Oração da Viajante (The Traveler's Prayer)

$2.00

SATB choir + piano. As featured in the June/July 2026 ACDA Choral Journal.

Composed during a 2018 artist residency at the Sacatar Institute in Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil, this tender prayer asks for grace and strength from the "Mãe querida" ("dear Mother") to have an open heart, see beauty, and hear music. Premiered by Choral Arts Initiative at the 2018 PREMIERE|Project Festival.

Full perusal score is featured in the Choral Arts Initiative Se ries at MusicSpoke.

Each copy of the choral score costs $2 each and can be paid via Venmo‍, ‍Paypal, or at MusicSpoke. You are only licensed to print the number of copies you purchase.

SATB choir + piano. As featured in the June/July 2026 ACDA Choral Journal.

Composed during a 2018 artist residency at the Sacatar Institute in Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil, this tender prayer asks for grace and strength from the "Mãe querida" ("dear Mother") to have an open heart, see beauty, and hear music. Premiered by Choral Arts Initiative at the 2018 PREMIERE|Project Festival.

Full perusal score is featured in the Choral Arts Initiative Se ries at MusicSpoke.

Each copy of the choral score costs $2 each and can be paid via Venmo‍, ‍Paypal, or at MusicSpoke. You are only licensed to print the number of copies you purchase.

Original poem with English translation:

Ó Mãe querida, cheia de graça,
O dear Mother, full of grace,

ajude esta viajante
help this traveler

quem, como você, é estrangeira longe do seu país.
who, like you, is a foreigner far from her country.

Fique perto de mim
Stay close to me

quando eu me sinto solitária.
when I feel lonely.

Ilumine meu caminho
Enlighten my path

quando não sei por onde caminhar.
when I don’t know where to walk.

Cheia de graça, cheia de força,
Full of grace, full of strength,

me da seu coração aberto
give me your open heart

pra ver beleza
to see beauty

pra ouvir música
to hear music

pra sentir seu amor.
to feel your love.

Video from the 2018 world premiere of “Oraçāo da Viajante.” Sung by Choral Arts Initiative, Brandon Elliott, conductor.