Composer’s Note:

Cider Meditation explores the holiday themes of warmth, spiritual inspiration, nostalgia, and charity through accepting and protecting the traveler in our community with whom we share a steaming cup of cider.

The guitar must be amplified with the sound accompanying the vocal lines.Acoustic amplifier(s) and a good microphone should be used.

Commissioned by the Hatala Family and written for Kantorei and director Joel M. Rinsema.Written in March of 2025, this cup of cider last approximately 4:30.

Special thanks to composer and friend John McDonald for his assistance in the preparation of this score.