Your Hand and Mine

SATB choir, piano
Choral Art Song

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Commissioned for the opening concert of the 2023 national conference of the American Choral Directors Association and performed by Cincinnati-area choirs and guests

From the poem, “The Human Touch,” comes this tender piece that speaks to the healing power found in touch and song. A dynamic piano part accompanies the lush vocal harmonies that beautifully express this universal message for all people. (Publisher description)

’Tis the human touch
in this world that counts,
The touch of your hand and mine,
Which means far more
to the fainting heart
Than shelter and bread and wine.
For shelter is gone
when the night is o’er,
And bread lasts only a day.
But the touch of the hand
And the sound of the voice
Sing on in the soul always.

“The Human Touch” by Spencer Michael Free (1856–1938)