Spartiti Imant Raminsh per coro misto

The two pieces of this set, scored for SATB (divisi) a cappella and Baritone & Mezzo-Soprano Soli, are arrangements of folk songs from the Ukranian and Doukhobor traditions.

Based on a text by visionary St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), this a cappella motet is characterized by chant-like melody lines and textures ranging from simple unison and two-part counterpoint to...

This Inuit text features free and changing meters and frequent divisi.

This Chippewa text is energized by close canonic entries.

This Sioux text is a vigorous piece with canonic imitation and some tone clustering, starting with single voice parts and expanding to full SSAATTBB texture.

This Nahuatl text is a lyrical, rhapsodic setting of a ravishing text.

This Winnebago text is a quiet meditation, featuring a soprano soloist (imitating a boy soprano).

This Tewa text is quite vigorous.

This movement concludes the larger work Earth Chants in quiet benediction.

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Originally written for inclusion in an anthology of works by British Columbian composers entitled New: West Coast Review.

This short and accessible Christmas anthem begins with a lilting 9/8 section, becoming harmonically richer and fuller as it builds to a joyous “Gloria.”

This is a new setting of the text of a Catalan Christmas carol. While there are many meter changes, the melody actually lilts along in alternating groups of two and three eighths and the smooth conjun...

Raminish treats advanced choruses to this largely homophonic and fanfare-like work with energetic rhythms, a celebratory homage to J.S. Bach.