Music and Text by Ricky Ian Gordon
Choral Chameleon Ensemble:
Alyssa Venora
Molly Rabuffo
Annie Beliveau
Kelly Baxter Golding
Nadia Briones
Kari Francis
Kameron Ghanavati
Matthew Robbins
Matthew Finkel
Vince Peterson
Rod Kelly Hines
Jared Graveley
Hee Sung Kim, Pianist
Lyrics
New Moon
There’s a new young moon
Riding the hills tonight.
There’s a sprightly young moon
Exploring the clouds.
There’s a half-shy young moon
Veiling her face like a virgin
Waiting for a lover.
—The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, p. 113