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As Rivers of Water in a Dry Place – Adam Ward (b1981)
San Francisco based singer and composer Adam Ward, was commissioned to write a new work for this project. Mr. Ward is currently in his tenth season with the international choral ensemble, Chanticleer where he sings alto and soprano. Mr. Ward holds degrees in Horn performance from Manhattan School of Music and Yale School of Music.
De Bary’s poem As Rivers of Water in a Dry Place offers the opportunity to create the very music she describes – fresh, clear, undefiled, the first-born, the earliest ancient music ever heard. A personal, secret song that, like the water brook, gives new life. Mr. Ward sends a special thank you to Vox Musica, Daniel Paulson and Joe Kye for bringing his newest song to life.
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Lonely, lonely lay the hill,
not a bird was there to sing,
not a bee was there to drone;
the sky, unbrushed of any wing,
hung above me like a stone,
And scarce my feet obeyed
my will as heavily I walk alone.
For More Information Contact: www.chanticleer.org/adam-ward
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