Nothing Gold Can Stay

PLEASE NOTE: As of now, all purchases are for a downloadable PDF copy of combined score and parts which you can print out. You will not receive a hard copy shipped to your address.

Listen to Choral Tracks' performance of the piece here! - https://soundcloud.com/noahlathrop/nothing-gold-can-stay

I will be donating 20% of the sales from this piece to the Sanalila family GoFundMe for its duration. If you would also like to donate for yourself, you can do so here.

Alfred Sanalila, age 50, passed away unexpectedly on May 31, 2025. He was the father of one of my friends from high school. When I received the news, I genuinely couldn't believe it because I've never experienced the passing of someone I knew before then. For days I could not stop thinking about it and how his family must be feeling. At the time I was experiencing writer's block, but after thinking about it more, I wrote a rough draft for this piece.

I wrote this piece set to the words of a Robert Frost poem called "Nothing Gold Can Stay." The poem is an exploration of the cycle of life, and I thought it was perfect for the music. Alfred was born in the Philippines so out of respect for the culture of his family I translated the poem to Tagalog, the native language in the Philippines. I hope that this piece brings solace to the Sanalila family and to anyone who has experienced a similar loss.