Composer Gwyneth Walker was commissioned to compose the title cut, based on the lyrics of Joan Baez. The piece was premiered at the 2003 National Women's Music Festival to honor the festival for celebrating the richness of women's creativity for nearly 30 years. Thanks to the generous support of many donors, we distributed several hundred free CDs to those in need of hope and healing including clients of the Julian Center, Breaking Free, The Damien Center, The Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Indiana Juvenile Justice Task Force. Fiber artist Stephanie Lewis Robertson created the cover artwork The CD includes a joint number with our brothers in the Indianapolis Men's Chorus.

The CD includes:

1. Chant, arranged by Ysaye M. Barnwell
2. Indiana (Back Home In Indiana) music by James F. Hanley, lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, arranged by Dot Calvin
3. The Tree of Peace, music by Gwyneth Walker, lyrics by John Greenleaf Whittier
4. Let The Nations Be Glad, by Randall Thompson, With The Indianapolis Men's Chorus
5. We Are, by Ysaye M. Barnwell
6. Strange Fruit, by Abel Meeropol (under the pseudonym Lewis Allen), arranged by Kristina Boerger
7. The Small Difference, by Robin Riebsomer, arranged by Robin Riebsomer and Pamela Blevins Hinkle
8. Ave Maria, by Francis Poulenc, translation by W.R. Smith
9. Past Life Melodies, by Sarah Hopkins
10. Mouth Music, Traditional, arranged by Dolores Keane and John Faulkner, transcribed by Joseph Byrd
11. I Shall Sing to the Lord a New Song (Section I of Her Song Rises), Music by Jennifer E. Stasack, lyrics by Rabbi Ruth H. Sohn
12. My Love Walks in Velvet, by Gwyneth Walker
13. Come Again! Sweet Love Doth Now Invite, by John Dowland, arranged by Katherine K. Davis
14. Pink Pajamas (traditional children's song), music: Battle Hymn of the Republic, attributed to William Steffe
15. Fair Warning, music by Shirley W. McRae, lyrics by Jenny Joseph, edited by Henry H. Leck
16. This Morning (No. 1 in the three-song My Girls suite), music by Gwyneth Walker, lyrics by Lucille Clifton
17. Melodijas, music by Peteris Barisons, lyrics by Janis Sudrabkalns, translation by Vance Wolverton
18. Vow, by Cairril Adaire
19. Cradle Me, by Deborah Dougherty-Harris; harmonics, arrangement by Dianne Berg and Karen Larson
20. To Sing is to Fly, music by Gwyneth Walker, lyrics by Joan Baez Commissioned by The Indianapolis Women's Chorus in celebration of our first CD.

Our warm thanks to all the CD contributors:

Kim Allman and Leisa Waggoner In honor of our children - Christopher and Sara
Mary Anderson Center for the Arts
Anonymous
Linda Bell
Vaughn Bidwell
Nan Brooks In memory of Kay Gardner and Audre Lord
Patti Campbell and Sam Hicks
Annette Carasco In memory of Lucy Carasco
Rev. Judith L. Carson
Harriet Clare and Becky Thacker
Jim and Tracy Ditsworth
Pamela Dunlap and Stephanie Loomis
       In memory of grandma and grandpa - Mary Alice and Chet Dunlap
Sharon Farley
Renee A. Faught, Esq., and Lori Kurtz
Tarsie and Thomas Franklin
Lisa Haver
Pam Blevins Hinkle and Charles Eric Hinkle
Jayne Kercheval
Becky Kincaid and Pam Miller
      In memory of Dolores Davis Marcia and Mary Z. Knight-Longstreth
Cindy and Tim Lanane
Kinzua Le Suer and Deb Edgecombe
Derick Logan In honor of Elizabeth Anne Logan
Susan R. Logsdon In honor of James Luce
Lowell and Lucy McCoskey
Edith Millikan
Anne Murphy In memory of Carol A. Durbin
Linda Pratt
Judith Richter and Gloria Barnes
Stephanie Lewis Robertson
Rebecca Russell
Candace Sage and Doreen J. Gridley
Don Sherfick and Jerry Hicks
Softsound
Chris Stanton
Barbara K. Stevens In memory of Jack Kelleher
Paula Susemichel and Linda Daley In memory of Daun Ringham
Lia Treffman and Cara Putt In honor of Stephen and Marcia Treffman and Dianne Putt
Nancy VanArsdall In memory of Kay Gardner
Suzannah Walker & Linda Perdue
Jeri K. Watts
Judy Wolf and Pam Mueller In honor of mom and brother - Marcia S. Wolf and Steven J. Wolf