Make Music Sweet, by Jenni Brandon, Performed by The Eastern Kentucky University Singers at The Cecilian Club

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Make Music Sweet, by Jenni Brandon, performed by The Eastern Kentucky University Choir (EKU) for The Cecilian Club, Saturday, November 13, 2021, 10:15 AM at the First Christian Church, 412 W Main St, Richmond, KY 40475, (859) 623-4383. The Cecilian Club, organized in 1886, christened in 1898, federated in 1907 at the national level and in 1921 at the state level, The Cecilian Club members are music educators and others invested in promoting music education and appreciation of the arts.

The University Singers performance is under the direction of Dr. Richard Waters, Director of Choral Activities. The Eastern Kentucky University Choir concert program is:

Christus est natus

Damijan Močnik

The Cloths of Heaven

Adolphus Hailstork

Make Music Sweet

     I.  Love Wanders There

     II.  O Cool Is the Valley Now

     III.  Rain Has Fallen All the Day

Jenni Brandon

Alleluia, Rejoice

arr. J. Edmund Hughes

Carol of the Bells

Leontovich/Wilhousky

Deck the Hall

arr. David Willcocks

I’ll Be On My Way

Shawn Kirchner

Cory Fee, soloist

Lauren Keller, violin

Isaac C. Brooks, mandolin

Zach Yates, double bass

Richard Waters, Director of Choral Activities

Isaac C. Brooks, choral graduate assistant

Becky Shaw, piano

Make Music Sweet for SATB choir and piano (sheet music) is a three-movement work which uses the poetry of James Joyce from his collection Chamber Music.  These three movements speak of love and nature, of cool valleys, and speaking to the heart.

Movements II and III are the winner of the Choral Horizons New Music Reading session sponsored by The Singers under the direction of Matthew Culloton as well as Graphite Publishing. The entire set was premiered in February 2010 in Minneapolis by The Singers. In addition, there was a performance by The Singers under the direction of Matthew Culloton during the Choral Horizons Reading Session – May 11-12, 2009 – University of Minnesota, MN

This work is published on Boosey and Hawkes Composers  or on Boosey and Hawkes Choral Music Experience: Conductor’s Choice.