Still the Same Love
We have to find a way back to loving ourselves and loving each other. We are held by love, even when we do not realize it. An inspirational message from the team of composer Michael Bussewitz-Quarm and poet Euan Tait can be featured in any season. Each section builds upon the previous, building in sheer volume and fullness. “Yet it is ourselves, at the beginning of a healing. Still I love. Still I am loved.”
Lamiya’s Song
Lamiya's Song is written to bring attention to one of the most significant and challenging issues in our world today, the global refugee crisis. Lamiya Safarova lost her home and her village to the Nagorno-Karabakh War when she was only nine, eventually settling with her family in a cardboard shack on the shore of the Caspian Sea. She began writing poems to express her feelings. The loss of her home and her village had a profound impact on Lamiya. And so did being classified as a "refugee" by her classmates in school. Lamiya has a name, and her poem gives her a voice.
The Road Not Taken
The Road Not Taken is a unique musical interpretation of Robert Frost's poem. "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood…" Large decisions in life are rarely simple. Such decisions are often complex with no perfect answer. The musical setting speaks to the joy of moving forward as well as the complexity of making the "right" decision.