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:
Level: High School or Higher
Uses: General Concert
Program Themes: Songs Without Words, Vocal Effects
This Piece Would Program Well With: Vocalise Rachmaninoff arr. Prokhorov available from JWPepper and SheetMusicPlus
Singing on vocables is a great way to get your singers thinking about the different ways music can be expressive. Vocal musicians sometimes get in a rut of depending on lyrics to drive every emotion. Firelight by Braeden Ayres can help expand understanding of expression for your audience and singers alike.
Firelight is available from the composer at http://www.braedenayres.com/contact/
Braeden Ayres says
Firelight will be premiered by the University of Northern Colorado Chamber Choir in April this year. The group will also be performing it during their Southwest Tour in May.