Out Beyond Ideas

Poet/Lyricist: 

O'Shaughnessy/Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks

Commissioned by: 

VocalEssence and the Louis and Mary Kay Smith Foundation for the Sabathani Vintage Voices choir of Minneapolis, directed by Robert Graham and Viva Voce choir of Champlin Park High School, Minnesota, directed by Margaret Sabin

Premiere: 

Vintage Voices and Viva Voce Choirs

Level: 

moderate
Performances
VocalEssence Chorus, directed by G. Phillip Shoultz, III (Minneapolis) Vintage Voices and Viva Voce Choirs, directed by Robert Graham and Margaret Sabin (Minneapolis and Champlin Park, Minnesota)

Featured Work

Although the Wind
Haunting setting of this inviting text by renowned poet, Izumi Shikibu
Although the Wind - mastered.mp3

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