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Four friends, all Members of several choirs, found themselves united in the wish of making music together. Founded at Christmas 2012, the ensemble "Unerhört" gained experience singing Christmas concerts and participating in radio productions. For all four...  moreFour friends, all Members of several choirs, found themselves united in the wish of making music together. Founded at Christmas 2012, the ensemble "Unerhört" gained experience singing Christmas concerts and participating in radio productions. For all four vocalists this much is certain: singing is addictive! https://www.facebook.com/Vocalensembleunerhoert  

A setting of the Latin Text "Ave verum corpus" for SATB. Score can be found at www.musicspoke.com

PerforMed live as part of the BBC1 broadcast of Midnight Mass from Worcester Cathedral on Christmas Eve, 2007.

Anne Frank: A Living Voice was commissioned by the San Francisco Girls Chorus (SFGC) in celebration of its Silver Anniversary. The Text is based upon excerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank, taken from the 1952 and 1991 English translations of the book. The...  moreAnne Frank: A Living Voice was commissioned by the San Francisco Girls Chorus (SFGC) in celebration of its Silver Anniversary. The Text is based upon excerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank, taken from the 1952 and 1991 English translations of the book. The full musical work was premiered in 2004 by the San Francisco Girls Chorus. Anne Frank was between the ages of 13 and 15 when she wrote her Diary, while living in a secret upstairs annex over a warehouse in Amsterdam with her family, the Van Pels family and Fritz Pfeffer. Despite the fears and frustrations she experienced in over two years of hiding from the Nazis, Anne learned how to survive, even to find beauty in small things and to hold on to her ideals. Composer Linda Tutas Haugen writes: "My goals for this composition are to honor the life of Anne Frank and to gain a deeper understanding of what she, her family, and friends experienced during the Holocaust." The Text excerpts are chronologically arranged, and span more than two years. They portray...    less

“Border” is an artistic response to the immigration crisis around the globe (especially in the United States). The opening passage is: “Border, sanctuary, asylum, bridges not walls.” The Text draws from (and paraphrases) several sources: contemporary Medi...  more“Border” is an artistic response to the immigration crisis around the globe (especially in the United States). The opening passage is: “Border, sanctuary, asylum, bridges not walls.” The Text draws from (and paraphrases) several sources: contemporary Media, Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus,” the Bible’s Matthew 25:31-40, currency, and others. The changing Meters of “Border” fill the work with an uptempo, rhythmic energy that propels it forward. “Border” is a call for justice, empathy and compassion, a summons to our collective conscience. It is appropriate for ensembles at the community, collegiate, and advanced high school levels. “tiMely… It is a call for humanity.” - Susan Glass, Glass Menagerie Chorus, NY a “powerful stateMent” - Dr. Heather Mitchell  less

From Christmas show of the Czech TV

"Yellow" from Robert Applebaum's "Primary Colors Suite." Text by Susan Cherry. Sunday, March 18, 2018. Congregational Church of Batavia, IL.

ArrangeMent based on Bach's harmonisation of the old German Christmas tune O Jesulein süß O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! Des Vaters Willn hast du erfüllt; Bist komMen aus dem HimMelreich, Uns arMen Menschen worden gleich, O Jesulein süß, o Jesule...  moreArrangeMent based on Bach's harmonisation of the old German Christmas tune O Jesulein süß O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! Des Vaters Willn hast du erfüllt; Bist komMen aus dem HimMelreich, Uns arMen Menschen worden gleich, O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! [O little one sweet o little one mild You have fulfilled your Father's will You've coMe down from the heavens And becoMe the saMe as us mortals O little one sweet o little one mild] [etc]  

A well-known Christmas traditional "Jingle Bells" written by JaMes Pierpont in1857 , here transforMed by arranger Greg Gilpin into a beautiful an suprsising ballad for SATB choral.