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PROJECT : ENCORE™ is an online catalog of post-premiere, new choral
music, reviewed and endorsed by an international panel of prominent
conductors.

Four times each year, P:E adds newly accepted scores to its
catalog. Score submission deadlines are the 15th of January, April,
July, and October.

MICHAEL BUSSEWITZ-QUARM
I'm Not Lost
• SSAA, divisi; a cappella; English (Chantal Sellers) and various indigenous languages
• 4' 50". A response to the work of the MMIWG (Murdered & Missing Indigenous
Women & Girls), which reveals that this population group is abducted and murdered
more than any other; grief for those whose voices have been silenced. Rhythmic
indigenous utterances single- and double-line text presentation. Solid HS & above.
ProjectEncore.org/michael-bussewitz-quarm

CHRISTOPHER BRADFORD (NEW to PROJECT : ENCORE)
Songs of Innocence and Experience
• SATB, incidental divisi; string quintet; English (William Blake)
• 18' 11". Four movements, each a setting of one of the Songs of Innocence and Songs
of Experience. Solid choral and instrumental writing, with complete independence of
each ensemble; substantial a cappella setions, and vice versa. Lush, romantic lines,
never saccharine. Stunning! Semi-pro level will find this lives well in the voice!

ProjectEncore.org/christopher-bradford

JOHN MUEHLEISEN
Ascendit
• SATB, incidental divisi; a cappella; Latin (Bible; propers for Feast of the Ascension)
• 4' 00". Commissioned in honor of the centennial of St. James Cathedral in Seattle.
Opening with a chanted recitation for men's voices of the Ascension, leading to a
dramatic, full-choir portrayal of the Ascension. Various related liturgical text follow,
dance-like, lyrical, intersperced with Alleluia!" Challenging and worth it for a pro choir!
ProjectEncore.org/john-muehleisen

BRIAN HOLMES
The Shortest Day
• SATB; a cappella; English (Susan Cooper)
• 3' 50". A poem written specifically for setting to music, about the coming of the winter

solstice and the anticipation of spring. Largely chordal, symmetrical treatment of the

five-stanza text, finding its rhythmic variety in its sensitivity to word stress and release.

A compelling little gem for solstice programming, reasonable for good HS choir.
ProjectEncore.org/brian-holmes

DEBORAH SIMPKIN KING, PHD.
Conductor
P:E Director and Founder
DeborahSKing.com