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PROJECT : ENCORE NEWS
PROJECT : ENCORE NEWS

A Catalog of Contemporary Choral Music
A Catalog of Contemporary Choral Music
ProjectEncore.org
ProjectEncore.org

QUARTERLY ENDORSEMENTS

JULIAN DAVID BRYSON

The Lover's Crown
• SATB; a cappella; English (Oscar Wilde)
• 4' 00". Written 14 years before his trial and imprisonment for loving 'the wrong kind
of person,' Oscar Wilde made this poignant poetic declaration of love. The writing is
independently linear and largely imitative; decidedly tonal (e-flat minor), yet ends with
the dissonance expressive of the poet's life experience. Requires a skilled choir.
(ProjectEncore.org/julian-david-bryson)

MICHAEL BUSSEWITZ-QUARM
Lux Aeterna
• SSSSAAAATB; a cappella; Latin (Requiem Mass)
• 4' 41". Highly evocative setting of this well-known, traditional text. Treble voices used
at the beginning to suggest a sense of vast, peaceful eternity; specific directions for
diction affects. Text beyond "Lux" entering with TB voices 2/3 of the way through. Tone
poem with many uses. Requires skilled choir with serious control. Worth the work!
(ProjectEncore.org/michael-bussewitz-quarm)

NELL SHAW COHEN
One Walks the Flesh Transparent

• SSATBB; a cappella; English (Nan Shepherd)
• 4' 00". One movement from a concert-length cantata on the theme of walking. In the
case of this movement, the traveler has "walked out of the body," becoming a "manifes-
tation of … total life." The four key changes suggest a continuing transformation of Life.
Largely chordal but independent movement as well. Stunning, for a solid choir!
(ProjectEncore.org/nell-shaw-cohen)

JOAN JOHNSON DREWES (new to PROJECT : ENCORE)
Distant Murmurings
• SSAA divisi; a cappella; English (Todd Boss)
• 7' 45'. A Todd Boss text for sure! This piece is a soulful exposé of the life and love and
emptiness and searching and knowing that is the life of a woman. Beautifully crafted,
and intensely meaningful. Worth the exploration for skilled SSAA choirs!
(ProjectEncore.org/joan-johnson-drewes)

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