Author Description

Product Description for SATB unaccompanied Setting a beautiful text by Rabindranath Tagore, Wake, love, wake explores evocative imagery and metaphors through sonorous harmonies and freedom in tempo. The resulting piece is romantic, stirring, and atmospheric―perfect for concert performance. Also published in Breath of Song. About the Author Joan Szymko's music is regularly performed across North America and abroad, including at national and international festivals and competitions. She has been commissioned by all manner of choral ensemble-professional, community, academic, and children's-and has a catalogue of over a hundred published works. An experienced choral director and clinician, Szymko demonstrates a passion for the art of singing, a dedication to storytelling, and an insistence on quality texts, and this is reflected in diverse, distinctive compositions, with a fresh and engaging sound.