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Praise Gaia is a jubilant celebration of all life! The exciting rhythms and grounding chants leading to an upbeat ending, serve as s reminder that we hear Mother Earth and that we’re listening!
Praise Gaia (SSAA) – Premiered by Bella Lumina, directed by Michelle Gehrz
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A joyful song lifting up all life on Earth with exciting rhythms and grounding chants
SATB, a cappella
SSAA, a cappella
TTBB, a cappella
Text: Catherine Dalton
Moderate
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*not all scores will have a sound filePraise Gaia is a jubilant celebration of all life! The exciting rhythms and grounding chants leading to an upbeat ending, serve as s reminder that we hear Mother Earth and that we’re listening!
Praise Gaia, Praise Gaia!
Praise her, Praise her!
Praise her, Praise her!
Praise all her creatures on land and on sea.
Praise her, praise her,
Praise her, Praise her!
Praise her creatures that fly.
Praise her, Praise her,
Praise her, Praise her!
Praise her oceans, her rivers, her streams.
Praise her, Praise her,
Praise her, Praise her!
Praise her mountains and sky.
Praise her, Praise her,
Praise her, Praise her!
Gaia, we hear you.
Gaia, we’re listening.
Bless her orb-weavers,
Bless her song-singers,
Bless her leaf-eaters in forest green.
Gaia, we hear you.
Gaia, we’re listening.
Bless her home-builders,
Bless her shape-shifters,
Bless her secrets in ocean deep.
Praise her! Praise her!
Praise her! Praise her!
Praise her name!
©️Catherine Dalton, 2019 All Rights Reserved
Praise Gaia is a jubilant celebration of all life! The exciting rhythms and grounding chants, which build to a spirited ending, serve as a reminder that we hear you, Mother Earth, and that we are listening! The text allows us to celebrate all of the amazing creatures that call Gaia home — her orb-weavers (spiders), her song-singers (birds, whales, wolves), her leaf-eaters (deer, giraffes, ants, millipedes), her home-builders (beavers, birds, bees), and her shape-shifters (butterflies, arctic foxes) — while the music allows us sink into a space beyond words where we can see Gaia in all her fierce beauty.
SSAA Premiere: Bella Lumina, Michelle Gehrz, director (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
SATB Premiere: National Youth Choir of Northern Ireland sings Praise Gaia, Andrew Nunn, Conductor
NYCNI Senior Choir loved bringing this upbeat and jubilant piece to life! – National Youth Choir of Northern Ireland Senior Choir on Instagram
Transporting yet grounding. Vibrant and stirring. – katyblowery on Instagram
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SSAA, a cappella
Moderate
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SSAA/SSAA, TTBB/TTBB
Mod-Advanced
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SATB, opt. instruments
Moderate
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Easy
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