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Joan Szymko

Joan Szymko is widely regarded as an outstanding composer of choral music in America today. With a catalog of over 100 choral works in print, her music is sung regularly at choral festivals and competitions across North America and abroad and for nearly two decades has been heard on stage or in sessions at every...

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She Who Makes Her Meaning Clear (SSAA)

Name: She Who Makes Her Meaning Clear (SSAA)
SKU: JS-008
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Part invocation, part call to action, part celebration.

fall, secular, spring, summer, winter

Difficulty: 3

Duration: 3-5 min.

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She Who Makes Her Meaning Clear

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SSAA with divisi, a cappella with hand percussion

Part invocation, part call to action, part celebration, this setting of a quote by Audre Lorde was commissioned by MUSE: Cincinnati’s Women’s Choir to commemorate the choir’s 25th anniversary season. Toward the end of her life, Lorde took the name “Gamba Adisa,” in an African naming ceremony; it means “Warrior: She who makes her meaning clear.” Divisi up to six parts and low A2 range are considerations. For the accomplished women’s chorus.

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Gamba Adisa!
“When I dare to be powerful,
to use my strength in the service of my vision
then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
Gamba Adisa!

– Quote reprinted from Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde

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