Donald Brinegar Bio
At Night
Bruce Babcock
from Two Songs of the Night
At Night
Give Me Your Stars
Both pieces are set to poems by Sara Teasdale. Love songs of a rare sort, these will appeal to chamber choirs. Sophisticated, but not overly difficult.
SATB - a cappella
duration: 2:30
SBMP 651
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Ave Maria
Craig Kingsbury
A poignant setting for the mature choir. Lush chords, polyphonic passages, and some 4-part writing for both women and men add to the drama.
SATB - a cappella
SBMP 468
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hear the music [© all rights reserved] Southern Oregon Repertory Singers, conducted by Paul T. French
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Come to Me in the Silence
Craig Kingsbury
A beautiful tonal landscape of sound builds to a resounding climax and concludes with quiet resolve. For the advanced choir.
SATB div. - a cappella
SBMP 591
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CD recording available
jjhear the music [© all rights reserved] Southern Oregon Repertory Singers & So. Oregon Univ. Chamber Choir, Paul T. French, conductor
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Coventry Carol
English carol, arr. J. Edmund Hughes
What would Christmas be without an arrangement by Ed Hughes! This one is delightful. Sing it in the round, from the balcony, as you process, or from the stage. Simply beautiful.
SSATBB - windchimes, handbells
SBMP 599
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hear the music [© all rights reserved] College Singers, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, J. Edmund Hughes, conductor
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David's Lamentation
Joshua Shank
Beautiful, awesome, dramatic, tender-these are just some of the adjectives that describe this piece.
SATB - a cappella
SBMP 416
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hear the music [© all rights reserved] Dorian Chamber Choir, Andrew Last, conductor
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Give Me Your Stars
Bruce Babcock
from Two Songs of the Night
At Night
Give Me Your Stars
Both pieces are set to poems by Sara Teasdale. Love songs of a rare sort, these should appeal to chamber choirs. Sophisticated, but not overly difficult.
SATB - a cappella
duration: 2:30
SBMP 652
see the music - PDF file
hear the music - midi recording
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Ghosts
Melinda Bargreen
An interesting poem by Joan LaBombard is brought to musical life with great style. An element of mystery and discovery permeates the poem and hence the music. Composer Bargreen knows how the create drama in her music. For the mature ensemble.
SATB div. - piano
SBMP 585
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Lamb, The
Melinda Bargreen
"Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?" The innocence of the text receives a loving treatment here with tender melodies and rich harmonies.
SATB - a cappella
SBMP 414
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hear the music [© all rights reserved] Donald Brinegar Singers - Donald Brinegar, conductor
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Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Terry Schlenker
A spectacular, beautiful setting of this French tune; for the advanced choir.
SATB div. - a cappella
SBMP 608
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hear the music [© all rights reserved] St. Martin's Chamber choir, Timothy Krueger, conductor
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Psalm of Praise
Joseph Schubert
A dramatic piece for the large church choir set to words drawn from the Psalms.
SSAATTBB - a cappella
duration: 4:00
SBMP 659
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Regina coeli
Luke Mayernik
A beautiful, dramatic setting of the text.
SATB div. - a cappella
duration: 4:15
SBMP 641
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Svjati Boze
Lisa Milena Simikic
Dedicated to those who suffered as the result of the bombing of Kosovo, this dramatic piece will appeal to advanced choirs. Not difficult, it does require vocal maturity. The title translation: Holy God. One phrase is in the Slavonic language, all others are in English
SATB - a cappella
SBMP 467
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hear the music [© all rights reserved] Donald Brinegar Singers, Donald Brinegar, conductor
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Tyger, Tyger
Melinda Bargreen
Harmonic drama, sophisticated writing set to the text by William Blake.
SATB - a cappella
POD 415
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What Sweeter Music
J. Edmund Hughes
Rober Herrick’s famous poem receives highly creative treatment in this setting. A seasonal text usually associated with Christmas, the piece is worthy of performance at any time of the year.
SATB div. - a cappella
duration: 4:10
difficulty level: medium
series: Donald Brinegar
SBMP 758
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CD recording available
hear the music [© all rights reserved] Mesa High School A Cappella Choir, Germán Aguilar, conductor; note - the piece underwent some minor revision after this recording was made
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