COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig
(The Composition Showcase is a unique resource for conductors. Choral composers are allowed to share only a few of their best works. Each week we offer you the best of the best on a silver platter. The Silver Platter Award winners are works that your choirs will love to sing and your audiences will love to hear)
Silver Platter Award Winner:
in Deo sola spec mea by Joy F. DeCoursey-Porter SATB divisi a cappella (Click here for PDF and here for AUDIO)
Level: High School or Higher
Uses: General Concert Use
Program Themes: Old and New, Faith and Hope
This Piece Would Program Well With: Mass for Four Voices by William Byrd available from JWPepper and Sheet Music Plus
Chant? Organum? Renaissance Polyphony? This piece certainly has an ancient feel but a current beauty. The Latin is a bit of a puzzle in keeping with the dual nature of the work. The divisi happens only about half the time making it possible to do with smaller forces. This is another excellent work from a composer our readers know well.
in Deo sola spec mea is available from the composer: https://choralnet.org/contact/user/17813
Joy DeCoursey-Porter says