Essential Voices USA, Judith Clurman, Music Director and Conductor, announces the release of HOLIDAY JOY, a new collection of holiday music. The ensemble sings choral works celebrating the light and joy of Chanukah and Christmas. The two Chanukah pieces, “Eight Days of Lights” and “Chanukah Joy and Peace” were written by Judith Clurman and David Chase. The Christmas song, “The Holidays Are Here” was written by Judith Clurman and Wesley Whatley. Assisting Essential Voices are: Jack Coen, piano; Alan Kay, clarinet; and Eliana Razzino Young, cello.
“Eight Days of Lights” received its World Premiere in December 2018, with the Boston Symphony Children’s Chorus, at Symphony Hall, Boston. Judith Clurman conducted both the New York and recording premieres with her Essential Voices USA and this recording is a newly orchestrated arrangement by Brant Adams. “Chanukah Joy and Peace” was written in 2023 and received its World Premiere performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C with the National Symphony Orchestra along with The Heritage Signature Chorale. This is the first recording of the work. “The Holidays Are Here”is a carol written in 2019 and first performed and conducted by Judith Clurman in the 2019 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade by the singers of the Singing Christmas Tree Float and broadcast on NBC Television. The song received an Emmy nomination, in 2020, for the Outstanding Original Song.
The recording on ALBANY (TROY1987) can be streamed on all platforms.
https://www.albanyrecords.com/catalog/troy1987/
The published scores are available at Hal Leonard, for SATB, SSA, and TTBB.
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