Vertical Song I

SKU: HL.244904

8.25x12.0x0.508 inches.

Quilting, co-commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is my first stand alone work for orchestraand is loosely inspired by the American tradition of quilt making. I composed Quilting while living most of last year in Paris.During my time there, I thought a lot about what it means to compose symphonic music as a young American in the 21st century, when so many of the many masterworks which are programmed year in and out by orchestras across the country are European. I considered which artistic traditions defined the American 19th-century. I began to think of the American crafts-tradition of quilting as a foilto the high-art tradition of European orchestral composition. As the score for my new work began to take shape, I started thinking about the manuscript itself as an object, its vertical and horizontal planes create a kind of patterned geometry of their own. Visually the way a musical score is woven together like patchwork brought to mind quilts and the great American tradition of quilting. I imagined about how conducting an orchestra can feellike stitching a piece together, or sewing together a large number of musical ideas and musicians into a coherent and transcendent whole. Quilting was an integral part of American vernacular in the 18th and 19th centuries, the African-American quilting tradition is especially fascinating, and the quilts tell the stories of the women and communities who made them. The names of the quilt patterns themselves can have their own sense of narrative: 'jacobs ladder', 'drunkards path', 'solomon's puzzle', and (my favorite for its relevance to this piece) 'the road to California. - Bryce Dessner.

SKU: WD.080689550232

UPC: 080689550232.

O for a thousand tongues to sing the glories of our Lord God Almighty! Inspired by one of the great hymns of the church, 1000 Tongues is the perfect call to worship for any service! A new song from Vertical Church Band and a pullout from Cliff Duren’s More Gathering Songs, this exciting, new arrangement exemplifies Psalm 145: “I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever.”< /p>

SKU: PR.14440722S

UPC: 680160669752. 9 x 12 inches.

Felder weds a string quartet with pre-recorded track for a contemplative, contemporary performance piece. Netivot was commissioned by New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Helen F. Whitaker Fund, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and the New York State Council on the Arts. Felder: The overall title refers to spiritual pathways, connections among many identifiable nodal points, or regions, each one a continuity of experiencing, not an aim in itself. The first movement works with powers of concentration and fine attention; the second movement responds to an unfolding metaphoric, imagistic landscape as a consequent of the first movement and begins to develop rudimentary song from an intonation of specific scale points and formants--musical objects as things arise and disappear; and in the last movement, the linear becomes vertical in two chorales; The third movement's title refers to pillars of cloud and of fire. Each region has its own feel, but all of the individual phrases and materials are made of the same basic stuff. (Edge of the Center, June, 2016).

SKU: PR.144407220

UPC: 680160669745. 9 x 12 inches.

Felder weds a string quartet with pre-recorded track for a contemplative, contemporary performance piece. Netivot was commissioned by New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Helen F. Whitaker Fund, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and the New York State Council on the Arts. Felder: The overall title refers to spiritual pathways, connections among many identifiable nodal points, or regions, each one a continuity of experiencing, not an aim in itself. The first movement works with powers of concentration and fine attention; the second movement responds to an unfolding metaphoric, imagistic landscape as a consequent of the first movement and begins to develop rudimentary song from an intonation of specific scale points and formants--musical objects as things arise and disappear; and in the last movement, the linear becomes vertical in two chorales; The third movement's title refers to pillars of cloud and of fire. Each region has its own feel, but all of the individual phrases and materials are made of the same basic stuff. (Edge of the Center, June, 2016).

SKU: LP.OR-2621

UPC: 765762078000.

A beautiful song of passionate vertical worship in an easily attainable setting. Honest expressive and powerful.

SKU: WD.080689686238

UPC: 080689686238.

Ye s I Will, a song of promise and hope, is a gentle and uplifting reminder that no matter where we are, no matter what is happening in our lives, no matter the trials we may be facing, our God never fails… In our waiting, lowest points, and heavy hearts, we can still sing for joy in the Lord…the One thing we can always count on. Made popular by Vertical Worship and specially arranged and orchestrated by Daniel Semsen, this anthem will meet each person in your congregation where they are and give them hope in the One who will work all things out for our good.