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Jeffrey Derus

Jeffrey Derus is an American composer, producer, and musician. His music has gained a worldwide presence with commissions and performances from ensembles such as Choral Arts Initiative, INSPIRARE, Constellation Men’s Ensemble, Inversion Ensemble, KC VITAS, the Nova Scotia Choral Federation, Temple University, and Vanguard University. Hailed as “powerful, dramatic, lucid” (Sonograma Magazine) and “elegant” (Voice...

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I Had No Time To Hate

Name: I Had No Time To Hate
SKU: CB-IHadNoTimeToHate
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Jeffrey Derus

With such limited time on this Earth, we need to find the time to love, not hate.

Difficulty: 3

Duration: 3-5 min.

CB-IHadNoTimeToHate

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SATB a cappella Chorus with Divisi

Commissioned by Alex Canovas and the Young New Yorkers’ Chorus for their Annual Competition for Young Composers, “I Had No Time To Hate” is a piece that invites the listener to evaluate their perception of time and how we spend it for ourselves and with the people in our lives. Setting this text in a simple yet complex way gives the piece a deep well of emotion while keeping the message Dickinson intended. We must choose ourselves at times even when it is letting go of love we thought we needed. Evocative and singable, this piece is perfect to for adding depth and emotion to any program.

“I Had No Time To Hate” is the winner of the Nathan Davis Grand Prize in Composition for the 2024 Competition for Young Composers.