Nick Strimple: composer, conductor, scholar, author of the critically acclaimed book 'Choral Music in the Twentieth Century' and faculty member at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music.


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BIO CATALOGUE PRESS EVENTS AVAILABILITY CONTACT HOME	Select a category below to review \| PUBLISHED COMPOSITIONS \| RECORDINGS BOOKS & ARTICLES EDITIONS REVIEWS WRITTEN FILM & TELEVISION CREDITS Instrumental works *Harpsichord Concerto* (19’) solo harpsichord, flute, oboe, bassoon, percussion (one player), 2 violins, viola, cello, string bass [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] Three Contemplations on Southern Folk Hymns (4:40, 4:00, 3:40’) for organ [ECS Publishing] Cantatas and other large choral works *Franciscan Canticles* (9') mixed chorus, tenor solo, organ and optional brass (2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, 1 tuba) [Galaxy (ECS)] *Mother and Child* (A Christmas Mobile) (30') mixed chorus, mezzo and baritone soli, orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 1 bassoon, 2 horns, three trumpets, timpani and percussion [one player for all], handbells [can be played by choir members], strings) or piano [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] (movements published separately and listed below with published anthems) Anthems and Partsongs *A Christmas Lullaby* mezzo solo, unison chorus and piano (or orchestra) #5 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *Alas and Did My Saviour Bleed* soprano solo, mixed chorus and organ [CPP-Belwin (Warner)] *Annunciation* mezzo solo, mixed chorus and piano (or orchestra) #2 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing mixed chorus, optional handbells and organ [H. T. Fitzsimons Co. (Shawnee)] *Daily Prayer* SATB, optional congregation, organ from Five Easy Hymn-Anthems on Original Texts and Tunes [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *God Is Love, His Mercy Brightens* SATB, organ [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *God Is with Us* unison chorus with descant, optional congregation, organ from Five Easy Hymn-Anthems on Original Texts and Tunes [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *Hail Sacred Feast* SATB and organ [ECS (Galaxy)] *Hodie* mixed chorus (div.), handbells and piano (or orchestra) #4 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *I Sing the Birth* baritone solo and piano (or orchestra) #6 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) [published with Make We Joy] [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *I Will Praise Thee, O Lord, with My Whole Heart* SATB, organ and optional handbells [ECS (Galaxy)] *Lord, Bless and Consider Us* SATB and organ [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *Lord, for Thy Tender Mercy's Sake* SATB, unaccompanied [Southern Music Company (San Antonio)] *Lord, You've Been Our Dwelling Place* 2-part or 4-part chorus with descant, optional congregation, organ from Five Easy Hymn-Anthems on Original Texts and Tunes [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *Magnificat* mezzo solo and piano (or orchestra) #3 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *Make We Joy* mezzo and baritone solo, mixed chorus (div.) and piano (or orchestra) #7 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) [published with I Sing the Birth] [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *O Come, O Come Emmanuel* baritone solo, mixed chorus and piano (or orchestra) #1 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *Psalm 133: Behold, How Good and Pleasant* SATB (div.) [Oxford University Press] *Psalm Verses, Set 1* SAB chorus, unaccompanied Yihyu Lerazon (May the words of my mouth) Pitchu Li (Open to me the gates of triumph) Chakreini El (Examine me, O God) [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *Teach Us, O Lord* 2-part or 4-part chorus, optional congregation, organ from Five Easy Hymn-Anthems on Original Texts and Tunes [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *Three Little Communion Anthems* SATB (and organ in #3) From Whence Does This Union Arise? Come and Taste Along with Me Bread of the World [Oxford University Press] *There's a Wideness in God's Mercy* SATB, organ [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *Tomorrow* mixed chorus [Mark Foster Music Co. (Shawnee)] *Two Canonic Choruses* SATB In Heavenly Love Abiding O Quam Gloriosum [Southern Music Company (San Antonio)] *Two Songs from Psalm 116* SATB (div.) I Love the Lord What Shall I Render to the Lord? [Southern Music Company (San Antonio)] *Ubi Caritas* SATB chorus (or ATB or SAB) and clarinet [Oxford University Press] Valley of Bones (5:50’) for speaker, mixed chorus and organ [ECS Publishing] *What Shall I Render to My God?* SATB, optional congregation, organ from Five Easy Hymn-Anthems on Original Texts and Tunes [Emerson Music (nlsMusic)] *When I Survey the Wondrous Cross* SATB, baritone solo and organ [Emerson Music (National Music)] [Recorded on Music & Arts 4921 (Koch)]	WORLD PREMIERE Harpsichord Concerto Amarillo, TX RECENT COMMISSIONS Three Sexton Songs (Anne Struggles with the Downward Slide), commissioned anonymously for Emily May Fantasia for Flute and Piano, commissioned by Jack Lachter for the Beverly Hills International Music Festival Music for the Blue Rose, for Piano, Violin, Cello, and Mixed Chorus, commissioned for the Blue Rose Trio and the Choral Society of Southern California by Wilbur Richardson *Shir HaShirim, for tenor and mezzo soloists mixed chorus and string quartet, commissioned by Wilbur Richardson for the Los Angeles Zimriyah Chorale and Sinai Temple of Los Angeles RECENT PUBLICATIONS* *Choral Music in the Nineteenth Century* (Amadeus Press, 2008) *Dvorák's* Saint Ludmila: Genesis, Premiere, and Aftermath (American Choral Review, Winter/Spring 2006) *Hallelujah: 36 Great Sacred Choruses, booklet notes for EMI 2-CD compilation set (April 2004) RECENT RECORDINGS* *Christmas, consultant on Kimberly Locke's (American Idol) 2007 Holiday album The Nativity Story, choral conductor (New Line Cinema, 2006) Max Helfman: Die Naye Hagode, conductor (Naxos American Classics, 2006) RECENT REVIEWS WRITTEN* "Gurrelieder" in the Walt Disney Hall, a review of the Los Angeles Philharmonic performance at ACDA Convention (American Choral Review, Summer/Fall 2005) COMPOSITIONS PUBLISHED BY ECS Publishing Emerson Music Oxford University Press Shawnee Press PHOTOS FROM THE ARCHIVE 5Nick Strimple with harpsichordist David Lowe at the World Premiere of Strimple's Harpsichord Concerto in Amarillo, Texas, 2007. 5Backstage with Martin Sheen at a concert in Beverly Hills, 1999. 5Strimple taking bows with Nuremberg Symphony following a concert, 1990. 5Nick Strimple with James Stewart in Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church, 1985. 5(l-r) Rand Harris, Alberto Mizrahi, Nick Strimple, Joe Gole, Ofer Barnoy, David Lefkowitz and Raphael Frieder at the 56th Annual Cantors Assembly, 2003 5Composer William Hilsley and Nick Strimple following a concert in Amsterdam, 1999.
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