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

Robles - Rooney -

Robles - Rooney - Zanaida Steward Robles - Choral Sacred Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis SATB with organ & piano or organ Piano & organ vocal score 9780193563292 Piano & organ digital 9780193565166 Organ only vocal score 9780193565074 Organ only digital 9780193565081 his is a substantial setting of the canticles of Mary and Simeon, suitable for use in both concert and liturgical settings. Notably, the choir is accompanied by piano and organ, a combination that reflects the Black American church in which the composer grew up and that creates a unique timbral effect. he choral writing features fugal counterpoint and a chromatic soundworld rooted around the octatonic scale. The text is in English throughout, with occasional Latin interjections in the Magnificat. 10 minutes - Annabel Rooney - b. 1973 Annabel McLauchlan Rooney read music at Christ’s College, Cambridge, holding a university instrumental award on the cello. She continued her studies in Cambridge with an MPhil and a PhD on eighteenth-century opera. Rooney started composing seriously in 2011, predominantly writing choral music, and now combines this with performance and instrumental teaching. Her music has been performed by renowned ensembles, including the Choirs of the Chapel Royal, and Exeter and Ely Cathedrals, and broadcast on Radio 3. In 2019, the Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge released an album of Rooney’s sacred choral music, As a seed bursts forth. Choral Sacred Round me falls the night SATB unaccompanied Vocal score 9780193544123 Digital 9780193544130 William Romanis’s hymn text is brought to life in this enchanting anthem with unexpected harmonic shifts and fluctuating time signatures. Rooney glides gracefully between tonal centres, creating a beautiful, ethereal atmosphere. Also published in Breath of Song. 3 minutes Choral Advent & Christmas Gaudete! SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied Vocal score 9780193551732 Digital 9780193551749 This is an upbeat original setting of the well-known Latin text. Rambunctious, hearty, and in a sophisticated modal style, it is suitable for both church and concert performance by experienced choirs. 2 minutes 82

The Lamb - Debra Scroggins - SATB unaccompanied Vocal score 9780193805217 Debra Scroggins’ setting of a poem by William Blake is both stunning and gentle. The tight harmonies offer a lush and flowing soundscape that conveys warmth and tenderness perfectly suited to the text, ‘Little lamb, dost thou know who made thee?’. The choral lines are accessible yet sophisticated, and the work is suitable for performance in churches and schools. 2.5 minutes Out of the depths SATB unaccompanied Vocal score 9780193805200 Out of the depths is a reflective, homophonic, and beautifully written work. The choral parts are very accessible, yet the resulting sound is rather sophisticated and thoughtful. This setting of Psalm 130 is suitable throughout the liturgical year, but would be particularly effective during Lent and other reflective occasions. 2.5 minutes Choral Sacred Debra Scroggins A Dream Within a Dream SATB with divisions and piano Vocal score 9780193805224 This secular text, written by Edgar Allen Poe, is fanciful, calling into question whether reality is a dream, or even a dream within a dream. The music is lush and has a subtle hint of popular harmonies alongside well-written choral lines and an accessible piano part. 3.5 minutes Choral Secular 83