Virtues and Vices
7 Pieces for SATB and Piano
VOICING: SATB with Piano
DIFFICULTY: medium
TONE: varied
DURATION: 25'00"
YEAR COMPOSED: 2024
GENERAL: This work was commissioned by Sound Ecologies Inc. (Indiana 2024, Luke Garrigus, President). It premiered at Choral Reflections: Sacred Music by Indiana Composers at the University of Indianapolis, on March 7, 2024. (Recording Below)
PERUSAL SCORE: See individual movements
TEXT: Various, see individual movements
Virtues and Vices
The Two Kinds of People (Generosity & Greed)
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The Proud Pebble (Humility & Pride)
Anonymous
Amos Russel Wells
Little By Little (Diligence & Sloth)
Anonymous
Elsa Gidlow
The Cat and the Saxophone (2 A.M.) (Temperance & Gluttony)
Langston Hughes
Let Us Be Kind (Kindness & Envy)
Walter Lomax Childress
Note from the Composer
Virtues and Vices is a seven-movement choral masterwork that explores the “seven deadly sins” and their parallel virtues. This work uniquely weaves sacred themes through secular texts, incorporating contemporary, folk, and jazz styles. After a decade in the sketchbook, Virtues and Vices invites performers and audiences alike to reflect on the coexistence of holiness and sin in humanity.
Ordering Scores
This work is published as a digital score with a performance license. The cost is $12.00 per score, 10 copy minimum order. See the individual movements to purchase separately.
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