{"id":3777,"date":"2023-05-11T20:05:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T20:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=3777"},"modified":"2025-02-14T14:14:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:14:45","slug":"the-gift-to-sing-mezzo","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/product\/the-gift-to-sing-mezzo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gift to Sing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Jane K (Evgeniya Kozhevnikova) in 2020, \u201cThe Gift to Sing\u201d is a setting of the text by James Weldon Johnson for voice and piano. It is a beautiful and uplifting text that reflects on how singing can help to \u201cturn the gloom to cheerful day.\u201d The choral version was premiered by the University of North Carolina Chorale directed by Dr. Carole Ott Coelho, on October 17, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gift to Sing<\/strong><br \/>\nby James Weldon Johnson<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the mist overhangs my path,<br \/>\nAnd blackening clouds about me cling;<br \/>\nBut, oh, I have a magic way<br \/>\nTo turn the gloom to cheerful day \u2013<br \/>\nI softly sing.<\/p>\n<p>And if the way grows darker still,<br \/>\nShadowed by Sorrow\u2019s somber wing,<br \/>\nWith glad defiance in my throat,<br \/>\nI pierce the darkness with a note,<br \/>\nAnd sing, and sing.<\/p>\n<p>I brood not over the broken past,<br \/>\nNor dread whatever time may bring;<br \/>\nNo nights are dark, no days are long,<br \/>\nWhile in my heart there swells a song,<br \/>\nAnd I can sing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration: ca. 3\u201910\u2019\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For inquiries or performance reports, please email kozhevnikova.e@ufl.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The_Gift_to_Sing-mezzo-soprano.mp3\"][\/audio]\n<p>Arianna Lutes, mezzo-soprano<br \/>\nJane Kozhevnikova, piano<\/p>\n[dflip id=\"3846\" type=\"thumb\" ][\/dflip]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3783,"template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[42,68,26],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3777","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-individual-songs","7":"product_cat-jane-kozhevnikova","8":"product_cat-mezzosoprano","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-variable"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3777"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3777"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}