Description

Voicing: SSA choir & piano

Level: 3

Duration: 3:15

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Surprising harmonies and an upbeat tempo make this piece a true joy to learn and perform.

Text

Dancing around me like ladies in green

their skirts an umbrella, protecting my dream

Arms reaching out, slender, long

Graceful, thin, yet sturdy and strong

While elegant fingers beckon the breeze

I rest my head, asleep with the trees.

– Meredith Sipe

Review

“Ladies in Green” is a wonderful piece that Sorelle Cantati of Muskego High School had commissioned for the Spring of 2013. Jocelyn used one of my own poems as the text for this piece – “The Trees.” The poetry and music in this piece are beautifully woven together to create a perfect marriage. The light, dancing texture of Jocelyn’s composition creates the image of lovely ladies in green (the trees, of course), dancing freely in the wind.”

-Meredith Sipe, conductor, Muskego High School, Wisconsin