How Can I Keep From Singing
2-Part video
Voicing
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About This Piece
Brimming with energy from beginning to end, this new take on a timeless text is a joy to experience for students, directors and audiences alike. Arranged for the Youth Chorus of Kansas City's inaugural performance, 'How Can I Keep From Singing?' is bound to be a year-round favorite.
Details
- Voicing
- SSA
- Composer
- Stephen Rew
- Duration
- 2:52
Stephen Rew holds his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music Education from the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. In over a decade as a public educator, he has received his district’s Teacher of the Year Award twice and is sought after as a clinician and motivational speaker. Currently, Rew serves as the West Central Missouri Music Educators Association District Vice-President for Elementary Choirs and the newly elected President-Elect of MCDA. He is a full-time music educator at Raymore-Peculiar High School in Raymore, Missouri, and a dedicated church musician, serving as music director at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. Stephen lives in his dream home with his wife, Cindy, and their two children, Mason and Chloe, who are often the subject of many lighthearted Facebook posts and photos.
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My life goes on in endless song Above earth’s lamentations, I hear the real, though far-off hymn That hails a new creation. Through all the tumult and the strife I hear that music ringing, It sounds an echo in my soul. How can I keep from singing? While though the tempest loudly roars, I hear the truth, it liveth. And though the darkness 'round me close, Songs in the night it giveth. No storm can shake my inmost calm, While to that rock I’m clinging. Since love is Lord of heaven and earth, How can I keep from singing? by Robert Lowry, 1868