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Music and Lyrics by Santiago Veros
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Lawrence University Concert Choir is a choir conducted by Stephen Sieck. This version was recorded at the concert where Santiago dedicated the performance in tribute to his uncle Omar Cano just a few hours after his departure from this world.

Live in concert on October 11, 2022 in Lawrence Memorial Chapel under the direction of Santiago Veros.

Galaxias

We are all stars, we are to illuminate and be illuminated by those around us. This piece will always remain in my heart because it has been the result of the commission of very luminous people who have given me warmth while I was recovering from a hard setback of health.
This work is the adventure of mutual support. We are lighting our way but the neighboring stars -those people who are our loved ones on any plane of existence- create and guide that way with more light than we are capable of perceiving.

Lyrics

And the shadow of twilight fades
when the light of the ancestors
forms a mantle that protects and guides us.

A being illuminating the galaxies
The certainty on the shipwrecked path
The glint of existence, time and distance.

The ancient aurora of golden light
at the awakening of the dawn
the eyes radiant with certainties
condensed into rays of light.

The eternal radiance of the soul:
an instant of infinite distances
and the birth of a million dawns.



Commissioned by
The Cantabile Singers - Chris Bowman, conductor
Kings Chorale - Bill Perrot, conductor

Dedicated with a deep feeling to Bill Perrot, Chris Bowman,
Christine Crofut Carpenter, Elaine Farrar Kondrat,
Howard Dawson, Joy Hewitt and Marti Dawson

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