A buoyant reminder of music’s power to lift the heart during difficult times, this soulful song addresses depression’s weighty cloud from the very first lines. Its unusual chorus is based on four questions that cultural anthropologist Angeles Arrien observed in the healing practice of First Nations shamans: “When did you stop dancing? When did you […]
New Publications
Looking for a choir & orchestra to premiere my ‘Christmas Overture’
Dear conductors and choristers, I have just released the version in English of my carol entitled ‘Christmas Overture’. The piece is available in different instrumentations : – SATB choir, (optional children choir), full orchestra. – SAB choir, glockenspiel, optional sleigh bells. – SSA choir, glockenspiel, optional sleigh bells. – Piano solo (for piano beginners) The […]
Seeking Choir to Record/Premiere Work to be Published by ECS Publishing Group
Greetings from the Senior Editor at ECS Publishing Group. As many of you know, I am also a composer. I am seeking a mixed choir to record and/or premiere a work I composed this year. Management at ECS Publishing Group has already agreed to publish this work. However, we would all prefer not to do […]
“Fare Ye Well, My Darlin'” (c. 4’30”) for unaccompanied SATB choir
“Fare Ye Well, My Darlin’” is based on a Civil War era folksong, collected in South Carolina: A soldier bids farewell to his beloved, informing her that he has enlisted to fight in the war. Follow the score with the premiere performance (6/2018) by San Francisco Choral Artists in this video. Available in print or […]
Christmas in July – We Three Kings, SAB with descant
Christmas in July… “We Three Kings” arranged by Teresa Cobarrubia Yoder’s is available through Paraclete Press. *** This beguiling setting of the famous carol is set for SAB, piano and congregation. Yoder writes playful rhythmic variations and the coda is reminiscent of the Ukrainian Bell Carol.
Two new SATB pieces available: “My Beloved Spake” and “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor”
Two new pieces are now available for download from my website’s scores page, https://nicholasweininger.com/scores. Both are SATB a cappella with limited divisi, suitable for high school, college, or adult ensembles. First is my setting of Song of Solomon 2:10-13, “My Beloved Spake,” which uses chanted motifs and a call-and-response setting to evoke both the solemnity […]