WINDSONG

Scoring: 

SATB, org (may be performed as a concert piece without dance/visuals)

Year Authored: 

1998

Duration (min): 

20

Alternate Title: 

WINDSONG

Text Source/Author: 

Poetry from 'Women in Praise of the Sacred,' ed. Jane Hirschfield (Harper Collins, NY 1994)

First Performance: 

1998, Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists for the Biennial National Convention, Denver, CO

Recording: 

CD premiere/Ars Nova Singers

Settings of Women's Spiritual Poetry for SATB, organ, dancer, visuals (Batik mural on silk by Richard Wilson. Six separate panels unfurl as each poem is sung, forming a complete mural. The lower panel is a stage for shadow puppetry, performed during the