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Be the Sunlight

by Standard Time

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Music by Debra Stempien & Gregory Turner
Text by Debra Stempien

Graciously prepared, performed and recorded by:
The University of Kansas Treble Choir

Directed by Dr. Eduardo García-Novelli, D.M.A.
Director of Choral Studies
School of Music - University of Kansas

Published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing
Available in September 2023

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Never-ending winter drapes an ashen veil;
Barren fields once plenty, now vacant and forlorn.
In this world where darkness threatens to prevail,
Our hopeful hearts, undaunted, must vow to break the morn:

Be the sunlight that wakens the seeds in the springtime,
Warm the earth where they lay, that their tender roots take hold.
Be the sunlight that beckons them rise, ever skyward,
And shine on their blossoms, wash their petals in gold!

Never-ending winter drapes an ashen veil;
Barren fields once plenty, now vacant and forlorn.
In this world where darkness threatens to prevail,
Our hopeful hearts, undaunted, must vow to break the morn:

Be the sunlight that wakens the seeds in the springtime,
Warm the earth where they lay, that their tender roots take hold.
Be the sunlight that beckons them rise, ever skyward,
And shine on their blossoms, wash their petals in gold!

Beam through the shadows, the looming shrouds of gray;
Stream rays of kindness to wrest the clouds away!

Be the sunlight that wakens the seeds in the springtime,
Warm the earth where they lay, that their tender roots take hold.
Be the sunlight that beckons them rise, ever skyward,
And shine on their blossoms, wash their petals in gold,
And shine on their blossoms, wash their petals in gold,
In gold,
In gold!

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released May 4, 2023

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Standard Time Brockport, New York

Greg Turner: Performing professional musician since 1978; public school music teacher for 32 years; B.M. and M.M. in music ed. and piano from Eastman School of Music

Debbie Stempien: Private instructor since 1994; Yamaha Young Performing Artist in 1996; published composer; M.A. in Music Theory from Univ. of Michigan; B.A. from Susquehanna Univ. ... more

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