When Music Sounds

SATB Chorus with Piano Accompaniment

Commissioned with the assistance of the Fromm Foundation for Thomas F. Kelly’s “First Nights” course of 2015 at Harvard University.

Composed:2015
Text:Music (Walter de la Mare)
Music When Soft Voices Die (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Musician Wrestle Everywhere (Emily Dickinson)
Duration:9:00
Publisher:Pear Tree Press Music Publishers distributed by Subito Music Corp.
Catalog Number(s):80504011

Reviews:

“A beautiful piece, perfectly suited to its purpose. Thrilling to its first audience, this is a work that shows how beautifully crafted music can have an immediate appeal.”
Thomas Forrest Kelly, Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music, Harvard University

Score Sample:

Mixed Chorus & Orchestra:

Mixed Chorus & Piano:

Audio Excerpt: