SUITE DEATH
A setting of four poems LANGSTON HUGHES for Baritone, Mixed Chourus and Orchestra. (20 min)
© 2001

TRUTH PRESSED TO EARTH SHALL RISE
An a cappella work for mixed chorus with original text by Y.M. Barnwell and text adapted from 5 quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (20 min)© 2002

CROSSINGS
An a cappella song suite for mixed chorus originally composed as music for a dance theater work of the same name with narration with narration and choreography by David Rousseve.

Words and music by Y.M. Barnwell (30 min) © 1991
Sections include:

• Overture
• No Mirrors In My Nana’s House*
• Lost In Blue
• Wanting Memories*
• When I Die*

URBAN SCENES, CREOLE DREAMS
An a cappella song suite for mixed chorus originally composed for a dance theater work of the same name, with narration and choreography by David Rousseve.

Words and music by Y.M. Barnwell (30 min.) © 1992
Sections include:

• The Cry
• The Shout
• The Spiritual (Cain’t No One Know)*
• The Gospel (Wings to Fly)*

LESSONS
An a cappella suite of songs for mixed chorus. © 1993

Sections include:

• Lawd, It’s Midnight
• They That Wait On The Lawd
• Ibo Lesson
• Be Careful
• We Are…*

SAFE HOUSE: STILL LOOKING
A soundtrack score for a cappella voices and electronic keyboard composed for a dance work choreographed by Liz Lerman. Words and music by Y. M. Barnwell © 1994

Sections include:

• Train Whistle Intro
• Looking for a Safe Place
• How is a Child to Interpret Fear
• Running Interlude – I
• Run, Better Run (Trad. Arr. By Y.M. Barnwell)
• Running Interlude - 2
• Running Out of, Into…
• Put on the Whole Armor of God
• Would You Harbor Me?*
• Prayer*
• Still Looking
• If I Should Die (Trad. Arr. Y.M. Barnwell)
• We Call The Names

INDABA
A collaborative work of Sweet Honey In The Rock®

Sections by Y.M. Barnwell include:

• Indaba: Prayer*
• Indaba: We believe in You

THE NATIVITY
A collaborative work of Sweet Honey in the Rock®

* the song has been recorded by SHIR