a survival plan of sorts (2019)
for SATB choir | 00:03:30
by Melissa Dunphy | text by Amanda Lovelace
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Commissioned by the Susquehanna University Chamber Singers, Amy Voorhees, conductor.A Survival Plan of Sorts
By Amanda Lovelace
raid your library.
read everything
you can get your
hands on
& then
some.
go on,
collect words
& polish them up
until they shine
like starlight
in your
palm.
make words
your finest weapons
a gold-hilted sword
to cut your
enemies
d
o
w
n.
- a survival plan of sorts.
©2017 Amanda Lovelace
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Performances
- 16 Nov, 2025: New Choir of Mt. Vernon at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore, MD
- 14 Apr, 2024: Penn Chorale at St. Mary's Church, Hamilton Village, Philadelphia, PA
- 18 Nov, 2022: Nebraska All-State Chorus at Lied Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
- 13 Nov, 2022: Kalamazoo College Singers at Kalamazoo College Light Fine Arts Building, Kalamazoo, MI
- 01 May, 2022: Una Voce at Seton Hill University Performing Arts Center, Greensburg, PA
- 06 Mar, 2022: Harmonium at Morristown United Methodist Church, Morristown, NJ
- 05 Mar, 2022: Harmonium at Morristown United Methodist Church, Morristown, NJ
- 26 Apr, 2021: American University Chorus at American University (online)
- 08 Nov, 2019: Susquehanna University Chamber Singers at Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

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