Saint Songs
Lyrics by Meghan Brown
Music by Sarah Taylor Ellis
Written for and performed by Corinna Ruba
Saint Songs is a new song cycle about female saints and martyrs in all their strength, struggle, and humanity. It shares the wild stories and diverse facets of women who fled mobs, saved their cities from plagues, were set on fire but wouldn’t light, cared for honeybees, grew beards to avoid arranged marriages, and ultimately became saints of virgins, victims, in-law problems, dentistry, television, and laundry.
Developmental History:
Music by Sarah Taylor Ellis
Written for and performed by Corinna Ruba
Saint Songs is a new song cycle about female saints and martyrs in all their strength, struggle, and humanity. It shares the wild stories and diverse facets of women who fled mobs, saved their cities from plagues, were set on fire but wouldn’t light, cared for honeybees, grew beards to avoid arranged marriages, and ultimately became saints of virgins, victims, in-law problems, dentistry, television, and laundry.
Developmental History:
- Songs performed in 1781 Collective's LAB Session: May 2023