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ext: little town o ethlehem, How still we see thee lie! ove thy dee and dreamless slee he silent stars go y; Yet in thy dark streets shineth he everlasting Light; he hoes and ears o all the years re met in thee tonight. How silently, how silently, he wondrous git is given! o God imarts to human hearts he lessings o His heaven. No ear may hear His coming, ut in this world o sin, Where meek souls will receive Him still, he dear Christ enters in. holy Child o ethlehem! Descend to us, we ray; Cast out our sin, and enter in, e orn in us today. We hear the Christmas angels he great glad tidings tell; h, come to us, aide with us, ur Emmanuel! rom the comoser: o I m now one o those guys. s a singer, I would comlain when I saw a comoser reusing ast material that they wrote. s a comoser, I would comlain aout comosers reurosing old ieces or new roects. nd now I ve oined the clu. Way ack when, I wrote a iece or nton rmstrong and the t. la Choir called he Darkling hrush, on a oem y homas Hardy. It was one o my irst ieces or mixed choir, and I was retty hay (still am) with the melodies I wrote or that iece. ne day near Christmas, a decade later, I ound mysel humming the melody in the car, ut or some reason I sustituted the words or Little own o ethlehem. nd it worked! he text stress, the cadence, all o it! I decided on the sot that I wanted to reuse he Darkling hrush or a setting o the Christmas text. I treated hrush as raw material, and molded it to my new urose. I itched the idea around a it to eole in the usiness, ut ended u inishing it in my ree time. lthough the remiere o the iece was in 2016 at he chuert Clu in t. aul, MN, the real remiere (in my mind) was with o my riends, sitting around my kitchen tale, singing it through. nd so again, as I ind so oten, musical moments that stick with you do not take lace on stage. his was one o those moments, and I ll always rememer it. imothy C, akach, 2017 hillis rooks Reviewed as gorgeous (Washington ost) and stunning (Lawrence ournalworld), the music o imothy C. akach has risen ast in the concert world. lauded or his melodic lines and rich, intriguing harmonies, akach has received commissions rom the t. la and, Cantus, avia Winds, Lorelei Ensemle, ocalessence, the Deartolo erorming rts Center, he Rose Ensemle, and numerous other organizations. His comositions have een erormed on rairie Home Comanion, he oston os holiday tour, multile lltate and estival rograms and at venues such as the Lirary o Congress, Kennedy Center and Royal era House Muscat. He is a cocreator o the theatrical roduction o ll is Calm: the Christmas ruce o 191, y eter Rothstein. akach studied music comosition at t. la College, Northield, MN, where he graduated with honors. He has requent national work as a comoserinresidence, resenter, clinician and lecturer. He is a ulltime comoser and lives in Minneaolis with his wie and two sons.
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elected vocal works y imothy C. akach: Mixed oices Deth We Cannot ound, virahone, marima, large tom Worshier and a Man a caella ll the eautiul Names a caella ll isters and rothers, 2 trumets, organ nd I aw div. a caella s the un lower urns on Her God div, o. solo, soli, a caella he Darkling hrush (earthsongs), soli, a caella Eitah, viola Listen to the les div. a caella Neither ngels, Nor Demons, Nor owers (Grahite ulishing) a caella Nues rieatur: the erution o esuvius a caella ne oy old Me, iano omething here is Immortal a caella u Rahva Koda (he House o Your Kindred) a caella his lien Landscae, crotales, susended cymal, ass drum his mazing Lie (), iano o Live orever a caella was in the Moon o Wintertime (arr. Huron Carol) (Grahite ulishing) a caella We re Lost, We re Lucky, iano rele oices Men s oices nd I aw div. a caella Cassioeia a caella Duende, loor toms Goodye, hen choir, clarinet, iano Home on the Range (arr. merican olk ong) (Grahite ulishing) 2art trele, iano Queen o the Range (Grahite ulishing) choir, iano erenade (Grahite ulishing) a caella here is No Rose (Lorelei Ensemle), soli, a caella he treets o Laredo (arr. merican olk ong) (Grahite ulishing) Unison,, iano orn Ma (Grahite ulishing) 2art trele, iano ll Natures, Even Mine a caella Emty (ot. div), iano, ot. deme Go, hand drum, wood lock or claing Goodye, hen choir, clarinet, iano I Will Howl choir, iano or cello It Is Not the act hat I Will Die hat I Mind, iano Luceat Eis a caella Mad, iano Rough east (eremy D. ones Male Choral eries), ercussion alve Regina (Grahite ulishing) semichorus, a caela he Moved hrough the air (arr. Irish allad) (Neil. Kos Music Co.) a caella hings I Didn t Know I Loved (Grahite ulishing) a caella was in the Moon o Wintertime (arr. Huron Carol) (Grahite ulishing) a caella eni Creator iritus (Grahite ulishing) a caella What I Have Done (arr. mazing Grace/House o the Rising un) a caella Large Works he Longest Nights (ca. 21 ) rue North (ca. 16 ) We Made a Grave or Him, nd Her moke Rose U orever (ca. 10 ) Where eauty Comes rom (ca. 16 ), iano or string quartet, chamer orchestra a caella, 2art,, ; iano