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= sf all 0b € Alcott CAN YOU HEAR ME? | A song incorporating sign language Composer's Note T wrote this piece to include sign language, as I have always found it ro be an incredibly sensitive and beautiful form of communication—it also served a8 a reminder to me always to try to be open. ‘and aware of other people, and also of our surroundings. The three short choruses can be signed ‘where marked. Ros cHmLCoTT November 1997 A GLOSSARY OF SIGN LANGUAGE* British American Can See Feel It (the sun) Too his hoary fe guidance ony and choirs ar encourage to elit the ei of vent sentria posible 4 Commissioned by Keynote Arts Associates —Janes E. Dash, Present—for the Children in Harmony Choral Festival. Orlando Florida, May 1998, Barbara Tagg, Artistic Director. Can you hear me? os cHncorT Wisefiul J = «.60 voices PIANO poo crest. y look a-round me as Tgrov, I'd lke to rellyou all T know swith Ped, Tsee life swith al ies Duration: 440" appro. = ‘This piece is also avalable in an orchestration for string orchestra and plano, avalable ao the publisher's hire brary. (© Oaloe Une Pes 958 Pte ine Baain ‘OXFORD UNIVERSIFY PRESS MUSIC DEPARTMENT, GREAT CLARENDON STREBT, OXFORD OG SOP Phocopying copyright tr ILLEGAL. o nn the rush of T some-times sit and waita while, {see thesun, it makes me smile, — 3 ‘a tempo imp dae ny pocoris, [SIGH] Can_— yousee ig? ) unis, 7 Pdieet Canyouses i? mp CH You see i di, eT tor Can you see it? 0 (DSHS) poco rit. atempo (ew seNG) 26 SS oa too? I feel life it’s where I like to be, af 2 canyou fete? Can__ you feel Can you fet it? Can you feel it 97 END SIGNING! mf express. ‘My world’s si-lent one, but it's e - nough for me, 50 a a eve —— == === = hear you thtough yourhands, the movement sets me fre, bur itcouldbe a spe-cialthingto hear your voice, to Hear you sing. __ youhear me? ” 1 cae poles ‘Can you hear me?___ 7 Can you hear me? PB T took a-roundme as 1 grow, Td slower — like to tell you all I know. — Con you hear me? ISBN 0-19-941532-1 wus, Cs MO Music rgeton by Bares Mic Printadin Cot Beno aos

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