Released in 2022 as a part of the Decameron Opera Coalition’s holiday album, D.O.C. the Halls
streaming now on AÏRIS and all major music streaming platforms

Music by Nancy Galbraith
Original poem by Sara Stock Mayo

“Rededication” explores the universal theme of light amidst the darkness and the sparks of hope and renewal that are celebrated in a number of end-of-year holidays.

Charlene Canty, soprano
Kara Cornell, mezzo-soprano
Robert Frankenberry, tenor
Graham Fandrei, baritone

B.J. Miller, piano
Marissa Knaub Avon, harp
Jorge Eduardo Naranjo Osorio, clarinet
Xueqing Wu, percussion

Producer, Conductor, Video director and editor: Maria Sensi Sellner
Recording Engineer: Kristian Tchetchko
Associate Producer: Robert Frankenberry

Recorded and filmed at Third Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh

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Rededication
Poem by Sara Stock Mayo

Light, hidden in darkness
mysterious
more beautiful
than the brightest star
nestled womblike
A fire in the belly
silently waiting to burst forth

Surrendering to the unknown
collision of past and future
strands of history pulling us, centuries upon centuries
out of despair, towards hope
We make it bend and change
creating new worlds out of shards of light

Worlds where apathy turns to action
Once blindly, surrendering to darkness
Now, turning towards newly lit pathways
transcendence

Rededication
We are our own ancient temples
sacred vessels
holy and whole
broken and beautiful
cracked and healing

Our hope glistens like a song
ephemeral as the wind
calling us to put down our weapons of war
and turn them into musical instruments
creating a world where hidden light and blessed darkness
pour forth in harmony
A universal symphony

— Copyright © by Sara Stock Mayo