Oscar Peterson: Hymn to Freedom (SATB) This arrangement was premiered by 2018 BHS International Chorus champion Vocal Majority to conclude their “swan song” set at the 2019 Barbershop Harmony Society International Convention in Salt Lake City, UT. Clancy’s arrangement of this Oscar Peterson composition is simple, elegant, and powerful. Harriette Hamilton’s lyric beautifully captures and […]
Eric Whitacre: Home (SATB) This is the third movement of The Sacred Veil, a twelve-movement work written with poet Charles Anthony Silvestri. The Sacred Veil chronicles the rich life of Tony and his late wife Julie Silvestri. Tony tells of their second date and his “feeling like home.”
Eric Whitacre: You Rise, I Fall (SATB) This is the eleventh movement of The Sacred Veil, a twelve-movement work written with poet Tony Silvestri. “The Sacred Veil” chronicles the rich life of Tony and his late wife Julie: their courtship, the birth of their children, Julie’s diagnosis of ovarian cancer, her treatment, her struggle, and […]
