Commissioned in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the chorus in 2022.

Composed by Connecticut native Scott Perkins, the text of Alive Poems consists of the work of six women poets, including the current U.S. Poet Laureate, representing the diversity of peoples in our American fabric. The poems include "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus; "Soy un Amasamiento" by Gloria Anzaldua; "The Storyteller's Escape" by Leslie Marmon Silko; "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou; and "Remember" by Joy Harjo