"Hope" Is The Thing by Zack Richards Sheet Music for SATB Choir at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Zack Richards

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Zack Richards

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 10

Arrangement SATB Choir

Publisher Zack Richards

Level 4

Product ID 990599

Genre Contemporary 20th Century

Instruments Choir

Product Description

2016 Choral Contest Entry

"Hope" is the Thing is a deeply personal piece for me. I found the Emily Dickinson poem in early 2014 while searching for inspirational texts. After the first read, I knew I would like to set it to music someday. Later that summer I came across a composition contest that was looking for a piece about success/belief/hope. I started putting music to the text in late September. In October my mother was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer and she passed away a few days before Thanksgiving. Her passing affected me in ways I never expected. Music went from being the thing in which I could find solace, to the thing that reminded me of my mother's absence. I found myself unable to write my own music for quite some time. During the Lenten season of 2015, one of the Pastors at the church for which I work gave a sermon using this text. The sermon was particularly moving and I decided it was time to revisit the piece. The music was finished within 1 week. Just as my mother had done for me countless times, writing this piece gave me the hope and inspiration I needed to get through a difficult time in my life. I dedicate this work to my mother, Cynthia Marie Richards.

SATB Choir with Piano Accompaniment

Advanced Intermediate

Approx. 4:00

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