WINTER STARS - Jake Runestad

JR0068

Jake Runestad

WINTER STARS for SSA chorus & piano

Music jakerunestad.com

Text Winter Stars Sara Teasdale I went out at night alone; The young blood f lowing beyond the sea Seemed to have drenched my spirit's wings -I bore my sorrow heavily.

But when I lifted my head From shadows shaken on the snow, I saw Orion in the east Burn steadily as long ago.

From windows in my father's house, Dreaming my dreams on winter nights, I watched Orion as a girl Above another cit y's lights.

Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too, The world's heart breaks beneath its wars, All things are changed, save in the east The faithful beaut y of the stars.

Performance Time

c. 4:30

About the Work Commissioned by the Universit y of Montana Cantemus Women's Choir. David Edmonds, conductor.

Made possible by the Associated Students of the Universit y of Montana.

About the Composer Considered “highly imaginative…with big ideas” (Baltimore Sun) and “stirring and uplifting” (Miami Herald), award-winning composer Jake Runestad (b. 1986) has received commissions and performances from leading ensembles and organizations such as Washington National Opera, the Netherlands Radio Choir, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble, Seraphic Fire, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Virginia Arts Festival, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, and Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare. Dubbed a “choral rockstar” by American Public Media, Jake is one of the most frequently performed composers in the U.S.A. Jake Runestad holds a Master’s degree in composition from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins Universit y where he studied with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts.

Find out more at: JakeRunestad.com

Commissioned by the University of Montana Cantemus Women's Choir. David Edmonds, conductor.

Made possible by the Associated Students of the University of Montana.

WINTER STARS Jake Runestad (b. 1986)

Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

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