Music on our fall concert pt. 2: Nebraska Wesleyan Composers

I am so excited to share two pieces with you today that will be featured on the fall concert. Both composers Boyd Bacon and Jean Henderson have strong ties to Lincoln Choral Artists through our long relationship with Nebraska Wesleyan University. Featuring these composers connects directly to our season theme "Sowing the Seeds of Music in Nebraska" and our focus on the city of Lincoln at our fall concert "A Capitol City Choirs Concert."

Boyd's biography can be found at http://www.alfred.com/Company/Authors/BoydBacon.aspx

We are performing an unpublished work titled "Nebraskaland Collage." This piece deftly combines the state song of Nebraska, "Beautiful Nebraska" and the American hymn "America the Beautiful."
In our performance the Sacred Arts Home School Children's choir will sing many of the sections on America the Beautiful while the combined forces of the Lincoln Choral Artists and the Lincoln Lutheran Choir will sing Beautiful Nebraska. This piece shows Boyd's ability to write in a beautiful choral voicing and full, rich piano accompaniment.




Jean Henderson has an excellent article in the Journal Star from her retirement in 2012.
http://journalstar.com/entertainment/music/nwu-choir-to-pay-tribute-to-retiring-music-professor/article_2ac5c5b1-801c-59ae-8664-0b284b7db69f.html

We will be performing her arrangement of "The Ash Grove." This arrangement uses the familiar folk tune and text. In the middle verse the rhythm is offset and feels syncopated by adopting a duple time signature.

We are so pleased to feature these Lincoln composers in November!