Race for the Sky is a cycle of songs for soprano, violin, and piano by Richard Pearson Thomas. It was inspired by poems collected in New York City from makeshift shrines and memorials left following the attacks of September 11th, 2001. Commissioned by Lisa Radakovich Holsberg, Race for the Sky was premiered at the New York Historical Society on September 11, 2002 and has received numerous performances nationwide, including in an orchestral version with the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra.