a survival plan of sorts (2019)
for SSAA choir | 00:03:30
by Melissa Dunphy | text by Amanda Lovelace
Other Arrangements
SATB choirCommissioned by the Susquehanna University Chamber Singers, Amy Voorhees, conductor.
A Survival Plan of Sorts
By Amanda Lovelace
raid your library.
read everything
you can get your
hands on
& then
some.
go on,
collect words
& polish them up
until they shine
like starlight
in your
palm.
make words
your finest weapons
a gold-hilted sword
to cut your
enemies
d
o
w
n.
- a survival plan of sorts.
©2017 Amanda Lovelace
Performances
- 23 Mar, 2025: VOX Femina at The Ebell of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 28 Feb, 2020: Gonzaga College Concert Choir at Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center, Spokane, WA