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Nil Desperandum (3:24) ~ 3-part for TTB voices

30/10/2016

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3-part tenor 1, tenor 2 and bass voices
STYLE: Moody ballad in Latin
KEY: G minor
RANGE: Tenor 1: B2 - G4
Tenor 2: B2 - F4
Bass: G2 - D4

LYRICS
Nil Desperandum, luceat lux vestra
Ad astra per aspera
Cor unum, ad infinitum
Alis aquilae, nil desperandum. Ne plus ultra.
Ad altiora tendo alis aquilae ad astra

Music and lyrics copyright © 2015 Matt Walker

Never despair, let your light shine
Through hardships to the stars.
One heart, to infinity
On an eagle's wings, never despair. Nothing more beyond.
I strive for higher things on an eagle's wings to the stars.

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I Am Tomorrow (3:50) ~ 2-part SA for children and youth voices

23/8/2016

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I Am Tomorrow vocal ooh
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2-part soprano and alto for children and youth voices
STYLE: Moderate ballad
KEY: A major
RANGE: Soprano: A3 - F5
Alto: A3 -Bb4

Written for and premiered by Cotswold Youth Choirs on December 6th 2014.

LYRICS
I am tomorrow. I hold the future in my hand. I'm the horizon, bringing light across the land.
We are tomorrow, we'll be the ones to lead the way. We are the future and so that is why we say:

I am tomorrow, I am the future, I am the world, and the world is changing and the world is new.
We are the dreamers, we're the believers, we are the dawn and it's coming closer and it's coming true.
We will build the world, passed to us from you.

We are tomorrow, we'll have the chance to prove our worth. We are the morning and the light will heal the Earth.
We'll inherit this world that you leave us, and we will help it grow.
Years are flying, flying, dying. And so we know. We know...

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Music and lyrics copyright © 2014 Matt Walker

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WE BELIEVE (4:18) ~ Power ballad in 3 or 4 parts

2/4/2015

WE BELIEVE SATB arrangement performed by A Choir'd Taste, Sep 2015

We Believe SSA vocal ooh
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We Believe SAB vocal ooh
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We Believe SATB vocal ooh
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3-part soprano 1, soprano 2 and alto
STYLE: Uplifting power ballad
KEY: F major
RANGE: Soprano 1: C4 - Gb5
Soprano 2: C4 - Db5
Alto: A3 - A4

Premiered by:
Cantorion Pontyclun, Sep 2015

3-part soprano, alto and bass
STYLE: Uplifting power ballad
KEY: F major
RANGE: Soprano: C4 - Gb5
Alto: G3 - Db5
Bass: Bb2 - Bb3 (Db4)

4-part soprano, alto, tenor and bass
STYLE: Uplifting power ballad
KEY: F major
RANGE: Soprano 1: C4 - Gb5
               Alto: C4 - Db5
               Tenor: F3 - Ab4
               Bass: A2 - Db4

Premiered by:
A Choir'd Taste, Sep 2015

LYRICS
Hold the world, hold it in your heart and hand until you can understand what it means to live.
See the world, see the beauty in the land. See that nature is so grand. See what it can give.
Still the world's in short supply of what it really needs.
We believe that a better world's on the horizon. We believe that we can find it if we want it.
We can work to make that world reality. If we just try.

Free the world, free the world with words of love. Be the change you're dreaming of. Help to light the way.
Lead the world, lead us to the stars above. Guide us when the sea is rough. Night will bow to day.
Still the world's in short supply of what it really needs.
We believe that a better world's on the horizon. We believe that we can find it if we want it.
We can work to make that world reality. If we just try. If we just try.

Music and lyrics copyright © 2011 and 2015 Matt Walker

THE EYES OF A CHILD (3:19) ~ 2-part SA for children

2/4/2015

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The Eyes of a Child vocal ooh
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2-part soprano and alto for children
STYLE: Moderate ballad
KEY: Eb major
RANGE: Soprano: Bb3 - E5
Alto: Ab3 - E5

Premiered by Cotswold Youth Choirs on December 7th 2013.
Also performed by the Janice Thompson Performance Trust, Swindon in December 2014.

LYRICS
To see the world through the eyes of a child; the world is simpler than you ever knew. You ever knew.
You don't see as we do. You don't hope as we do. You're lost on the ocean (of living).
Listen to us as we listen to you. Our voices are small but our hearts are true.
To see the world through the eyes of a child, the world is simpler than you could believe.
We may not have the knowledge and we may be naieve, but we see things differently to you.
We hear it all - a drop in the ocean, the whispering wind, and every single word you ever said.
We see it all - the touch of a rainbow, the magic of star shine. Time to see on instead.

To see the world through the eyes of a child, the world is simpler than you could believe.
We may not have the knowledge and we may be naieve, but we see things differently to you.
Feel the magic through the eyes of a child. Our world is a world of countless wonders!
Where mountains can be conquered and battles won, where dreams aren't make believe.
We may not have the knowledge and we may be naieve,
But we see hope and love and learning even when the world is burning,
We are here. We are here and we see things through a child's eyes.

Music and lyrics copyright © 2010 Matt Walker

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GO ON LIVING (2:44) ~ 2-part upper and lower voices for teenagers

2/4/2015

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GO ON LIVING vocal ooh
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2-part upper and lower voices
STYLE: Slow Ballad
KEY: Eb major
RANGE: Upper: Bb3 - Eb5/G5
Lower: F3 - Bb4

This piece can be sung by any combination of male and female voices; the upper part by sopranos and tenors, the lower by altos and basses (tenors and basses an octave lower than written).

LYRICS
Life is like the sea. It is too vast to understand, too full of storms.
Life is like the wind. It gently blows but you know it can knock you down.
Always only happy ever afters are we told. Oh no, that's not life.
Life's for learning things through living, and for growing and becoming.
Now our journey is beginning. In life you need to find who to be to be finally free to go on living. Living. Living.

Music and lyrics copyright © 2014 Matt Walker

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Nil Desperandum (3:24) ~ 3-part for TTB voices

I Am Tomorrow (3:50) ~ 2-part SA for children and youth voices

WE BELIEVE (4:18) ~ Power ballad in 3 or 4 parts

THE EYES OF A CHILD (3:19) ~ 2-part SA for children

GO ON LIVING (2:44) ~ 2-part upper and lower voices for teenagers

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