OUP Women Composers Orchestral, Opera, Chamber, Instrumental and Choral Catalogue

Jenny Mahler Come Alive

Jenny Mahler Come Alive SSA & piano, with optional melody instrument Vocal score 9780193561342 Digital 9780193561397 With lyrics by the composer, Come Alive explores the scientific notion that energy never dies, but instead transforms into or transfers to something new. The optional instrumental part may be played by any suitable melody instrument in C, including glockenspiel, xylophone, flute, and violin. 4 minutes The Compass SA & piano Vocal score 9780193561359 Digital 9780193561403 The Compass uses evocative imagery to describe how feelings of being lost and adrift can be assuaged by journeying towards self-acceptance and positive change. A characterful four-note motif punctuates the piano part, which provides a steady rhythmic cushion for the stylistically syncopated and catchy melodic lines. 4 minutes Snow is Silent SATB, body percussion & congas Vocal score 9780193544062 Digital 9780193544079 An energetic piece setting a text full of natural imagery. Mahler’s catchy melodies are combined with speech, body percussion, and congas to imitate the contrasting characteristics of rain. Dramatic and expressive - this is the perfect performance piece to get stuck into! Also published in Breath of Song. 2.5 minutes - Jenny Mahler - Choral Secular The Tide SSA & piano Vocal score 9780193561366 Digital 9780193561410 In this captivating piece Mahler explores feelings of doubt and insecurity, employing the compelling metaphor of the tide and asking searching questions in a quest for existential meaning. Bewitching piano cascades and rolling broken chords accompany addictive melodies, with strong three-part harmonies in the chorus providing a supportive anchor to the more soloistic verses. 2.5 minutes 44

- Cecilia McDowall - b. 1951 Cecilia McDowall Born in London, Cecilia McDowall has won many awards and been short-listed eight times for the British Composer Awards. In 2014, she won the Choral category of the British Composer Awards for her haunting work, Night Flight (for SSATB and cello solo), which celebrates the pioneering flight of the American aviatrix, Harriet Quimby, across the English Channel. Cecilia is a signed composer with Oxford University Press and is currently Composer-in-Residence at Dulwich College, London. In 2013, she received an Honorary Doctorate in Music from the University of Portsmouth. Cecilia McDowall has a distinctive style which speaks directly to instrumentalists and singers as well as to listeners. Her most characteristic works fuse fluent melodic lines with occasional dissonant harmonies and rhythmic exuberance. Her music has been commissioned and performed by leading choirs, including the BBC Singers, Kansas City Chorale, the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, and many instrumental and orchestral ensembles. Her music is performed, recorded, and broadcast worldwide. McDowall’s works are regularly broadcast on BBC Radio and readily available on CD and streaming platforms. Recent releases that feature her work include The Sixteen’s Song of the Nativity (Coro), Christmas with St John’s (Hyperion) by St John’s College Choir, Cambridge and Trinity College Choir Cambridge’s ‘Cecilia McDowall: Sacred Choral Music (Hyperion). Three Latin Motets were recorded by the renowned American choir, Phoenix Chorale; this Chandos recording, Spotless Rose, won a Grammy award and was nominated for Best Classical Album. Recent significant commissions include Da Vinci Requiem (2019) for Wimbledon Choral Society, written to mark the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death, and Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo (2018), commissioned by the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain. Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo tells the story of Kurdish teenager, Nujeen Mustafa’s incredible journey across Europe from war-torn Syria in a wheelchair, never giving into despair but affecting those around her with her never-ceasing spirit of optimism and wonder. In December 2020, McDowall was presented with the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Works Collection. 45