Nigra Sum | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | Nigra Sum—Voicing: SSAATTBB Accompaniment: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Song of Solomon Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Uses: Advent, World Refugee Day, World Communion Descriptive Terms: Awakening, Hope, Refugee, Sorrow, Spring First Performance: Apr 28, 2018: Singers of New and Ancient Music, Allan Friedman, Chapel In the Pines Presbyterian Church, Chapel Hill, NC Text Setting Source for Scores (P:E 800/819~2018-Q3) |
I’m Not Lost | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | I’m Not Lost—Voicing: SSAA Accompaniment: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:50 Notation: Standard Text Source: Chantal Sellers Language: English, Western Abenaki, Odawan, Lakota, Navajo/diné Seasonal/Liturgical Uses: Memorial Services, Native American Appreciation Descriptive Terms: Activism, Memorial, Mmiwg First Performance: Mar 05, 2020: Central Bucks High School-West Women’s Choir, Joseph Ohrt, Hochstein School, Rochester, NY, ACDA Eastern Division Conference Text Setting Composer’s Notes Source for Scores (P:E 800/1130~2020-Q3) |
Would You Know Me By My Work | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | Would You Know Me By My Work—Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano (optional) Accompaniment: Piano Performance Length: 04:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Shantel Sellers Language: English Descriptive Terms: Family, History, Work First Performance: June 06, 2021 : Concert Singers of Cary, Nathan Leaf, Cary, NC Text Setting Composer’s Notes Source for Scores (P:E 800/1607~2021-Q4) |
My Name Is Lamiya: Don’t Call Me “Refugee” | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | My Name Is Lamiya: Don’t Call Me “Refugee”—Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Optional Solos Accompaniment: Piano Performance Length: 6:05 Notation: Standard Text Source: Lamiya Safarova Language: English Descriptive Terms: Advocacy, Determination, Perseverance, Refugee, Self-identity First Performance: Oct 26, 2017: Western Carolina University Choir, Alison Thorp, Recital Hall of Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC Text Setting Composer’s Notes Source for Scores (P:E 800/801~2018-Q2) |
To Avielle, On Her Fifth, Sixth Birthday | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | To Avielle, On Her Fifth, Sixth Birthday—Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Tenor Accompaniment: Piano Performance Length: 5:44 Notation: Standard Text Source: Chantal Sellers, based on the stories of Avielle’s father, Jeremy Language: English Descriptive Terms: Activism, Gun Violence, Remembrance First Performance: Sep 21, 2019: Long Island Voices, Michael Bussewitz-Quarm, St. Peter’s by-the-Sea, Bay Shore, New York Text Setting Composer’s Notes Source for Scores (P:E 800/1036~2019-Q4) |
So it was I | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | So it was I—Voicing: SSAATBB Accompaniment: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 7:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Euan Tait Language: English Descriptive Terms: Hope, Peace, Stranger, Strength, War First Performance: Oct 18, 2019: The Esoterics, Eric Banks, St Barnabas Episcopal Church, Bainbridge Island, WA Text Setting Composer’s Notes Source for Scores (P:E 800/1069~2020-Q1) |
Scars | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | Scars—Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Alto Solo, Optional Tenor Solo Accompaniment: Piano Performance Length: 06:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Shantel Sellers Language: English Descriptive Terms: Endurance, Perseverance, Strength, Change First Performance: May 02, 2021 : Durham Choral Society and Duke University Chorale, Dr. Rodney Wynkoop, Durham, North Carolina (during pandemic of 2020) Text Setting Source for Scores (P:E 800/1584~2021-Q3) |
The Unarmed Child | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | The Unarmed Child—Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Tenor (Hip Hopera) Accompaniment: Chamber Orchestra Performance Length: 48:12 Notation: Standard Text Source: Requiem Mass, Shantel Sellers, Adrian Dunn, Christina Rossetti, Rabindranth Tagore Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Uses: Memorial Service, Remembrance, December 14, International Day Of Peace Descriptive Terms: Memorial, Hope, Victims Of Gun Violence First Performance: November 08, 2019 : Eugene Concert Choir, Diane Retallack, Beall Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Text Setting Composer’s Notes Source for Scores (P:E 800/1508~2020-Q4) |