Composer: Karen P. ThomasDetailsFormat: Mixed Choir - 4 voicesVoicing: SATBIncidental Divisi: S, A, T, BAccompaniment: unaccompaniedNotation: standardPerformance Length: 3:30 Study Scores & Audio FilesStudy Score & Audio Order Printed ScoresPublisher: Karen P Thomas Music Texts & TranslationsLanguage(s): EnglishText Source: Navajo prayerText: Beauty is before me, and beauty behind me. Above me and below me hovers the beautiful. I am surrounded by it, I am immersed in it. In my youth, I am aware of it, and, in old age, I shall walk quietly the beautiful trail. In beauty it is begun. In beauty, it is ended. Programming AidsPerformance Difficulty: moderateDescriptive Terms: Native AmericanprayerhopeaffirmationnatureAllow Excerpts: Composition is a single movement Additional InformationDate of Completion: January, 2010Date of First Performance: Saturday, January 30, 2010Premier Performance Data: University Unitarian Choir (Karen P. Thomas, cond), University Unitarian Church, Seattle, WAAdditional Performances: February 25 & 26, 2012: Portland Vocal Consort, Portland & Forest Grove, Oregon June, July 2012: Esoterics, Seattle & Denver June 2016: Young United Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba
