Holding Our Breath (2021)*

Music: Carlos Cordero

Text: Julie Flanders

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Artistic Director Deborah Simpkin King

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TEXT:

What happened? (audible gasp)

What is happening (to us) (audible gasp)

Can you breathe? / Please, help me!

I can’t... / “I can’t breathe”

Can you breathe?

Can we breathe again?

We are holding on

We are holding our breath

With this one breath, I pray

With this one breath, I hope

With this one breath, I let go

With this one breath, I stay

With this one breath, I say I love You

With this one breath, I say goodbye

With this one breath / We Breathe. (audible sigh)

*PROJECT : ENCORE™ has found this work/composer to be of exceptional

merit. Its panel of internationally known conductors has selected this work for

inclusion in its catalog of recommended choral music. – ProjectEncore.org