Publisher Desc.  For SSAA with piano, "The Challenge" is a setting of Walt Whitman's "Darest thou now, O soul", from the American classic, "Leaves of Grass". Challenging 4-part women's choral writing, accessible for a good high school or college women's choir, highlights the text, which speaks eloquently about the individual's quest to find her way in the world. A meaningful piece for young singers. Won the 2008 Joe Shepley Composition Competition, Namaste Women's Choir, Los Angeles, CA.