Reading Session | Kansas ACDA 2024
Enjoy this reading session for the 2024 Kansas Choral Directors Association Summer conference.
MusicSpoke will be exhibiting at the 2024 KCDA Summer Conference in Lawrence, Kansas! We will kick it off with a reading session at 8:30 am on Thursday, July 11 conducted by Grammy award winning conductor, Charles Bruffy. Take a look at these pieces:
Alchemy | SATB | Andrea Ramsey
Andrea Ramsey’s cannon for flex voicing makes a great opener for any choral program.
The Accompanist | SATB | Kurt Knecht
Kurt Knecht’s send up of the role of the accompanist in the choral rehearsal and concert. A hilarious addition to any concert program.
Be Still | SATB | Tim Tharaldson
A beautiful setting of biblical texts on the subject of stillness. It’s a suitable selection for Advent or other church seasons from Timothy Tharaldson.
Hope Lingers On | SATB | Andrea Ramsey
This one is a certified hit in the choral world right now. If you don’t know about this piece already, you need to discover it. It is also available in SSAA and TTBB voicing.
Columba Mea | SATB | Forrest Pierce
A beautiful setting of a text from the Song of Songs from ever inventive mind of Forrest Pierce.
A setting of a Kwanzaa text from Zanaida Robles with flex voicing that also provides opportunities for choral improvisation.
Calling Us Home | SATB | Jane Kozhevnikova
A beautiful setting of a text about longing for home from Jane Kozhevnikova.
The Arrow and the Song | SATB | Bradley Vogel
An energetic setting of the Longfellow text from Bradley Vogel that is fun and accessible.
The Bee and the Frog | SATB | David von Kampen
David von Kampen’s inventive settings of children’s poems are simultaneously inventive and doable by almost any choir.
Stabat Mater | SATB | Meredith Bowen
If you are looking for something overlooked, try Meredith Bowen’s performance edition of music by Sulpitia Celsis, a 16th century nun from Italy.
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