"The Tyger" is dedicated to my daughter, Salima Rain, who asked me if I might try setting this remarkable William Blake POEM to music, a daunting thought, to say the least. But I took on the challenge and here is the result. As always, comments are ...  more"The Tyger" is dedicated to my daughter, Salima Rain, who asked me if I might try setting this remarkable William Blake POEM to music, a daunting thought, to say the least. But I took on the challenge and here is the result. As always, comments are most welcomed. Email me at rain@magma.ca, if you'd like more info. I would like to acknowledge the a cappella choir that I sing in, The Stairwell Carollers, and our director Pierre Massie, for their musical inspiration these past 26 years. And with deepest appreciation to my brother Adam Rain and my friend Geneviève Lajoie for their invaluable support throughout my composing journey.  less

A setting of the POEM Early Summer by Australian poet Charles Harpur (1813 - 1868). 22 February 2013. www.sherelleeyles.com

FREE sheet music! My latest composition for choir and piano, live on Swiss TV during the new festival 'Chanzun rumantscha'. "I vain prümavaira" - Spring is coming, a short and beautiful POEM in Romansh (by Louisa Famos), one of the descendant languages of...  moreFREE sheet music! My latest composition for choir and piano, live on Swiss TV during the new festival 'Chanzun rumantscha'. "I vain prümavaira" - Spring is coming, a short and beautiful POEM in Romansh (by Louisa Famos), one of the descendant languages of the spoken Latin and official 4th language of Switzerland. For S or SSA and piano.  

POEM by Marília Moreira (at age 15), music by Jorge Moreira, performed by the dwsChorale in slightly anglicized Brazilian Portuguese (!). The music is available for SSA ATB or soprano solo on cpld.org (Choral Public Domain Library)

Score (in versions for 3 sopranos, or 3 altos, or 3 tenors or 3 basses): A canon style hangover song after a POEM by Gavin Ewart, with kind permission from the poet and from Random House UK Ltd The music (in a three part equal voice canon) was composed ...  moreScore (in versions for 3 sopranos, or 3 altos, or 3 tenors or 3 basses): A canon style hangover song after a POEM by Gavin Ewart, with kind permission from the poet and from Random House UK Ltd The music (in a three part equal voice canon) was composed and performed by David W Solomons  

World Premiere of "Herself a Rose" by Robert Convery written in honor or Acappellago's 15th season.. Based on a POEM by Christina Rosetti. Sunday, December 4, 2016 Congregational Church of Batavia, IL

The Blue Bird POEM by Mary Coleridge Music by Charles Villiers Stanford (also known under the pseudonym Karel Drofnatski!!) Performed (transposed down a bit) by the dwsChorale (one-man multitrack choir)

A setting for four equal voices of the parody by Rev George Strong on Longfellow's Hiawatha POEM. The music is almost, but not quite, a canon... Versions are available in B flat mixolydian and in C mixolydian. (ie major with flattened 7th) When ...  moreA setting for four equal voices of the parody by Rev George Strong on Longfellow's Hiawatha POEM. The music is almost, but not quite, a canon... Versions are available in B flat mixolydian and in C mixolydian. (ie major with flattened 7th) When he killed the Mudjokivis, Of the skin he made him mittens, Made them with the fur side inside, Made them with the skin side outside. He, to get the warm side inside, Put the inside skin side outside; He, to get the cold side outside, Put the warm side fur side inside. That's why he put the fur side inside, Why he put the skin side outside, Why he turned them inside outside  less

This is based on the anonymous English POEM (with added 2nd verse by David Dunning) about a centipede who loses her concentration: Verse 1 A Centipede was happy quite Until a frog in fun said "Pray tell which leg comes after which?" (with a left r...  moreThis is based on the anonymous English POEM (with added 2nd verse by David Dunning) about a centipede who loses her concentration: Verse 1 A Centipede was happy quite Until a frog in fun said "Pray tell which leg comes after which?" (with a left right right left right) This raised her mind to such a pitch she lay distracted in a ditch Considering how to run. Verse 2 She stopped and thought and, mystified, Soliloquized on this; Put right foot first and found it left Her left leg wrong right side This raised her mind to such a pitch she lay distracted in a ditch Considering how to run.  less

Music: © Copyright 2017 by Highgate Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing Group. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Words: from the Polish POEM Zegar (The Clock) by Abramek Koplowicz. Translation by Sarah Lawson and Małgorzata Korasze...  moreMusic: © Copyright 2017 by Highgate Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing Group. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Words: from the Polish POEM Zegar (The Clock) by Abramek Koplowicz. Translation by Sarah Lawson and Małgorzata Koraszewska. © Copyright 1993 by Eliazer “Lolek” Grynfeld. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Eliazer “Lolek” Grynfeld, Sarah Lawson and Małgorzata Koraszewska. Performance by the women of The Singers conducted by Mathew Culloton. Used by permission of ECS Publishing Group.  less