Unaccompanied Women’s Choir (2007)

This choral was premiered by Belle Voix Choir of ISU, Dr. Karyl Carlson, director. Pax æterna work is based on an ancient text found in the book of chant, Processionale Monasticum, and it can be interpreted as a prayer for peace in our turbulent world:

Pax æterna ab Aeterno huic domui.
Pax perennis, Verbum Patris, sit paxhuic domui.
Pacem pius consolator huic praestet domui.

Eternal peace everlasting to be in this house.
Abiding peace, Word of God, to dwell in this house.
Blessed peace of comfort to remain in this house.