As The River Runs
for a cappella SATB chorus and drum
by Mark Growden
Commissioned by The Watta Ribas Dance Company for their site-specific dance piece “Subject to Change” – Spring 2013
SKU: MGN-004
Categories: Choral Music, Mixed Voices
| Voicing: | SATB |
| Instrumentation: | A Cappella |
| Language: | English |
| Sacred or Secular: | Secular |
| Duration: | 1-5 Minutes |
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