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Three Songs on Poems by Lorri Neilsen Glenn

Commissioned by the Canadian Art Song Project for soprano Magali Simard-Galdès, winner of the Jeunesses Musicales Maureen Forrester Tour. This song cycle is, in part, a meditation on what it means to be a mortal being who exists in time. The first and last movements each present a different take on looking back, and the cycle moves backward in time from evening to mid-day to dawn. Images from each poem are woven into the music: the first movement is full of sewing imagery, so in places the pianist imitates the ebb and flow of a sewing machine's ostinato. The playful second movement depicts icicles melting, opening with their unpredictable drips. In the third movement, cloudsbloom.

Sister, Come By Here!

By Leaps and Bounds

The Beautiful Land of Nod

The iconic poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox is set here in a lilting and gentle composition that may be done by an ensemble or by a full choir. Peaceful, serene, and comforting. Commissioned by The Crossing and Donald Nally.

Our Father, By Whose Name

Ronald Arnatt: Now Begin On Christmas Day (Arr. Nestor) (SAB)

Now Begin On Christmas Day by Ronald Arnatt, arranged by Leo Nestor for SAB choir with Organ accompaniment.

Dmitry Stepanovych Bortniansky: The Glory Of Our God (Kol' Slaven) (Arr. Antolini) (SATB)

The Glory Of Our God (Kol' Slaven) by Dmitry Stepanovych Bortniansky arranged by Anthony Antolini for SATB choir unaccompanied.

Saviour, teach me day by day

While By Our Sleeping Flock We Lay

While By Our Sleeping Flocks We Lay

The Angel with the Broken Wing

This poem by Dana Gioia is spoken by a santo, a devotional wooden statue carved by a Mexican folk artist. This anthropomorphized statue speaks of its history and its fate as a museum piece. The setting, a hymn by Robert Schuneman, is intended to challenge singers’ perception of rhythm, harmony, and structure. It contains a cantus firmus that undergoes various transformations paired with shifting time signatures nearly the entire way through the piece. Mostly homophonic music is contrasted by passages of polyphony, thinner choral textures, and one featuring a pedal point.

Do You Love for Beauty? : Liebst du um Schönheit

Do You Love for Beauty? (Liebst du um Schönheit) is the second of Mahler's Rückert songs arranged by Stanley M. Hoffman for mixed chorus, the first one being Into This World I Came As a Lost One (Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen), 5755. This latest arrangement features a new English singing translation by the arranger, and sumptuous Romantic harmonies inspired by the piano accompaniment provided by the composer. Duration: 2:50

The Rose Led Us to Our Eyes

The Rose Led Us to Our Eyes is a setting of a text by poet Ghalib (1797 1869) as adapted by the composer. The music is relatively uncomplicated and mellifluous.

By Blue Ontario's Shore: from The Great Lakes

Love By the Water: No. 2. Fare Thee Well

New Millennium Suite: No. 3. Down by the Riverside

The Peaceable Kingdom : The Paper Reeds by the Brooks

Serenade and Dance

In one movement with two contrasting sections, the work opens with the Serenade, which is tranquil and melodic. It is followed by the energetically angular, raucously rhythmic Dance that features a catchy tune alternating several times with contrasting melodies, all in the spirit of a lively romp. The work was premiered in April 2013 by Shannon Scott, clarinet, and Melissa Loehnig, piano, at Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington. Commissioned by and dedicated to Joseph Juracek.

Cameos (Bold Beauty) : 6 Songs on Poems by Molly Fillmore

Cameos (Bold Beauty) : 6 Songs on Poems by Molly Fillmore

Setting Sail : 12 Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson Texts

The Gale

A creative and unusual work, The Gale uses text painting, sound effects, and crafty choral writing to bring to life the text written by Abraham (“Abramek”) Koplowicz, a Jewish boy who was exterminated by the Nazis during the Holocaust. He wrote this poem during the time that his family was trapped in the Lodz ghetto. The terror of the storm represents a deeper terror, the "swallow and his wife...wondering what will come next" allegorically speaks for the people. So it is with the entire poem, which results in a powerful piece of music which is equally effective accompanied by piano or by chamber orchestra. Duration: 6:30

Gwyneth Walker: Let The Life I've Lived Speak For Me (TTBB)

The traditional text with spiritual roots has been adapted by the composer. With an unadorned melody set in a simple but beautiful musical language with open, transparent harmonies, this music can be sung well by groups of many different abilities and in many situations. Duration: 3:00.

Gwyneth Walker: Let The Life I've Lived Speak For Me (SSAA)

The traditional text with spiritual roots has been adapted by the composer. With an unadorned melody set in a simple but beautiful musical language with open, transparent harmonies, this music can be sung well by groups of many different abilities and in many situations. Duration: 3:00.

Gwyneth Walker: Let The Life I've Lived Speak For Me (SATB)

The traditional text with spiritual roots has been adapted by the composer. With an unadorned melody set in a simple but beautiful musical language with open, transparent harmonies, this music can be sung well by groups of many different abilities and in many situations. Duration: 3:00.