Galaxias · Santiago Veros
Bring the message of human unity
Galaxias is the choral work that promotes unity and mutual support, so your singers and audience can share a powerful moment of genuine human connection.
SATB divisi Piano and crystal glasses Spanish 4:40
Santiago Veros' best-selling work · Performed internationally since 2021
best-selling workGalaxias has been performed by choirs in North America and Europe
What does disconnection cost us in everyday life?
Division follows people into homes, classrooms, rehearsals, and concert halls. Political beliefs, personal histories, and physical distance can make a shared human moment feel increasingly rare.
A choir has the unusual power to let different people breathe, listen, and build something together. The repertoire you choose tells singers, audiences, and supporters what that shared act is for.
Galaxias gives that act a clear message: across distance and difference, we can illuminate one another.
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Imagine Your Choir Singing Galaxias
Imagine the Message Your Program Can Leave Behind
Program a powerful Spanish-language work by an Argentine composer and inspire your singers, audience, and sponsors with a message they can carry home: even across great distances, people can work together to create beauty and give light to one another.
How to begin
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Trusted by choirs and institutions that have performed music by Santiago Veros
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"Veros uses crystal glasses and awe-inspiring original text to sonically recreate the feeling of gazing into a starry night sky."
The Grammy Award-winning Ragazzi Boys Chorus programmed Galaxias for their "Voces Del Sur" concert and South America tour.
“A mesmerizing exploration of the cosmos.”
The Sunday Night Singers selected Galaxias to open their 2023–24 concert season.
"...including the world live debut of Santiago Veros’ 'Galaxias.'"
The W&L University Singers premiered the work as the sole featured collegiate choir at the VMEA Conference, chosen through a highly competitive blind selection process.
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Questions
About Galaxias.
Why was Galaxias written?
Galaxias was born while Santiago Veros was recovering from a serious health crisis. The people who supported him during that time became the central image of the work: we are all stars, illuminating and being illuminated by those around us.
“This work is the adventure of mutual support.”
What is the text and its English translation?
Spanish text
Y la tiniebla del ocaso desvanece cuando la luz de los ancestros forma un manto que protege y guía.Un ser iluminando las galaxias La certeza en el camino del náufrago El fulgor de la existencia, el tiempo y la distancia.La aurora ancestral de luz dorada en el despertar del alba. los ojos radiantes de certezas condensados en rayos luminosos.El eterno fulgor del alma: un instante de infinitas distancias y el amanecer de millones de albas.
Complete English translation
And the shadow of twilight fades when the light of the ancestors forms a mantle that protects and guides us.A being illuminating the galaxies The certainty on the shipwrecked path The glint of existence, time and distance.The ancient aurora of golden light at the awakening of the dawn the eyes radiant with certainties condensed into rays of light.The eternal radiance of the soul: an instant of infinite distances and the birth of a million dawns.
Music and lyrics by Santiago Veros · Text and translation from the published Galaxias score.
Is Galaxias available only for SATB choir?
An SSAA treble-choir version is available in the anthology The Four Lights. Visit The Four Lights page to review and obtain it.
Can my choir rehearse Galaxias with the composer present?
Santiago regularly undertakes international tours and can also schedule Zoom sessions. Contact contact@santiagoveros.site to evaluate possibilities.