Week 5: Friday, April 20, 2018 “Stepping Westward” by Libby Larsen Text by Denise Levertov SAA w div, oboe, handbells, marimba “Stepping Westward,” composed in 1995, using text by author Denise Levertov from Poems 1960-1967, focuses on pioneer and frontierswomen from the Old West, sharing their tales of sacrifice, hardship, loss, joy, and independence. Larsen’s […]
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Music Within Reach: Christmas in August, Baroque-Style!
It is safe to say that there are certain choral works we hear around the holidays year after year after year. They are time-honored, audiences love them, and our adult choirs know them very well. But there are many other pieces that work well at Christmastime that deserve to be shared with our performers and […]
Free Scores to Recently Published Choral Works by Gregory J. Hutter
I have much inventory of recent choral works of mine that were returned to me after I severed my ten-year affiliation with E.C. Schirmer Music Company last year. I am willing to donate these scores (and will even cover the shipping) to any interested parties on the condition that a performance is guaranteed. To peruse […]
Music Within Reach: Classics for Women’s Chorus
There is such a tremendous wealth of newly published music on the scene that sometimes it can be easy to forget about the classics. There are also many pieces from the last few hundred years that have slipped through the cracks, and now editors are actively seeking them out and publishing them for today’s choirs. […]
Music Within Reach: SAB for Adults
News flash: Sometimes community and church choirs can be short on tenors and basses. I know this is brand-new information for many of you (and I hope by now you have noted the sarcasm). Something many of us often struggle to find is qualitative SAB music that is challenging enough for the experienced singers we […]
Music Within Reach: “Repurposing” Soloist Music for Choirs
If you have a small choir, you know that it is sometimes necessary to think a little outside the box in order to find pieces that are accessible to your ensemble. This post will focus on movements from cantatas and other extended works originally written for soloists that you can also “repurpose” for your choir. […]