O Gracious Light - Gwyneth Walker
for SSA Chorus (Women or Children) and Organ with opt. Timpani
O Gracious Light from Bethesda Evensong
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Gwyneth Walker
for SSA Chorus (Women or Children) and Organ with opt. Timpani
Widely performed throughout the country, the music of American composer Gwyneth Walker is beloved by performers and audiences alike for its energy, beauty, reverence, drama, and humor. Dr. Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947) is a graduate of Brown University and the Hartt School of Music. She holds B.A., M.M., and D.M.A. degrees in Music Composition. A former faculty member of the Oberlin College Conservatory, she resigned from academic employment in 1982 in order to pursue a career as a full-time composer. For nearly 30 years, she lived on a dairy farm in Braintree, Vermont. She now divides her time between her childhood hometown of New Canaan, Connecticut, and the musical community of Randolph, Vermont.
Gwyneth Walker has been a proud resident of Vermont for many years, and she is the recipient of the 2000 “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Vermont Arts Council as well as the 2008 “Athenaeum Award for Achievement in the Arts and Humanities” from the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. In 2012, she was elected as a Fellow of the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences. She also received the 2018 “Alfred Nash Patterson Lifetime Achievement Award” from Choral Arts New England.
A composer since age two, Gwyneth Walker has always placed great value on active collaboration with musicians. Over the decades, she has traveled to many states to work with instrumental and choral ensembles, soloists, and educational institutions as they rehearse and perform her music. A number of these visits have developed into ongoing relationships. In 2018, Walker was named Composer-inResidence for the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra in Petoskey, Michigan.
Walker’s catalog includes over 350 commissioned works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, chorus, and solo voice. A special interest has been dramatic works that combine music with readings, acting, and movement. The music of Gwyneth Walker is published by E. C. Schirmer (choral/vocal/instrumental music) and Lauren Keiser Music (orchestral/instrumental music).
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For more information, visit her website at: www.gwynethwalker.com
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O Gracious Light
from Bethesda Evensong
for Three-part Chorus of Treble Voices, Gwyneth Walker
heav en, OJe sus Christ, ho ly and blessed!
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Now as we come to the set ting of the sun,and our eyes be hold the ves per
light, we sing your prais es, O God.
Fa ther, Son and Ho lySpir it,
Fa ther, Son and Ho lySpir it, Fa ther Son and Ho ly Spir it, Fa ther, Son and Ho ly Spir it,
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