Below is the video of the first performance of The Chariot by the Bel Canto Choir of Gateway High School under the direction of Chris Barletta.
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Category: Compositions
God Is Gone Up
God is gone up with a merry shout.
Alleluia.
Written on April 29, 2014 for Dr. Carl MaultsBy and the St. Richard’s Schola of St. Richard’s Episcopal Church in Winter Park, Florida, this piece in Baroque style is written for two-part choir. It could be done by women alone, a mixed adult choir, or even a children’s choir. The harmonic language is simple with very few accidentals. The accompaniment is a simple three-part texture that could be played on organ or piano.
The Chariot
Written on April 16, 2014 for Chris Barletta and the Women’s Choir of Gateway High School in Kissimmee, Florida, with an expected first performance in May 2014. The students selected a poem by Emily Dickinson as the text that they wanted me to set for them. The Chariot begins “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and is a somber piece that suggested a chromatic language to me. While there is four-part divisi, the piece remains homophonic and there are many passages in only two parts. The choir is supported by the piano with a brief unaccompanied passage. A video of the first performance can be seen here.
Logo Chosen for Audubon Park Music
The competition at 99designs.com has concluded. After receiving numerous wonderful entries, I have chosen the logo below for Audubon Park Music. Look for a website redesign there soon incorporating the new logo.
Ave Maria – Giulio Caccini
arr. for SATB choir, strings and solo instrument
Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem Rise
A simple hymn accompaniment arrangement for organ and brass quartet commissioned by Mary Gant in 2014 for St. Paul Catholic Church in Tampa, Florida. The introduction is a full verse of the hymn and the organ part is basically the standard hymn harmonization.
Singing Birds needed for Audubon Park Music
As I move forward towards establishing Audubon Park Music as the publisher of my compositions, today I launched a logo competition at 99designs.com. Karen had suggested that I get a professionally designed logo after a Full Sail student developed a delightful logo for her Studio Osborne business. As I don’t know any current Full Sail students, I opted to use the service 99designs.com which I learned about from listening to the Entrepreneur On Fire podcast.
99designs brings together thousands of graphic designers and offers them the opportunity to submit ideas for design competitions like the one I just launched for a logo for Audubon Park Music. At just under two hours old, I am already delighted by several of the designs that have been submitted. You can check out the submissions for yourself until Sunday evening (4/6/2014) by clicking here.
Dilexisti Justitiam Video
With additional orchestration, this is a live performance of Dilexisti Justitiam at the Missa Pontificalis in honorem Sanctae Venerandae (Virgin and Martyr).
2013/26/07
Performers: Coro e Orchestra della Cappella Musicale della Venerabile Reale Cappella di Santa Venera, Acireale
Conductor: Alessandro Maria Trovato
Spotify
Now available through Spotify:
God We Would Hear the Angels Sing
https://play.spotify.com/track/6SWLico6yFRm25yiwHbV27
Salve Regina
https://play.spotify.com/track/1LO9iHcTHKWK4uYEvX2m4N
God We Would Hear the Angels Sing – Video
Recorded live at the 2013 Basilica Christmas Concert, William Picher conductor.
The score is available here, and the CD can be purchased here.