Always Keep this Close

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by Zachary J. Moore (b. 1992)

Bella Voce
The College of St. Scholastica
Dr. Bret Amundson, director
Emily Valine, piano
Grace Kim, violin; Daniella Gloria Brusubardis, violin; Katherine Messer, viola; Jing Yuan, cello

Performed at the 2020 Central/North Central American Choral Directors Association Regional Conference in Milwaukee, WI
March 6, 2020

Program cover artwork by Sarah M. Brokke

Always keep this close
and you’ll never need more,
your world is here
with the familiar voices
that linger in the air
and all those hearts
that have learned to beat
in time with each other.
You make more than music here.
No notes are as connected
as the souls that sing them
and no soul is happier than when
she is surrounded by her sisters.
Even when you leave
this does not leave you,
when you are lost just listen
and you will always
find your way home.
It is impossible for something
to go from your life
without first becoming part
of who you are.
You are another,
I am you,
we are one.
--Colleen Carhuff (b. 1992)