Kirke Mechem

James Mulholland

Libby Larsen

André Jerome Thomas

David N. Childs

René Clausen

Morten Lauridsen

Z. Randall Stroope

Gwyneth Walker

Each composer addresses the following topics: biography ; creative process ; the relationship between text and music; views from the composer to the conductor ; the relationship between the composer and the commissioning party ; views on the teaching of composition ; influencial individuals ; ten works all choral conductors at all levels should study ; the future of choral music ; comprehensive list of [his/her] works for choir.

Composers on Composing for Choir

for SATB unaccompanied There are three songs making up this cycle entitled Western Songs - 'Buffalo Gals', 'Green Grow the Lilacs', and 'The Ol' Chisholm Trail'. The arrangements by turn spin contrapuntal and antiphonal textures then relax into meltingly beautiful chords, while glissandi and yipping vocal slides evoke the sounds of the barn dance the the cattle drive.

Western Songs: The ol' Chisholm trail

Calamity Jane

The texts are selected from the letters of Calamity Jane to her daughter by Wild Bill Hickok. The five songs present a stirring picture of an independent woman's struggle.

Calamity Jane to Her Daughter Janey, 1880-1902

Songs from Letters

An opera based on Jenny Lind's American tour in 1850, and her relationship with P. T. Barnum who organised the tour. For soprano, tenor, baritone, and mezzo soprano soloists, and 8 other on-stage singers. Plus a pit chorus of 16-32.

The Story of P.T. Barnum and Jenny Lind

Barnum's Bird

An Opera in Two Acts Based on Virginia Woolf's Novel, "Mrs. Dalloway"

Mrs. Dalloway

Libby Larsen

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