We Are the Stars from Stargazing
by James Granville Eakin
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB choir and Piano - Late Intermediate

SKU: EC.1.3486

Composed by James Granville Eakin. Advanced/Collegiate. Secular, 21st century. Octavo. Duration 2 minutes, 55 seconds. Galaxy Music Corporation #1.3486. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation (EC.1.3486).

ISBN 600313134869. UPC: 600313134869. English.

In 2002, I was commissioned by the Turtle Creek Chorale to compose a three-movement star-themed piece for their upcoming 'celestial' concert. I immediately knew that I wanted strings and celeste to serve as my 'heavenly' accompaniment; but what text should I choose? After immersing myself in poetry, I whittled it down to three that sang to me: Creator of the Universe, a Plato translation; We Are the Stars, an Algonquin Native-American poem; and (I couldn’t resist) Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

  

We Are the Stars is a spirited movement whereby the poet declares 'We are the stars which sing… Our light is our voice…' The rapidly alternating 3/8 and 2/4 meters, and ebb-and-flow dynamics, dance in celebration with the text.

 

—James Eakin III

 

Duration: 2:55.