Here is an offering from our friend Town Losey and the Ensoma Creative ensemble. Below the video you will find the lyrics and a word on this special project they made for this year’s Memorial Day. We join with Ensoma in honoring and mourning those individuals who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
All is well; safely rest.
God is nigh.
Fading light dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky,
Gleaming bright.
From afar,
Drawing near,
Falls the night.
Day is done.
Gone the sun from the lakes
From the hills, from the sky.
All is well; safely rest.
God is nigh.
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All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.
Today we are reminded to take time to acknowledge the immense sacrifice of those who gave their lives for our freedoms, who exchanged their futures for the future of their country and those who live freely in it.
All of us at Ensoma would like to give our gratitude and honor to those who have given the ultimate sacrifice, and we could think of no better way to express this thanks than through this brilliant arrangement of Taps, arranged by Ken Neufeld.
In this video, alongside our singers, we have also decided to showcase service members dear to us expressing their respect to those who they have lost. If you are comfortable and would like to share, we would love if you could post in the comments the names or a photo of those dear to you who have served, so that we may extend our gratitude to them as well.
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Music by Ken Neufeld
Lyrics attributed to General Daniel Butterfield (1862)
Directed by Townsend Losey
Production by Josh Munnell
SOPRANO
Gabrielle Losey
Lindsay Farrell
ALTO
Wendy Taquino
Katherine Velez
TENOR
Josh Munnell
Joshua McGowan
BASS
Seth Velez
René Ruiz