Weaving

2024, 4:30 - SATB and Piano (Available in SATB or TTBB)

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Weaving is an exploration of the human conscience through the lens of nature. Written in two contrasting sections, weaving aims to paint a picture set by Ullman - one of joy, transfiguration and love for one another through a deep connection to our world.

Written for The UNT University Singers, Marques L. A. Garrett, conductor. Part of the collection "Accessible and Beautiful,” as published by Oxford University Press, curated by Marques L. A. Garrett and Edryn Coleman:

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/accessible-and-beautiful-9780193572638?cc=us&lang=en&

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“Weaving” the poem below:

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I weave wearing cares into dreams,

I cast away blinding dross,

I bring forth the light that gleams,

And put aside tinsel and gloss.

I weave straying leaves into forests,

And dew-drops into seas,

I braid loose grass into bowers

And weeds transform into flowers.

I sense the current of the heart,

The smile that gleams in the eye,

And with the mists that rise and fall,

Drape white clouds in the sky.

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- Samuel Ullman