Sing Dumb (2016)
for SATB Choir & Percussion
Text: Tiffany Eberle Kriner
Duration: 8 minutes
Premiere: November 14, 2016, Wheaton College Concert Choir, Wheaton, Illinois
This a cappella SATB work with percussion was created in response to a season of national tragedy, institutional upheaval, and personal bewilderment. Rooted in the phrase “sing dumb”—to hold one’s peace—the piece wrestles with the tension between silence and expression, layering dense, image-rich language with reverent, textured sound. Not a protest, but a deeply human reckoning, it confronts loss, complexity, and the mystery of a triune Creator.