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Repertoire lists from my ensembles.
With the Michigan Choral Commission Consortium (MC3), last year I commissioned Z. Randall Stroope’s SATB a cappella setting of Sara Teasdale’s “I Have Loved Hours At Sea.” It’s passionate, evocative, and lyrical – it ranks, to my mind, alongside his most beloved choral works. The statewide premieres and performances of […]
Do you have a someday list of repertoire? I don’t keep as long a list as many conductors I know – most of the time my repertoire choices comes as a response to the needs directly in front of my ensemble, and what I think will be most effective in […]
The Michigan Choral Commission Consortium has been a labor of love for me for four years – during which time we have commissioned nearly 10 new choral works from a remarkable and diverse group of American composers. When the Stay-at-Home order hit in Michigan, I offered my services for one […]
The Aces endeavor to sing in as many musical styles as possible each year, with no discrimination except quality of music. In that spirit, the entire list is organized alphabetically, as in our folders (except music for December, which goes at the end…) We had around twenty 2-hour rehearsals this […]
It’s my end-of-school-year tradition to publish the repertoire my ensemble sang over the year. With my third year at GRCC in the books, here are the pieces Shades of Blue learned and performed. Shades of Blue had six singers (2-1-1-2) in the fall semester and seven singers (2-2-2-1) in the […]
Four virtual choirs, a senior tribute. Countless hours of work. I’m delighted with the results of our weeks and weeks of work together/apart. Here are the four virtual song performances we presented at the Virtual Aces Concert last night. (We also debuted a track from our new album, “Take Me […]
The Aces endeavor to sing in as many musical styles as possible each year, with no discrimination except quality of music. In that spirit, the entire list is organized alphabetically, as in our folders (except music for Christmas, which goes at the end…) We had around thirty 2-hour rehearsals this […]
It’s my end-of-school-year tradition to publish the repertoire my ensemble sang over the year. With my second year at GRCC in the books, here are the pieces Shades of Blue learned and performed. Shades of Blue had nine singers (2-2-3-2) in the fall semester and eight singers (2-2-2-2) in the […]
We recently celebrated our tenth anniversary with The Rockford Aces – and an amazing celebration it was, with nearly half of our ten years worth of alumni returning for our reunion/concert. Considering the retrospective quality, we did a lot of looking back this year with our repertoire. The Aces endeavor […]
It’s my end-of-school-year tradition to publish the repertoire my ensemble sang over the year. With my first year at GRCC in the books, here are the pieces Shades of Blue learned and performed. For reference, in the Fall Semester Shades of Blue had one soprano, one alto, two tenors, and […]