In 1986 Canadian songwriter Joyce Poley wrote One More Step for a peace rally in Vancouver. Since then, this song of commitment and action has been sung at countless rallies, churches and gatherings of conscience. Here in Elizabeth Alexander's new, richly-imagined choral arrangement, each verse is given its own context, creating a multilayered experience of unfolding resonance. With a dramatic arch that includes prayerful yearning, rousing affirmations and individual spoken words of hope, this concert work offers performers and audience a shared sense of community, commitment and hope.
This new arrangement, commissioned as the capstone for a homeless services fundraising event, features additional new lyrics written especially for the occasion by Joyce Poley.
* Choir of First Baptist Church of Salem and Endicott College Singers / Rebecca Kenneally (Salem, MA)
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