- Axel Theimer: Well, if you would have had the opportunity
to be part of the Zoom meetings that we had with the composers,
it was phenomenal
the way they acted and reacted
with the students, and also the engagement of the students
with their own questions and their own comments,
especially the opportunity with Jim Papoulis,
who engaged all of us in writing a composition together.
And asking them about their feelings, about their ideas
about the key, about the mood and so on, I think,
and as different as the three composers were,
it was also amazing to see their similarities,
how they approach composing,
and how they are affected by the text
and by their own emotional response
to the meaning of the words.
["Justice" by WSMA High School State Honors Treble Choir with Jim Papoulis]
[dramatic piano music]
* History is calling us
* Loneliness is finding us
* I will not be silent
* As we hear the cries
* When I hear hands up
* When I hear I can't breathe
* I will not be silent anymore
* I will rise, I will stand
* I will lift my voice
* For justice is calling me
* Freedom will lead us to unity *
* We won't stop 'til we all find *
* Justice is calling me
* Freedom will lead us to unity *
* We won't stop 'til we all find justice *
["I Arise Today" by Matthew Emery]
[gentle piano music]
* I arise today
* Through the strength of heaven *
* The light of the sun
* The radiance of the moon
[violin solo]
* The splendor of fire
* The speed of lightning
* The swiftness of the wind
[gentle violin and piano music]
* I arise today * I arise today *
* Through the strength of heaven (I arise today) *
* The light of the sun (I arise today) *
* The radiance of the moon
[gentle violin and piano music]
* I arise today
* The depth of the sea
* The stability of the earth
* The firmness of the rock
* I arise today
* I arise today *
* Through the strength of heaven (I arise today) *
* The light of the sun (I arise today) *
* The radiance of the moon (The radiance) *
* (I arise) Through the strength of heaven *
* I arise today (The light of the sun) *
* I arise today (The splendor of fire) *
* The speed of lightning (The light of the sun) *
* The radiance of the moon
* I arise today
(I arise) *
* Today
* In every heart there is a place *
* A place that shows us who we are *
* In every heart there is a place *
* That finally I can see
* In every heart there is a place *
* A place that shows us who we are *
* In every heart there is a place *
* That finally I can see
* If I hear my heart
* I will know it's true
* If I listen when it calls
* In every heart there is a place *
* That finally I can see
* Look around and you will see it *
* You will see that you will find it *
* (Look around) The time has come for you to see *
* We are the voices and we will be heard *
* Finding a voice that will free us *
* We are the voices and we will be heard *
* As we finally see
* Who we are (Who we are) (Who we are) *
* Only what we feel
* What we feel
* There is only one way we can be *
* And that is standing up
* For who we are inside
* We stand up tall
* So we can feel the unity of who we are inside (Of who we are inside) *
* We stand up tall
* So we can feel the unity of who we are inside (Of who we are inside) *
* There is only one way we can be *
* And that is standing up for who we are inside *
* I know who I am
* I am breathing the fire of my soul (Who we are) *
* I am breathing who I am inside *
* (I know who I am) I am breathing the fire of my soul *
* I can feel the fire in my soul *
* I can feel the fire
* Look around and you will see it (You will see) *
* Look around and you will find it (Look around) *
* The time has come for you to see *
* We are the voices and we will be heard *
* Finding a voice that will free us *
* We are the voices and we will be heard *
* As we finally see now
* We are the voices who will be heard finally *
* We are now the voices * We are now the voices *
* We are voices finding out
* That we have what we need right in our hearts *
* Now is the time to believe (Hearts) *
* We are heard