Week 20: Friday, August 3, 2018 “Ave Maria” by Gustav Holst Marian antiphon SSAA/SSAA, a cappella This blog on ChoralNet is now 20 weeks old, just slightly older than my infant son (currently 13 weeks!). So far, much of the repertoire has been from the 20th and 21st centuries, with one week each of the […]
Treble Choirs
One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 19: Friday, July 27, 2018 “Le Sommeil de l’Enfant Jésus” arr. Ron Jeffers Traditional French carol SSA, a cappella This is a favorite carol of mine to program. Over the last decade, I have used it for three different choirs, at two different schools. Ron Jeffers’ a cappella setting of this 13th century French […]
One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 18: Friday, July 20, 2018 “Alleluia, Rejoice” arr. J. Edmund Hughes Chant and liturgical antiphon SA, handbells (or hand chimes or piano) This arrangement by J. Edmund Hughes combines two separate holiday melodies – O Come O Come Emmanuel and Hodie Christus natus est – into one beautiful selection. The two melody lines dovetail […]
One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 17: Friday, July 13, 2018 “Da Pacem” by Jeff Enns traditional liturgical text SSAA, a cappella If your ensemble enjoys long lyrical lines and leaning into dissonances, this is a piece for you. My singers love this kind of crunchy-yet-pleasing harmony and couldn’t get enough of this song by contemporary Canadian composer Jeff Enns. […]
One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 16: Friday, July 6, 2018 “Simple Gifts” – traditional Shaker / Joseph Brackett, arr. Amy Dalton SSAA, a cappella A quintessential part of America’s musical heritage, “Simple Gifts” is a timeless hymn from the Shaker tradition, written by church elder Joseph Brackett. It was made known to a wider audience by Aaron Copland, who […]
One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 15: Friday, June 29, 2018 “Leave My Heart Its Songs” by Dominick DiOrio Poetry by Amy Lowell SSA, piano, two violins, viola This selection for three-part women’s/treble chorus, piano, and upper strings is a beautiful combination of Dominick DiOrio’s lush musical setting and Amy Lowell’s passionate text. The text is from the poem “To […]