Daniel Gutierrez directs choirs at Nixa High School and Nixa Junior High School and is an active conductor, clinician, and presenter throughout the...
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About This Piece
Driving and intense, this original Latin work opens with a chant-like invocation and builds with relentless momentum, weaving together ancient proverbs that celebrate courage, resilience, and bold defiance. A thrilling choice for intermediate choirs ready to make a bold and unforgettable statement.
Details
- Voicing
- TTB
- Composer
- Daniel Gutierrez
- Duration
- 3:20
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Fortes fortuna adiuvat Fortune favors the bold -Terence (Phormio), c. 161 BCE Audentis fortuna iuvat Fortune favors the daring -Virgil (Aeneid, Book X), c. 19 BCE Fortuna favet fortibus Fortune smiles on the brave -Anonymous; traditional Latin proverb Courage and hardship Virtus in arduis -Anonymous; traditional Latin proverb To dare is to live Audere, vivere -Anonymous; modern Latin motto While I breathe, I hope Dum spiro, spero -Cicero (attributed), c. 1st century BCE Never despair Nil desperandum -Horace (Odes, Book I, Ode 7), c. 23 BCE