Partitions chœur

The text comes from the Pima people, who were desert dwellers. The wind either playfully tosses the sands and grasses in small sweeps and swirls, or upon gaining more energy, whirls into a circle and...

Written in the Dorian mode, and using only the white notes of the piano keyboard, each of this poem's two verses is sung by the choir in unison and then repested in two-part harmony. The piano part is...

This arrangement is rhythmically animated and the accompanying alto line is accessible to beginning singers. The hammer dulcimer part is easily adapted to the piano, but the light shimmering sound of...

The primary melody, which is built on a mixolydian scale, features an augmentation of the rhythm and change of meter on the final phrase, “Glory to God...”

In these five succint poems, Diane Vreuls expresses a full range of emotions. The process of learning this music must begin by savoring Vreuls' texts.

The Pima Indian text was collected in the nineteenth century. Ideas expressed in the text are depicted in musical metaphors: the vocal parts twist and run, build and fade.

This familiar song is set with very simple ideas which complement and support the motion of the beautiful melody. The accompanying voices can be learned quickly, for they sing like melodies and progre...

The poignant story told in this ballad is sensitively developed in the texture and range of both the vocal lines and piano accompaniment. The shift from 2/4 to 6/8 and the eventual superimposition of...

The focus of this poetic text is on the mother, and the special feelings of mothers worldwide. It is a lullaby, simple, with a gentle sense of awe.

This setting of a prayer from the traditional Requiem mass uses added-tone harmonies and repetition to create a serene, prayerful mood.

Taivas on Sininen expresses the longing of youth (and all people) to voice care and concerns about the world and to express the secrets of our hearts.