COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig (Each week we look at a piece of useful repertoire from the ChoralNet Community Composition Showcase. A variety of voicings and levels of difficulty will be presented. Enjoy!) Abraham's Test by Joy F DeCoursey-Porter SATB Divisi and tenor solo a cappella (click for PDF and Audio) Level: High School or higher Uses: General Concert Use Program Themes: Tough Decisions, A […]
It’s About the Phrase: A Little Extra Pull
CJ Replay: Morten Lauridsen
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article The 2005 Raymond Brock Commission: Nocturnes [of Morten Lauridsen] by Milburn Price) In recent years, Lauridsen has spent the summer months at his beach cabin on a remote island off the northwest coast of Washington state. Regarding this place and its relationship to his compositions, he […]