Ken Sugita

Energetic tempo, soaring vocal lines, and unified rhythmic texture create a rousing setting of Schulze's text about Jager (hunters) roaming the forest. The strophic form and straightforward harmony ma...

Showing the strength of one voice, this song builds from a simple solo to contrapuntal lines. This powerful song is the theme song of the With One Voice organization, a group dedicated to preventing t...

Selected for the Jo-Michael Scheibe series, this may be the most powerful song of encouragement for men's choir on the planet. The William Ernest Henley poem sets the stage, but it is the dynamic musi...

The music and text of 'Crossing the Bar' evoke maritime themes of wind, waves, water and surf. The accompaniment represents the currents - both physical and emotional - that spirit us through mortalit...

Lux Veritatis (Licht der Wahrheit) bedient sich einer Synthese von Stilen, die von mittelalterlichem Organum und Plainsong bis hin zu Jazz, Filmmusik und sogar klassischem Rock reichen, um Ideen von F...

This well-known hymn, born in a time of crisis, is still relevant in our times. For SATB and piano, this arrangement is suitable for church, school, and community choirs.

Swiss composer Joachim Raff was born in Lachen in 1822, and during the course of his life he composed more than 200 works, including 11 symphonies. A romantic composer, he was strongly influenced by n...

Der deutsch-schweizerische Komponist Joachim Raff (1822-1882), der heute oft kontrovers betrachtet wird, weil nach seinem Tod Behauptungen aufgetaucht sind, er sei maßgeblich an der Entstehung von Wer...

Der deutsch-schweizerische Komponist Joachim Raff (1822-1882), der heute oft kontrovers betrachtet wird, weil nach seinem Tod Behauptungen aufgetaucht sind, er sei maßgeblich an der Entstehung von Wer...

Stilistisch stark von Liszt beeinflussten norddeutschen Schule zog es Raff auf Empfehlung von Mendelssohn 1850 nach Weimar, wo er als Direktor bis zu seinem Tode 1882 am Hoch'schen Konservatorium wirk...