I Believe
SATB divisi with oboe and string quartet
Length: 4:00
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SATB divisi with oboe and string quartet
Length: 4:00
Download perusal score.
Minimum order quantity: 10
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SATB divisi with oboe and string quartet
Length: 4:00
Download perusal score.
Minimum order quantity: 10
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Description
The first time I heard these words, I was sitting in the very back of the audience listening to the 2016 TMEA All-State Mixed Choir sing Kim André Arnesen’s setting called “Even When He is Silent.” I had tears in my eyes and chills all over my body. These powerful, poignant, yet simple words were found scrawled on a cellar wall in a concentration camp during World War 2. It is a potent message of hope and faith. I knew I wanted to set these words to music, but I did not know when or how.
In the spring of 2020, the pandemic started and everyone was trapped in their own homes. The Society of Composers at TCU decided to hold their biannual 24-Hour Composition Competition that summer. The theme for that competition was “convalescence” which was fitting for the times, and I knew this was the perfect time to use these words. For a whole day, I wrote this piece without sleeping, and I gave it everything I had. The piece was performed the following semester and won the student vote and received a unanimous faculty vote. I Believe later received “Honorable Mention” for the Chorus Austin's 2021 Young Composers Competition.
I Believe
I believe in the sun, even when it’s not shining.
I believe in love, even when I am alone.
I believe in God, even when He is silent.
–20th century anonymous
