Melissa Dunphy

Commissioned by Concord Women's Chorus, Jane Ring Frank, Artistic Director.

A warm song for treble choir that explores our relationship to our childhood self and celebrates growth.

Text

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

• 03 May, 2025: Concord Women's Chorus at Trinity Episcopal Church, Concord, MA
• 27 Feb, 2025: West Chester University Oriana Chorale at Madeleine Wing Adler Theater, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
• 04 May, 2024: Brooklyn Treble Choir at First Unitarian Congregational Society, Brooklyn, NY
• 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