Peace Is Every Step, by David Montoya

This meditative setting of Thich Naht Hahn's poem resonates with the same quiet, ecstatic joy of the original text. The vocal lines alternate between layered, polyphonic entrances and swelling homophony, depicting our individual spiritual journeys as they cyclically converge and split again. Sitting in the liminal space between sacred and secular, this piece can be programmed equally in a concert setting or religious service of almost any denomination.

Audio credit: Performed by Glass City Singers - Bradley Scott Pierson, Conductor.

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Lyrics:
Peace is every step.
The shining red sun is my heart.
Each flower smiles with me.
How green, how fresh all that grows.
How cool the wind blows.
Peace is every step.
It turns the endless path to joy.

From "Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life" by Thich Nhat Hanh. Copyright © 1992. Published by Bantam.