Frank - Sun Quilt - SATB A Cappella

Quilts are frequently wordless yet communicate abundantly in tradition and beauty. In Sun Quilt for SATB choir, rising and falling lines of wordless singing/humming is used to convey the mesmerizing pieces of fabric that interweave together in the most skilled quilter’s hands. When words do come into play in this piece, they draw on the poetry of Laura Coates Reed, a 19th century American poetess whose work is featured in historical anthologies of women’s poetry. Sensitive to the issues and artistic expressions of women of the day, her own sweet words equate the artistry of quilting to the artistry of nature.