for SATB Chorus unaccompanied Words by Mary Elizabeth Frye: Public Domain Music by Stanley M. Hoffman © Copyright 2018 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The Poem above is sometimes called “I Am” due to its repet...  morefor SATB Chorus unaccompanied Words by Mary Elizabeth Frye: Public Domain Music by Stanley M. Hoffman © Copyright 2018 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The Poem above is sometimes called “I Am” due to its repetition of the phrase. Was the Poem inspired? The Hebrew name for God, YHWH, means “I am” or “I am that I am.” And there does seem to be something magical about the Poem, as it was written by a woman who, to our knowledge, had never written a Poem before. Mary Elizabeth Frye was an orphan with no formal education. In 1932 she and her husband hosted a young Jewish woman, Margaret Schwarzkopf, who was fleeing the Holocaust. When she received news that her mother had died in Germany, the heartbroken houseguest told Frye in despair that she had never had the chance to “stand by my mother’s grave and shed a tear.” Frye found herself composing the Poem above on a ripped-off section of a brown paper shopping bag. She said the words “just came to her.”  less

For Zodiakos, the final concert of their 2002 season, The Esoterics commissioned twelve Washington State composers to create a suite of a cappella horoscopes from the ancient Poem, Astronomica, by First Century B.C.E. poet Marcus Manilius. Each composer s...  moreFor Zodiakos, the final concert of their 2002 season, The Esoterics commissioned twelve Washington State composers to create a suite of a cappella horoscopes from the ancient Poem, Astronomica, by First Century B.C.E. poet Marcus Manilius. Each composer set verses for his or her own star sign. Leo was premiered by The Esoterics on December 7, 8, 14 & 15, 2002, in concerts in Tacoma, Mercer Island and Seattle, Washington. The piece was named as a Finalist in 2007 Cincinnati Camerata Composition Competition, and is a Project Encore selection. For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com/leoindex.html #choir #choralmusic #astrology  less

"O Fortuna" is a medieval Latin Goliardic Poem written early in the 13th century, part of the collection known as the Carmina Burana. It is a complaint about Fortuna, the inexorable fate that rules both gods and men in Roman and Greek mythology.

Performed by Singing OUT at A Sky Full of Stars on December 2, 2017. Based on Walt Whitman's Poem Leaves of Grass, Composer: Rich Campbell

Wedding Recessional last February 1, 2014

A piece from Jonathan Baltera's graduate conducting recital.

Completed last night: REFUGE for SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied, a setting of the Poem by Sara Teasdale, ca. 2:10. I am looking for a choir to premiere it. Please let me know if you would like to receive a watermarked perusal score. Thank you.

From William Wordsworth's famous Poem Eric Thiman created this beautiful song, performed here by The Marlowe Singers at Otham. SA

A piece from Jonathan Baltera's graduate conducting recital.