DescriptionNew Choir and Chamber Ensemble adaptation (January 31, 2026 edition), based on the original Choir and Orchestra version.Your score purchase includes: the Full Score, Choir Score, 2 Percussion parts, and a solo instrument part to be played by one of the following instruments: Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, or Violin. A separate piano part is also included to facilitate page turn during performance. About the Work:A Taste of Freedom celebrates the foods that comfort us and the cultures that bring them to our tables—from soup joumou in Haiti to cornbread in the American South, from borscht in Ukraine to tortillas, pone, and hoecakes across Central and North America. These flavors carry stories of home, resilience, and belonging. Sharing a good meal has always been one of the simplest ways to bring people together, helping loved ones and strangers alike feel at home. The piece invites us to reflect on the kind of nation we want to help cultivate. (For detailed references within the poem see the footnotes below the poem.) Text (excerpt):Our food tastes like freedom; Our food tastes like peace; Our food tastes like home; Sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet.My food tastes like Joy; My food fills you up. Let the flavor, that is you and me, remind us this is home. America, our home.Click Here for the complete text with footnotes RecordingLive recording (Choir String Version):2026 All-Virginia SATB Honor Choir Sydney Guillaume, conductor Richmond, Virginia – April 18, 2026 Performance Video Perusal Scores FULL SCORE CHOIR SCORE Practice Tracks
