Description
This song was commissioned by soprano and voice instructor Joyce Hall Wolfe. The vocal line consists of a limited range, but good breath support is needed at the climax.
Text
Raising you I hold
my character up to the light.
Check the watermark – –
cheap paper, plain and coarse.
How to teach you virtues
I don’t always possess?
The future branches,
a puzzle tree, impossible to climb.
Forgive me: my shouted words
mattered more than the medium.
Before you write your own page,
I ask you to consider mine.
– Anna Evans