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.