This month we spent some time getting to know composer and music minister James Biery. How did you first become involved with music, and what drew you to composition? I was fascinated by music from an early age, starting piano lessons at age seven and then organ at eleven. As a teenager, I discovered thatContinue reading “James Biery Interview | Featured Sacred Composer”
Category Archives: Composers
Composing Opera is an Addiction: Interview with Tom Cipullo
Tom Cipullo joined the E. C. Schirmer catalog in 2017. As one of America’s most performed contemporary opera composers, we wanted to find out more about what makes him tick and the journey he’s on. How did you first become involved with music, and what drew you to composition? I was lucky enough to beContinue reading “Composing Opera is an Addiction: Interview with Tom Cipullo”
Responsorial Psalm Singing with the Five Graces Psalter
Guest post by Kelly Dobbs-Mickus MorningStar has recently published a new volume of Responsorial Psalms for the 3-year Lectionary cycle by Luke Mayernik. In this series, we will explore the practice of responsorial psalm singing using the Five Graces Psalter for reference, in the context of Roman Catholic liturgy, while acknowledging that other traditions alsoContinue reading “Responsorial Psalm Singing with the Five Graces Psalter”
Meet the Editor: Interview with Stanley Hoffman
As of February 23, 2018, Stanley M. Hoffman will have been Editor at ECS for a full twenty years! We spent some time getting to know him and his experience working in this field for two decades. How did you end up at ECS? From 1990 to 1998, I worked as Editor at Scores International,Continue reading “Meet the Editor: Interview with Stanley Hoffman”
K. Lee Scott Interview | Featured Sacred Composer
This month we interviewed K. Lee Scott, a composer known for his extensive collection of original choral works and his Alabama roots. How did you first become involved with music, and what drew you to composition? I started music lessons when my father received a piano from a gentleman who offered it as partial paymentContinue reading “K. Lee Scott Interview | Featured Sacred Composer”
Music for All Saints Day | February Featured Recording
This month’s featured recording comes to us from Gothic Records, and includes works by such composers as David Conte, Gerald Near, and Craig Phillips. Music for All Saints Day Into the House and Gate of Heaven The Choirs of the Cathedral of St. Philip (Atlanta) David Fishburn, organ Dale Adelmann, director The Choirs of theContinue reading “Music for All Saints Day | February Featured Recording”
Moonlight Sound Design
One of this year’s stand-out choral pieces from Galaxy Music is Latvian composer Raimonds Tiguls’ Moonlight Sound Design. Watch the performance by The Wartburg Choir below. History Moonlight Sound Design was commissioned and premiered by the youth choir Kamēr conducted by Māris Sirmais in Riga, Latvia in 2012. Moonlight Sound Design is dedicated to myContinue reading “Moonlight Sound Design”
Eileen Guenther on Practical Ways to Use “In Their Own Words”
Eileen Guenther, author of In Their Own Words: Slave Life and the Power of Spirituals, offers some insight on using the book as an effective resource. On this text’s ability to save time and increase relevance in service: There are two concordances listing 100 of the most frequently-sung Spirituals that will be of immense helpContinue reading “Eileen Guenther on Practical Ways to Use “In Their Own Words””
Connecting through a Solitary Sport: Interview with Alistair Coleman
This month we got to know composer Alistair Coleman, currently in his first year at The Juilliard School, and the youngest composer as yet published by E. C. Schirmer. His career as a composer and musician is off and running, and it’s one we’re very excited to follow. How did you become involved with music?Continue reading “Connecting through a Solitary Sport: Interview with Alistair Coleman”
Steven Mark Kohn | Welcome to E. C. Schirmer
We’re pleased to announce the addition of composer Steven Mark Kohn to the E. C. Schirmer catalog. Kohn is known particularly for his American Folk Song arrangements, which were premiered by David Daniels and Martin Katz in 2002 at Carnegie Hall. Since then, they have been performed in festivals and on recitals across North AmericaContinue reading “Steven Mark Kohn | Welcome to E. C. Schirmer”
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