When Winter Calls
Video
Voicing
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About This Piece
This original work pairs singable part writing with a supportive piano and a refrain that gathers strength each time it returns, until the flowers bloom again. Stunning, immersive, and achievable for middle and high school singers.
Details
- Voicing
- SSAB
- Composer
- Sherry Blevins
- Duration
- 3:54
Sherry Blevins is an award-winning teacher, composer, lyricist, and conductor who has taught music educators and conducted singers in All-State Choirs, the American Choral Directors Association’s state and regional choirs, and in school, community, and church choirs. She has been published by 11 different publishing houses and currently has over 40 published works. She is honored to be included in GIA’s book, *Choral Repertoire by Women Composers*, and is Founder and Artistic Director of the International Choral Composers Institute for emerging composers and lyricists. Ms. Blevins has been commissioned by over 50 ensembles including 10 all-state and regional choirs, two Carnegie Hall production companies, and the American Choral Directors Association’s National Commission Consortium. She has a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a master’s degree in music education with a concentration in choral conducting from Appalachian State University. Her hope is that the music she creates will bring hope and joy to others.
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When autumn falls and winter calls, Light begins to fade. When cold moves in with the howling wind, We feel the seasons change. Creatures are bound to go underground. Birds fly away. Flowers are gone, we crave the dawn As the moon feels destined to stay. Trees bear the snow for the branches know Spring will soon appear. The ice of today will melt away As it has year after year. When autumn falls and winter calls, We know the light will fade. Then when days grow long and winter’s sung her song, Your light will return, and then The earth will make amends, So the flowers will bloom again.