voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP 1241 | duration: 4:15 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: a cappella

Retirement, remembrance, gratitude, the text fits them all. With musical elaboration on the word love, this is especially appropriate when honoring a person. As always, the composer treats each vocal line with great care so all feel central to the piece.


Missouri State University Chorale, conducted by Dr. Guy Webb [© all rights reserved]

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In the leaving
in the letting go
let there be this
to hold onto
at the last:
the enduring of love
the persisting of hope
the remembering of joy
the offering of gratitude
the receiving of grace
the blessing of peace.

Jan Richardson

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2016 | Utah Music Educators Association - February 5-6
2016 | Iowa Choral Directors Summer Symposium in Pella, IA on July 25-28, 2016
2015 | JW Pepper summer choral sessions
2015 | New Sounds - Lenexa, KS - July 16, 2015
2015 | TCDA High School SATB Reading Session
2015 | J.W. Pepper Summer Reading Session
2015 | ICDA State Convention June 27-July 1
2015 | JW Pepper and Son, Inc. Editors Choice
2015 | ACDA of Minnesota Summer Conference - Moorhead, MN
2015 | Pepper Choral Reading Session in Federal Way, WA