Qui Creavit Caelum by Chris Artley was 1st Prize Winner in 2015 Cincinnati Camerata Composition Contest. Text is taken from the 'Song of the Nuns of Chester' written in 1425. All parts in this recording are sung by US tenor, Matt Curtis. Sheet music is a...  moreQui Creavit Caelum by Chris Artley was 1st Prize Winner in 2015 Cincinnati Camerata Composition Contest. Text is taken from the 'Song of the Nuns of Chester' written in 1425. All parts in this recording are sung by US tenor, Matt Curtis. Sheet music is available at https://www.helblingchoral.com/?pagename=product&product=C8608 For more information about Chris Artley's music, check out his website at: www.chrisartley.com  

"Aurum, aurum!" is dedicated to Asira Shukuru. It is a musical search for the meaning of gold, a choral exploration of our human relationship to this precious metal. In Latin and English. As always, comments are most welcomed. Sincere thanks to Matt...  more"Aurum, aurum!" is dedicated to Asira Shukuru. It is a musical search for the meaning of gold, a choral exploration of our human relationship to this precious metal. In Latin and English. As always, comments are most welcomed. Sincere thanks to Matthew Curtis (choraltracks.com) for recording "Aurum, aurum!" Email me at rain@magma.ca, if you'd like more info, or to obtain a copy of the score. I would like to acknowledge the a cappella choir that I sing in, The Stairwell Carollers, and our director Pierre Massie, for their musical inspiration these past 26 years. I would also like to thank my friends in our "Ad hoc Chorale" for testing out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offering valuable comments. And with deepest appreciation to my brother Adam Rain and my friend Geneviève Lajoie for their invaluable support throughout my composing journey.  less

http://chor.helbling-verlag.de/?pagename=product&product=C7518 Chris Artleys Vertonung von Psalm 149 gewann den ersten Preis des XII. Internationalen Kompositionswettbewerbes Jihlava/Tschechien 2014. Dieses sehr gefällige Chorstück ist durch jazzige R...  morehttp://chor.helbling-verlag.de/?pagename=product&product=C7518 Chris Artleys Vertonung von Psalm 149 gewann den ersten Preis des XII. Internationalen Kompositionswettbewerbes Jihlava/Tschechien 2014. Dieses sehr gefällige Chorstück ist durch jazzige Rhythmen und Akkordik gekennzeichnet, durch eingängige Melodien, einen fugierten Abschnitt, dramatische Orgelpassagen und einen „coolen“ A-cappella-Abschnitt. __________________ http://www.helblingchoral.com/?pagename=product&product=C7518 Chris Artley’s setting of Psalm 149 won first prize in the XIIth International Composers Competition Jihlava 2014, in the Czech Republic. This very accessible choral piece includes, jazzy rhythms and chords, catchy melodic writing, a fugal section, dramatic organ accompaniments, as well as a “cool” a cappella section.  less

http://chor.helbling-verlag.de/?pagename=product&product=C7241 Die Magie der Weihnacht und der Menschwerdung Gottes ist in diesem bewegenden O magnum mysterium von Chris Artley direkt in die Musik übergegangen. Mit dem sich ruhig aufbauenden Stimmen, ...  morehttp://chor.helbling-verlag.de/?pagename=product&product=C7241 Die Magie der Weihnacht und der Menschwerdung Gottes ist in diesem bewegenden O magnum mysterium von Chris Artley direkt in die Musik übergegangen. Mit dem sich ruhig aufbauenden Stimmen, während die Worte "O magnum" wiederholt werden, beginnt dieses Chorstück, das Artley für den Nelson Summer School Choir komponierte. Fast balladenhaft setzt der Sopran mit der eingängigen Melodie ein, ruhig begleitet vom restlichen Chor, um das wunderbare Ereignis der Geburt Jesu im mehrfach wieder erklingenden, gemeinsamen Alleluia zu feiern. The magic of Christmas and the incarnation of Jesus have been directly blended in the music of this moving O magnum mysterium by Chris Artley. This choral piece, which Artley composed for the Nelson Summer School Choir, begins with the voices arranged calmly arising while the words "O magnum" are reiterated. The soprano enters with an unostentatious melody in an almost ballad-like manner quietly accompanied by the res...    less

Score video of FIRE AND ICE, Greg Bartholomew's setting for mixed choir (SATB) of the poem by Robert Frost (1874-1963). Audio recording by Matt Curtis (Choral Tracks). Published in December 1920 in Harper's Magazine and again in 1923 in his Pulitzer ...  moreScore video of FIRE AND ICE, Greg Bartholomew's setting for mixed choir (SATB) of the poem by Robert Frost (1874-1963). Audio recording by Matt Curtis (Choral Tracks). Published in December 1920 in Harper's Magazine and again in 1923 in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book New Hampshire, "Fire and Ice" is one of Robert Frost's most popular poems. Some have asserted that the poem is a compression of Dante's Inferno. In an anecdote he recounted in 1960, prominent astronomer Harlow Shapley claimed to have inspired Fire and Ice in an encounter with Frost a year before the poem was published. Frost asked Shapley how the world will end, and Shapley responded that either the sun will explode and incinerate the Earth, or the Earth will somehow escape this fate only to end up slowly freezing in deep space. Sheet music for FIRE AND ICE is available from J.W. Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/11129789.item For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com/fireindex.html #Choralmusic #choir #RobertFrost  less

It Is Well With My Soul - arranged Matt Riley Jopi Diestro, cello AJ Consolacion, piano

A choral composition by Roberto Brisotto (1972) Lyrics by William Shakespeare (1564/1616) from "The Tempest" All parts are performed by Matthew Curtis - "Before you can say, "Come and go", And breathe twice, and cry, "So,so" Each one, tripping on ...  moreA choral composition by Roberto Brisotto (1972) Lyrics by William Shakespeare (1564/1616) from "The Tempest" All parts are performed by Matthew Curtis - "Before you can say, "Come and go", And breathe twice, and cry, "So,so" Each one, tripping on his toe, Will be here with mop and (mow) (Do you love me, master?no?)" "Where the bee sucks there (suck) I: In a cow-slips (bell) I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On a bat's back (I do) fly After (summer) merrily, Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough"  less

1. O Spirit of the Summertime! 2. A Gravestone 3. Four Ducks on a Pond 4. The Winter Pear Please contact the composer if you are interested in performing this. scottbvillard at gmail dot com. All vocal parts sung my Matthew Curtis of choraltracks.com

Please contact the composer if you are interested in performing this. scottbvillard at gmail dot com. All vocal parts sung my Matthew Curtis of choraltracks.com

Missouri Music Educators Association Conference January 26-29, 2011