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Into the Silent Darkness Choral Score (No Cues) SEA-088-00 $3.50 Into the Silent Darkness Richard S. Gilbert SATB, violin and piano Elizabeth Alexander Seafarer Press www.seafarerpress.com Into the Silent Darkness The Beyond from which we come Is hidden in dark moist mysteries of primeval mud And the silence between the stars, Dwells in the recesses of the soul, Beckons us into a wilderness, Reveals itself at its own bidding. From its vast complexity Arises simple ecstasy. We go forth in fear and faith, Knowing not what we will find — We sing our alleluias into the silent darkness, To the Beyond from which we come. Richard S. Gilbert, adapted Richard S. Gilbert has been a Unitarian Universalist minister for almost 50 years, including serving as minister of First Unitarian Church of Rochester, NY for over 30 years. A recipient of the Angus H. MacLean Award for Excellence in Religious Education and the Holmes-Weatherly Award in recognition of his faith-based social justice work, he is currently Social Justice Coordinator of the Unitarian Universalist Association’s St. Lawrence District. Gilbert taught at Meadville Lombard Theological School, Starr King School for the Ministry, and Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, from which he holds doctoral degrees. His publications include In the Holy Quiet of This Hour, The Prophetic Imperative: Social Gospel in Theory and Practice, and How Much Do We Deserve?: An Inquiry in Distributive Justice, as well as the widely used religious education curriculum, Building Your Own Theology. Richard Gilbert's wife, Joyce, a founder of the Unitarian Universalist Musicians Network, commissioned this piece in honor of her husband and his life's work. Elizabeth Alexander spent her childhood in the Carolinas and Appalachian Ohio, the daughter of a minister and a piano teacher. Her passion for language and music is reflected in her catalogue of over 100 songs and choral works, which have received nearly twenty national and international awards. Reviews of her music have referred to “the close personal resonance between the composer and the words,” as well as her music’s “delicacy and sincerity,” “elegance,” and “freshness within a well-known language.” Her composition teachers included Jack Gallagher at The College of Wooster, and Steven Stucky, Yehudi Wyner and Karel Husa at Cornell University, from which she received her doctorate in music composition. She has been the recipient of grants, awards and fellowships from the Jerome Foundation, New York Council on the Arts, Wisconsin Arts Board, National Orchestral Association, International League of Women Composers, and American Composers Forum. Alexander lives in St. Paul, MN, where her frequent commissions include works for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensembles and solo musicians. Commissioned by Joyce Gilbert, for Richard S. Gilbert Into the Silent Darkness for SATB choir, violin and piano Richard S. 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