Exultabunt Sancti in Gloria
The Succession of Four Sweet Months
from Flower Song by Benjamin Britten
With a Lily in Your Hand
- Eric Whitacre
Eric WhitacreEric Whitacre (born January 2, 1970) is a Grammy-winning American composer and conductor, known for his choral, orchestral and wind ensemble music. He is also known for his "Virtual Choir" projects, bringing individual voices from around the globe together into an online choir.
Whitacre is probably best known for his choral works; however, both his choral and instrumental styles use pan-diatonic clusters usually arranged in successive increasing or decreasing density. Whitacre achieves this growth and decay by splitting voices divisi—in one case up to 18 parts. These sonorities can often be read as seventh or ninth chords, with or without added seconds and fourths. Perhaps his most famous chord is a root-position major triad with an added major second and/or perfect fourth. Whitacre makes frequent use of quartal, quintal and secundal harmonies, and is also known for his use of unconventional chord progressions. His use of rhythm often involves mixed, complex, and/or compound meters. His pieces sometimes include frequent meter changes and unusual rhythmic patterns. Another trademark of Whitacre's pieces is the use of aleatoric and indeterminate sections, as well as unusual score instructions involving, in some cases, hand actions and/or props. The poets that have inspired Whitacre's work include Octavio Paz, Emily Dickinson, E. E. Cummings, Charles Anthony Silvestri, Robert Frost, Rumi and Federico García Lorca. Many of Eric Whitacre's works have entered the standard choral and symphonic repertories and have become the subject of scholarly works and doctoral dissertations. Eric Whitacre currently lives in London with his wife, Grammy award-winning soprano Hila Plitmann, and their son. |
WIth a lily in your hand Practice Tracks...
Soprano = Use Soprano 1
Mezzos = Bounce between Soprano 2 and Alto 1 Altos = Use Alto 2 |
Tenors = Use Tenor 1
Bari-Tenors = Bounce between Tenor 2 and Bass 1 Basses = Use Bass 2 |
O Quam Gloriosum est Regnum - Victoria
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Choral Collage repertoire 2014
Concert Choir Summer work 2014
concert_choir_summer_packet_2014.pdf |
concert_choir_part_assignments_summer_2014.pdf |
Star Spangled Banner |
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Randall Thompson
The Last Words of David
Las Seis Cuerdas
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