Stars Through the Rain for SAB and electronic track 3-Part - Digital Sheet Music

SKU: A0.1265057

Perfect SAB for youth or community choirs!
Evocative music that speaks to loneliness and sharing
Easy to follow trance-style electronic track

Stars Through the Rain (2022) by Adrienne Inglis (ASCAP) and Walter Torres (BMI)
SAB and electronic track by Walter Torres
Text — Stars Through the Rain by Kim Stafford
Program note —
Duration 3:23
Difficulty 2 (High school)
Language — Spanish

Program note — Commissioned by Inversion’s new youth choir Nova for its inaugural concert “Star Stuff” in June 2023, Stars Through the Rain is scored for SAB chorus by Adrienne Inglis with electronic track created by Walter Torres. Kim Stafford’s poignant poem of the same name tells the story of a young woman living alone in a remote corner of the world. She witnesses remarkable images of a rainbow over the moon and stars showing through the rain showers. She yearns to share these beautiful experiences with another person. The piece sets the choruses of the poem, which start in a lonely mood and subtly evolve, giving the listener the hope of being lifted into a sharing relationship with another soul. The electronic track weaves natural and synthesized elements together, creating a dreamlike soundscape evoking the night sky. The emotive arpeggiated melody line alternates between minor and major tonality, capturing her melancholic yet hopeful yearning to share this sublime moment with somebody else. The driving percussion elements represent the pitter-patter of rain drops. Synthesized pads provide the harmony and are affected by filter sweeps, a sonic interpretation of starlight refracting through rain sheets.

YouTube link for electronic track: https://youtu.be/HlQFoy9hw0E.