fermata (Two Canons in 5 for SSAA or SATB) by Dan Forrest

A gift to the choral community from Dan Forrest: two modern canons in up to 5 parts, setting a beautiful text written in 2020, longing for singing to begin again. Can be sung by SATB or SSAA ensembles of any size. Available only at beckenhorstpress.com/fermata for an optional payment amount of your choice.

Performance by the SFASU A Cappella Choir, conducted by Dr. Michael Murphy.

Text:
Where did the long pause begin,
our hopeful notes abandoned in disturbed air?
When we return, where will we start?

I cannot find the measure where we went silent. But the notes
know where they are, suspended above in a holding pattern.
Waiting for a trusted hand to wave us into the downbeat.

-Clem Schoenebeck (2020)