Alice Parker

We can all be artists with our voices, here and now. I'm not talking about singing lessons, or reading music, or any kind of study. We can learn a song as easily as children do, just by opening our ea...

These songs were commissioned by the Mohawk Trail Concerts in Charlemont, Massachusetts in honor of Ruth Lloyd Black, their co-founder. The first performance was on August 30, 2015, soon after her dea...

The melodies in this medley come from Early American sources. The opening fife tune was found in a Revolutionary War collection. Our Native Land appeared in a school music book in 1871. The Appalachia...

From the United Methodist and Presbyterian hymnals, this traditional Spanish song is arranged here for choir and congregation (part included). Using countermelodies and a compelling accompaniment, the...

Alice Parker's signature sensitivity for choral writing comes through in this fresh setting of Fred Pratt Green's inspired 'When In Our Music God Is Glorified'. The interplay of voices weaves a beauti...

This set of pieces by Alice Parker to poetry by Nancy Wood was commissioned by the American Composers Forum for the ChoralQuest program allowing middle school choirs to discover music of varying moods...

This set of pieces by Alice Parker to poetry by Nancy Wood was commissioned by the American Composers Forum for the ChoralQuest program allowing middle school choirs to discover music of varying moods...

Lovely arrangement of an old favoriteFirst verse: unisonSecond verse: menThird verse: womenFourth verse: solo (or alto and bass)Descant: over unison choir (or soprano and tenor)Accompaniment: harp or...

A fantastic arrangement for Sunday or any festival occasion! The interplay between the choir (SATB and children) and instruments (organ, 25 bells) is striking and makes for a glorious production. The...

Parker's arrangement of the beloved Quaker folk hymn begins with a mezzo soprano solo, then progresses to some fairly tight harmony that sounds more complex than it actually is.

For the more accomplished choir, this is a cheerful piece with words by Charles Wesley.

For this eleven-minute concert set, Parker has chosen five of Katharine Pyle's short poems full of brilliant little word pictures and bits of philosophy, transcribed for SATB and woodwind quartet (or...

A five-minute set of more scholarly views on love, for high school, college, or community chorus Contents: Sing Heigh Ho, (Charles Kingsley) Passions (Sir Walter Raleigh), And Love Is A Sickness, (Sam...

Not exactly a round (the parts don't follow in a regular order), but there are variously staggered entries that provide a rich texture, this is a highly accessible piece.

This is a wonderful sacred concert piece! You can't beat Alice Parker!

Appalachian folk song of love grown cold arranged for treble voices

Parker's arrangement of this American folk hymn begins with a question and answer format between the men and the women, with all parts singing on the third verse.

Parker's lilting setting of Charles Wesley's words

Somewhere between the hymn and the symphony is this soaring arrangement for choir, congregation, organ, brass, and timpani. Lift up your hearts!

Robert Shaw himself has said of composer Alice Parker that '...she possesses a rare and creative musical intelligence. ' This lively anthem for mixed voices is an excellent example of Parker's musical...