out of my mouth come words lifting the wind. And I hear for the first the song that has been in my heart silent unknown even to me.
Just sang this for UIL and my choir totally dug it. This piece is so powerful and climactic it united our treble choir like no other piece has. Beautiful work!
The same happened to me. It breaks my heart because we all worked so hard and sounded beautiful. However it’s bittersweet because I still have the sheet music, when any other time we would have had to return them.
I'm singing this for a UIL competition and you have become one of my favorite writers. My choir is going to Europe this summer and we are singing Alleluia (also by you) and my directors say you're going to watch and I'm so excited I really hope you like it if you are going to be there!❤❤❤
My school is singing this for ISSMA this year and I'm so excited I love this song so muchh, we're also Run Away and I absolutely love the songs my directors chose! I'm a soprano 2 btw
Love your work, Elaine! I'm not a choir director but I have a request: could you create a piece (either for SSAA or SATB voices) using the text of "Ave Maris Stella?" It's one of my favorite texts and I'm sure you can make magic with it!
Was so fun to sing with you Elaine. Was at the dorian festival of 2020. Your music truly touches my heart and it was so incredible to sing your song in front of you with so many other girls. Will truly remember this for the rest of my life. Thank you.
This song SLAPS! It’s literally my favorite choral piece to sing EVER.
This comment made me lol
I agree 🤌✨
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The soprano 2 line is incredible
IKR? I loved singing it AND the soprano 1 line - I love both having the melody and singing high!
My choir is performing this for our fall concert and I'm a soprano 2 and I completely agree. I wander around my house singing my part because it's just so beautiful.
Was there too. Was alto 2
I 100% agree with you! I love singing Soprano II in that song!
FRRRR
At a choral festival and Elaine herself is directing us 😭❤️
Zoey Smith I was there!!!! Dorian?
Yes! It was amazing. Loved every minute.
My choir is singing this! Whenever our director lets the gents go, you can hear the girls cheering because we know it means we get to work on this piece. There's just something so compelling about it that it never gets old, no matter how many times you hear it. The open chords especially make my ears happy.
lol my small ensemble (8 SA 8 TB) has competition coming up and we're splitting into an SA and a TB group for two different songs. i'm a bass and the song us guys are doing is incredible but i can't help but be jealous of the sopranos and altos for this song. it's so incredible, i can't stop coming back to listen to it, and i'm so excited to hear my friends in choir perform it. they're so amazing
My director put together a lineup of three songs, depicting the story of Moses and the deliverance of his people - this was the second song. This song was so incredibly gorgeous that it made me question my entire belief system. It is, quite literally, a religious experience. Amazingly beautiful. Fantastically written and very enjoyable to perform.
I loved singing this at Dorian this year!
Where are my Soprano 1 folks at
Alto 2 here but still loved loved loved singing this. And she's such a sweet person as well.
Soprano 1! Just got this song today and it’s beautiful 😭
Another tenor here, this was by far my favorite song!!
I was an Alto 1!!
Tenor here, but this piece was the highlight of the repertoire for me. It was absolutely beautiful and you lot preformed it beautifully. Ms. Hagenberg also did a brilliant job conducting this beauty. Well done all around!
I cry so hard evert time I sing it! Thank you for giving me the words to cry out! Thank you! Thank you!!
I was going to sing this for the Tennessee All State Choir but unfortunately it was cancelled due to the corona virus. This song still sticks with me although I never was able to perform it
I was too for TN! I'm currently listening to this on repeat though because I'm analyzing it for a musicology class in college!
This is my favorite song ever composed. As a sophmore I had made several deep connections that were my friends who were seniors and the seniors sang this as their parting song. I’ve never felt such a deep connection to a song. Everyone in the choir after they graduated remembers this piece it’s simply gorgeous.
1:39 my favorite part
Best thing I’ve ever had the pleasure of singing
Literally my favorite piece as a soprano 1 so far ❤️ who’s with me?
I get teary-eyed everytime I hear this song, we sung this at honor choir the women's choir did, and i sung the second sopprano part in this song, let's just say it was all the women's favorite song, it was mine to i tried so hard to not to cry while singing this infront of alot of people, I miss singing like this with a whole bunch of people, it was just an absolutely amazing experience that I would never forget!! ❤🎙🎵
I did this for region. It was so much fun and I almost cried.
I love how this sounds.
I love how at some parts it sounds so urgent.
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Bravo. What a beautiful, sophisticated piece. Programming this for next year.
My choir is singing this and I’m so happy I love this song!
every day, i can hear the frustrated groans of mrs. lee and my fellow soprano 2s
but i have to just. congratulate you for making such a difficult but beautiful song to sing, as well as helping me learn so many new things from singing it!
My eyes are dazzled,
The sky brilliant blue.
I think the slide on "blue" is my favorite part of the song.
That and "For a moment knowing nothing risking risking all."
omg samee, I LOVE the slides
Not only is the composition astounding but the vibrato at 2:27 is amazing!
3:13 is so beautiful on the soprano line
Piper Pringle omg I couldn’t agree more. It’s so powerful and moving it makes me so emotional
the alto line is super fun in this song and adds really cool harmonies
Im a soprano 2 for all state this year and I absolutely fell in love with this piece. For once it doesn’t sound as if the soprano 1s have the melody🤣.
my chorus is singing this and i love it!! it's so beautiful
Just sang this at a huge honors choir (Dorian Music Festival) and it was honestly my favorite piece. I've never enjoyed learning an arrangement so much, and it's truly a masterpiece. Fantastic work done by an even more fantastic woman. Definitely a new role model to look up to❤
@Caleb FEHR right?!?! So good.
@Caleb FEHR fr. It's the kind of hauntingly relatable and empowering music that I can't get over
Me too. I’m a tenor 1 and I loved this song and can’t stop signing it and listening it
So beautiful.... We are performing this in February.
singing this song with my choir! it’s so beautiful. i love singing soprano 2 for this piece because we get a mix of the high notes and the low notes. us soprano 2’s are so flexible. this song is incredible, and i can’t wait to perform it soon❤
The University of Alabama Women's Chorus was going to sing this at our spring concert, but due to current events that had to be canceled. While we're sad that we can't perform this lovely piece, we still discuss the beauty of it and how we can "dive into unknown waters" amidst all of this chaos. Thank you for such a lovely composition! I hope we all get the chance to sing it again one day.
I loved singing this at the Dorian Vocal Festival in 2020, I am so glad that was what I can consider my final vocal performance of my senior year. It was truly a blessing working with you and even more amazing to sing that BEAUTIFUL Soprano II line! Thank you! I constantly find myself humming this or singing it in my head.
I stand at the sea and turn
to face the desert stretching
endless and still.
My eyes are dazzled
The sky brilliant blue
Sunburnt sands unyielding white.
My hands turn to dove wings.
My arms
reach
for the sky
and I want to sing
the song rising inside me.
My mouth open
I stop.
Where are the words?
Where the melody?
In a moment of panic
My eyes go blind.
Can I take a step
Without knowing a
Destination?
Will I falter
Will I fall
Will the ground sink away from under me?
The song still unformed- How can I sing?
To take the first step-
To sing a new song-
Is to close one’s eyes
and dive
into unknown waters,
For a moment knowing nothing risking all-
But then to discover
The waters are friendly
The ground is firm.
And the song-
the song rises again.
Out of my mouth
come words lifting the wind. And I hear
for the first
the song
that has been in my heart silent
unknown
even to me.
Just sang this for UIL and my choir totally dug it. This piece is so powerful and climactic it united our treble choir like no other piece has. Beautiful work!
Literally my favorite piece of your's
I just sang this for my choir audition at ATU. I really hope I did this justice. Its so beautiful.
singing soprano 2 for this at the moment and i’m already obsessed
Florida All-State SSAA is doing this song!!! It's so beautiful!!!!
i'm an alto and this was always my favourite song from choir. it's so beautiful
SO much fun singing the sop 1 line. I LOVE this song so much
ugh i love this song and i was supposed to sing it with my choir but we never got to perform it because of corona virus and i’m still mad.
The same happened to me. It breaks my heart because we all worked so hard and sounded beautiful. However it’s bittersweet because I still have the sheet music, when any other time we would have had to return them.
One of the best pieces I've had the opportunity to perform
Singing this with my women’s choir! Very excited!
My choirs is singing this!!!
This is absolutely beautiful
I'm singing part of this for my ACDA Southern Region choir audition! It is absolutely beautiful😍
fun fact... I got into a car crash while listening to this last may!
Oh wow...I’m glad you’re ok❤️
I am singing this tomorrow with my choir!!
Beautiful.
Ahhh wish me luck!!! My choir’s singing this and I have the soprano 1 part! 😬😂
I'm singing this for a UIL competition and you have become one of my favorite writers. My choir is going to Europe this summer and we are singing Alleluia (also by you) and my directors say you're going to watch and I'm so excited I really hope you like it if you are going to be there!❤❤❤
WOW!
My school is singing this for ISSMA this year and I'm so excited I love this song so muchh, we're also Run Away and I absolutely love the songs my directors chose! I'm a soprano 2 btw
You must hear the Lansing High School (KS) Women's Ensemble perform this piece. It is immaculate
Can’t wait to sing this today at MPA
Lovely! some parts remind me of Charles Davidson’s I Never Saw Another Butterfly
Love your work, Elaine! I'm not a choir director but I have a request: could you create a piece (either for SSAA or SATB voices) using the text of "Ave Maris Stella?" It's one of my favorite texts and I'm sure you can make magic with it!
I almost got to sing this for All State and then COVID happened
I was singing it with the auditioned choir at my school and COVID happened the week before our concert. :( I love this piece so much!
I’m so sorry :(
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I sing the soprano 1 part for all region so wish me luck 😅😂😂
Is this song sacred/ Gospel?
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