WINDSONG

Composer: 
Jan Gilbert
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