Greg Gilpin: Let Music Live: Backing Tracks

This major choral work by Greg Gilpin is a moving tribute to our dreams and pursuits. With lyrics based on the words of “Rumi ” “Lao-Tzu” and “Thoreau ” Greg's original music and choralarrangement is full of emotional strength that paints the text with musical significance. A perfect graduation or end of year selection! “Live Your Dream” has been beautifully orchestrated by Steven Couch. Availableseparately: SATB TTBB StudioTrax CD Orchestration.

This is the third installment of the musical collections celebrating African American historical figures. Chronicling the lives and achievements of four famous African American musicians this collection contains songs that may beused individually or performed together with the rhyming script creating a mini-musical. Along with reproducible parts there are learning activities and games for each musician and with the rhyming narratives that precede eachsong memorizing facts becomes a snap! The songs are short and reflect the style of each musician: Scott Joplin • W.C. Handy • Duke Ellington • Ella Fitzgerald. Choreography by Greg Gilpin is also included.

Together We Sing Series-Let it weave throughout the tapestry of who we are. In all that life can give let music live. This is an inspirational theme for every choir and for celebrating the power of music in our lives world and throughout creation. A perfect closing number for anytime of year that will become a favorite for years to come.

Young and old alike will relate to the incredible lyrics and moving music of “Through the Eyes of a Child.” Burrows and Gilpin unite to craft a choral that is a moving reflection of childhood innocence and the value ofthat perspective – especially for adults. When you look at life through the eyes of a child: “that's when you truly live.” A wonderful multi-generational concert work that will inspire all. Available separately:SATB SAB 2-part StudioTrax CD.

Premiered at the Shawnee Press 75th Anniversary Concert at Carnegie Hall February 17th 2014 this powerful and inspirational work sings of hope described through the phases of life such as a newborn's cry the laughter of children the ashes of the fire of love that has died the quiet comfort of a dream. Set to haunting and dynamic music with piano or optional orchestration the gorgeous work comes to a moving conclusion of: Hope is not lost: hope is not gone. It is not dead: it still lives on. Hope will arise!