Welcome the Rain (Goldrich & Heisler)

Welcome the Rain
Music by Zina Goldrich, b. 1964
Lyrics by Marcy Heisler, b. 1967
Score source: www.sheetmusic...
Rachel Velarde, mezzo-soprano
Luis Rodriguez-Morales, piano
Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich have been performing and writing together since 1992. Their critically acclaimed romantic comedy songs have been featured in venues across the world, recorded by artists across many genres, and appear in numerous folios and collected works. Their Off-Broadway musical DEAR EDWINA earned them a Drama-Desk nomination, and other works have been produced by regional powerhouses such as Paper Mill Playhouse, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Goodspeed, and the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.
Heisler and Goldrich have been the recipients of the ASCAP Mary Rodgers-Lorenz Hart Award, Jamie De Roy and Friends Award, the Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, the Kanin/Seldes Award, The Edward Kleban Award and the Fred Ebb Award. They have provided original songs for The Disney Channel, Disney Interactive and Feature Animation projects, Disney Theatricals, PBS, ABC, Nickelodeon, and others. As performers, they have toured domestically and internationally with The Marcy and Zina Show. November 2009 marked the release of MARCY AND ZINA: The Album on Yellow Sound Label, and they have recently joined the artist roster at Concord Publishing.
They are both active members of The Dramatist Guild, have served as contributing writers to Dramatist magazine, and serve as guest educators in programs throughout the country. Both their friendship and their work has been profiled on NPR and iHeart Radio, as well as in the Los Angeles Times, the Interval and others.
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Welcome the Rain
When I was a child, I’d run and hide at the smallest hint of rain.
A sliver of gray in the clouds, I’d be under a chair.
The thunder would crash and the lightning would flash and I’d cry at the sight of it all.
Curled up in a ball ‘neath a wall of the curliest hair.
And I’d stay there for hours, so afraid of the anger I saw in the sky,
‘Till my mother would come and dry up all the rain that I’d cry.
She’d say, “Don’t be afraid of the power of life.
Open you eyes to its wonder.
Just as your heart should be open to joy,
So it must let in the thunder.
Sun that you long for is hidden from view, and only the shadows remain.
But that’s when you see the true beauty of life, when you learn how to welcome the rain.”
Time passes on. I’m no longer a child and I’ve learned a thing or two.
I’ve learned there are wounds that mother cannot kiss away.
And though I find I still like to hide, I have learned that her lesson is true.
If pain comes with love, then the pain is a small price to pay.
We all put up umbrellas to protect us from torrents of feelings that pour.
But shouldn’t we remind ourselves what feelings are for?
Oh, Don’t be afraid of the power of life.
Marvel as heavens reveal it.
Untie the ribbon and open the gift.
Thank stormy stars you can feel it.
Open your ears to the music of life, while there’s time to repeat the refrain.
If you yearn to embrace all the passion in life, you must learn how to welcome the rain.
Bring on the hurricanes!
Let the winds blow.
I’ll match the wind, roar for roar.
Life’s not about being safe, staying dry.
Life’s about begging for more!
So, Don’t be afraid of the power of life.
Open your eyes to its wonder.
Just as your heard should be open to joy.
So it must let in the thunder.
Sun that you long for is hidden from view, and only the shadows remain.
But that’s when you see the true beauty of life when you learn how to welcome the rain.
If you yearn to embrace all the passion in life, you must learn how to welcome the rain.
The Women Sing!
A recital honoring the NATS 2020-2021 celebration of women composers.
Presented during the the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Cal Western Region Conference
January 17, 2021
Rachel Velarde, mezzo-soprano
Luis Rodriguez-Morales, piano
Recorded January 9, 2021 at Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
Videography and editing by Maya James, mayapapayapict...

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