Blessed Be! - DeMore, Melanie / WITNESS: Leading with Love (2023-2024)

Season	2023-2024
Performance Date	March 17, 2024
Performance Year	2024
Performance Time	4:00 PM
Location	Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Performance Title	WITNESS: Leading with Love
Composer	Melanie DeMore
Country	United States
Year Composed	2019
Timing	3:30"
Performers	VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Notes	Commissioned to honor the “woman who loves to paint trees,” Carolyn Brunelle, Blessed Be! celebrates the human spirit and the capacity that we all have—to be creators of original beauty and architects of joy in our interactions with one another and all of creation.
Text Translation	Blessed Be! Best, Be, Blessed Be the Living Tree. Blessed Be the Tree of Life that grows within you and me. Steady and true, Rooted in love. Shelter and peace Below and above. Sing to the sky. Rise from the earth. Seasons come round again, Death to rebirth. Blessed Be the Tree of Life that grows within you and me. —Melanie DeMore
Categories	VocalEssence Commission WITNESS Repertoire

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