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Performances by 10 diverse choruses |
10 Poets & 2 Proverbs |
Choral
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Various |
http://www.elizabethalexander.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/finally_on_my_way_to_yes_0.mp3 |
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A mercurial musing on music’s mysterious source |
Philip Dacey |
SATB, orchestra |
MA |
http://www.elizabethalexander.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/or_a_musician_0.mp3 |
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Five Carl Sandburg songs, full of wistfulness, gumption and glee |
Carl Sandburg |
High voice, piano |
MA |
http://www.elizabethalexander.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/garret_of_old_playthings_iv_spring_grass.mp3 |
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A tender ballad of unconditional love |
Hafiz / Daniel Ladinsky |
Low voice, piano
Medium voice, piano
High voice, piano |
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Five awestruck songs of unconditional love |
Silsbee ~ Emerson ~ Hafiz ~ Alexander ~ White |
Low voice
Medium voice
High voice
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M-MA |
http://www.elizabethalexander.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/gospel_isnt_written_in_the_bible_alone_low_voice.mp3 |
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A moving tribute to our skins' true colors |
Gerald Rich |
SSA, piano
SATB, piano
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M |
http://www.elizabethalexander.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/palette_to_paint_us_as_we_are_satb.mp3 |
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Handbell choir
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A delightfully impish scherzo |
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Viola, piano
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ME |
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Three songs of longing, loss and love |
Rose Ausländer |
Soprano, orchestra
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MA |
http://www.elizabethalexander.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/so_many_corners-movement_2-ark_of_stars.mp3 |
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A little sleep-song, sung to the cadence of a gentle rain |
Langston Hughes |
SATB a cappella
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MA |
http://www.elizabethalexander.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/april_rain_song.mp3 |
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A poetic chorale with engaging inner voices and a message of social justice. |
Elizabeth Alexander |
SATB a cappella
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ME |
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A virtuosic and engaging showpiece for a pianist with a dramatic flair |
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Piano solo
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A |
http://www.elizabethalexander.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/autumn_accumulations.mp3 |
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A gradual and lyrical awakening for string orchestra |
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String Orchestra
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M |
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A passionate testament to life's worth, even in times of darkness |
Norbert Čapek |
SSSAA choir or quintet
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ME |
http://www.elizabethalexander.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/Be%20Grateful%20My%20Soul%20-%20Vassar%20College%20Women%27s%20Choir%20-%20Christine%20R%20Howlett%20conductor%20-%20excerpt_0.mp3 |
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A canonic setting of a traditional English blessing |
English folk prayer |
SATB a cappella
SSSS a cappella
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ME |
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A lighthearted romp affirming individual differences (with a touch of Shakespeare) |
Elizabeth Alexander |
SA, piano,
& misc. percussion
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ME |
http://www.elizabethalexander.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/being_who_you_are.mp3 |
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A beloved Hungarian carol with new English lyrics |
Hungarian carol / Howard Box |
SATB, piano
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ME |
http://www.elizabethalexander.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/bells_in_the_high_tower.mp3 |
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A fanfare for brass and bells |
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Brass choir, timpani,
& 3 percussionists
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M |
http://www.elizabethalexander.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/bells_in_winter.mp3 |
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A meditation on the true meaning of resurrection |
Michael deVernon Boblett |
SATB a cappella
SATB, orchestra
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M |
http://www.elizabethalexander.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/blessed_be_the_flower_that_triumphs_satb_a_cappella.mp3 |
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An invocation asking for peace within one's own heart |
Søren Kierkegaard |
2, 3, or 4-part chorus
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VE-ME |
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