Maya's Prayer for Peace
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB choir and Piano - Intermediate

SKU: MN.50-6087

Composed by Tom Trenney. Martin Luther King Day, 21st Century, Justice/Peace/Social Concerns, Praise/Thanksgiving, Prayer. MorningStar Music Publishers #50-6087. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.50-6087).

UPC: 688670560873. English.

For SATB and piano, this original setting of Maya Angelou's poem, "Prayer" is in a soulful 6/8. (The accompaniment occasionally quotes "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which gives you an idea of the tempo and feeling.) Beginning with a series of thanks, the piece has a slower middle section with a series of petitions, beginning, "For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak." Then the music of the first section reappears and the piece closes with a prayer for peace. This is an unusual and powerful musical offering for any occasion focusing on justice and social concerns.