You Are Enough: A Mental Health Suite

This three-movement suite for tenor-bass choirs is intended to elevate conversations regarding mental health. The composer brings his sense of the dramatic to this powerful score. The first movement, Inside the Storm, is a cappella and filled with lyrics and harmonies that create a sense of questioning and discomfort. The second, A Thought Storm, is tumultuous, like an onslaught of negative thoughts, with spoken dialog, aleatoric singing, a dramatic piano accompaniment, and lyrics that begin with a negative bent and gradually transition to more positive thoughts. The final movement, You Are Enough, has a modern, musical-theater quality that expresses inspirational and empowering lyrics with memorable melodies. A fitting conclusion to a discussion on this challenging subject.