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NEW 10/08
THE NICK PAGE SING WITH
US SONGBOOK
from Hal Leonard
(I can be ordered from www.westmusic.com)
The book contains several Nick Page originals like "Birthday
Swing," "Shine Shine Shine," "A Promise I Will Keep,"
"School Song," and "I Walk in Beauty." It also contains
the LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO song "Thula Klizeo," and many other
great sing-along songs for ALL AGES.
NEW
11/07 :
ALL SEVEN OF THE NURSEY RHYME PIECES plus STARS SONGS FACES have been
orchestrated (parts available).
NEW
1/07
A
PROMISE I WILL KEEP
The choral music of
Nick Page 2
Featuring the three Carl Sandburg settings (Baby Song
of the Four Winds, Was Ever A Dream a Drum? & Stars, Songs, Faces),
Three Mark Twain settings (To Be the First, Explore, Dream, Discover &
When In Doubt, Tell The Truth), New octavos from NICK PAGE'S SING WITH
US Hal leonard series (A Promise I Will Keep, Shine Shine Shine, Children
Go Where I Send Thee & The Earth's Been Good To Me), Shout the Praise,
Fairest Lady, Seven Wonders, Bowling Green, and new recordings of A Child
Is Born, Thula S'Thandwa, & Niska Banja. All songs published by either
Hal Leonard or Boosey & Hawkes. To order the CD, send a check for
$15 to Nick Page at 5 Walnut St. Melrose, MA 02176
Many of Nick Page's choral pieces may soon be available
from iTunes.
Also Available from 2005:
FROM THE NICK PAGE
CHORAL CATALOG CD 1
To order the CD, send a check
for $10 to Nick Page at 5 Walnut St. Melrose, MA 02176. The CD features
ten live tracks from six amazing choral groups.
(Note: the pieces with no catalog
numbers have not been published as of 2/02) Fairest Lady (SA/piano)
(M-051-47179-9) London Bridge (SA/Piano) (M-051-47180-5) A
Little Curl (SA/Piano) (M-051-47174-4) She Shall Have Music
(SA/Piano) (OCTB6761) Sing and Shine On (SA/piano) (OCTB6846)
Life is a Song (SA/Piano) A Child is Born SSAA or SATB (OCTB6762)
Love the Earth SA or SATB/piano, fl, dr (M-051-47149-2) Niska
Banja Romani Dance Arr. by NP (SATB or SSAA/Piano 3 hands) Hamisha
Asar by Flory Jagoda Arr. by NP (SSA is M-051-47234-5. SATB is M-051-47078-5.
)
In addition, there are fifteen bonus
tracks of Computer Realizations: Virtus Sapientiae (SAB w/organ
& brass quintet) (In English & Latin) Thula SıThandwa Zulu Lullaby
Arr. by NP (SA/piano or SATB/piano) (SA is M-051-47195-9. SATB is M-051-46931-4)
I Used to Be a Riddle by Nick Page (SA/piano M-051-47292-5) The
ten sections are: I Used to Be a Riddle, Colors of the Sea, I Used to
Be So Mean, What is Sorrow?, I Used to Be a Dragon, My Angel, I Used
to Be a Number, I Have a Rule, I Used to Be a Werewolf, Howling at the
Moon, Ba Ba Do Ba (excerpt) by NP, Lili Nye & Peter Skillman
SATB (M-051-47236-9) Bowling Green (excerpt) Appalachian Arr.
by NP (SA/piano & opt. bluegrass band) and Two from A Sandburg Set by
Nick Page (SA/piano based on poems by Carl Sandburg) Stars, Songs,
Faces and Baby Song of the Four Winds. All music published
by Boosey & Hawkes (www.boosey.com)
Custom recordings
available. Many of Nick's pieces can be custom burned onto a CD and
mailed to you. Send a check for $25 to Nick Page at 5 Walnut St. in
Melrose, MA 02176 and include your return address and the names of songs
you want on the CD. If you scroll to the bottom of this page, there
are two lists of available titles. The first includes original Nick
Page compositions and the second is arrangements.
THE CHORAL MUSIC
OF NICK PAGE
Introducing Nick Pageıs SING WITH US choral series
(songs for chorus and audience or just chorus) Hal Leonard
A Promise I Will Keep by Nick Page
SATB, solo, audience, Piano with band
Building Bridges Arr. by Nick Page
(for childrenıs choir, SATB choir & audience)
Shine Shine Shine
Spiritual arr. by Nick Page SATB, solo, audience, Piano, drums,
bass
Children Go Where I Send Thee Spiritual
arr. by Nick Page & Keith Hampton SATB, solo, audience, Piano
Other New Publications:
BEEN DOWN IN TO THE SEA Spiritual
arr. by Nick Page SAB/Piano, coming soon from Alliance
L'EYLA by Nick Page
SSATB/Piano, Transcontinental
CHOOSE TO BLESS THE WORLD
by Nick Page, text from Rev. Rebecca Parker, SAB/Piano 3 hands, Boosey
and Hawkes
A SANDBURG SET by Nick Page for Treble
Voices & Piano Boosey & Hawkes
Baby
Song of the Four Winds poem by
Carl Sandburg, SA/piano
Was
Ever a Dream a Drum? poem by Carl Sandburg, SA/piano
Stars,
Songs, Faces poem by Carl Sandburg,
SA/piano
The Seven Wonders arr. by Nick Page
Treble Voices and Piano Published by Boosey & Hawkes
Shout the Praise by Nick Page (in
Gospel/Salsa styles) SATB, Piano, Timbales, & Band Boosey & Hawkes
Bowling Green arr. by Nick Page Treble
Voices w/banjo and bluegrass band (or piano). Boosey & Hawkes
Find the Cost Of Freedom by Stephen
Stills, Edited by Nick Page TTB Hal Leonard
Dai Lanu by Nick Page,
SATB w/solo, Piano percussion. Coming soon from earthsongs.
Virtus Sapientiae
text by Hildegarde von Bingen SAB, Brass Quintet and Organ. Boosey
& Hawkes
Weıre Goinı Round by Scott Joplin,
edited by Nick Page SA or Solo/SATB w/Piano Boosey & Hawkes
THREE MARK TWAIN SETTINGS (SA Piano)
by Nick Page (Hal Leonard) Using musical styles from mark Twain's lifetime.
To
Be The First - in ragtime style
Explore,
Dream Discover - in sea chanty style
When
In Doubt, Tell the Truth - a country ditty
Turn Around by Malvina Reynolds,
Arr. by Nick Page SSA Piano (Hal Leonard)
PEACE VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY BACH
for Treble Voices & Piano by Nick Page (Boosey & Hawkes)
I. Theme:
Preludium One in C Major (BMW 846)
by J. S. Bach, descant by Nick Page
II. Variation
One: Shalom/Salaam
III. Variation
Two: When The Source of Power
IV. Variation
Three In The Power of Love
V. Postlude
Pacem
The Earthıs Been Good To Me (SAB/Piano)
Arr by Nick Page Hal Leonard
Best Sellers
Niska Banja Romani Dance Arranged
by Nick Page SAAB or SSAA and Piano three hands Boosey & Hawkes OCTB6517
With driving 2+2+2+3 rhythm, characteristic of Eastern Europian dance.
ABOUT
NISKA BANJA: I first heard Niska Banja on a recording by
Theodore Bikel and the Pennywhistlers on Electra Records from the late
60ıs (I think). The translation on the record was "How splendid are
the hot springs of Nis! And how fine its ladies! Once and twice, and
twice again, many times I kiss you." In 1986 I went to Yugoslavia. In
a bar in Belgrade, I heard a Romani group performing. I requested Niska
Banja and they all burst out laughing because I knew all the words but
didnıt know all the hidden meanings. I sang it on stage with them, which
was great fun. The language is neither Serbian nor Croatian (nor Serbo/Croatian).
It is the Romani dialect of that region. The Romani people are the wandering
gypsies who have spread their vibrant culture throughout Europe and
the Americas. The roots of the Romani culture are in India and Pakistan.
Much of their singing and dancing have roots in Qawwali singing (pronounced
Kvah-lee) and Hindu dance. Over hundreds of years these gypsies spread
through Eastern Europe with pockets all over. You hear the Gypsy music
now with groups like the Gypsy Kings, but you also see their influence
with flamenco dancing. Niska Banja is a dance. The rhythm, though unusual
to Western ears, is very normal in Eastern Europe where 2+2+2+3 or 3+2+2
meters prevail in much of the music, both fast and slow. Mary Goetz,
at Indiana University, did some research on the song. She said that
it referred to the local women of Nis, a coastal city in Serbia, as
being quite beautiful. The women would go up into the hills to bath
in the hot springs. There they would be joined by men and they would
kiss. Sometimes these men were not their husbands. You will want to
edit this translation when doing the song with young people. Think of
the song as a spirited song of romance a dance. In fact, Mary Goetz,
who believes in complete authenticity, has her students dance when they
sing this. When I arranged the piece, my only attempt for authenticity
was in the vocal parts which are as I sang them on stage in Belgrade.
The piano part was inspired by the jazz guitar styles of Pat Metheny.
Hamisha Asar by Flory Jagoda Arr.
by Nick Page Available SSA or SATB with piano Boosey & Hawkes Sephardic
folksong in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) The meter is a driving 3+2+2.
NKosi
Sileleli Afrika by Enoch Sontonga
(1897) and SEK Mqhayi (1927) Edited by Nick Page based on an arrangement
by Joseph Shabalala. Now available in both SATB and SA. Published by World
Music Press (203-748-1131)www.worldmusicpress.com
This
is the powerful pan-African anthem that is now one of the two official
anthems of the free South Africa.
Thula S'Thandwa Zulu Lullaby Translation
by Nick Page Arr. by Nick Page (SATB
w/SS Descant, Piano or SATB. Both can be performed at the same time.)
Boosey & Hawkes The SATB is M-051-46931-4. The SA is M-051-47195-9.
A lovely lullaby in
Zulu and English. Performance Note:
If you do the SA & SATB versions at the same time, use the SA ending.
(ca. 5 minutes)
THE NURSERY RHYME CANTATA by Nick
Page
I. London
Bridge (Two-Part Treble & Piano)
Theme and Variations in F. (Boosey & Hawkes M-051-47180-5) The
first movement of the cantata, London Bridge, is a theme and
variations (with major, minor, and lydian modalities) that plays with
the contrasts I see in this simple song. Contrasts of happiness and
sadness. The happy innocence of a delightful and very old childrens
song and the sadness of what some believe to be its historical
roots the prison built on top of London Bridge. Correction:
At ms. 36, it should slow down slightly. (ca. 2 min. 45 sec.)
II. Runaway
Spoon Round (Two or Four-Part Treble & Piano)
A Round in G. (Boosey & Hawkes M-051-47175-1) Each
movement of The Nursery Rhyme Cantata quotes the theme "London
Bridge," sometimes in subtle ways and sometimes in quite obvious
ways. "London Bridge" appears here and there in the piano
part, mostly in sequenced fragments. "London Bridge" also
appears in the top two vocal parts at the end, echoing the non-sensical
nature of the "Hey Diddle Diddle" text, "London Bridge
is a spoon." Performance
Suggestion: Starting at ms. 25, sing it in two parts with
groups 1 & 3 on the top part and 2 & 4 on the second part. Then
do in four parts starting at ms. 46 with only group singing from ms.
46. Groups 2 & 4 finish the them with group two only coming in at
ms. 50. Group 3 then comes in again at ms. 54 and group 4 at ms. 58.
(ca. 2 min. 40 sec.)
III. Solomon
Grundy (Unison or Two-Part Treble & Piano)
A Melodrama in F. (Boosey & Hawkes M051-47177-5) BE
SURE TO ASK FOR THE SA VERSION, NOT THE SSAA VERSION Nursery
Rhymes tell great stories in the fewest possible words as in the mini-saga
of Solomon Grundy. The name "Solomon Grundy" is sung
repeatedly, each time a little different. In Solomon Grundy,
"London Bridge" is heard in brief snippets in the piano and
in the taunting melody at the end. The voices may sing in unison or
in two parts. Correction: At ms.
36, it should be suddenly softer, then back to mezzo forte with a cresc
to the end. (ca. 1 min. 30 sec.) Note:
The SA version is not as hard as the SSAA version.
IV. She
Shall Have Music (Two-Part Treble
& Piano)
A Choral Fantasy in E-flat. (Boosey & Hawkes OCTB6761)
Theres
a story to She Shall Have Music. A young girl is riding on her
play horse when her mother tells her, in no uncertain terms, to go to
bed. But the little girl keeps riding her play horse except that its
now a noble horse adorned with great finery and she is a noble Queen
waving to her loyal subjects. As the piece grows in intensity, she begins
to imagine dancing buildings and singing clouds. And then she must defend
herself from a large purple dinosaur and other strange creatures. At
the peak of this hysteria, her mother interrupts her to the tune of
Rock-a-Bye Baby, telling her she must go to bed. Reluctantly,
the little girl crawls into bed and pulls the covers over her. But in
her mind, she is still on her noble horse, riding to Banburry Cross.
And as distant bells (piano) lull her to sleep she sings her song of
defiance, London Bridge, saying to herself, "I love you
Mom, but you gotta stop being my boss," hence the crescendo
in Treble II on the last note.
The three
against two rhythms were inspired by the rhythms of the Mbira, the traditional
thumb pianos from Zimbabwe. Performance Note:
If you want, you can simplify these two against three rhythms. Have
unison voices sing the quarter notes from both parts (as opposed to
the dotted quarter note) from mms. 29 to 47, and the Treble II part
only from ms. 65 to 70. Or do unison at ms. 33 on the top part, returning
to two part at ms. 50. (ca.3 min 5 seconds)
V. A
Little Curl (Two-Part Treble &
Piano with optional Bass)
A Jazz/Blues in D. (Boosey & Hawkes M-051-47174-4) The
outrageousness of A Little Curl stems from the outrageousness
of the rhyme itself. "When she was good, she was good. But when
she was bad, she was horrid." Not wishing to be unfair, I have
added the verse, "There was a little lad, whose curl was all the
fad." The entire melody of this piece is based on the theme "London
Bridge." The theme is quite obvious in the blues section, but also
appears throughout the piece in sequenced fragments. The theme appears
in the pianos walking bass line as well as the jazz chords of
the right hand. Corrections: At
ms. 39 there should be an eighth note rest on the third beat in the
vocal part. The "Who me?" at ms. 85 should be spoken. (ca.
3 minutes 20 seconds)
VI. Old
Mother Hubbard
(Male or Female Guest Soloist with Unison Treble Voices & Piano)
A Mini-Opera in E-flat. (Boosey & Hawkes M-051-47175-1) The
word "parody," in a classical sense, refers to the honorable
mimicking of a style, sometimes in a whimsical manner. In many ways,
the entire Nursery Rhyme Cantata is a parody of various styles of music
ranging from Baroque fugues to contemporary minimalism. Old Mother
Hubbard is a parody of some twentieth century opera composers who
shall remain nameless. As with all music drama, the emotions are highly
exaggerated so that in going to her cupboard to fetch a bone, old Mother
Hubbard becomes a tragic heroine searching for meaning in this
terribly sad world. The theme "London Bridge" appears as a
comforting hymn in the background. Performance
Note: The solo part should be sung by an adult in an exaggerated
operatic voice. Corrections: At
ms. 10, the C in the chorus part should be a D. At ms. 12, the B should
be down an octave. The piano part at ms. 34 should be spelled G flat,
D flat, G flat, C flat (from the bottom up). (ca. 1 min. 15 sec.)
VII. Fairest
Lady (Unison Treble Voices with
Descant & Piano)
A Lullaby in F. Boosey & Hawkes M-051-47179-9 The Nursery Rhyme
Cantata ends with a simple lullaby, Fairest Lady. The words quote
the old English lullaby "Golden Slumbers" that The Beatles
also quoted on their Abbey Road album. In Fairest Lady, "London
Bridge" appears in the descant part, but both A and B themes are
also based on "London Bridge," the first in retrograde inversion
(upside down and backwards) and the second in retrograde (backwards).
The chord progression, I-IV-V/I-V, is frequently used in South African
popular music based on Solomon Lindas song "Mbube"
about a man courting a woman who is like a strong lioness or
in Zulu, an mbube. In North America, the song "Mbube" is known
as "Wimoweh, The Lion Sleeps Tonight." (ca. 2 min. 55 sec.)
Bring
out the drama of the Cantata; the insanity of cows jumping over moons;
the nastiness of rude little children with their rude little curls;
the pathos of a dog without a bone; the wild dream of a child riding
a cockhorse to Banburry Cross; the short life of Mr. Grundy; and the
loving lullaby for a fair little lady whose mother reassures her that
London Bridge will fly away, fly away.
Other Nick Page Gems:
Love The Earth - Words & Music adapted
by Nick Page from the Lakota language, a Navaho prayer, and the song,
"Home On The Range" SATB, Piano, Drums, Flute Boosey & Hawkes. A
plea for the indigenous people of the planet (we are all indigenous to
the planet) to love the earth - with texts drawn from the songs of both
western settlers and Indians.
Ba Ba Doo Ba A Jazz Scat for Chorus
by Nick Page, Lili Nye, & Peter Skillman SATB with solo improvisation.
Boosey & Hawkes
Life Is a Song a Raga by Nick Page
Treble Voices, Piano and drone instrument. Boosey & Hawkes.
And The Trees Stood Like Beautiful Buildings
text from Frank Lloyd Wright Music by Nick Page SATB, piano, crystal glasses,
steel cello or bowed gong, two sticks & stones. Boosey & Hawkes LCB0290
ISMN M-051-32900-7 This
is a nine minute piece built on simple ostinati with ethereal tuned crystal
glasses that was composed for the rededication of Unity Temple, the great
Unitarian church designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright urged
people to study the nature of the materials they build with and let that
nature be ones guide. I used stone, wood, glass, and steel in the piece
because because it was part of the nature of the building. It is an amazing
space. (I have been to over 150 Frank Lloyd Wright buildings - I'm a bit
of a Wright buff).
Orpheus With His Lute Made Trees
Text by Shakespeare, Music by Nick Page SATB Boosey & Hawkes
Mouth
Peace I by Nick Page SA or SA/Piano Boosey & Hawkes
This piece
was inspired by the "Mouth Music" tradition of the Celtic countries
where singers who couldnt afford to buy instruments would sing the
dance music using nonsense syllables instead. Nick Page plans to compose
a series of Mouth Peace works using vocable traditions from around
the world as a celebration of our diversity as well as our common themes.
Mouth Peace I combines the West African "language of the drums"
as taught by Baba Oluntunji with the Celtic Mouth Music and Jazz scat.
(ca. 4 minutes)
Sing and Shine On by Nick Page Two
Part Treble & Piano Boosey & Hawkes OCTB6846 This
is a musical expression of the ideas presented in my book, Sing and
Shine On! The Guide To Multicultural Song (World Music Press). The
book speaks of our amazing human potential and of how singing allows us
to shine at our brightest. The book is also a plea for singing in the
schools - explaining the amazing benefits of singing upon learning. Hence
the simple words heard in the composition, "You cannot keep a star
from shining. You must not keep a child from singing." Correction:
The alto notes at ms. 62 should be A natural.
I Used To Be A Riddle by Nick Page
SA/Piano Boosey & Hawkes (M-051-47292-5)
Ten
Short Pieces for Treble Voices and Piano by Nick Page
Commissioned by The Canterbury Childrenıs Chorus, Oklahoma City, OK.
Merry Carol Spencer, Director Based on Poems From Ms. Johnson's Fifth
Grade Class
at the Mark Twain School in Oklahoma City. Sandra Soli was the Poet-In-Residence,
who inspired the children to write many wonderful poems.
I
Used To Be A Riddle (but now I am a
poem) Colors
of The Sea, I Used To Be So Mean (but now I am so nice) What
Is Sorrow? I Used To Be A Dragon (but now I am a piece of
fire) My Angel Sings, I Used To Be A Number (but now
I am number one) I Have A Rule, I Used To Be A Werewolf (but
now I am a vampire) Howling At The Moon
Like A Mountain Railway (A Bluegrass
Gospel) Arr. by Nick Page SATB with Piano & Alto, Baritone Duet Boosey
& Hawkes Mouth Peace I by Nick Page SA/Piano Boosey & Hawkes
Fantasy on Two English Carols Arranged
by Nick Page SSA piano Boosey & Hawkes OCTB6515
The Holly and The Ivy Arranged by
Nick Page Two part treble with soprano recorder & piano Boosey & Hawkes
OCTB6516
Courage by Bob Blue Co-Arranged by
Nick Page SA/Piano Roger Dean Publishers
Among Nick Pageıs unpublished works are an oratorio (MAGNIFICENCE),
a COMIC REQUIEM (SON OF FAUST), hundreds of arrangements and original
choral works, and three musicals (THE GIMME-GIMMES, OLLY OLLY END FREE,
and ATTACK OF THE WINDMILLS).
MAGNIFICENCE
a Creation Oratorio by Nick Page
PART ONE: THE UNIVERSE EVOLVED TO CREATE
THE CHILD
Choral recitative: Brian Swimme Said
. . . solo w/paino
A Child Is Born SATB (Published) (w/unpublished
Treble descant) (Available from NP)
The Twinkle Twinkle Dialogues duet
w/piano
Sing and Shine On SA w/piano (published)
Recitative: Buckminster Fuller Said
. . . solo w/piano
God Is A Verb SATB w/piano, sax, flute,
bass & percussion Text from Buckminster Fuller from "No More Second
Hand God"
And Peace On Earth (from melodies
by Handel & Beethoven) SATB w/piano, sax, flute, bass & percussion
PART TWO: COSMIC PLAY
The Laughing Buddha Ritual (Itıs Time
To Fall In Love) solo & audience
Gwaza Universe for Audience and Chorus
Have You Ever Heard A Galaxy Giggle?
for Treble Voices, piano, sax, bass & percussion
Gwaza Hallelujah! (with thanks to
George Frederick Handel) for Audience and Chorus
Bacteria Blues (Iım a Single Cell
Mama) for song leader, audience, Treble Chorus, piano, bass, sax &
percussion
What, Where, Who, When, How, Why?
for computer, chorus, & audience
PART THREE: FOUR LOVE SONGS
To Live Released (Love Song to the
Self) Soprano solo w/piano
The River Goes (Love Song to the Waters)
Alto solo with piano, bass, sax & flute
The Voice of The Light (Love Song
To Creativity) Baritone solo w/piano
Healing Prayer (Love Song to God)
Baritone solo with SATB, piano, bass, flute, sax, bass & audience
(Text from the spiritual "Balm In Gilead")
PART FOUR: THREE SECRETS
Recitative: I have a secret about
mountains solo w/piano
Love The Earth (published) SATB w/piano,
drum & flute
Recitative: I have a secret about
rocks solo w/piano
We The Living (The snail, the fish,
the mammal, leaf are Magnified) SATB SATB
Recitative: I have a secret about
Love solo w/piano Fall In Love (Upon reflection, we see ourselves,
Magnified) SATB, SATB, Treble descant, piano, sax, flute, bass & percussion
About MAGNIFICENCE by Nick Page 4/25/01
We humans have the capacity to feel
- to feel with our hearts and minds and souls. For many, the most
powerful feelings come from our connectedness to God or Creation or
the Universe. Jews have many ways of describing this feeling. Christians
have many ways of describing this feeling. Buddhists, Hindus, Earth
Centered people, and humanists have many ways of describing this feeling.
Even atheists have many ways of describing these feelings. There are
infinite ways for humanity to express these feelings. My piece, "MAGNIFICENCE"
is simply my naive attempt to find a language that is universal for
these feelings. MAGNIFICENCE embraces our new scientific understanding
of the universe and of life. Some scientists, in their attempt to
describe this new understanding, have begun to sound downright theological.
One scientist, Brian Swimme, was a primary inspiration for MAGNIFICENCE,
particularly in his book The Universe is a Green Dragon. The more
I learned about the universe and life, the more my faith in God was
MAGNIFIED. The more I could feel (really feel) my connection to the
stars, the more I felt Magnified in Glory. In his book, Brian Swimme
made a call for artists, poets, composers, writers and other creative
folk to give expression to their new understanding of the Universe.
Taking a cue from Charles Ives, I first collected my thoughts in an
essay called "Prelude to Magnificence," where I formed the eventual
language of the piece - the use of diverse forms and styles of music
- jazz, blues, classical, pop, and improvisational. MAGNIFICENCE was
to have seven sections, beginning with "Be Like the Ocean" and ending
with "Be Like the Universe." It became Wagnerian in itsı scope and
is still evolving. The text gradually took shape - abstract words
that were poetic reactions to the universe rather than descriptions
of how things actually worked. The first of the new pieces was "A
Child is Born - Magnified in Glory." Nick Page 4/25/01
RECIPES FOR LIFE for Youth (SATB)
and Childrenıs Choirs w/piano & Orff
Instruments. Commissioned by All Soulıs Church of Tulsa. Poems written
by members of the Youth Choirs.
Weave the Blue Quilt of Dreams
Mollyıs Recipe
Pasta of Life
Fly Like a Blues Guitar
Five Cups Acceptance
SONG ETERNAL based on a Shaker
text. SSA w/piano
SOUL OF THE WORLD SATB, Band,
Percussion Ensemble, Steel Drums, and Strings
CITY OF CHICAGO by Barry Moore
Arr. by Nick Page SATB w/alto solo. Due to copyright restrictions, this
arrangement will never be published. Itıs a moving Irish song about
coming to America but still missing Ireland.
MY MOM WAS A WOMAN (and thatıs
why I like them) by Sydney Carter Arr. by Nick Page TTBB w/Baritone
solo Available from Nick Page
OLLY OLLY END FREE Children's
Musical by Nick Page 1979
THE GIMME GIMMES Children's Musical
by Nick Page 1978
ATTACK OF THE WINDMILLS Two Act
Musical Comedy by Nick Page 1983
COMIC REQUIEM (SON OF FAUST)
Oratorio by Nick Page 1975
Nick has hundreds of arrangements. Many
of the arrangements of pieces for Chorus and Audience will be published
in his song book SING WITH US
Original
Choral Compositions Recordings
(See top for info on
ordering recordings)
*A Child Is Born
A Promise I Will Keep
*And the Trees Stood Like Beautiful
Buildings
*Ba Ba Do Ba
Bacteria Blues
Birthday Swing
Carl Sandburg Set
-
*Baby Song Of The Four Winds
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*Was Ever a Dream a Drum?
-
*Stars, Songs, Faces
Fall In Love
Galaxy Giggle
God Is A Verb
Gwaza Hallelujah
*Howling At The Moon
Laughing Buddha Ritual
*Life Is A Song
*Love The Earth
Minimalism
Nursery Rhyme Cantata
- *London Bridge
- *Runaway Spoon
- *A Little Curl
- *She Shall Have Music
- *Old Mother Hubbard
- *Solomon Grundy
- *Fairest Lady
Mark Twain Set
- To Be The First
- Explore, Dream, Discover
- When In Doubt, Tell The Truth
*Orpheus With His Lute Made Trees
Rilke Song
*Shout The Praise
*Sing And Shine On!
*The Seven Wonders (excerpt)
School Song
Star Island Waltz
There Something Sings
To Dream Again
To Live Released
Universe Gwaza
Voice of the Light (Shut Up)
We The Living
What Do You Love About Learning? (School
Song)
We Pray (Healing Prayer)
Nick
Page Choral Arrangements Recordings
A Stop Along the Way
Ale Brider
All Mixed Up
And Peace On Earth
Athina
Bashana
*Building Bridges
City Of Chicago
Dancing Mountains
Ellington Sacred Set
Ainıt But the One
Donıt Get Down On Your Knees Until
You Have Forgiven Everyone
Freedom (Sweet Fat & That)
Freedom #7
Freedom, Word You Heard
In the Beginning God
Earth Shalom
Eli Eli
Gabrielıs Highway Ballad #16 Blues
Go Where I Send Thee
Hamisha Asar
Happiness Runs/59th St. Bridge Song
Holly And The Ivy
How Can I Keep From Singing?
I Saw The Light
Itıs Another Dayıs Journey
Jin-go-lo-ba
Lennon Loves
*Life Is Like a Mountain Railroad
Lonesome Valley
Maculele
My Mom Was a Woman
*NıKosi Sikelelıi Afrika
Nign
*Niska Banja
One World/One Love
Peace Is
Save The Country
Sing Our Own Song
Sittinı In Limbo
Swimming to The Other Side
Thereıs Honey In The Rock
*Thula Klizeo
*Thula SıThandwa
This Land
Thulam, Thulam Mıntwana
Turn Around
Twisted
Voices
We Are Free
When Will The Fighting Cease?
William Tell Overture for Kazoos
Ya Hadi Allah
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