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Boston Children's Chorus (BCC) presents "THRIVE" by Zakiyyah Sutton. The world premiere of this piece was performed at BCC’s Lift Every Voice: The Hope of Tomorrow concert on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester. BCC singers worked with Zakiyyah to compose this piece as part of our Opus Nuovo initiative.

Featured Choirs: Recital Choir, Concert Choir, & Premier Choir

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Credits:

Performed by members of the Premier Choir, Concert Choir, & Recital Choir of Boston Children’s Chorus 2023-2024
Recorded by members of the Premier Choir, Boston Children’s Chorus 2023-2024

Composer: Zakiyyah Sutton
Soloist: Zakiyyah Sutton
Director: Zakiyyah Sutton, Black and Bold Productions
Co-Director: Pat Hanafin, Boston Children’s Chorus
Music Director: Kenneth Griffith, Boston Children’s Chorus

Videographer/Editor: Marvin Sandoval, Media by Marvin
Gaffer/Key Grip/Dialogue Recordist: Juanito Sanchez, Fivexfilms Inc

Audio Engineer: Tim Bongiovanni, Northgate Studio
Piano: Jacob Hiser
Guitar: David Wade
Bass: Carlos Sulbarán
Drums: Hector E. Saint-Hillaire

Filmed at Boston Latin Academy and the Boston Common

Special Thanks to:
Boston Latin Academy
Boston Parks and Recreation
Department of Conservation & Recreation
Friends of the Public Garden

About Opus Nuovo:
Since 2019, Boston Children’s Chorus has been developing an exciting commissioning project called Opus Nuovo, with the goal of creating new choral works representative of our community and championing the work of composers outside of the eurocentric western canon. We look forward to continuing this important work in each future season of BCC—creating a choral canon that is truly reflective of our singers and our diverse communities.

​​Opus Nuovo is supported in part by a grant from TD Charitable Foundation.

Lyrics:
Thrive, thrive, thrive.

I’m gonna live in this world my way,
Ain’t no type of ism gonna get in my way.
Gonna make this world better for the next by living all of what I am meant to be, cause we never will see inclusivity
if we don’t first believe.

Watch me thrive.

No rock’s too tall.
Won’t you tell ‘em ‘bout me.
Roadblocks won’t stall.
Tell ‘em ‘bout me.
Ain’t no obstacle I can’t beat.
Ceilings sitting high.
Tell ‘em ‘bout me.
Gates kept inside, hahahahaha!

Won’t you tell ‘em ‘bout me.
Watch me thrive.

I’m not going to be stopped now.
I can’t, I won’t, give up now.
Change comes soon and I know how.
Tell them I’m coming.
You’re not going to be stopped now.
You can’t, you won’t give up now.
Change comes soon and we know how.
We’re gonna laugh harder, love harder, live harder, leap farther.
I wanna watch you thrive.