National Collegiate Choral Organization

CHORAL SERIES

The National Collegiate Choral Organization (“NCCO”) exists to serve the specific needs of university and collegiate choral conductors by providing a national forum for their collegiate choruses to perform, by offering lectures and promoting repertoire suitable to their interests, and by aiding in their professional development and program growth through performance as well as scholarly and research opportunities.

NICK STRIMPLE Verbum caro factum est SATB Chorus unaccompanied This little Christmas motet, the Responsory to the eighth Lesson of Second Vespers on Christmas, was composed in honor of the Rev. Dr. Vahe Simonian. A setting of John 1:14 sung in Latin, it is through-composed in the Renaissance manner, with each new phrase of text being ushered-in by a new musical idea.

1.3545 Choral Score $2.05

CAROL BARNETT My People Are Rising SSAA Chorus, Violin, and Doumbek An unfinished poem begun in Spring 2011 for an unfinished Revolution begun in March of the same year. This dark, dramatic, and powerful work speaks viscerally of the tragic events in Syria, exploring them through Arabic music, utilizing quarter-tone scales, a lack of vertical chord structure, and abundantly ornamented heterophony. The work handles the use of these unfamiliar concepts by tempering the techniques and offering pitch support in the violin. Duration: 8:30

8759 Full/Choral Score $2.85 8759A Instrumental Parts $12.00

PAUL JOHN RUDOI Yonder Come Day Solo and Chorus unaccompanied Paul John Rudoi's arrangement of Yonder Come Day deepens the traditional Georgia Sea Islands tune with a narrative journey. Through other well known spirituals, including Hush, Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name, Steal Away, and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, we move forward and upward, hoping for a better day. Infectious fun for the singers and the audience. Duration: 3:30

Soprano Solo, SATB 1.3465 $2.60 Soprano Solo, SSAA 1.3466 $2.05

Tenor Solo, TTBB 1.3467 $2.05