Good Shepherd UMC Chancel Choir Recordings

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May 092010
 

The Chancel Choir with Lori Maier on piano, and I made a recording of some pieces we were working on towards the end of my year with them. These are those recordings.

I hope you all are doing well at Good Shepherd. We miss you all! These recordings bring back good memories.

Blessings,
Andy

Tracks

1. Come Build a Church

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2. Ave Verum Corpus

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3. How Great Thou Art

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4. Steal Away

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5. Here I Am, Lord

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6. For the Beauty of the Earth

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Ave Verum Corpus

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Feb 082010
 

My chancel choir performed Mozart’s “Ave Verum Corpus” in worship this morning. I really feel like we’ve turned a leaf in the repertory and artistry of our ensemble. Seems this choir is capable of making music out of anything I bring to them. As I understand, this is the first piece the choir has sung in Latin. I am very proud of what we have accomplished and I feel that this opens up a great new possibility of fine choral repertory. Bravo, Chancel Choir!

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel! Premier

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Dec 202009
 

Westminster United Methodist Church premiered my latest composition, “Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel!” this morning. Brian Stone, the Chancel Choir Director, commissioned me to write a cantata for his ensemble for their annual “Cantata Sunday.” It was a smashing success. Another race to the finish process. Luckily, I work well under pressure. (Or rather, much to my demise!) Brian hired my wife, Rachel, and me to be ringers in the choir. It’s always a pleasure for me to be intimately involved with performances of my works. The choir finally was “sold” on the piece by the last rehearsal or so. It seems a common occurrence with my writing. Maybe because I lack a wide reputation. Perhaps because their is no prior expectation to a premier. I’d like to believe it is because I stretched the boundaries of the choir’s typical repertory, throwing in a bit more “modern” harmonies now and again (only tastefully, of course!). In any case, the choir seemed committed to the piece and I think we offered a wonderful performance to the congregation. It was exciting to work with a new ensemble. Each experience is a new set of lessons for me as a composer, and as a businessman. I am grateful for the collaboration, and I would be thrilled to be involved with the choir again.

Thanks, also, to the members of Good Shepherd who came to hear the premier. Your faithful support is greatly appreciated.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel!

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Dec 202009
 

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel!
Christmas Cantata for SATB Choir and Organ

Movements
I. Hushed Were the Courts of Heav’n (text:The Nativity by John Bunker)
II. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel! (text: Luke 2:9-12 King James Version)
III. What Child Is This (arrangement of Greensleeves and Amazing Grace, text: William C. Dix)
IV. Hodie

Commissioned by Westminster United Methodist Church Westminster, Colorado for the Chancel Choir’s Cantata Sunday Performance.

Premiered by the Chancel Choir at Westminster United Methodist Church, December 20, 2009.

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I. Hushed Were the Courts of Heav’n
II. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel!
III. What Child Is This
IV. Hodie

Recording of Soli Dei Choir with Capitol Brass, and Art Bragg, organ, at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Broomfield, Colorado, December 19, 2010

Unsilent Night

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Dec 152009
 

I’m sorry I missed Boulder’s rendition of “Unsilent Night.” This piece/installation is a wonderful experience, and I’ve enjoyed participating the last couple of years. Working at a church at Christmas time keeps me quite busy, however. Here’s a video from a couple years ago. I’m found showing off my toy guitar amp, which is what I used as my boombox.

Performance of "Five Nuances of a Mood"

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Aug 112009
 

My colleagues at CU Boulder posted video of a recent concert we hosted. Here is a performance of a recent composition of mine. “Five Nuances of a Mood,” written for my good friend, Trevor Young. In this Pendulum New Music concert series performance, I had Renee Kershaw playing clarinet and Hsing-ay Hsu playing piano.

In Loving You, I Am

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Jul 102009
 

In Loving You, I Am
Serenade for String Quartet

Dedication to my beautiful wife on our wedding day.

Premiered by the Lark Quartet, at the Flagstaff Amphitheater, Boulder, Colorado, July 10, 2009.

Children of God Performance

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Jun 292009
 

This video is from the Sunday morning worship service on June 28, 2009 at Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church. I am conducting the Westminster Choir through my own composition, “Children of God.”

Thank you, Westminster Choir, for a wonderful performance.

Passacaglia

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May 032009
 

Passacaglia
Passacaglia for three electric guitars with ebows (2005)

Premiered by Kendall Burks, Christopher Jones, and Andrew Halladay at Pendulum New Music Series,
Grusin Hall, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, May 3, 2009.

Recording of Andrew Halladay.

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Post Concert Reflection

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Mar 312009
 

Wow. I am reminded of how much I enjoy the process of putting a large piece together. From composing to conducting the work, I really feel very passionately about the process. It’s a labor of love, no doubt. Considering that we missed a vital rehearsal with the orchestra due to snow, the performance could not have gone better. John Wollan sang wonderfully, the choir really held there own, and the orchestra really took an ownership in the performance. What a success! I am anxious to finish the piece and hopefully get a full performance someday. As always, I felt that I have grown a lot with this experience, and I am constantly learning more about instrumentation as I work with performers. All of them were very willing to try my suggested changes. I felt very connected to the ensemble as a community of musicians. As a whole, I have found that most of the musicians I’ve worked with are very friendly, generous, and wish to create successful performances in a collaborative manner. I look forward to finding new opportunities to work with musicians abroad.

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