Looking for some new additions to your Christmas choir repertoire? Consider these pieces:
Christmas Choral Music
Choristers Guild Atlanta Chapter 2019 Children’s Choir Festival
My children’s choir anthem “Give Praise to God” (Choristers Guild) is one of four pieces on the repertoire list for the Choristers Guild Atlanta Chapter 2019 Children’s Choir Festival. The event is for grades 3-6 and will take place at Marietta First United Methodist Church on February 9, 2019, with clinician Dr. Martha Shaw. Take a look at the anthem, based on Psalm 150, here.
Give Praise to God published by Choristers Guild
Choristers Guild has released my newest piece for children’s choir, “Give Praise to God” (Unison/2-part, keyboard). This anthem pairs an original tune with an original text based on Psalm 150, and it is well-suited for use with upper-elementary or youth choirs.
Choral Music at Duke University Chapel
My choral anthem “Teach Me Your Way” was performed as a choral introit during the worship service at Duke University Chapel on August 17, 2014. This is a quiet anthem for unison/2-part voices with flute and piano, based on Psalm 86:11-13.
2014 Florida Choristers Guild Children’s Choir Festival
My children’s anthem A Psalm of Thanksgiving is one of three pieces for Junior Choir (grades 3-6) at the upcoming 23rd annual Choristers Guild Children’s Choir Festival, Orlando, FL, March 8, 2014. The festival’s director, Suzanne Gifford has written a helpful note about how to rehearse the piece.
2014 Atlanta Choristers Guild Children’s Choir Festival
My children’s anthem “Teach Me Your Way” is one of five pieces that will be performed at the upcoming Choristers Guild Children’s Choir Festival at Roswell Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA, February 8, 2014. Composer, conductor and teacher Mark Patterson is the festival’s guest conductor.
“A Psalm of Thanksgiving” Reviewed in CrossAccent
The November 2013 edition of the ALCM’s journal CrossAccent contains the following review of my anthem A Psalm of Thanksgiving:
Based on Psalm 100, this is an attractive, cheerful piece for one- or two-part children’s choir. It is in an ABA form, the A being “Come, all the earth, and praise the Lord, Be joyful and sing, for the Lord is good,” and the gentler B section being, “You know the Lord is God who made us, and we are his.” The A material returns with a fun Alleluia descant. Shaw gives kids a singable, solid piece for Thanksgiving or throughout the year.
Scandinavian Choral Music
What a nice surprise—my music is now available in Scandinavia! Gehrmans Musikförlag has released my setting of Blessed Be the Lord (unison/2-part, keyboard, treble instrument), titled Lovad vare Herren. I don’t read Swedish, but it’s fun to look at the score and see the text in a different language!
TCDA 2013
The 58th Annual Convention of the Texas Choral Directors Association (July 21-24, 2013) includes my children’s choir anthem A Psalm of Thanksgiving in a reading session of unison/two-part sacred choral music. This is a huge convention, and I’m pleased to be on the program.
2013 Montreat Conference on Worship and Music
The annual conference of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians (held in Montreat, NC) will be held on June 16-21 and 23-28, 2013. Two of my anthems will be included in the reading session for children’s choir: Blessed Be the Lord and Psalm 121, both published by Choristers Guild.
