for the 2021 WA ACDA Summer Institute Commissioning Project
this morning satb chorus and piano
words by afrose fatima ahmed music by reginald unterseher
www.ReginaldUnterseher.com www.NWChoral.com
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I wake up and open my door not knowing what I will find, stepping out onto the street, the first step in a lifetime. I'm a bear, skinny and starving, leaving my cave after winter. There are salmon in the ocean inching closer, promising dinner. This morning I opened my eyes and the dandelion opened, too. And the raven said, nice to see you alive, we've really needed you. When the fires were burning and the people stayed home or marched or denied, the airplanes rested, and we roamed a free sky. But you're not a nuisance to us winged ones, and you are not the cure. But in the equation of the universe you play an important figure. This morning the day beckoned. This morning I opened to the idea of something new. This morning the world cries out its song, I hope you opened your ears to hear it, too.
~afrose fatima ahmed
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for the 2021 WA ACDA Summer Institute Commissioning Project
this morning SATB chorus and Piano
words by afrose fatima ahmed 3 May, 2021
= 148
7
and
o - pen my
and
o - pen my
music ©2021 Reginald Unterseher words ©2021 afrose fatima ahmed
I
wake
I
wake
poco
door
poco
door
music by Reginald Unterseher 30 May, 2021
up
up
not
not
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4
this morning
poco
13
know - ing
poco
know - ing
19
find,
what I will
find,
Step - ping out
what I will
Step - ping out
Step - ping out
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this morning
24
on - to the street,
on - to the street,
30
step
step
a
life
-
-
in
a
life
-
-
the
first
the
first
in
5
time.
time.
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6
35
A
a
bear,
skin - ny
I’m
a
bear,
skin - ny
and
I’m
40
this morning
star - ving,
star - ving,
and
Leav - ing
my
cave
af - ter
win
-
ter.
Leav - ing
my
cave
af - ter
win
-
ter.
There are
There are
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45 sal - mon
in
the
o - cean
7
inch - ing
clos - er,
sal - mon
50
this morning
in
the
o - cean
inch - ing
pro - mis - ing
din
-
ner.
pro - mis - ing
din
-
ner.
clos - er,
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8
this morning
54
59
o - pened my
This
B
morn
-
ing
I
I
o - pened my
eyes
This
eyes
morn
-
ing
and the
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and the
65 dan - de - li
-
on o - pened,
dan - de - li - on
nice
to
see
you
nice
to
see
you
a - live,
a - live,
ra - ven
said,
and the
ra - ven
said,
and the
too.
9
too.
o - pened,
70
this morning
we’ve
we’ve
real
real
-
-
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ly
ly
10
need - ed
you.
75
need - ed
80
you.
C
When the
this morning
were
fires
were
When the
fires
were
ing
burn - ing burn - ing
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When the
fires
burn -
and the
and the
85 peo - ple
peo - ple
stayed
home
stayed
home
89
this morning
air
-
air
-
planes
planes
rest
-
rest
-
ed, ed,
or
marched or
de - nied,
or
marched or
de - nied,
11
the
the
and
we
roamed
and
we
roamed
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12
this morning
94
99
a
clear
a
clear
sky.
D
sky.
But you’re not
a
nui - sance
to
us
winged
But you’re not
a
nui - sance
to
us
winged
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this morning
104
ones,
ones,
and
you
are
and
you
are
not
not
the
cure.
the
cure.
But
But
109
13
in
the
in
the
e
-
e
-
qua - tion of
the
qua - tion of
the
u -
u -
- ni - verse
- ni - verse
you play
an
im
-
you play
an
im
-
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14
this morning
114
- por
-
- por -
118 S
A
T
B
tant
fig
- tant
E
fig
-
-
ure.
ure.
This morn - ing
This
This
morn - ing
This
morn - ing
morn - ing
the
this
morn - ing
the
this
morn - ing
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the
123
day
day
day
this morning
*
beck - oned.
the
day
*
beck - oned.
*
beck - oned.
15
*
beck - oned.
This
*/bɛk-ənd/, rhymes with "opened" /'oʊ-pənd/
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16
this morning
127
morn
-
ing
131
unis.
o - pened
unis.
o - pened
This
morn
i
-
-
to the
morn
This
to the
i
This
-
ing
de - a
of
de - a
-
-
of
morn
-
-
some - thing some - thing
-
-
-
-
I
ing
-
ing
I
I
I
new.
new.
-
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137
F
143
This morn
-
This morn
-
out
its
world cries
out
its
ing
ing
world cries
this morning
song,
song,
the
the
I
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I
17
18
this morning
149 G
hope you
hope you
157
ears
o - pened your
ears
o - pened your
to
hear
to
hear
it,
it,
too.
too.
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