CONTEMPORARY VOICES

Donald Nally Choral Series

Donald Nally is the conductor of the Grammy winning choir “The Crossing.” He has commissioned over 120 works and is also the director of choral organizations at Northwestern University. This series features publications from a diverse group of composers that reflect contemporary societal themes within the skill level of many choral organizations. Most of these publications have been recorded on releases from The Crossing choir, and this series makes them available for the first time on a wider basis.

Alex Berko

Exodus

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

Inspired by the Exodus text, “Who is like You, O God?”, this challenging work rewards the performers and listeners with an exploration into the possibilities and reflections of God. Commissioned by Donald Nally and The Crossing, and included on their recording “Carols After the Plague.”

Difficult

9193 Choral Score $3.50

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Kile Smith Jerusalem

SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied

This work comes from a larger work entitled The Arc in the Sky The compositional style, while musically challenging, is very singable and balances consonance and dissonance.

Difficult

9190 $3.50 e “stirring” (New York Times ) and “intoxicating” (Philadelphia Inquirer) music of American composer Alex Berko is characterized by a balance of intimacy and power, a keen sense of lyricism and emotional sensitivity, and a love of narrative. Berko’s music often poses questions about our personal environments and relationships to one another, and he is interested in weaving listeners through intimate stories and perspectives with universal values.

The Arc in the Sky (KSP-01-E) available as a download only.

Vanessa Lann Shining Still

SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied

This challenging work, from the project “Carols After a Plague,” offers the performers and listeners an opportunity to reflect on the light left behind from those lost to COVID.

Difficult

9186 $3.50

Nicholas Cline she took his hands

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

This contemplative work effectively highlights activism for immigration. It is accessible for advanced choirs and audiences.

Moderately Difficult

9184 $2.95

Leila Adu-Gilmore Colouring-In Book

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

A work that explores vocal techniques and offers a significant challenge for singers. It is a whimsical text with depth of meaning that is rewarding to the performers and listeners.

Difficult

9206 Choral Score $3.50

Adu-Gilmore

Leila Adu-Gilmore is an astonishing force in the space where electropop, avant-classical and singer-songwriter meet. Exploring her roots in New Zealand, Britain, and Ghana, Adu is an international artist who has performed at festivals and venues across the world. Adu’s credits include Ojai Music Festival, Bang on a Can, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Late Night with David Letterman, and composing for a Billboard charted album. Adu holds a Princeton University music composition PhD. In 2022, she was awarded a Charles Ives Composer Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. meet

Ted Hearne

Ted Hearne is a composer, singer, bandleader and recording artist. Inspired by the overlay of di erent viewpoints and their sonic possibilities, he creates personal and multi-dimensional works that often explore unconventional interactions of text and music, and are rooted in a sense of inquiry. e New York Times has praised Mr. Hearne for his “tough edge and wildness of spirit.” Pitchfork called Hearne’s work “some of the most expressive socially engaged

Ted Hearne What It Might Say

SATB Chorus unaccompanied music in recent memory—from any genre,” and Alex Ross wrote in e New Yorker that Hearne’s music “holds up as a complex mirror image of an information-saturated, mass-surveillance world, and remains staggering in its impact.”

The haunting setting from the Donald Nally Contemporary Voices series challenges the singers. A great piece for a resonant performance space.

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9199 Choral Score $3.50