Sarah Quartel Catalogue
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Choral Leaflets/Octavos Secular<br />
The Beat of a Different Drum<br />
Cambiata Bar or SA, piano, and hand drum<br />
CBar Vocal score 9780193417670<br />
CBar Digital 9780193537248<br />
SA Vocal score 9780193512719<br />
SA Digital 9780193538085<br />
This composition sets the composer’s own text celebrating<br />
freedom of expression and the music within each of us.<br />
Accompanied by hand drum and piano, the piece is an<br />
exciting and engaging sing with legato, two-part passages,<br />
and vocal percussion. The CBar vocal score is part of the<br />
Emerging Voices series.<br />
3 minutes<br />
The Bird’s Lullaby<br />
SSAA or SATB unaccompanied<br />
SSAA Vocal score 9780193524668<br />
SSAA Digital 9780193538627<br />
SATB Vocal score 9780193543690<br />
SATB Digital 9780193543713<br />
This a cappella setting of evocative words by E. Pauline<br />
Johnson is immediately appealing, with its playful<br />
syncopations and dancing, wordless accompaniment.<br />
3 minutes<br />
Blow, blow, thou winter wind<br />
SSA or SATB and piano<br />
SSA Vocal score 9780193413009<br />
SSA Digital 9780193536777<br />
SATB Vocal score 9780193550827<br />
SATB Digital 9780193550957<br />
This atmospheric setting of familiar words from<br />
Shakespeare’s As You Like It is sprightly and uplifting, with<br />
singers being asked by the composer to perform with ‘a bit<br />
of frost and a knowing smile’.<br />
2.5 minutes<br />
Carry the music<br />
SSA and piano<br />
Vocal score 9780193546752<br />
Digital 9780193551299<br />
This uplifting and affirmatory piece sets a text by the<br />
composer inspired by the reflections of the Northwest<br />
Girlchoir on what their choir means to them. A warm<br />
unison first verse and chorus is next transposed into<br />
6/8, taking on a dance-like feel, first in two and then<br />
three vocal parts, while the forward motion of the<br />
piano’s continuous quaver movement echoes the text’s<br />
encouragement to ‘carry the music on’.<br />
4 minutes<br />
Grow<br />
SSA and piano<br />
Vocal score 9780193524804<br />
Digital 9780193538634<br />
Grow is a warm, heartfelt setting of words by <strong>Quartel</strong><br />
celebrating a human personal growth that mirrors the<br />
season change from winter to spring. A rocking piano<br />
part underpins the eminently singable vocal lines, and a<br />
wordless section draws the piece to a reflective close.<br />
4 minutes<br />
Here in my Heart<br />
SSAA and piano<br />
Vocal score 9780193403673<br />
Digital 9780193535800<br />
Here in my Heart is an uplifting setting of an original<br />
text by the composer that explores the power of the<br />
natural world to fill the heart with song. The evocative<br />
melody perfectly complements the text’s theme and<br />
uses duplets and syncopated rhythms to create a sense<br />
of ebb and flow.<br />
5 minutes<br />
Here on these Branches<br />
SSAA and percussion<br />
Vocal score 9780193392243<br />
Digital 9780193536111<br />
This bewitching setting tells the story of a girl walking<br />
in an enchanted forest, mesmerized by ancient songs<br />
sung by a chorus of birds. An ostinato played on finger<br />
cymbals and claves accompanies the voices, and<br />
<strong>Quartel</strong> sets a strong melody against the harmonies of<br />
the birdsong.<br />
4 minutes<br />
‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers<br />
SATB and piano<br />
Vocal score 9780193530270<br />
Digital 9780193538955<br />
This is a beautiful setting of an evocative poem by Emily<br />
Dickinson that explores the symbolization of hope as a<br />
bird. <strong>Quartel</strong> offers soaring melodic lines, rich harmonies,<br />
and a fluttering accompaniment to illustrate the<br />
persistence of hope even through hardship.<br />
3.5 minutes<br />
I know a bank where the wild<br />
thyme blows<br />
SATB and piano<br />
Digital † 9780193538955<br />
This setting of words from A Midsummer Night’s Dream<br />
features all the hallmarks of <strong>Quartel</strong>’s signature style, with<br />
uplifting melodies and a supportive, accessible piano<br />
accompaniment. Originally published in the collection<br />
Shall I compare thee.<br />
3.5 minutes<br />
I remember<br />
SA or SABar or Unison and piano<br />
SA Vocal score 9780193392281<br />
SA Digital 9780193536128<br />
SABar Vocal score 9780193534810<br />
SABar Digital 9780193534827<br />
Unison Vocal score 9780193550841<br />
Unison Digital 9780193550858<br />
I remember reflects on the wonder of the natural world<br />
and the people who shape our lives. The stirring melody<br />
calls to mind the folksong tradition, and is underpinned<br />
by a gently flowing piano accompaniment.<br />
3.5 minutes<br />
I Will Be With you<br />
SSAA or SATB unaccompanied<br />
SSAA Vocal score 9780193525924<br />
SSAA Digital 9780193538719<br />
SATB Vocal score 9780193525894<br />
SATB Digital 9780193538689<br />
I will be with you sets a reflective text by the composer<br />
with a message of enduring solace. Lush harmonies,<br />
with predominantly homophonic passagework, coupled<br />
with flowing and cascading lines in every voice part<br />
make for a tranquil musical experience.<br />
3 minutes<br />
In Time of Silver Rain<br />
SA or SABar or Unison and piano<br />
SA Vocal score 9780193525887<br />
SA Digital 9780193531314<br />
SABar Vocal score 9780193540071<br />
SABar Digital 9780193540118<br />
Unison Vocal score 9780193550865<br />
Unison Digital 9780193550872<br />
Commissioned by the Treble Makers Women’s Choir, this<br />
secular work sensitively sets Langston Hughes’s poem of<br />
the same name. A lilting melodic line, eloquent partwriting,<br />
and an effective piano part combine to create a<br />
piece that will appeal to both youth and adult choirs.<br />
Morning Light<br />
SSAA unaccompanied<br />
Vocal score 9780193404755<br />
Digital 9780193535961<br />
Morning Light sets an optimistic text by the composer<br />
about home and finding your way. Inspired by American<br />
folksongs, the captivating melody and warm harmonies<br />
perfectly complement the uplifting theme of the text.<br />
4.5 minutes<br />
My soul is awakened<br />
SSAA and piano<br />
Vocal score 9780193530294<br />
Digital 9780193540576<br />
This is a beautiful piece setting an evocative text by<br />
Anne Brontë that explores natural imagery on a blustery<br />
day and the feelings they inspire. Supported by the<br />
piano acccompaniment, <strong>Quartel</strong>’s soaring melodies, rich<br />
harmonies, and syncopated rhythms illustrate the power<br />
of the wind, while its unpredictable nature is hinted by the<br />
hemiolas and cross-rhythms throughout the texture.<br />
4.5 minutes<br />
One of these Days<br />
SSATBarB unaccompanied<br />
Vocal score 9780193554498<br />
Digital 9780193554504<br />
Setting words by the composer, One of these days is<br />
an affirmatory piece with pop-inspired rhythms and<br />
harmonies. The scat syllables and repeating patterns of the<br />
lower parts provide a rich cushion for the lilting melody of<br />
the soprano lines, with lyrics that encourage us to seize the<br />
day!<br />
4 minutes<br />
Choral Leaflets/Octavos Secular<br />
2.5 minutes<br />
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