
Product Description This a beautiful and meditative setting of a translated text from Carmina Gadelica, a collection of Gaelic hymns, prayers, and other texts. With gentle suspensions and exquisite harmonies, this anthem by Quartel is warm, refreshing, and uplifting, perfectly demonstrating her signature style. About the Author Sarah Quartel is a Canadian composer and educator known for her fresh and exciting approach to choral music. She celebrates the musical potential of all learners by providing singers access to engaging repertoire and transformative musical experiences. Deeply inspired by the life-changing relationships that can occur while making choral music, Sarah writes in a way that connects singer to singer, ensemble to conductor, and performer to audience. Although she has been a full-time composer since 2017, Sarah chooses to remain connected to her past as a music educator and is a guest teacher in her hometown of London, Canada. Sarah continues to work as a clinician and conductor at music education and choral events at home and abroad.
This work investigates the musical interpretation of traditional Gaelic spiritual texts through contemporary choral composition. Sarah Quartel, a Canadian composer and educator, utilizes her background in choral pedagogy to adapt selections from the Carmina Gadelica. The book presents a structured musical arrangement designed to facilitate connection between performers and audiences through specific harmonic techniques.
What You Will Find
Experts and choral directors frequently identify Quartel's work as a standard for modern ensemble repertoire. The text is noted for its accessibility to various skill levels while maintaining a distinct stylistic signature.
Page Count:
8
Publication Date:
2021-04-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0193543850
ISBN-13:
9780193543850
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