Tonight (Wednesday) there is going to be a ton of sacred music sung at one of the churches here. Looks like a gonzo event, especially for sacred musicians. I'm not up on who is doing the concert but I am pretty sure Howard Helvey and Tom Merrill are involved.
Tomorrow (Thursday) the whirlwind starts off bright and early. I'll be attending as much as I can as well as meeting old and new folks. It looks like a great conference. FYI, my new book of carols for women's voices will be on sale at the Musical Resources booth. Dennis Blubaugh will be running a $2 discount on the book. I hope those of you with women's choirs (appropriate for HS and up, as well as advanced children's choirs) will take a look at it at the booth or over the internet. Those choirs who used it this past December really felt that they enriched their programs with the carols they choose from the book.
http://paulcarey.net/carols.html
Thursday AM Pearl Shangkuan has included Summer Bounty ( the uptempo first movment of my three movement piece "Play with your Food"- one of my bestsellers) in the Intercollegiate Reading Session. This is a great event (two different sessions)- a large, very talented pool of central division university singers performing music that Pearl has chosen to be featured.
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Summer’s Bounty by May Swenson
berries of Straw
apples of Crab
beans of Lima
berries of Goose
apples of May
beans of Jelly
berries of Huckle
apples of Pine
beans of Green
berries of Dew
apples of Love
beans of Soy
berries of Boisen
nuts of Pea melons of Water
berries of Black
nuts of Wal melons of Musk
berries of Rasp
nuts of Hazel
cherries of Pie
berries of Blue
nuts of Chest
cherries of Choke
berries of Mul
nuts of Brazil
glories of Morning
berries of Cran
nuts of Monkey
rooms of Mush
berries of Elder
nuts of Pecan
days of Dog
berries of Haw
nuts of Grape
puppies of Hush
You can learn more about the piece and hear Steve Zielke's excellent choir sing it here:
http://www.paulcarey.net/Music/Play_With_Your_Food.htm
http://www.paulcarey.net/Music/Play_With_Your_Food.htm
Many of you may know "Play with your Food"- it is published by Walton and contains the middle movement "Mashed Potato Love Poem" (hey, would you choose to be with your lover or a third helping of mashed potaties?) and "Vending Machine", about a boy and his Dad buying some peanut butter crackers at a vending machine. All the texts are witty- not just generically humorous. I balk when people sometimes call these "novelty" pieces- they are more than that thanks to the quality of the texts. Btw, there is also now an SSA/piano version of Mashed Potato Love Poem (it is also selling very well).
I'll update as the conference goes- time allowing. I am on a whirlwind tour of conferences, residencies,and concerts featuring my music. Over 5-6 weeks I will be in Cincy, Madison WI, Richmond VA, Jacksonville FL, Little Rock AK, and New Orleans. I am totally looking forward to visiting those warm weather cities!
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