This piece was commissioned by Ed Watkins and Inner Voices.

The choir asked me to write a three movement work based on Elinor Wylie's poem, 'Velvet Shoes'. The outer two movements are response pieces to the poem, using significant lines to reflect on the tone of the poem.

"We felt so lucky that Emma agreed to write for us. Her soundworld really speaks to the young people in ours choir and we felt she took real care to write something beautiful that we can keep coming back to." Ed Watkins, co-founder of Inner Voices