TEARS!
for Acapella Women's Chorus

music by W. Brent Sawyer
words from Walt Whitman's poem, Tears
composed 1987/1992/2017
approx. length: 3:00 minutes

The initial idea for this piece started when I was a junior in high school. In college I completed the piece and premiered it on my Senior recital. In 2017, I revised the piece a little and it was awarded Winner of 2017 Best Secular Choral Composition by sheetmusicplus.com