The Transient Glory™ Concert Series has begun to impact the world of choral music by commissioning works from leading composers. The Transient Glory™ Choral Symposium and Festival was designed to share these works and allow more people to gain knowledge of this music.

Composers
Master Teachers
Repertoire

Composers

Samuel Adler, Eastman School of Music and chairman of the composition department since 1974, currently on the faculty of The Juilliard School of Music. Full Bio	David Del Tredici, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for "In Memory of a Summer Day", 1980. Full Bio	Kevin James, Composer-in-Residence with The Police Athletic League, The Kitchen, The Coalition for the Homeless, The Quintet of the Americas, and The Sirius String Quartet. Full Bio
Benjamin Lees, W. Alton Jones Professor of Composition, Peabody Conservatory and 2005 Grammy nomination for best classical work. Full Bio	Tod Machover, Prof. of Music and Media at the MIT Media Lab and Composer-in-Residence with the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Full Bio	Bright Sheng, Recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. Full Bio
Walter Thompson, Creator, "Soundpainting" Technique for Ensemble Improvisation. Full Bio	Michael Torke, Composer of Javelin, a "sonic olympiad" commissioned by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympics. Full Bio	Nils Vigeland, Chair of Composition Department, Manhattan School of Music. Full Bio

 

Master Teachers

Janet Galvan, Professor of Music at Ithaca College and artistic director of the Ithaca Children’s Choir. Full Bio

Francisco Nunez, Founder and Artistic Director, The Young People’s Chorus of New York City; conductor, University Glee Club of New York City; director of chorus at New York University. Full Bio

Repertoire

The following songs will be worked on by their respective composers:

Samuel Adler - "Songs of the Seasons"
David Del Tredici - "Four Heartfelt Anthems"
Kevin James - "NYC Playground"
Benjamin Lees - "The Nervous Family"
Tod Machover - "I Dreamt a Dream"
Bright Sheng - "The Boatman's Song"
Walter Thompson - "Colors"
Michael Torke - "Song of Ezekiel"
Nils Vigeland - "Miracles"

In addition, the following pieces will be rehearsed:

Dominick Argento - "Orpheus"
Elena Katz-Chernin - "Un-Labelled"
Jim Papoulis - "Panta Rhei"
Judith Weir - "Little Tree"
Geoffrey Burgon - "Shirtless Stephen (and the Children's Crusade)"
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum - "Two Songs From e.e. cummings"
Richard Rodney Bennett - "The Ballad of Sweet William"
Jenny Johnson - "The Smiling Eyes"
John Tavener - "Glory to God for this Transient Life"