Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth….. Put out my hand and touched the face of God. High Flight , the evocative setting for choir and saxophone of John Magee’s famous poem will soon be en route to Scandinavia! The Anderson University Chorale under director Richard Sowers and with Rebecca Chappell […]
New Publications
Warm Reception for New Work – Important Note
In my message above regarding This Moroccan Sea I neglected to say that the free file download site I use features false ‘download here’ links. Please scroll down to the very bottom of the page where it says: ->Download Link: This Big Moroccan Sea Thank you! And if anyone knows of a better […]
Warm Reception for New Work
The audiences at the recent world premiere performances of This Big Moroccan Sea in the San Francisco Bay Area were moved by fine singing and the poignant text at the heart of this work. It also received a very favourable critical response: “….In constant movement, with ceaseless, practically subliminal activity, the voices all around the soloist […]
Choral Setting of Song by Christina Rossetti (SATB)
I have done a choral setting of the poem “Song,” by Christina Rossetti. It is for SATB voices, a cappella. If you like it or wish to perform it, please feel free to contact me: Brandon J. Spencer (313) 461-8421 Thanks, Brandon J. Spencer file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner.SPENCER/My%20Documents/Song.pdf
Winter Solstice for women’s choir
Roger Dean has recently released my piece “Winter Solstice” for women’ choir (mostly SSA) and harp or piano (catalog #15/2715R). The piece is in two movements and lasts about nine minutes. The piece was commissioned and premiered by the Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble and sets gorgeous nature texts by two New Mexico poets.. The music […]
New music by Rudi Tas
The Miserere for cello and choir by the Belgian composer Rudi Tas is a proven winner! His Salve Regina for Violin, Soprano, 3 choir soloists and SSAATTBB-choir is the successor! Of course you want to know more about this Salve Regina and other recent works by Rudi Tas. For free specimen pages please […]