Sara Stutz, copyright 2025 This song provides me comfort and a place of sanctuary in these ever-changing times. Teaching Tracks: All Voices High Harmonies (at 1:50 min) Low Harmonies (at 1:00 min) Lyrics: Chorus Oh Sanctuary, oh sanctuary, oh sanctuary Where is home? Verse In this breath, sanctuary. In this heart, sanctuary. In this moment, … Continue reading Sanctuary
Sometimes Plants: Rest and Rise
by Kaitie Ty Warren©2025KaitieTyWarren.comPatreon.com/KaitieTy Dedicated to nature's wisdom, and all the plants...including us, sometimes. Lyrics: Sometimes plants Lose their leavesSometimes they seem deadTurns out they know what they needTo rest, and rise again Parts separated sequentially: Melody/Alto: Drone/Tenor: Low Harmony/Bass: High Harmony/Soprano:
Simple Praise of Trees
Music: Vivaldi, harmonies by Gretchen SleicherLyrics: by David Densmore, used with permission for this songSongsForTheGreatTurning.net Gretchen Sleicher is a member of Ubuntu Choirs Network and well known for her delightfully harmonious, very singable, and very moving songs. She is a joy to work and sing with and we are lucky to know her! She has … Continue reading Simple Praise of Trees
Somewhere to Begin
T. R. Ritchie©1995https://www.trritchie.com/ Kaitie says:I learned this song in 2016 while training at the Ubuntu Choirs Network and it is one of those songs that just seems to catch me when nothing else seems to make sense. I suppose that's really what it's about. In 2017 I wrote to T.R. Ritchie's people to ask for … Continue reading Somewhere to Begin
Protected: Summons
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Što Mi E Milo
Macedonian, Bulgarian Folk SongSpecial thanks to Ryan Fan for the close translation Sto Mi e Milo is a traditional folksong from the Macedonian and Bulgarian regions. This song has an extensive history with a variety of arrangements by different composers. You can learn much more about Sto Mi e Milo's historical background here: https://folkdancefootnotes.org/music/1-songs/sto-mi-e-milo-macedonia-bulgaria/ Lyrics: Što … Continue reading Što Mi E Milo
Protected: Stand in That River
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Safe Here
Music by Kaitie Ty Warren; Words by Kaitie and Amanda Mehl West© 2023This song emerged deliberately as Amanda and Kaitie wanted to work through some thoughts about inclusion within sanctuary. Teaching at a retreat for "women only," Kaitie and Amanda felt it needed to be addressed that, when we create boundaries for the sake of … Continue reading Safe Here
Protected: Savoleyo
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Still Small Voice – Sara Stutz
What is your still, small voice telling you? Many songs that I write are reminders, to slow down and breathe....so simple a concept, so hard to remember. I was needing this medicine on this day and this song dropped in, fully formed. It can be sung as a layer song or as a round. ~ … Continue reading Still Small Voice – Sara Stutz