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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

CHRISTOPHER RUST
Requiem: In Remembrance of Former Students
• SATB; optional string quartet or piano; English (Christopher Rust)
• 18’ 30”. In five movements, honoring both the living and the dead; celebrating
memory, presence, and connection. Largely chordal and paired-part texture. Melodic
interest shared among the parts. Uplifting through acceptance, peace, and keeping
every legacy alive. “Lux aeterna” ends full! Unusual and compelling! HS accessible.
(ProjectEncore.org/christopher-rust)

SAM WU (new to PROJECT : ENCORE)
The Painter on Silk
• SSAA; piano; English (Amy Lowell)
• 7’ 14”. A devoted artist spends his life painting roses, detached from the world’s chaos.
As he dies amid conquest, he longs for his silent roses to burst into living sound. A tone
poem from inside a beautiful mind. Etherial, fully independent stylistic element for
piano. Requires mature control/skill: even lines, calm with rhythmic shifts. Exquisite!
(ProjectEncore.org/sam-wu)

ALEX VAN SANT (new to PROJECT : ENCORE)
Psalm 58
• SSAATTBB; a cappella; English (Psalm 58; Fanny J. Crosby)
• 4’ 29”. Theatrical outcry against corrupt rulers. Seeks to leverage the liberatory poten-
tial of the biblical text as relates to opression at the hands of the state; pleads for divine
just to destroy evil. Strong rhythmic diction necessary; theatrical vocal flexibility.
Creative, innovative, even playful at times. A must-do for those who can! Pro ensemble.
(ProjectEncore.org/alex-van-sant)

JOAN JOHNSON DREWES
The Star

• SSAA divisi; piano; English (Sara Teasdale)
• 2’ 30”. Playful piece: The Star admires her reflection in pool, but the pig reveals her
folly, prompting laughter from water and mud as the Star retreats in embarrassment.
Fun character piece, musically portraying the star, water/mud, and pig. Fair amount of
unison writing, but some real challenge, as well. Indep, unique piano part. Solid treble.
(ProjectEncore.org/joan-johnson-drewes)

PROJECT : ENCORE™ is sponsored by Ember Choral Arts
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