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• Choir: The Girl Choir of South Florida
• Piece: A Palette to Paint Us As We Are
• Composer:  Elizabeth Alexander
• Conductor:  Wallis Peterson
• Voices:  SSA
• Genres: Classical
• "A Palette to Paint Us as We Are" by Elizabeth Alexander. Text by Geral Rich.
  
  Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the...  more"A Palette to Paint Us as We Are" by Elizabeth Alexander. Text by Geral Rich.
  
  Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese.
  
  Give us a palette to paint us as we are.
  Enough of black and white, yellow and red,
  Those false colors that sham at fact.
  
  Coffee chocolate, and cafe au lait
  Ivoried-saffron and saffroned-ivory,
  Bronze and brass, copper and rose gold,
  Tea and pale butter, golden almond,
  Infinite varieties of browns and tans,
  Pale rose, pink, and soft rose cream,
  Mahogany, oak, cedar, and champagne.
  
  These are the colors of people I see,
  Not black and white, not yellow and red.
  Those false colors no longer will do.
  Give us a palette to paint us true.  less