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 EVENTS REVIEWS AVAILABILITY CONTACT PRESS CLIPS HOME	Select a category below to review \| PUBLISHED COMPOSITIONS \| RECORDINGS BOOKS & ARTICLES EDITIONS REVIEWS WRITTEN FILM & TELEVISION CREDITS Instrumental works *Fantasia for Flute and Piano* (6:30’) [nlsMusic)#NLS-02-001] *Harpsichord Concerto* (19’) solo harpsichord, flute, oboe, bassoon, percussion (one player), 2 violins, viola, cello, string bass [nlsMusic] *Music for the Blue Rose* (25’) violin, cello, piano, soprano, and mixed chamber chorus [nlsMusic] Three Contemplations on Southern Folk Hymns (4:40, 4:00, 3:40’) (Weeping Mary; Jesus is my friend; Wondrous Love) for organ [ECS Publishing #1.3357] 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) #1.3084] *Mother and Child* (A Christmas Mobile) (28.30’) 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 [nlsMusic) #NLS-00-027 vocal score; #NLS-00-027A full score; #NLS-00-027B instrumental score] (movements also published separately and listed below with published anthems) *Pirke Avot* (17’) for Cantor (tenor), mixed chorus, and Baroque ensemble (2 oboes, 1 bassoon, strings and harpsichord) [nlsMusic] Anthems and Partsongs *A Christmas Lullaby* mezzo solo, unison chorus and piano (or orchestra) #5 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) [nlsMusic) #NLS-00-022] *Alas and Did My Saviour Bleed* soprano solo, mixed chorus and organ [Warner (CPP-Belwin, now Alfred Publishers) #GCMR 3400] *Annunciation* mezzo solo, mixed chorus and piano (or orchestra) #2 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) [nlsMusic #NLS-00-019] Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing mixed chorus, optional handbells and organ [H. T. Fitzsimons Co. (Shawnee) #F2300] *Daily Prayer* SATB, optional congregation, organ from Five Easy Hymn-Anthems on Original Texts and Tunes [nlsMusic #NLS-00-013] *God Is Love, His Mercy Brightens* SATB, organ [nlsMusic #NLS-00-010] *God Is with Us* unison chorus with descant, optional congregation, organ from Five Easy Hymn-Anthems on Original Texts and Tunes [nlsMusic #NLS-00-015] *Hail Sacred Feast* SATB and organ [ECS (Galaxy) #1.2998] *Hodie* mixed chorus (div.), handbells and piano (or orchestra) #4 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) [nlsMusic #NLS-00-021] *I Sing the Birth* baritone solo and piano (or orchestra) #6 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) [published with Make We Joy] [nlsMusic #NLS-00-023] *I Will Praise Thee, O Lord, with My Whole Heart* SATB, organ and optional handbells and brass parts [ECS (Galaxy) #1.2999, Brass Parts #1.2947] *Lord, Bless and Consider Us* SATB and organ [nlsMusic #NLS-00-008] *Lord, for Thy Tender Mercy's Sake* SATB, unaccompanied [Southern Music Company (San Antonio) #SC247] *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 [nlsMusic #NLS-00-014] *Magnificat* mezzo solo and piano (or orchestra) #3 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) [nlsMusic #NLS-00-020] *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] [nlsMusic #NLS-00-023] *Music for the Blue Rose -* Vocal Score (second and fourth movements) [nlsMusic] *O Come, O Come Emmanuel* baritone solo, mixed chorus and piano (or orchestra) #1 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) [nlsMusic #NLS-00-018] *Psalm 133: Behold, How Good and Pleasant* SATB (div.) [Oxford University Press #94.365] *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) [nlsMusic #NLS-00-025] *Teach Us, O Lord* 2-part or 4-part chorus, optional congregation, organ from Five Easy Hymn-Anthems on Original Texts and Tunes [nlsMusic #NLS-00-017] *There's a Wideness in God's Mercy* SATB, organ [nlsMusic #NLS-00-009] *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 #9780193861428] *Tomorrow* mixed chorus [Mark Foster Music Co. (Shawnee) #MF 172] *Two Canonic Choruses* SATB In Heavenly Love Abiding O Quam Gloriosum [Southern Music Company (San Antonio) #SC218] *Two Songs from Psalm 116* SATB (div.) I Love the Lord What Shall I Render to the Lord? [Southern Music Company (San Antonio) #SC219] *Ubi Caritas* SATB chorus (or ATB or SAB) and clarinet [Oxford University Press #9780193861411] Valley of Bones (5:50’) for speaker, mixed chorus and organ [ECS Publishing #1.3358] *What Shall I Render to My God?* SATB, optional congregation, organ from Five Easy Hymn-Anthems on Original Texts and Tunes [nlsMusic #NLS-00-016] *When I Survey the Wondrous Cross* (5’) SATB, baritone solo and organ [nlsMusic] [Recorded on Music & Arts 4921 (Koch) #NMCH169]	RECENT PREMIERES Pirke Avot, commissioned by the family of Karl Josephy. Premiered on 22 November 2009 at Congregation Ner Tamid in Palos Verdes Estates. Performed by the Los Angeles Zimriyah Chorale, Lauren Buckley (soprano) and Cantor Samuel Radwine. Music for the Blue Rose, commissioned by Wilbur Richardson. Premiered at the University of Southern California on 1 November 2009. Fantasia for Flute and Piano, commissioned by Jack Lachter for the August 2008 Beverly Hills International Music Festival Susan Greenberg, flute Valeria Morgovsky, piano. Three Sexton Songs (Anne Struggles with the Downward Slide) St. Paul's Music Festival in Worcester, MA in June 2008 Emily May, soprano. *In My Craft or Sullen Art* (text by Dylan Thomas) Performed February 2008 by the Frost Women's Chorale at the University of Miami, conducted by Coreen Duffy. Harpsichord Concerto Premiered February 2007 in Amarillo, Texas by members of the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra David Lowe, harpsichord. RECENT COMMISSIONS Mother of God for women's chorus and piano, commissioned for the University of Southern California Thornton Orianna Choir. RECENT PUBLICATIONS *Choral Music in the Nineteenth Century* (Amadeus Press, 2008) *Dvořák's* Saint Ludmila: Genesis, Premiere, and Aftermath (American Choral Review, Winter/Spring 2006) RECENT MUSIC PUBLICATIONS Pirke Avot, for Cantor, mixed chorus and Baroque ensemble, published by nlsMusic, 2010. Nativities, for soloists, mixed chorus,organ and orchestra, published by nlsMusic, 2010. Valley of Bones, for speaker, mixed chorus, congretation and organ. Published by ECS Publishing 2009. Mother and Child, for mezzo and baritone soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra, published by nlsMusic, 2008. Three Contemplations on Southern Folk Hymns, for organ, published by ECS Publishing, 2008. *When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, for baritone solo, mixed chorus and organ. Published by National Music Company 2006. (Distributed by nlsMusic) 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 Laurendale Associates Oxford University Press Shawnee Press PHOTOS FROM THE ARCHIVE § Nick Strimple with harpsichordist David Lowe at the World Premiere of Strimple's Harpsichord Concerto in Amarillo, Texas, 2007. § Backstage with Martin Sheen at a concert in Beverly Hills, 1999. § Strimple taking bows with Nuremberg Symphony following a concert, 1990. § Nick Strimple with James Stewart in Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church, 1985. § (l-r) Rand Harris, Alberto Mizrahi, Nick Strimple, Joe Gole, Ofer Barnoy, David Lefkowitz and Raphael Frieder at the 56th Annual Cantors Assembly, 2003. § Composer William Hilsley and Nick Strimple following a concert in Amsterdam, 1999.
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