Do Not. For, I Am... by Todd Goodman for SSA choir and piano by Todd Goodman

with text by

MARY ELIZABETH FRYE

TODD GOODMAN

DO NOT. FOR, I AM...

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for SSA choir and piano

FOR BRYLEE AND LINDSAY We won’t. Because, you’re not...

DO NOT STAND BY MY GRAVE AND WEEP Do not stand By my grave, and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep— I am the thousand winds that blow I am the diamond glints in snow I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle, autumn rain. As you awake with morning’s hush, I am the swift, up-flinging rush Of quiet birds in circling flight, I am the day transcending night. Do not stand By my grave, and cry— I am not there, I did not die. - Mary Elizabeth Frye

“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” - KEN ROBINSON

DO NOT. FOR, I AM...

Score

TODD GOODMAN (2021) ASCAP

MARY E. FRYE (1932)

written for the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in memory of Brylee Walker and Lindsay Thompkins, Jr.

Calm and reflective (q = 76)

Piano

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21 November 2021 Midland, PA

PROGRAM NOTES

DO NOT. FOR, I AM... On November 2, 2021, a bus transporting students home from the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School was involved in a tragic accident, resulting in the death of freshman vocal major Brylee Walker and bus driver Lindsay Thompkins Jr. As the tragic news pulsed through the Lincoln Park family, an overwhelming outpouring of support for everyone involved in this horrific tragedy came from all over. As a fifteen-year teacher at Lincoln Park, my family and I were trying to find a way to support not only the families of the victims, but Brylee’s friends and teachers as well. Music has the power to comfort, so I did what I know how to do—I wrote some music. The result is “Do Not. For, I Am...” based on the poem “Do Not Stand by My Grave and Weep” by Mary Elizabeth Frye. The piece, scored for SSA and piano, is in three parts. The first is a solemn setting of the text “Do not stand by my grave and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep.” As these lines are repeated throughout the ensemble, the melancholy mood slowly lightens. The initial grief is replaced by a more optimistic energy, bringing us to the second section. In this new moment of remembrance, the piano first establishes an optimistic energy. The choir, toning “I am,” reminds us that our lost loved ones can be found everywhere—in the autumn rain and in the falling snow; in the ripened grain and winds that blow. The piece closes with a return to the opening idea, reminding us that we should not stand and cry, for they are not there, they did not die. Todd Goodman’s “Do Not. For, I Am...” was written for Dr. Marissa Ulmer, the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School Women’s Choir, and in memory of Brylee Walker and Lindsay Thompkins Jr. First Performance: Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School Women’s Choir | directed by Dr. Marissa Ulmer May 24, 2022 | Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center | Midland, Pennsylvania

For more music, please visit www.WrongNoteMedia.com

ABOUT THE POET MARY ELIZABETH FRYE (1905-2004) was born in Dayton, Ohio. If Mary Frye’s life hadn’t lasted almost a hundred years, we probably wouldn’t have known she was a poet. She wrote her only famous poem, “Do Not Stand at my Grave,” when she was 28 and very soon it spread all around the world. Yet, Frye didn’t reveal she was the author of the poem until she was in her nineties. The simple twelveline verse has no title, yet its sincere, consoling, and healing message goes straight to your heart. At the age of 22, Mary married Claud Frye. Her husband ran a clothing business, while she was self-employed as a florist—she grew and sold flowers. In 1932, a young Jewish girl from Germany, Margaret Schwarzkopf, stayed in Frye’s house. Margaret’s mother was ill in Germany, but she was afraid to visit her. Anti-Semitic unrest was increasing, so if Margaret had decided to go to Germany, she could have been imprisoned or killed. While she was staying in the US, her mother died. The girl’s loss was exacerbated by the fact that she didn’t have a chance to talk to her mother before she died and, according to her own words, “stand by my mother’s grave and shed a tear.” The girl’s grief deeply touched the soul of Frye, who knew too well what it meant to lose your mother and who had to soothe her own loss somehow since she was three. At some point, Frye took a brown paper shopping bag and wrote down a verse—later, she would say the words “just came to her.” The unpretentious and straightforward verse brought consolation to those who had lost a loved one. So, Mary Frye made a lot of copies, and the poem started its way across the country and far beyond its borders. Since 1932, when the poem was composed, it has been written on thousands of bereavement cards and read on thousands of funerals. When BBC included the verse in its TV program Bookworm in 1995, they received over 30,000 requests for copies. Hardly a surprise, it was ranked as “the Nation’s Favorite Poem” the following year. One of the reasons for its popularity is that it has no connection to race, religion, or social status—it talks about something that happens to everyone. As people didn’t know that it was Mary Frye who was the author of the verse, her life almost didn’t change. However, from that moment, she made writing part of her life. One of her most loved themes was supporting animal charities. These works have never become as popular as her first one, though. Frye didn’t copyright or publish her earliest work. In the late 1990s, Frye eventually revealed that she was the author of the verse. However, it wasn’t the only claim for authorship. Some people supposed the text had traditional or Native American origins. Abigail Van Buren, known for her “Dear Abby” column, confirmed Frye’s claim in 1998, having carried out a research. Mary Frye died at the age of 98 and was buried at the Baltimore Cemetery, Maryland, USA.

ABOUT THE COMPOSER as of December 2021

TODD GOODMAN (b. 1977) has been described as “one of America’s promising young composers.” His music is performed and recorded around the globe by musicians of all levels— including, world-renowned soloists, top-tier professional ensembles, academic ensembles, and learners of all ages. Goodman has been the recipient of numerous awards, grants, commissions, and honors from organizations such as the American Prize, the British Trombone Society, the International Tuba Euphonium Association, the National Endowment for the Arts, New Music America, and many others. As an advocate for arts education, Goodman has served for over two decades in various compositional and educational residencies with orchestras, opera companies, performing arts centers, and academic institutions around the United States, and was a nominee for the very first Educator of the Year Grammy™ Award. Recordings of Goodman’s music can be found on Wrong Note Media, Potenza, Hello Stage, Arts Laureate, Duquesne University Press, and Push Records. Goodman holds degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Duquesne University, and Kent State University, and has studied at l’École Normale de Musique in Paris, France, and the Aspen Music Festival in Aspen, Colorado. He currently resides outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. More information about Todd Goodman can be found at www.WrongNoteMedia.com.

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