Stephen Smith

Vancouver pianist, composer/arranger, choral conductor, teacher, and writer on music

From This Hour, Freedom!

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ComposerStephen Smith
Lyricist Walt Whitman
PublisherStephen Smith
Genre Classical / Choral music
Instrumentation Mixed choir
Scored forChoir
Type of scoreVocal score
Key G major
Duration 2'0"
LanguageEnglish
Difficulty Medium
Year of composition 2000
Description:
A setting for SATB acappella of a few lines from Walt Whitman's "Song of The Open Road," this piece is a short, dignified statement about choosing one's own way in life, which I was moved to compose after seeing the film "Billy Elliot" for the first time. It is requested that choirs wishing to perform the work purchase individual copies of the score for each singer at $1 per copy.

Upload date: 17 Jul 2020

Stephen Smith
21 Nov 2023
The audio file is a recording of a live performance in 2015 by Vancouver's queer classical choir, Cor Flammae, with the composer conducting.
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