Featured CHORAL and VOCAL scores

Choral / Vocal scores
What is Passion? (SATB)
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What is Passion? (SATB)

ca. 7:20

Words and music by Alex Eddington, assembled from contributions by members of the choir

A Present From a Small Distant World (SATB / TTBB / SSAA)
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A Present From a Small Distant World (SATB / TTBB / SSAA)

ca. 5:00

Text from a speech by Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the USA

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Barter - (SATB with divisi)

ca. 4:15

Text by Sara Teasdale

Illustration from Wild Berries / Pawka Che Menisu by Julie Flett. Used with permission.
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Picking Wild Berries (SATB choir, soprano solo)

ca. 5:00

Text by Julie Flett

Boy With Orange (Out of Kosovo) - (SATB / SAB / SSAA / TTBB / SSA + piano)
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Boy With Orange (Out of Kosovo) - (SATB / SAB / SSAA / TTBB / SSA + piano)

ca. 4:00

Text by Lotte Kramer

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Light Looked Down (SSATB)

SSATB choir a capella

duration: ca. 7:30

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Lyre (SATB, optional piano)

ca. 6:00

Text by the composer

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What Sweeter Music - (SATB and brass quintet or organ)

ca. 4:00

Text by Robert Herrick

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Two Views on War (SATB choir a capella)

ca. 4:00

Texts by Ebeneezer Elliott and Edward Fitzgerald

Sonnet XVIII (vocal solo)
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Sonnet XVIII (vocal solo)

ca. 4:30

Solo soprano/tenor (high voice) or mezzo soprano (other transpositions available by request)

Text by William Shakespeare

Featured INSTRUMENTAL scores

Instrumental scores
Humoresque (viola and piano)
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Humoresque (viola and piano)
gibbons vs. Gibbons (string quartet)
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gibbons vs. Gibbons (string quartet)

for string quartet

ca. 3:15

Watershed (violin duet)
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Watershed (violin duet)

Duet for 2 violins (one beginner, one advanced)

ca. 13:00 total

7 short movements, can be performed individually

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FLIGHT of the HAWKS (flex ensemble)

Concert Band (Grade 2)

ca. 3:30

Dusty Miller March (flex ensemble)
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Dusty Miller March (flex ensemble)

Version for Flex Ensemble (5 parts + optional percussion)

2:30

Eight Dudes (solo trumpet, multiple instruments)
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Eight Dudes (solo trumpet, multiple instruments)

8 miniature pieces.

Solos on B-flat trumpet, B-flat cornet, E-flat trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn

ca. 10:00

RECORDINGS featuring Alex’s music

NEWS

News
"Scintillator" in a new voice
"Scintillator" in a new voice
gibbons vs Gibbons - hilarious new music video released!
gibbons vs Gibbons - hilarious new music video released!
Podcast feature on Odin Quartet album, including "gibbons vs. Gibbons"
Podcast feature on Odin Quartet album, including "gibbons vs. Gibbons"
(Re)watch the Album Launch!
(Re)watch the Album Launch!
First album review - and it's in Dutch!
First album review - and it's in Dutch!
Grand Salto Theatre releases 5 videos: "BeeBo and Bop at Home"
Grand Salto Theatre releases 5 videos: "BeeBo and Bop at Home"
"Big Muddy" released on new junctQìn album
"Big Muddy" released on new junctQìn album
Workshops in music, drama and creativity available online, starting Fall 2020
Workshops in music, drama and creativity available online, starting Fall 2020

UPCOMING EVENTS

PAST EVENTS

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The Lost Words - Elektra Women's Choir
Mar 8
The Lost Words - Elektra Women's Choir

Repeat performance of The Lost Words: a Spell Book

Music by 10 Canadian composers including “Acorn” and "Magpie” by Alex Eddington

Text and images by Robert MacFarlane

Text and images by Robert MacFarlane

20 pieces by 10 Canadian composers

World premiere of “Acorn” and “Magpie” by Alex Eddington

The Lost Words: a Spell Book - text and images by Robert MacFarlane

Composers: Carmen Braden, Alex Eddington, Nicholas Ryan Kelly, Katerina Gimon, Ramona Luengen, Don Macdonald, Monica Pearce, Marie-Claire Saindon, Rodney Sharman, Stephen Smith 

Elektra Women’s Choir

Morna Edmundson, Artistic Director

Look Up - KC VITAs choir performing "A Present From a Small Distant World"
May 31
Look Up - KC VITAs choir performing "A Present From a Small Distant World"

Join KC VITAs and the Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium for "Look Up" as they combine the fruits of the composer's labor with the views and phenomena that inspired them. This unique and immersive experience will have viewers traveling through the galaxies while enjoying live, brand new choral music by some of Kansas City's finest singers.

Podium 2024 interest session: Drama Games for Choirs (virtual)
May 17
Podium 2024 interest session: Drama Games for Choirs (virtual)

In this energetic and interactive session, participants will learn many quick activities to inject energy and focus into rehearsals. This collection of theatre games by Augusto Boal and Viola Spolin - as well as "ear cleaning" activities by composer R. Murray Schafer - has been handpicked and adapted for use with choirs of any age. Circle games, partner games, improv structures and listening challenges: all of these can build musical skills and confidence - and they are FUN. Participants will receive a bilingual handout with game instructions and additional resources.

The Lost Words U.K. Tour! - Elektra Women's Choir
Jun 19
The Lost Words U.K. Tour! - Elektra Women's Choir

U.K. Tour of The Lost Words: a Spell Book

Music by 10 Canadian composers including “Acorn” and "Magpie” by Alex Eddington

Text and images by Robert MacFarlane

Text and images by Robert MacFarlane

20 pieces by 10 Canadian composers

World premiere of “Acorn” and “Magpie” by Alex Eddington

The Lost Words: a Spell Book - text and images by Robert MacFarlane

Composers: Carmen Braden, Alex Eddington, Nicholas Ryan Kelly, Katerina Gimon, Ramona Luengen, Don Macdonald, Monica Pearce, Marie-Claire Saindon, Rodney Sharman, Stephen Smith 

Elektra Women’s Choir

Morna Edmundson, Artistic Director

i Choristi Chamber Choir performs "A Present From a Small Distant World"
May 28
i Choristi Chamber Choir performs "A Present From a Small Distant World"

Canadian premiere!

On this unique evening, appreciate the insights of our masterful tour guide Dr. Sharon Morsink, as she ushers us through her world of astrophysics in a series of captivating mini-lectures. 

Complement the experience with transcendently beautiful music selections that were inspired by the same awe-inspiring extra-terrestrial subjects. 

Boy with Orange - performed by Serenata Singers
May 11
Boy with Orange - performed by Serenata Singers
Toronto Consort: Celestial Revolutions
May 3
Toronto Consort: Celestial Revolutions

The heavens changed and astronomer Tycho Brahe was the first to notice. Join us for an exploration of his fascinating life and times, with a world premiere of a new commission by Canadian composer Alex Eddington, featuring cymbalom master Richard Moore, actor and singer (baritone) Olivier Laquerre, and direction by Tyler Seguin.