Composition Spotlight – How to Sing Like a Planet

 

COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig

 

(Each week we look at one or two of the best choral works posted in the Composition Showcase here on ChoralNet.  This is where we store a treasure trove of works that your choirs will love to sing and your audiences will love to hear.)

 

How to Sing Like a Planet by Elizabeth Alexander for SATB with divisi and piano (Click here for PDF and here for AUDIO)

 

Level: High School or Higher

Uses: General Concert Use

Program Themes: Planets, Heavenly Bodies

This Piece Would Program Well With:  Moon Man by Greg Bartholomew available in the Composition Showcase https://choralnet.org/306016#moonman2660

 

 

Sometimes in my constant search for repertoire a title catches my attention and I can’t pass up perusing it.   I am always pleased when my initial excitement bears fruit with a work that is equally captivating.  “How to Sing Like a Planet” is full of surprises.  The B section will make you smile at such heavenly bodies.  This piece would be great as part of a STEAM school performance about the cosmos or in general use.  There is a more simple TTB version as well.  It is an excellent piece of Choral Music so we are happy to award it this week’s Silver Platter Award.

 

How to Sing Like a Planet is available from the composer’s website http://www.seafarerpress.com/works/how-to-sing-like-a-planet