A Song of Sonia Sanchez
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At a glance
3 Apr. God So Loved the World. Grace First Presbyterian, Stan DeWitt, Long Beach, CA
9 Apr. Finished revision of Mazurka for guitar
22 Apr. Where the Mind Is Without Fear. Premiere. University of New Mexico Concert Choir, David Edmonds
23 Apr. Thirty Variations on a Theme of Bartók. Premiere. Milena Urban, piano, Community Music School 30th Anniversary, Trappe, PA
24 Apr. Mazurka. Premiere. Tom Clippinger, Guitar International Salon, Los Angeles
29 Apr. Kile Smith and The Waking Sun, presentation by James Higgs, DMA student, Choral Literature, University of Arizona
May. Kile Smith and April Showers, paper by Anthony Zogaib, History of Western Music, Case Western Reserve University
12 May. I Want to Write a Book of Praise from The Arc in the Sky. Chor Leoni and The Leonids, Erick Lichte. Vancouver, BC, Canada
12 May. The Consolation of Apollo. Westminster Choir College, James Jordan
13 May. I Want to Write a Book of Praise from The Arc in the Sky. Chor Leoni and The Leonids, Erick Lichte. Vancouver, BC, Canada
14 May. You Are Most Welcome. Nexus Vocal Ensemble, Lennie Cottrell, Portland OR
22 May. New arrangements for treble voices and harp of Psalm 113 from Vespers, and Monstra te essem matrem from Ave Maris Stella. iSing Girlchoir, Jennah Delp. Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph San Jose CA, 4:00
22 May. New arrangements for treble voices and harp of Psalm 113 from Vespers, and Monstra te essem matrem from Ave Maris Stella. iSing Girlchoir, Jennah Delp. Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph San Jose CA, 6:30
28 May. Sometimes It Happens So. Five-song cycle premiere, Benjamin Flanders, baritone, Nell Flanders, piano, Bryn Mawr College
5 Jun. Grandmother’s Garden. Gleeksman-Kohn Children’s Choir, Settlement Music School, Rae Ann Anderson. First United Methodist, Germantown, Philadelphia
Recent CDs
The Bremen Town Musicians. English Symphony Orchestra, Gemma Whelan, narrator, Kenneth Woods, conductor. Fiddles, Forests, and Fowl Fables.
The Arc in the Sky. The Crossing. 2020 Grammy nomination, Best Choral Performance
Canticle and Alleluia. Vocal Arts Ensemble. 2020 Grammy, Classical Producer of the Year, Blanton Alspaugh
In This Blue Room, other songs. Lyric Fest
A Child’s Afternoon. Fantasmagoria. Anna K. Meyer, flute, & Erik Meyer, organ
The Nobility of Women. Mélomanie
The Stars Shine, from The Consolation of Apollo. The Same Stream
Vespers. Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, and The Crossing
Where Flames a Word. The Crossing
Where Flames a Word. Voces Tallinn. 2020 Estonian Recording of the Year
Where Flames a Word. Khorikos
Where Flames a Word. Chicago Chamber Choir
Selected publications
The Star-Spangled Banner. SATB, piano, opt. cello, 5’30”. Hal Leonard
Alleluia. SATB, 6′. Hal Leonard
The Consolation of Apollo. SATB, perc, 35′. MusicSpoke
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. SATB, bells, 3′. Hal Leonard
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. SATB, org, 3′. Concordia.