HIGHER GROUND
New LGBTQ+ Choir Song: "Higher Ground" by Jamsheed Master
Jamsheed Master composes empowering new choral works for LGBTQIA+ choirs, diverse-voice ensembles, and inclusive singing groups. This contemporary protest anthem for choir draws inspiration from Michelle Obama's rallying cry, offering a message of hope, unity and resilience, perfect for Pride performances, social justice concerts and community choir repertoire.
- SATB setting
- LGBTQ+ and GMC gay men’s choruses seeking new repertoire
- Community choirs performing protest songs and social justice music
- Diverse-voice and inclusive choral ensembles
- Pride month concerts and equality-themed performances
- Contemporary choral music programmes
As forces work to dismantle hard-won inclusive spaces, our visibility extends beyond rainbows and flags—it lives in our daily actions, our words, our intentions. This modern choir piece embodies the spirit of activism through song: "When they go low, we go high." — Michelle Obama
THE TEXT
Take my hand, Turn the page.
Make a promise that you'll learn from this rage
Defy! This rage.
The earth will rise. The earth will rise.
And we will stand on higher ground
And we will make the world around us feel whole
When the sand beneath you trembles
reach up and take my hand
And we will stand on higher ground
Raise your voice, make it loud
Make the thunder in your sadness resound
We climb! We climb!
The earth will rise, The earth will rise.
CH
Be brave
Be love
Don’t turn away from giving your heart.
And soon
We will rise
To that higher ground,
Higher ground,
Higher ground.
CH
Jamsheed Master 2025