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Popular Voiceworks feedback

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 Do you have a copy of “Popular Voiceworks” (by Charles Beale & Steve Milloy, OUP)? If so, we would love to hear your feedback and suggestions. 
 
If you teach elementary – high school choirs, this book is for you. Here’s a link to a description of the book with book and audio samples. 28 photocopiable songs in all ranging from unison to SATB and everything in-between.
 
 
Here are some links to where you can buy it in the US.
 
 
 
Let us know what you think.
 
Steve Milloy & Charles Beale

High Flight in Scandinavia, and new recording

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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 on alto saxophone has already performed this piece eleven times in five states.
  • Here is their beautiful performance in The Church of God in Anderson IN on March 21st (easy direct download!)
  • You may download a perusal score and read reviews of High Flight on this page.

Now, after a farewell performance in their home base, the Chorale set off on tour to Denmark, Sweden and Finland. Here is their itinerary:

  • Sunday, April 25, 7:00 pm St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Carmel, Indiana
  • Tuesday, May 11, 19.00 Tampereen tuomiokirkko (Cathedral), Tampere, Finland
  • Wednesday, May 12, 17.00 Lakeuden risti, Seinäjoki, Finland
  • Friday, May 14, 19.00 Vaasa International Choir Festival, Vaasa, Finland
  • Saturday, May 15, 19.00 Temppeliaukion kirkko (Rock Church), Helsinki, Finland
  • Sunday, May 16, 18.00 Vihti Kirkko, Vihti, Finland
  • Wednesday, May 19, 12.00 Maria Magdalena kyrka, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Thursday, May 20, 19.00 Sofiakyrkan, Jönköping, Sweden
  • Saturday, May 22, 15.00 Trinitatis Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark

High Flight is the official poem of the NASA space program. This setting was commissioned by Gregory Ruffer and The Orlando Chorale in 2009 as a tribute to John Perkins. It has since had fourteen performances by four choirs.

If there is a place on your choir’s programme for High Flight please contact me!

Thank you,

Christopher Marshall
Composer-In-Residence,
Adjunct Professor of Composition:
University of Central Florida
Composer-Not-In-Residence, 2009-10:
San Francisco Choral Artists

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Warm Reception for New Work – Important Note

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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 free download site, I would be so grateful to know of of it!
 
Christopher

Warm Reception for New Work

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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 parse his story into syllable and sound … a unique and moving experience.” (Ken Bullock, ForAllEvents, Thursday, March 25, 2010)
The choir was the San Francisco Choral Artists celebrating their 25th anniversary and their 15th year under inspired director Magen Solomon.
In some respects the death of an illegal immigrant is an unlikely source for a musical text. However, I found the story very moving from the start and, as is often the case, immediately the musical ideas started to flow. This is not a description or an illustration; the horror of these events and the agony of the protagonist certainly do not require word painting to intensify the impact. Rather this an emotional reaction – a counterpoint to the story – perhaps also a glimpse of a human drama in a wider context.
 
 
Thank you,
Christopher

Choral Setting of Song by Christina Rossetti (SATB)

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 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
 

Winter Solstice for women’s choir

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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 reflects the wonderful imagery of the itexts with a lot of very sweet, flowing  phrases, is not difficult,  and has been a hit with singers and audiences in New Mexico and elsewhere. Contact me or Roger Dean if you would like a perusal score. The texts are great for any winter-themed (or seasons themed) concert and do not reference Christmas or other religious language. Visit  http://paulcarey.net/Music/Winter_Solstice.htm for more info.
 
Thanks, Paul

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