2021

Healing

Composed by Rosephanye Powell
Text by Spiritual

Then, Here, and Now Song Collection

Healing is the first song in a cycle of four art songs based on spirituals and is Powell's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“Healing” (from “Then, Here, and Now”)
Marcía Porter, soprano; Joseph Williams, piano2:50

Rosephanye Powell

Composer

from African American Spirituals

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2022

Date

Irvine, California

Location

This recording was part of a 3pm concert ("Soul & Reconciliation") on Friday, October 14, 2022 during the 25th Anniversary African American Art Song Alliance Conference. The concert venue was Winifred Smith Hall at the University of California, Irvine.

Text

Dedicated to Louise Toppin, coloratura soprano, in memory of the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic in 2020.

“Healing” uses the refrain from “There is a Balm in Gilead” as its text.

Sheet Music

Then, Here and Now

Rosephanye Powell
Versions for High and Low
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