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for unison chorus and keyboard

Notes

Shout Joyfully is a short work for unison chorus written for the Sacred Heart Chapel Choir of the College of St Benedict in St Joseph, Minnesota. I have been good friends with their director at the time of the commission and she asked for an up-tempo piece specifically for the Mass on 29 April. The chapel choir at the time had only seven members, all young women, and few trained vocalists. Because of that, I decided to write something that would be in a challenging meter (7/8), but a relatively easy key and range and would only have one vocal line. The piece is energetic throughout with a small “bridge” in 4/4 time about two-thirds of the way through it. The text is taken from the New American Bible’s translation of Psalm 100 with some additional text by me.

Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible with Revised New Testament and Revised Psalms © 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All Rights Reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Performances

Premiere—Sunday 29 April 2007 at 6 p.m.
Prelude to the student Mass
Sacred Heart Chapel, College of St Benedict
St Joseph, Minnesota
Sacred Heart Chapel Choir, Judith A. Kniss, director