Music commissioned by and written for Sound Circle
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Music Commissioned by Sound Circle
Nathan Hall Mountains and Rivers (2016) SATB and two trumpets, handbells text fragments by multiple poets; co-commissioned by GALA Choruses and the Colorado member choruses of GALA Choruses (Denver Gay Men's Chorus, Denver Gay Women's Chorus, Harmony: A Colorado Chorale, Out Loud: Colorado Springs Gay Men's Chorus, Phoenix: Colorado's Trans Community Choir, Resonance Women's Chorus, Sine Nomine, and Sound Circle) for performance in the Denver Performing Arts Complex at GALA Festival 2016. Mountains and Rivers was a site-specific commission. 400 singers performed the piece standing on the four tiers of the Denver Performing Arts Center Parking Garage overlooking the DPAC Galleria, singing to attendees of the 2016 GALA Festival. Click here to watch a video of the performance. Carol Matthews Clangor, Clamor, Clapperclaw Cantillations from the Western Porch Seeking Enough Gary Grundei Rant, poetry by Diane diPrima Terry Schlenker Love After Love, poetry by Derek Walcott The Poem, the Song, the Picture, poetry by Federico García Lorca Beth Quist Everywhere (choral version) Craig Carnahan I am into your fire, poetry by James Broughton they must dream beauty, poetry by James Broughton Stephen Smith The Human Body, poetry by Walt Whitman on her decision to stop wearing clothes, poetry by Mahadeviyakka, transl. Jane Hirschfield Bill Douglas Swing Etude No. 5 Scott Higgins Think/Soft/Laugh Janika Vandervelde New Face, poetry by Alice Walker co-commissioned with Anna Crusis and Vox Femina Los Angeles Mary Ellen Childs O2 Diane Benjamin Remembering Vase Epiphanies, poetry by Gerry Gomez Pearlberg Fatu Judy Henderson Drum Talk Laura Karpman Butter My Tongue, poetry by Dorothy Allison Eric Lane Barnes Sondra the Solstice Spirit |
Music written by members of Sound Circle
BJ Brown Keep the Fire Kay Krewson Come Into Our Circle Say Yes Jeanne Mitchell Shine Lindsey Stillinger In My Dream Let Go and Feel What Do I Want Sheila Tallmon It’s Time Linda Weber Mother Moon Silence of Our Dreams Mountains and Rivers, GALA Festival 2016, Denver Performing Arts Center
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