Like a Bird was commissioned in 2013 by Immaculata Academy (Hamburg, NY) for Vox Caeciliae; Kathleen Bassett, director.

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Designed to be a partner piece to Cherubini’s Like a Bird Up in the Sky, the piece begins and ends with a canon.

1. • SSAA choir
   

2. •Duration: 3 minutes
   

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I.
Like a bird up in the sky,
my dreams are wings that help me to fly.

Soar, soar,
Higher, higher,
Fly!

II.
Eyes closed, a flutter of wings, eyes closed.

Eyelids, a flutter of eyelids, eyes closed.
I dream...
Open, eyes.
Open, feathers.
Wings stretch wide.

III.
I dreamt of a bird flying high above,

without knowing how, knowing when,
knowing why,
In dreams, one can fly so high.

IV.
Like a bird up in the sky,
my dreams are wings that help me to fly.

Soar, soar.
Wings are dreams.
I can fly!

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