Grown Wild (2021)
for SSA choir, violin, piano | 00:05:00
by Melissa Dunphy | text by Melissa Apperson
Commissioned by Concord Women's Chorus, Jane Ring Frank, Artistic Director.
You conjured springtime,
leaf by leaf
you brought the girl
and wrapped her in a blue day
and gave her
to me
Months, years, hear me:
I love this girl, her tendril touch
and climbing dreams,
her willingness
I’m not her mother, though
I am not the luxurious meadow
We are one,
the girl and I,
like sky
Grown up
grown wild
—Melissa Apperson
Performances
- 05 May, 2023: Stone Ridge Upper School Chorus at AMP by Strathmore, Bethesda, MD
- 29 Apr, 2023: The William and Mary Barksdale Treble Chorus at Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, Williamsburg, VA
- 22 Apr, 2023: The William and Mary Barksdale Treble Chorus at Bruton Parish Episcopal Church, Williamsburg, VA
- 23 Oct, 2022: Concord Women's Chorus at Trinity Episcopal Church, Concord, MA