Workshop Anne Laver & Annette Richards

Contemporary Music of Britian and North America

This workshop highlights contemporary composers who have taken a compositional journey with the organ, writing multiple pieces for the instrument over the course of their careers.
 
The following suggested repertoire will be included in a shared drive that students can utilize under the educational fair use policy.
 
We strongly encourage students to support these composers by purchasing their own scores for pieces they intend to perform. Students may also prepare pieces by these composers that do not appear on the list.
 
Cecilia McDowall
O Antiphon Sequence
 
Judith Weir
Tree of Peace
The Trees Unfold
 
Judith Bingham
Ancient Sunlight
Annunciation IV
 
Emma Lou Diemer
Valet will ich dir geben from Three Fantasies on Advent Hymns
Psalm 61 and Psalm 103 from Psalms for Organ
 
Rachel Laurin
Étude Héroïque
Scherzo from Organ Symphony no. 1
Soliloquy from Twelve Short Pieces, volume 2
 
The workshop will also introduce some of these composers’ anthems for choir and organ.