Video Information

• Choir: Chamber Choir, Goose Creek High School
• Piece: The Gift to Sing
• Composer:  Zachary J. Moore
• Conductor:  Emily Reeves Bohl
• Conductor:  conductor
• Voices:  SATB
• Sheet Music:   www.musicspoke.com/downlo...  
• Genres: Contemporary
• PROGRAM NOTES:
  While reading James Weldon Johnson’s poem for the first time, I was immediately reminded of all the difficult times that music has helped me through. How I wrote the composition Hope to process a miscarriage, or how I wrote I Will L...  morePROGRAM NOTES:
  While reading James Weldon Johnson’s poem for the first time, I was immediately reminded of all the difficult times that music has helped me through. How I wrote the composition Hope to process a miscarriage, or how I wrote I Will Lift My Eyes at a time when multiple family members, both young and old, were being diagnosed with cancer.
  
  No matter life’s challenges, music has always been an outlet for me to cope and heal. It has helped me to persevere and fight through some of life's most difficult moments, ultimately making me a stronger person. The world can be a challenging place, but each of us are warriors—armed with the gift to sing, and filled with the fire, passion, drive, and grit to conquer anything.
  
  CREDITS:
  "The Gift to Sing" For SATB and piano
  Music by Zachary J. Moore
  Words by James Weldon Johnson
  
  Chamber Choir, Goose Creek High School
  Emily Reeves Bohl, conductor
  Ken Myers, collaborative pianist
  
  Josh Bohl, recording engineer
  Zach Moore, mixing and mastering  less