JR0057
Jake Runestad
UNDER THIS TREE SATB choir with divisi, unaccompanied
Music jakerunestad.com
Performance Time: c. 4:00
Text Under This Tree by Brian Newhouse I walked so long to find this tree, Each path was rock or thorn. Then at last to touch these leaves… Could I hope, could I know: Who might I be? Who are you, God? What can I love? Am I free? And under this tree… You are loved as you are. Under this tree… There is no veil. Under this tree… You are your own. Under this tree… Here is your home.
About the Composer Considered “highly imaginative…with big ideas” (Baltimore Sun) and “stirring and uplifting” (Miami Herald), award-winning composer Jake Runestad (b. 1986) has received commissions and performances from leading ensembles and organizations such as Washington National Opera, the Netherlands Radio Choir, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Choral Arts (Seattle), Seraphic Fire, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Virginia Arts Festival, the Rockford Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, and Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare. Dubbed a “choral rockstar” by American Public Media, Jake is one of the most frequently performed composers in the U.S.A. Jake Runestad holds a Master’s degree in composition from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins Universit y where he studied with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts. He has also studied extensively with acclaimed composer Libby Larsen. A native of Rockford, IL, Mr. Runestad currently lives in Minneapolis, MN and his music is published by Boosey & Hawkes and JR Music.
About the Poet Brian Newhouse won a Peabody Award for writing the radio documentary The Mississippi: River of Song, and he’s the author of the memoir, A Crossing. He is also the Managing Director of Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media’s classical programming, including creating its 24-hour online Choral Stream. He holds degrees in voice and English from Luther College, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Hamline Universit y, St. Paul. He and his family live in St. Paul, MN.
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Commissioned by Unity Church -- Unitarian, St. Paul, MN, in loving gratitude to Rob and Janne Eller-Isaacs for their years of inspirational ministry to this congregation, the St. Paul community, and the Unitarian Universalist Association.
UNDER THIS TREE Brian Newhouse (b. 1958)
Jake Runestad (b. 1986)
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2
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20
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4
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5
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