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.
Grown Wild
By Melissa Apperson
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
Performances
- 28 Apr, 2024: Easton Choral Arts Society at Christ Church Easton, Easton, MD
- 26 Apr, 2024: Easton Choral Arts Society at Christ Church Easton, Easton, MD
- 28 Oct, 2023: Westminster Chapel Choir at Gill Chapel, Lawrenceville, NJ
- 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