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Kudos to all the great singers!
A new decade (unless you're of
the ilk that says 2011 is the start of the decade)...
new commissions...
Commissioned
by the Briar Cliff Singers & Chamber choir, directed by Dr. Sean
Burton, Voices of Earthwill
premiere February 14, 2010.
And Endless
Worlds, commissioned by the Jacobs High School Performing
Arts Boosters,
Andrew Collins, choir director will premiere in May, 2010.
OCTOBER 2009
Just returned from Korea! The five days in Seoul and Incheon City went by so quickly -- and
all the people were so gracious and kind to me. The concert was
spectacular and the audience of over 2,000 loved every minute of the
Incheon City Chorale's wonderfully varied program. In addition to the
premiere of Missa Brevis Incheon (which was sung in bravura
style) they also did three of my spiritual arrangements. The first half
of the program also contained a highly expressive, velvety treatment of
the book six of the Monterverdi Madrigals sung as I have never heard
them sung before. Bravo! The final portion of the concert contained some
enormously fun pieces which had staging and comedic elements to them.
The audience walked out with huge smiles on their faces due to the
brilliant programming and singing of this amazing choir. Thank you Dr.
Yoon and EVERYONE in Korea -- let's do it again soon!
Lynne Gackle informs me that my fun
tune Peace on Earth...and
lots of little crickets (Walton catalog number
HL08501658) is one
of the repertoire pieces for the grade 7-9 honors choir she will lead at
the 2010 Central Division ACDA convention in Cincinnati. This should be
fun, and I may be able to attend. Peace on Earth... is Walton Music's #1
seller for the last two years. Lynne will be using the small cuts in the
piece which you can find
here
Also, I just received word from Sigrid Johnson that she
will include A City Called Heaven
(Roger Dean catalog number
15/2593R) in her grade 10-12
women's honors choir at the 2010 Southern Division ACDA convention in
Memphis. Nice news rom two really great conductors who have given so
much of themselves and influenced countless young musicians during
their careers. Thanks Lynne and Sigrid!
OCTOBER 19-23 -- I am honored to be in Incheon
City/Seoul, Korea to attend the premier of the commissioned mass,
Missa Brevis Incheon,
for the renowned Incheon City Chorale, conducted by Hak Won Yoon. Stay
tuned here and on my blog -- I'll be sharing about this amazing
experience.
--
I have accepted a commission to
write a short SATB/piano piece for the Briar Cliff University Singers,
directed by the very talented Dr. Sean Burton, for their upcoming
tour of Hawaii. We have chosen the text Voices of Earth by the
Canadian poet Archibald Lampman. I hope to write a drop dead gorgeous
piece on this beautiful text, which ties into the university's theme for
the year, Care for Creation.
-- My new friend Hak-won Yoon plans
to conduct my Missa Brevis Incheon,
which he recently commissioned, during his Incheon City Chorale interest
session at the ACDA western Division Convention being held March 3-6,
2010 in Tucson, AZ. The Incheon City Chorale is one of two featured
professional choirs performing, the other super duper choir is
Chanticleer. I think early in March in Tucson might be an improvement on
Chicago in March, so I plan on being there.
AUGUST 2009
MENC State Honors Choir commission for 2015
I have been chosen to be the commissioned composer
and conductor for the Tennessee MENC state
honors choir -- for 2015. I am
very honored regarding this, and am also impressed that the folks in TN
can plan that far into the future. I'm lucky to see two weeks out at a
time!
Incheon City
Chorale Commission completed!
More news - my commission for the Incheon City Chorale is complete and is
in the hands of the choir in
Korea. I am pretty pleased with the piece
and hope that they are as well. I'm looking forward to hearing
a
recording of what they do with it!
Reviews in latest
Choral Journal Cantigas de Amigo and Life has
Loveliness to Sell are reviewed in the latest Choral
Journal - nice reviews
for Roger Dean publications. FYI, Roger Dean is always happy to provide free perusal
scores to directors
and also has a free new releases mailing list you
can sign up for. If you need assistance
signing up for this,
let me know and I will help.
NEW RELEASES Three new pieces will be coming out
from Roger Dean in early 2010:
Winter
Solstice (SSA/harp or piano) with gorgeous solstice texts by
New Mexico poets; (would make an excellent pairing with Britten's Ceremony of
Carols, Rutter's Dancing Day, or Susa's Songs and Carols of the Southwest)
The Star, a very fun setting of the anonymous astronomical
parody text of Twinkle, twinkle little star) for SA/piano
Ding
Dong Merrily on High (SATB/piano or harp), very upbeat, in
7/8 most of the time.
LATE JULY2009
An amazing final concert at North Carolina Governor's School. more....
JULY
2009 Packed house & standing O's for the first set of
concerts at NC Governor's School. more....
JUNE/JULY 2009 Invitation to lead the Women's Choir at NC
Governor's School East.
more....
Commission received for the
Incheon City Chorale.
more....
Invitation to be a guest
clinician for Nancy Menk's 25th Anniversary Women's HS Choir
Invitational. more....
Sales at Walton of
Peace on Earth...and lots of little crickets continue
to be through the roof. Also at Walton,
more and more performances
lately by college choirs of Play with your
Food!, including a very solid and
enjoyable rendition which I
attended last night by the DePaul University Singers right here in
Chicago,
led by the very animated and fun Clayton Parr- great
performance (and some very cool programming overall)
and a BIG THANKS
from me!
Check out these New Releases
Upcoming Personal Appearances
I will be at the following performances/events. Email me for more details, and please,
introduce
yourself --
I would love to meet you!
Jan. 29, 2010
- Illinois MEA (IMEA) convention, beautiful downtown (ahem)
Peoria, IL
I will drop in for the ACDA sponsored music reading session, which
includes my arrangement of Colum Sands' wonderful
The Night is Young (published by
Oxford)
Feb 24-27, 2010 - ACDA Central Division
Convention, Cincinnati, OH
Lynne Gackle will be conducting Peace on
Earth...and lots of little crickets
with one of the honor choirs
March 3-6, 2010 - ACDA
Western Division Convention, Tucson, AZ
Incheon City Chorale, an international guest choir from Korea, will
sing
my Missa Brevis Incheon in their
interest session
March 10-13, 2010 - ACDA
Southern Division Convention, Memphis, TN
Elvis says he will join me in attending the HS women's honor choir
concert which includes my arrangement of A
City Called Heaven, directed by Sigrid Johnson
March 21, 2010 - Normal, IL - Illinois
State University Belle Voix (women's choir) Premiere of Eve's Confession and performance of God Says Yes
to Me,
directed by Sarah Graham (entire program of pieces in manuscript by
cool composers)
June/July 2010 - Raleigh, NC -
misc. concerts leading the North Carolina Governor's School Choir
Commissioned
by the Briar Cliff Singers & Chamber choir, directed by Dr. Sean
Burton, 
