Using a text from the Robert Louis Stevenson collection of poems titled 'A Child's Garden of Verses?, Mark has artfully captured the whimsy and wonder of this classic text. Poet Stevenson set the words from the perspective of a child and young people will quickly identify with both the words and the music. / Choeur SS Et Piano

This Ojibway text, adapted by the composer, explores the beloved 'flower of the forest, Sky-treading bird of the prairie, wonderful fawn-eyed one.? Opening with a joyful fanfare-like exclamation of the word 'Awake' and ending as though in soaring flight, this is an excellent selection for advanced women's choir repertoire. / Choeur SSAA Et Piano