Gwyneth Walker

Eine Suite von 5 kurzen "Exkursionen", inspiriert von den Wanderwegen und dem offenen Land in der Heimatstadt des Komponisten, New Canaan, Connecticut. Ausgewählte Texte von Henry David Thoreau wurden...

The Peacemakers is inspired by Leymah Gbowee's book, Mighty Be Our Powers the story of Leymah's organizing the Liberian women into peaceful protest against the Liberian dictator, Charles Taylor. Ultim...

This short musical greeting is based on the Shaker song A Cup of Rejoicing. Joyous and celebratory, the tempo is quick and the style is playful. The strings often have upbow gestures, and even upbow g...

Ready to Swing! ist eine einzigartige Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Komponistin Dr. Gwyneth Walker und der Saxe Middle School 6th Grade Band und ist ein lebendiges, vom Jazz inspiriertes Stück voller En...

Ready to Swing! ist eine einzigartige Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Komponistin Dr. Gwyneth Walker und der Saxe Middle School 6th Grade Band und ist ein lebendiges, vom Jazz inspiriertes Stück voller En...

A creative and jazzy multi-movement work based on the poems of noted African American poet Nikki Giovanni. The pieces combine humor with deep thought that will move both the singers and the audience.

A setting of a poem by Nikki Giovanni that focuses on a young person's desire to play first chair. Part of a larger work entitled 'Shoe Jazz.'

A haunting setting which is definitely for a reflective, memorial or commemorative type of occasion. The text is by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and is set for SATB chorus (unaccompanied, no divisi.) D minor...

Commissioned by a choral society in memory of their beloved accompanist, this is an SATB divisi unaccompanied setting of a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The text remembers a departed friend through...

Walt Whitman’s poem “I Hear America Singing” (excerpted from Leaves of Grass), with its many references to men singing at their work, seems best suited to the direct and forceful character of unaccomp...