Composer

Choral Music: Available through Ryan Main

Available voicings:
Two-Part Treble
Three-Part Mixed

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By Stephen Rew
Edited by Ryan Main

Brimming with energy from beginning to end, this new take on a timeless text is a joy to experience for students, directors and audiences alike. Arranged for the Youth Chorus of Kansas City's inaugural performance, 'How Can I Keep From Singing?' is bound to be a year-round favorite.

"Since love is Lord of heaven and earth, How can I keep from singing?"

My life goes on in endless song
Above earth’s lamentations,
I hear the real, though far-off hymn
That hails a new creation.

Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear that music ringing,
It sounds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing?

While though the tempest loudly roars,
I hear the truth, it liveth.
And though the darkness 'round me close,
Songs in the night it giveth.

No storm can shake my inmost calm,
While to that rock I’m clinging.
Since love is Lord of heaven and earth,
How can I keep from singing?