| Comment: Re: Holiday Suggestions for Treble/High School Women's Choir and Orchestra | Ryan James Brandau | May 17, 2012 |
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Rose,
I have an arrangement that combines Still, Still, Still and Silent Night, for women's choir and orchestra. I also have an arrangement of Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, for women's choir and orchestra. I also have a version of O Holy Night that might work for you. Contact me at ryanbrandau... |
| Concert: Motets and Madrigals with Simon Carrington - Choral Festival at Santa Clara University | Ryan James Brandau | March 15, 2012 |
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Dear Choral Colleagues,
This Saturday, March 17, Santa Clara University will host a Choral Invitational Festival on the SCU campus -- Motets and Madrigals with Simon Carrington.
The festival culminates with... |
| Concert: Santa Clara University presents Illuminations | Ryan James Brandau | March 7, 2012 |
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Friday, March 9, 7:30 pm, in the Mission Santa Clara
The Santa Clara Concert Choir and Chamber Singers present Illuminations: Contrasts of Dark and Light
Ryan James Brandau, Director of Choral Activities
Dan Cromeenes, Accompanist
Program:
I. Evening Shadows
Abendli... |
| Comment: Re: Clinics/Workshops | Ryan James Brandau | March 7, 2012 |
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Dear Jeremy,
Dan Bara is fantastic, and I'm sure you'll have a rewarding experience with him. For further opportunities, I'm happy to suggest the Westminster Chamber Choir and Westminster Choral Festival, held each summer at Westminster Choir College in NJ. While the program is not geared s... |
| Comment: Re: Straightforward treble arrangement of Star Spangled Banner | Ryan James Brandau | December 10, 2011 |
| I have a version for SSAA that I can send for perusal. Email
me at ryanbrandau(a)gmail.com.
Thanks!
Ryan Brandau |
| Comment: Re: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas arrangement | Ryan James Brandau | October 30, 2011 |
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Dear Ethan,
I can recommend my own arrangement. You can listen to it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCFChgHhjfU
Please email me at ryanbrandau@gmail.com if interested.
Thanks!
Ryan Brandau
Director of Choral Activities, Santa Clara University
Artistic Direc... |
| Comment: Re: Favorite benedictions | Ryan James Brandau | October 15, 2011 |
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I've always enjoyed the variuos Rutter benedictions -- The Lord Bless You and Keep You, Gaelic Blessing, God Be in My Head, and my favorite, the Clare Benediction. I grew up ending every performance with the Lutkin benediction, in the style of Westminster, and I'll second Mr Larson's recommendatio... |
| Comment: Re: Looking for Multimetered Song for Choral recital | Ryan James Brandau | October 2, 2011 |
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I'm always a fan of Herbert Howells' A Spotless Rose. Beautiful.
RJB
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| Concert: Santa Clara Chorale 2011-2012 Season | Ryan James Brandau | September 23, 2011 |
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The Santa Clara Chorale invites you to join us as we celebrate 50 years of creating beautiful music!
In 1962, David Wilson started a choir that would become the Santa Clara Chorale. For the last fifty years, under the batons of Dr. Wilson, Lynn Shurtleff, Thomas Colohan, and curre... |
| Comment: Re: A cappella Easter rep | Ryan James Brandau | September 23, 2011 |
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Check out O Filii et Filiae, by (German!) Volckmar Leisring (d. ~1635). Not high baroque, if that's what you were looking for, but instead in the late renaissance/early baroque polychoral style (like Gabrieli, Hassler, or even Monteverdi). It has some exciting rhythms and upbeat "alleluias" throug... |
| Comment: Re: Easier works for double chorus | Ryan James Brandau | August 23, 2011 |
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I'll second the Mendelssohn and the Stanford!
You might also consider excerpting a chorus from Handel's Israel in Egypt. Marvelous choruses. "He Gave Them Hailstones for Rain" is easy, very obviously in two choirs, and a lot of fun. GIA publishes it as a separate octavo.
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| Comment: Re: Positive/continuo organ purchase | Ryan James Brandau | August 19, 2011 |
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Hi Jamie,
How fortunate for you and Tufts that you are in the market for a continuo organ! I haven't had the institutional funds to purchase one myself, but have sung with, rented, and had to haul/move several different instruments over the years. I thought I'd offer a few considerations...... |
| Comment: Re: Lullabies from around the world for treble or women's voices | Ryan James Brandau | August 8, 2011 |
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I have a lovely arrangement of the Polish carol, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly for women's voices. I would be happy to pass along a score. Just send me a message.
For a touch of humor, I ended a set of lullabies with my women's group with Michele Weir's fabulous arrangement of Rockabye Baby. ... |
| Comment: Re: Perfect Pitch | Ryan James Brandau | August 2, 2011 |
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This discussion has been very interesting to read, but also very frustrating. I have perfect pitch and have had it, I suppose, for as long as I can remember. I have also been singing in choirs for as long as I can remember. This has never been a curse and has only occasionally been a blessing. ... |
| Comment: Re: Christmas "Star" pieces | Ryan James Brandau | June 29, 2011 |
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I'm not sure how "carol-y" you'd like the pieces to be or how keen you are on Latin. But I'm a nut for Renaissance music, and there are plenty of fabulous motets composed for Epiphany about "stella" or "stellam." I'm also have a soft spot for old-fashioned English cathedral music. Thus most of my... |
| Comment: Re: Rep for Women's Chorus and Orchestra | Ryan James Brandau | June 18, 2011 |
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Look no further than Rheinberger's Mass in A, Op 126. Absolutely gorgeous, with writing very much in the style of Brahms (one could even mistake it for Brahms). The Sanctus, in particular, is radiant. It appears most often as SSA and organ, but it is available for SSA, flute, strings, and organ ... |
| Comment: Re: Looking for nice Christmas arrangements | Ryan James Brandau | June 15, 2011 |
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Hi Phyllis,
I have a lovely arrangement of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (SATB a cappella). I also have an accompanied arrangement of Home for the Holidays that includes I'll Be Home for Christmas as a descant and then layers the two tunes on top of each other. It was commissioned ... |
| Concert: Santa Clara Chorale presents Handel's Israel in Egypt - Santa Clara, CA, May 14 | Ryan James Brandau | May 12, 2011 |
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The Santa Clara Chorale wraps up a splendid and varied season with G. F. Handel's magnificent oratorio, Israel in Egypt. Join the Santa Clara Chorale, the Concert Choir of Santa Clara University, and the Jubilate Baroque orchestra in the historic Mission Santa Clara for this l... |
| Comment: Re: Favorite acappella SATB of Star Spangled Banner | Ryan James Brandau | February 8, 2011 |
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Hi Rusell,
I made an arrangement for my Chamber Singers to use at a basketball game last year that works well. Jazz influenced, big ending, etc. If you're interested, please email me at ryanbrandau@gmail.com.
Thanks
Ryan
Director of Choral Activities, Santa Clara University
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| Comment: Re: Why do most american choral conductors ignore the period 1500-1700? | Ryan James Brandau | February 11, 2010 |
| Robert Whyte is not only the author of the original post but also a fabulous Renaissance composer whose lamentations are second to none! The Christe Qui Lux is also marvelous.
Thank you for raising this issue. I agree that it's a pity that more Renaissance music is not sung for two big reasons 1)... |
| Comment: Re: Repertoire for Pentecost Sunday | Ryan James Brandau | February 11, 2010 |
| It simply doesn't get any better than Tallis' Loquebantur Variis Linguis.
Ryan Brandau
Santa Clara, CA |
| Comment: Re: Will the Apple "iPad" Revolutionize Music Publishing? | Ryan James Brandau | January 28, 2010 |
| If you're interested in this technology, check out the musicpad. http://corporate.freehandmusic.com/ Unlike some of the tablets shown in the youtube video, it doesn't require an external hookup to a laptop. Freehand music carries more than 130,000 titles of music (including choral music) that can... |
| Comment: Re: Collegiate SA Music | Ryan James Brandau | January 13, 2010 |
| I worked with a collegiate women's choir for a few years, and of the two-part, non-Latin repertoire that we performed by composers other than those you mentioned, they particularly enjoyed Whitacre's Five Hebrew Lovesongs. There's a great duet by Bach from Cantata 78 ("Wir Eilen mit Schwachen") th... |
| Comment: Re: Jazzy "O Christmas Tree" | Ryan James Brandau | October 17, 2009 |
| Dear Victoria,
I have a somewhat jazzy arrangement that might work really well for you. Please email me at ryanbrandau@gmail.com and I will send you a pdf.
Thanks,
Ryan |
| Comment: Re: Works for Choir and BRASS QUNITET | Ryan James Brandau | August 8, 2009 |
| I have done Sweelinck's Hodie Christus Natus Est with brass (trumpet, trumpet, horn, trombone, trombone) doubling the choral parts. Most editions of the piece are in B flat, which worked well for the brass players. The brass doubling enhanced the fanfare-like quality of the choral piece beautifully... |
| Concert: Valley Voices present "The Sky Above" | Ryan James Brandau | May 22, 2009 |
| The Valley Voices, a chamber chorus in western MA's Pioneer Valley, will present "The Sky Above: a celebration of English song," under the direction of Deanna Joseph and Ryan James Brandau, artistic directors.
Sunday, May 24th at 3 p.m. in St. Mary's church, Northampton (at Main Street and State ... |
