Zach For SATB a cappella Duration: 3:20
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About the Composition:
Back in the spring of 2020 (amidst the pandemic, isolation, and finishing off a difficult year of teaching online), I sat on my apartment porch enjoying the first nice day of spring. After months of a Wisconsin winter and being stuck inside for half a year, it felt so freeing to be outside. But despite all the freedom I felt, I could not ignore the concerns I had for music programs, the arts, and staying safe because of the pandemic. As I thought about my concerns, I noticed the laughter of children amidst a warm breeze. It was a bittersweet and ironic moment watching a group of kids playing completely carefree, despite everything.
As I sat observing and longing to be in their shoes, I began to close my eyes and think about memories of my own childhood. I remembered playing with friends and feeling excited to grow up. I enjoyed my childhood a lot, but more times than not I was excited to become an adult, naively wishing my youth away. Continuing to sit on my porch, I felt the warm breeze swirl around me; however, this time I noticed a coolness in the air from the melting snow. At that moment I thought of the coolness that was always in the air when I was a kid. I never noticed how the cold and relentless march of time was always around me, slowly taking my childhood.
Continuing to think of fond memories, I began to feel sad that those moments could never come back. Silently I stayed in thought. While in thought, I once again noticed the laughter of the children that were physically in front of me. As I played through my silent memories, the sound of their laughter, in a way, filled my memories and brought those times back to life. It was one of the more beautiful moments in my life. In a rare instance, it felt as if I was reunited with my friends, playing once again.
I know that adults say this a lot to kids, but stay in the moment. Enjoy where you are now, because when you are older you will want to have it back. And to those who are getting older and long for the past, it is okay to reminisce, but don’t miss the moment you are in now. At some point, you too will want this very moment back.
-Zachary J. Moore
One Spring Day
Sitting outside one crisp spring day Listening I heard children play They laughed and danced amongst the breeze Passing their time by, careless and free.
Closing my eyes, I recalled simpler times Building forts in the woods with my good friend Tyler How days turned to months and months to years Forts became houses and games careers.
Both present and past began to merge My memories filled with the laughter I heard Though lost in time those days may be I played with my friends vicariously.
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Performance Notes:
Although written in 3/4 I encourage performers to, subconsciously, feel this composition in a slow three. In addition, the natural stressed and unstressed syllables, of the poem, should be felt amidst the quarter note pulse.
Bio:
Zachary J. Moore (b. 1992) is an American composer, conductor, and speaker. Combining his interests in film, classical music, and film scoring, Zach stives to tell meaningful stories through his music that will captivate, transform, and transport listeners.
Third place winner of both the Marvin Hamlisch Contest and The American Prize, Zach's works have gained notable attention in the choral world, and have received notable performances in locations such as Carnegie Hall, The Taipei National Concert Hall, and at the Franklin D. Roosevelt 75th Anniversary Concert.
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for SATB a cappella Duration: ca 3:20 dedicated to the Stephen F. Austin State University Chamber Singers Dr. Michael Murphy, director
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& & V ? & ? # # # # # # S A T B 25 œ œ œ forts in the ˙. forts, ˙. forts, œ œœ œ œ forts in the 25 œ œ œ ˙ ˙. œ œœ œ œ accel. poco a poco œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ woods
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& & V ? & ? # # # # # # S A T B 33 œ œ œ Forts be came œ œ œ Forts be came œ œ œ Forts be came œ œ œ œ œ œ Forts be came 33 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ p p p p q = 85 œ nœ œ homes and ˙ œ homes and b˙ œ homes and ˙ ˙bn œ homes and œ nœ œ ˙ œ ˙ ˙ b˙nb œœ n˙ œ games car ˙ Œ games ˙ Œ games ˙ œ games car n˙˙ œ ˙ ˙ œ ˙ Œ eers. ∑ ∑ ˙ Œ eers ˙ Œ ˙ Œ & & V ? & ? # # # # # # S A T B 37 ˙. ooo ˙. ooo œ œ œ ooo . . ˙ ˙ ooo 37 . . ˙ ˙ œ œ œ ˙. ˙ π π π π ˙ nœ ˙. nœ œ œ b˙. ˙ ˙ nœ nœ œ œb˙ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙. ˙. ˙˙œ œ . . ˙ ˙ p p p p ˙ œ both ˙ œ both ˙. ˙. ˙˙œœ . . ˙ ˙ 6 One Spring Day ForPerusalOnly
& & V ? & ? # # # # # # S A T B 41 œ œ œ pre sent and œ œ œ pre sent and ˙. ooo ∑ 41 œ œ œœ œ œ ˙. π π π ˙ œ past be œ œ œ past be ˙. ∑ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙. ˙ œ gan to œ œ œ gan to œ ˙ ∑ ˙ œœ œ œ œ ˙ ˙˙ œœ merge My ˙ œ merge ooo œ œ œ My ∑ ˙˙ ˙ œœ œ œ œ œ p & & V ? & ? # # # # # # S A T B 45 œ œ œ mem or ies ˙. œ œ œ mem or ies ˙. ooo 45 œ œ œ ˙. œ œ œ ˙. p p p œ œ œ filled with the ˙. œ œ œ filled with the ˙. œ œ œ ˙. œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ laugh ter I ˙ œ oh œ. j œ œ œ laugh ter I ˙. oh œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œj œ œ ˙ ˙ œ heard Though ˙ œ ah Though ˙ œ heard Though œ œ œ œ œ ah laugh ter I ˙˙ œœ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ F 7 One Spring Day ForPerusalOnly
& & V ? & ? # # # # # # 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 S A T B 49 œ œ œ lost in œ œ œ lost in ˙ ˙ œ œ lost in œ œ œ heard, lost in œ œ œ 49 œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œœ œ œ f f f f œ œ œ time those ˙ œ time
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˙ œ œ w œœ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œœ œ œ ˙œ œ œ ƒ q = 65 ƒ ƒ ƒ & & V ? & ? # # # # # # 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 S A T B 53 ˙ ˙ Œ œ though ˙˙ Œ œ though œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 though lost in œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 though lost in 53 ˙ ˙ ˙˙ ˙ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ lost those days may œ œ œ œ lost those days may œ œ œ œ time those days may œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ time those days may œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w be w be ˙ Œ œ œ be, though ˙ ˙ Œ œ be though w w ˙ Ó ˙ ˙ Œ œ œ œ p p w Ó w Ó œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ lost those days may œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ lost those days may w w Ó œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ π π 8 One Spring Day ForPerusalOnly
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& & V ? & ? # # # # # # 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 S A T B 57 ∑ ∑ ww U be w w U be 57 ∑ ww w w U ∑ Ó œ I Ó œ I ∑ Ó œ ∑ π π œ œ œ played with my œ œ œ played with my œ œ œ played with my œ œ œ œ œ œ played with my œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ π π œ n˙ œ friends vi ˙. œ friends vi b˙. œ friends vi . . ˙ ˙bn œ œ friends vi œ n˙ œ . ˙ b˙ œ œ . ˙ ˙bn œ œ & & V ? & ? # # # # # # 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 S A T B 61 . .n˙˙ œ car ious ˙. œ car ious ˙. Œ car... ˙. Œ car... 61 . .˙˙n˙ œ . . ˙ ˙ Œ ˙ U Ó ly ˙ U Ó ly ∑ ∑ ˙ Ó ∑ ˙. mmm ˙. mmm œ œ œ mmm . . ˙ ˙ mmm ˙. œ œ œ ˙ ˙ q = 75 ˙. b˙ œ nœ œ œ b˙. ˙ b˙ œ nœ œ œb˙ 9 One Spring Day ForPerusalOnly
& & V ? & ? # # # # # # S A T B 65 ˙. ˙ œ . ˙. ˙ ˙. 65 ˙ ˙ œ . . . ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ Œ ˙ Œ ˙ Œ ˙ ˙ Œ ˙ ˙ Œ ˙ ˙ ˙ Œ ˙. mmm ˙. mmm œ œ œ mmm . . ˙ ˙ mmm ˙. œ œ œ ˙. ˙ œ n˙ ˙. bœ œ nœ . . ˙ ˙bn œ˙.n˙ bœ œ ˙.œnb˙ & & V ? & ? # # # # # # S A T B 69 ˙ œ ˙. ˙. ˙. 69 ˙ œ ˙ ˙ œ Œ œ œ mmm ˙ Œ ˙ Œ ˙ Œ œ Œ œ œ ˙ ˙ Œ ˙. ˙. mmm ˙ œ mmm ∑ ˙. ˙ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ∑ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ 10 One Spring Day ForPerusalOnly
& & V ? & ? # # # # # # S A T B 73 ˙. n˙ œ œ œ œ ∑ 73 n˙˙.œ œ œ œ p p p ∑ ˙ Œ n˙ Œ ∑ ˙ Œ n˙ Œ ˙. mmm ˙. mmm œ œ œ mmm . . ˙ ˙ mmm ˙. ˙ œ œ œ . . ˙ ˙ rit. π π π π ˙ nœ œ n˙ ˙. . . ˙ ˙bn ˙ œœœ n˙ . ˙ ˙bn & & V ? & ? # # # # # # S A T B 77 n˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. 77 n˙˙. . . ˙ ˙ p p p p q = 60 ˙. ˙. ˙. ∑ ˙. ˙ ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. . . ˙ ˙ mmm . . ˙ ˙˙ ˙ ˙ π π π π ˙. U ˙. U ˙. U . . ˙ ˙ U . . ˙ ˙˙ U ˙. ˙ U 11 One Spring Day ForPerusalOnly
