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A mercurial musing on music’s mysterious source |
Philip Dacey |
SATB, orchestra |
MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/or_a_musician_0.mp3 |
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A moving tribute to our skins' true colors |
Gerald Rich |
SSA, piano
SATB, piano
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M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/palette_to_paint_us_as_we_are_satb.mp3 |
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A little sleep-song, sung to the cadence of a gentle rain |
Langston Hughes |
SATB a cappella
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MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/april_rain_song.mp3 |
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A meditation on the true meaning of resurrection |
Michael deVernon Boblett |
SATB a cappella OR
SATB, orchestra
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M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/blessed_be_the_flower_that_triumphs_satb_a_cappella.mp3 |
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A vibrant "call and response" arrangement of this enduring favorite |
African-American Spiritual |
SA children's choir, soloist, piano
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E |
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A rapturous call to freedom and risk |
Edna St. Vincent Millay |
SSATB, piano
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MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/climb.mp3 |
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A gutsy celebration of life's rough lessons |
Pesha Gertler |
SSATB, piano
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MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/finally_on_my_way_to_yes_0.mp3 |
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A fast-paced, blues-inflected delivery of hard truth and deep love |
Langston Hughes |
SSATB, piano
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MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/recording-folks_im_telling_you.mp3 |
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A playful ode to what's really important…love, of course! |
Scott Bates |
SSATB, piano
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M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/glen_song.mp3 |
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A rousing song of commission, with an "anti-hellfire-and-brimstone" message |
John Murray (as rendered by Alfred S. Cole) |
SATB, piano
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M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/recording-go_out_0.mp3 |
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A canonic invocation of the holy, in all its beauty and complexity |
Rob Eller-Isaacs |
FLEXIBLE VOICING:
2-5 part canon OR
SSATB a cappella |
ME |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/recording-alexander-holy_one_source_of_radiance_and_reason.mp3 |
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An isolated poet offers words of struggle and connection to her imagined readers |
George Ella Lyon |
SSA choir, flute, violin, piano
OR
SSA trio, flute, violin, piano
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MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/i_write_this_poem_out_of_darkness.mp3 |
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A contemplative modal chorale reminiscent of early American hymns |
John Greenleaf Whittier |
SATB a cappella
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ME |
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A new setting of a classic and relevant Christmas lyric |
Theodore Chickering Williams |
SATB, piano
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ME |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/recording-in-the_lonely_midnight_satb_%26_piano.mp3 |
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An atmospheric work praising the mystery of Creation |
Richard S. Gilbert |
SATB, violin, piano |
MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/into_the_silent_darkness.mp3 |
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A pensive journey of discovery, about what it means to be fully human |
Nancy White |
Low voice, piano
Medium voice, piano
High voice, piano
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M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/ill_tell_you_a_story_then_low_voice.mp3 |
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An old-time gospel experience with a vision for our time |
Tony Larsen & Elizabeth Alexander |
SATB, soloists, piano |
M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/Love%20is%20the%20Spirit%20of%20this%20Church%20-%20Pacific%20NW%20UU%20Music%20Fest%20-%20Cecelia%20Hayes%20-%20Harper%20recording%20-%20edited.mp3 |
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A warm-hearted affirmation of the divine spark in each child |
Rob Eller-Isaacs & Bill Neely |
SATB a cappella
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ME |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/one_more_redeemer.mp3 |
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A meditation on darkness, transcendence and hope. |
Denise Levertov |
SATB, piano
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M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/praise_wet_snow_falling_early.mp3 |
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Ancient and modern invocations of the Holy, filled with reverence, mystery and illumination |
Mozarabic prayer, Hildegard von Bingen, Rob Eller-Isaacs |
SATB a cappella |
M |
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A sassy frolic about deep listening, the cry of existence, and a congregation of rowdy birds |
David Allan Evans |
SATB a cappella |
MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/recording-same_birds-satb.mp3 |
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Evocative vocal effects creating a world of utter darkness and dazzling light |
Edna St. Vincent Millay |
SATB, oboe, horn, cello, harp
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A |
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Musings on the nature of a sleeping child |
Ann Silsbee |
Low voice, piano
Medium voice, piano
High voice, piano
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ME |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/sleep_song_high_voice_1.mp3 |
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The first dance of spring: tweedle-dum and fiddle-dee-dee! |
Carl Sandburg |
SATB a cappella
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MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/spring_grass.mp3 |
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Three evocative songs of spring |
e. e. cummings, Langston Hughes, Carl Sandburg |
SATB a cappella
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MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/when_faces_called_flowers_float_out_of_the_ground.mp3 |
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A tender portrait of the divine |
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Low voice, piano
Medium voice, piano
High voice, piano
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M |
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A winter meditation on the "star" — that mysterious presence that lies beyond fear and hopelessness |
Sister Peronne Marie Thibert |
SATB a cappella
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M |
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A reminder of the power of faith to shine through difficult times |
Evelyn K. Dudley |
SATB a cappella
TTBB a cappella
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MA |
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A sparkling tribute to the meadow's timeless wisdom |
George Ella Lyon |
low voice, piano, optional cello |
M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/Track%202%20-%20The%20Meadow%20Doesnt%20Know%20About%20the%20Stock%20Market%20%28excerpt%29.mp3 |
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A delicate setting of Dickinson's timeless poem about dreams and creation |
Emily Dickinson |
SSA, piano
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M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/to_make_a_prairie.mp3 |
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A buoyant a cappella riff on humility, gratitude and second chances |
Garrison Keillor |
TTBB a cappella
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M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/tomorrow_god_willing_ttbb.mp3 |
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A reflection on the generosity and interdependence of trees |
George Ella Lyon |
SSA, cello, piano
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M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/tree_song.mp3 |
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A town's wild descent into madness — and mangoes! |
Neal Bowers |
Low voice, piano
Medium voice, piano
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MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/trouble_in_a_minnesota_town.mp3 |
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A prayer of thanks, simple and true |
Richard Fewkes |
S (children's choir), SATB, piano
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E |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/we_lift_up_our_hearts.mp3 |
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A tender setting of "A Litany of Remembrance" |
Rabbis Sylvan Kamens / Jack Riemer |
SATB, piano
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M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/we_remember_them.mp3 |
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A whimsical (and amorous!) song of spring |
e. e. cummings |
SATB a cappella
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MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/when_faces_called_flowers_float_out_of_the_ground.mp3 |
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A rhythmic and relevant best-seller about the true “work of Christmas” |
Howard Thurman |
SATB a cappella
SSAA a cappella
TTBB a cappella
SATB, flute
|
M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/when_the_song_of_the_angels_satb.mp3 |
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A gutsy, sensual song in praise of messy women |
Joan Wolf Prefontaine |
SSAA a cappella
|
MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/recording-why_i_pity_the_woman_who_never_spills.mp3 |
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A fierce and vibrant farewell to a dying friend |
Teresa Schreiber Werth |
SSAA a cappella, div. |
MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/recording-you_were_meant_for_this.mp3 |
