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Eric William Barnum
A conductor and composer, Eric William Barnum continues to passionately seek new ground in the choral field. Working with choirs of all kinds, his collaborative leitmotif endeavors to provide intensely meaningful experiences for singers and audiences. Barnum is currently the Director of Choral Activities at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa and previously, the Director...
Eric William Barnum
Chronologic
A dynamic and rhythmically visceral look at the mind-bending effects of time.
SATB a cappella
Originally composed for Choral Arts Northwest in Seattle, “Chronologic” is an extremely challenging choral work chronicling the unique and special aspects of time and its passing. With a driving and pulsing rhythm, textures develop in prismatic fashion and melodies soar unrelentingly toward an uncertain end. This piece would provide not only a dynamic stretch for your vocal ensemble, but an audience pleasing selection for your choral programming.
Text
Time,
An empty echo of passing life, it is
the past, the present, and the future.
Binding, shaping, changing, it
clings to the chronologic universe.
No length of travel, strife and joy
Will escape its hold,
But, in its purest,
Will forever hold the answers
Of all that is unknown.
– Katy Spencer
An empty echo of passing life, it is
the past, the present, and the future.
Binding, shaping, changing, it
clings to the chronologic universe.
No length of travel, strife and joy
Will escape its hold,
But, in its purest,
Will forever hold the answers
Of all that is unknown.
– Katy Spencer
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