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Sarah Quartel - Sarah Quartel - b. 1982 Sarah Quartel is a Canadian composer, conductor, and educator known for her fresh and exciting approach to choral music. Having received her first composition award at the age of 8, she celebrates the musical potential of all learners by providing singers access to high quality repertoire and engaging music education. Quartel’s choral works are performed by children, youth, and adults throughout North America and beyond, and her curriculum texts are used to connect the excitement of choral festivals with meaningful classroom learning. ensemble Project Sing!; works recorded on multiple commercial releases; and a host of choral commissions and performances including those by award-winning Canadian conductors Zimfira Poloz and Brainerd Blyden-Taylor. Sarah became a conductor with Viva Children’s Choirs in 2011, and continues to work as a guest clinician at various music education and choral events throughout Canada. Her compositions have been featured widely by groups such as the National Youth Choir of Canada, The Nathaniel Dett Chorale, and the a cappella group Rajaton. Other credits include: funding from the Ontario Arts Council and the National Film Board of Canada; Composer-in-Residence for the women’s vocal 70

ed. Sarah Quartel Choral Collections Breath of Song SATB unaccompanied Vocal score 9780193532021 Breath of Song brings together ten exquisite works by contemporary women composers. Compiled and edited by Sarah Quartel, the collection features an eclectic mix of styles and colours, specially selected with modern concert programming in mind — from settings of hymnlike simplicity and a rich choral sound to works featuring theatrical body percussion and a fresh close-harmony style. Secular and sacred texts from across the centuries are given fresh life, and new words and sounds are introduced. (Collection includes SATB arrangement of Quartel’s The Birds’ Lullaby) Sarah Quartel Songbook Upper voices in 2-4 parts, with piano or unaccompanied Vocal score 9780193551053 The Sarah Quartel Songbook brings together a selection of the composer’s best-loved pieces for upper voices, including favourites such as ‘The Birds’ Lullaby’ and ‘I remember’, as well as a new setting of Sara Teasdale’s lifeaffirming poem ‘Refuge’. This is an invaluable resource both for choirs looking to explore the work of this fine choral composer for the first time and for admirers of Quartel’s style hoping to find staple repertoire conveniently gathered together in one volume. Sarah Quartel Songbook SATB, with piano or unaccompanied Vocal score 9780193551046 The Sarah Quartel Songbook brings together a selection of the composer’s best-loved pieces for mixed voices, including favourites such as ‘Sing, my Child’, ‘Voice on the Wind’, and ‘Swept Away’. This is an invaluable resource both for choirs looking to explore the work of this fine choral composer for the first time and for admirers of Quartel’s style hoping to find staple repertoire conveniently gathered together in one volume. Choral Leaflets/Octavos Sacred Amabile Alleluia SATB and children’s choir/SSATB unaccompanied Vocal score 9780193544086 Digital 9780193544093 Introduced by the children’s choir, Quartel’s simple and uplifting melody repeats throughout the piece, beautifully coloured by the surrounding parts. The voices offer joyful praise and the rich harmonies build up to a warm and rousing finish. The children’s part may also be sung by a congregation or divided soprano part. 2 minutes Fill your hearts with joy and gladness SABar and organ or piano Digital † 9780193524804 From the collection Anthems for SA and Men, ‘Fill your hearts with joy and gladness’ is an uplifting anthem by Sarah Quartel, scored for SA & men with organ/piano. With text by Timothy Dudley-Smith, this piece is suitable for performance throughout the church year. 2.5 minutes God will give orders/ Sweet Child SATB or SSAA, solo cello, djembe, and piano SATB Vocal score 9780193514416 SATB Digital 9780193538146 SSAA Vocal score 9780193512023 SSAA Digital 9780193525429 This evocative anthem, from the larger work Snow Angel, is a piece of two halves. Opening with a haunting cello line, the first section (‘God Will Give Orders’) is mystical and ethereal, until a vibrant figure from the djembe lifts the music into the second section (‘Sweet Child’), which is uplifting and bold in character, with a distinctly African feel and an effective a cappella ending. 4 minutes Sarah Quartel 71