Sacred Music by

Sheena Phillips

 

SEE ALSO Christmas & Advent

 

Amazing Grace 

SATB divisi

Jazz arrangement 

Written for Rudsambee company of singers, Edinburgh, Scotland, c. 1998

Published by Canasg (www.canasg.com)

 

Amazing Grace 

SATB and alto solo

Commissioned and first performed by the Lancaster Chorale, Ohio, 2002

 

ÔSimply outstanding.  I highly recommend it for unaccompanied choirs--and it won't take long to learn it.Õ   Philip Copeland, Director of Choral Activities, University of Alabama (Birmingham)

performance of Amazing Grace by the University of Alabama (Birmingham) Concert Choir, dir. Philip L. Copeland. Solo by Sarah Green (mp3)

 

Aurora rutilat (Dawn glows red) 

(i)  SATB  divisi   

(ii) SATB and two part treble choir

Setting of a medieval Scottish plainchant hymn

Version (i) written for Rudsambee company of singers, Edinburgh, Scotland

Version (ii) commissioned by the Lancaster Chorale and Lancaster-Fairfield Youth Choir, Ohio

aurora rutilat (SATB) (mp3)

From Rudsambee company of singers' CD citrus and honey

 

Blest be the love 

SATB piano

Setting of a hymn text by Charles Wesley, using tunes from the Scottish Psalter

Commissioned and first performed by the choir of St AndrewÕs Episcopal Church, San Antonio, Texas, 2004

 

Calvary 

SATB keyboard

Setting of the spiritual 

Written for and first performed by the choir of Summit United Methodist Church, Columbus, Ohio, for Palm Sunday 2004

 

Deep Peace 

SATB organ and optional congregation

Setting of traditional Celtic blessings 

First performed by Worthington United Methodist Church, Worthington, Ohio, 2003

 

Easter Service 

Commissioned by First Congregational Church, Columbus, Ohio, Music Director Tim Smith, for Easter 2006

 

1. Introit: Christ will rise

SATB organ 2 trumpets 2 trombones timpani

Words by Phillips Brooks

 

2. Anthem: Easter Carol

SATB organ

Words by Christina Rossetti

 

3. Offertory:  Thanks be to God

SATB organ 2 trumpets 2 trombones

Based on words from the Easter Proclamation

 

4. Communion: The Voice of Jesus

SATB flute

Words by Horatius Bonar

 

5. Postlude: Rejoice O Earth

SATB organ 2 trumpets 2 trombones timpani

 

How can I keep from singing?  

SATB

Setting of the 19th c. American hymn by Robert Lowry

Commissioned and first performed by the Lancaster Chorale, Ohio, dir. Robert Trocchia, May 2005

 

Foresta spessa e viva

(i) SATB divisi, soprano solo, viola da gamba or cello, cymbal

(ii) SATB divisi and soprano solo

Depiction of the sacred forest from the end of DanteÕs Purgatorio

Written for The Magpie Consort, Columbus, Ohio for ÔVisions of HeavenÕ, 2002

 

Healing river

(i) SATB a cappella

(ii) SSAA a cappella

Arrangement of a song by Fred Hellerman and Fran Minkoff

Published by Santa Barbara Music Press (www.sbmp.com)

SSAA version first performed by Calliope WomenÕs Chorus, Minnesota, dir. J Michele Edwards, 2006

 

I know that Jesus loves me

SATB piano

Words by Lynne Reid

Written for Summit United Methodist Church, Columbus, Ohio, 2006

 

I shall light a candle

SATB divisi

Setting of an Apocryphal text and a Bengali folk song about finding the right path

Written for Rudsambee company of singers, Edinburgh

 

Lesson of love

SATB, flute, viola

Setting of texts by Julian of Norwich

Commissioned for the ordination of Kathryn Clausen, Columbus, Ohio, June 2001

 

Love triptych 

SATB divisi

Setting of three medieval English devotional lyrics

Premiered by the Lancaster Chorale, Ohio, dir. Robert Trocchia in ÔContemporary Choral CurrentsÕ, February 2002

Published by Roger Dean music (search on title at www.lorenz.com)

Duration c 6Õ00 

 

extract from first movement (mp3)

extract from third movement (mp3)

From a performance by the Lancaster Chorale, Ohio, dir. Robert Trocchia, 2003 

 

A Medieval Christmas Story 

SATB chorus, soloists, handbell choir, drum, 2 oboes, SATB recorder consort, viola da gamba

Music drama based on medieval mystery plays

Written for and first performed by the Magpie Consort, Columbus, Ohio, December 2001

 

Shaker movements

SATB divisi

Suite of three movements based on Shaker tunes

Commissioned by the Cerritos Center for the Arts, California, 2003

Winner of ÔAmerican traditionalÕ competition run by Zephyr: Voices Unbound

First performed by Zephyr in Los Angeles, June 2003

Duration c 6Õ00 

See also Canasg Music Publishing (www.canasg.com) in the Sacred Music section of the catalogue, for various simple arrangements of Shaker tunes such as ÔSimple GiftsÕ, ÔTurning Shuffle TuneÕ, ÔMother Ann's SongÕ

 

We open our hearts

SATB, organ and congregation

A sung prayer, commissioned by First Congregational Church, Columbus, for the Region V Convention of the AGO (American Guild of Organists), 2007. Words by T E Smith

Recording of the premiere, performed by First Church Choir, directed by Tim Smith from the organ, June 26, 2007 (aifc)

Click here to view the score

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