MUSIC BY SHEENA PHILLIPS :
selected performances in 2012 listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first)(green indicates events open to public participation)
Performances this year include from VocalEssence (Minneapolis), The New Amsterdam Singers (NYC), The Princeton Singers (NJ), choirs of St Mary’s College (Indiana), The Columbus Women’s Chorus (Ohio), St Louis Women’s Chorus, Southern Arizona Women’s Chorus, S E Missouri State University Choir, the National Boys Choir of Scotland, Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior Chorus, The Music Makers of London, Rudsambee Company of Singers (Edinburgh)
I Shall Light A Candle
Setting for SSAA a cappella voices of an Indian folk song about 'the way of life', interweaving lines from the Apocrypha. Performance by the Columbus Women’s Chorus, in the Ohio Supreme Court Building, Columbus, Ohio, 31 December 2012.
Two Welsh Carols
English language arrangements for TTB male voices of the Welsh carols Awake Were They Only (Roedd yn y wlad honno) and The Best of Mornings (Wel dyma'r borau gorau i gyd). Performance by Rudsambee Company of Singers, dir. Ciara Coleman, December 16, 2012, in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland.
A Song of December
A cappella setting of lyrics by Katharine Tynan. Shortlisted for the 2012 Hazel Renshaw Composition Prize. Performance by The Music Makers of London, dir. Hilary Campbell, December 13, 2012, at St Sepulchre-Without-Newgate, London.
Patapan
SATB, recorder, drum. Two performances by the Chamber Choir of the New Amsterdam Singers, dir. Clara Longstreth, on December 7 and 9, 2012, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 88th & Lexington Ave, New York City.
A Christmas Carol
A cappella setting of lyrics by G K Chesterton. Two performances by the Chamber Choir of the New Amsterdam Singers, dir. Clara Longstreth, on December 7 and 9, 2012, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 88th & Lexington Ave, New York City.
The Christmas Bird
Winner of the 2012 Welcome Christmas Carol Contest held by VocalEssence and the American Composers Forum . Setting of lyrics by Katharine Tynan, for SATB and concert flute. Five performances by VocalEssence, dir. Philip Brunelle, in Minneapolis and the surrounding area, December 1,2,7,8 & 9, 2012.
Three Sea Shanties
Performance of three of the Six Sea Shanties (TBarB, piano) by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior Chorus (changed voices), dir. Frikki Walker, St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow, 17 November 2012.
Earth Chant
Arrangement for SSAA and drums of an anonymous chant about earth's journey through space. Performance by the Women's Choir of St Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, dir. Nancy Menk, 14 November 2012.
Knitting Patterns
Three 18th canons arranged for SSA with new lyrics about knitting. Performance by the Collegiate Choir of St Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, dir. Nancy Menk, 14 November 2012.
Garbe Rame (Dancing with Gourds)
Gujarati folk song arrangement (SATB, flute). Performance by the South East Missouri State University Choir, dir. Peter Durow, at the River Campus, 6 October 2012.
Double Centenary Doubles
Live performance at noon on July 17, 2012 of this composition for the chime bells of Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbus, commissioned by Columbus Public Art 2012 in celebration of the bicentennial of the City of Columbus, Ohio. Program also includes five other commissioned chime compositions.
Songs of Love and Longing
Hepton Singers, in Heptonstall Church, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, dir. Alison West, on 1 July 2012. Five Emily Dickinson settings.
Swart Smeked Smiths
Hepton Singers, in Heptonstall Church, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, dir. Alison West, on 1 July 2012. Setting of a colorful medieval English lyric about blacksmiths
Primera Página
(First Page)SATB, piano, setting of lyrics by Federico García Lorca (work in progress). Performance by the Princeton Singers, dir. Steven Sametz, at the ACDA National Symposium on American Choral Music, Washington DC, June 30, 2012.
Circle Singing
Circle singing on the indoor stage, Roebling Wire Works building, 10:00 am - 10:45 am on Sunday June 17, 2012, as part of the 2012 Art All Night event, Trenton, New Jersey. Open to all.
Circle Singing is an improvised group sing, starting with a simple groove that everyone can join in, and gradually adding new parts. It's a performance created by the people who are present. It can be jazzy or 'world' in feel, upbeat and fun or serene and worshipful. Just bring your voice and body to the stage on Sunday morning to join in.
Drum Circle
Drum circle at Clay Street Park, Trenton, NJ, during the Old Mill Hill Garden Tour, Sat June 9, 2012. Open to all.
"All Quiet Along The Potomac"
Setting of the powerful US civil war poem by Ethel Lynn Beers, for SSAA voices, piano, percussion. Two performances by the
Columbus Women's Chorus, dir. Jennifer Bell, at King Avenue United Methodist Church, June 2 and June 3, 2012.
Vårvindar Friska (Spring Breezes)
Traditional Swedish spring song, arranged for SATB voices a cappella.
Performance by Stow Festival Chorus, dir. Barbara Jones, May 20, 2012, First Parish Church, Stow, Massachusetts.
The Ocean
Suite of four pieces for SSAA voices and piano. Two performances by Southern Arizona Women's Chorus, dir. Terrie Ashbaugh,
with accompaniment by Jovert (steel drum band), April 20 & 22, 2012, Tucson, Arizona.
Rosie the Riveter
Arrangement of the song by Evans and Loeb, for SSA voices and piano. Two performances by
CHARIS, the St Louis Women's Chorus, dir. Kourtney Strade, on April 20 & 21, 2012, at Lafayette Park United Methodist Church, St Louis.
Six Sea Shanties
Performance by the changed voices section of the National Boys Choir of Scotland, dir. Christopher Bell, Perth Concert Hall, 6 April 2012.
Click here for a nice mention in the Glasgow Herald!
Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go (Wild Mountain Thyme)
Arrangement of Francis McPeake's Irish song, for SATB chorus, baritone soloist, and Irish folk band. Two performances by VOICES Chorale of New Jersey,
dir. Lyn Ransom, March 10 in Princeton, NJ and March 11 in Wrightstown, PA. With Gerry Dignan (soloist).
The First Music
A piece for treble voices and percussion based on the book of the same name, by Dylan Pritchett, commissioned by the Wellington School, Columbus, Ohio. Premiere performance, dir. Lisa Springer, on Thursday March 1, 2012, at the Wellington School, with the author.
Double Centenary Doubles
A composition for the bells of Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbus, commissioned by Columbus Public Art 2012 in celebration of the bicentennial of the City of Columbus, Ohio. First performed live (with bells being struck both manually and mechanically, through a keyboard) on January 26, 2012. A mechanical version, recorded via a keyboard, is being played twice daily throughout the month of January.