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Note-able Quote!
"What if I must weep tomorrow, yet I will sing today and mayhap my song will gather such force that some of its stanzas will overleap tomorrow and I may sweeten my sighs with psalms."
~ Charles Spurgeon

"Sweet Are The Lips Of All That Sing"
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

 
See and Hear the Music!
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As you view each score and listen to a performance, you can thoroughly examine each piece.
There is no need to order sample copies, no playing through stacks of octavos, no travel or cost.
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Christmas 2019
Good King Wenceslas




 

Recording
Irish Blessing

Alexander Gütinger, Dirigent
"Until We Meet Again: Irish Blessings"
Recording provided by NAXOS of America
2018 haenssler CLASSIC
Released on: June 15, 2018

 

2016 Western Division Convention
Pasadena, California

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A Clear Midnight
Premiere performance on March 15, 2016!

 

 
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Two Premieres in England!

The Choir of Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire (an 11th century Medieval church in England) gave English premieres of Brad Nelson's music recently in their Christmas Concert. They sang "Gladde Things" and "Good King Wenceslas".


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UK Radio Broadcasts

England's radio host Philip Knighton has broadcast Brad Nelson's "In Flanders Fields" throughout the world from Taunton, Somerset in the United Kingdom!

Subsequently, Philip broadcast three additional programs of Brad's music in 2013-2014.


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Featured pieces!

Premiered at the
2007 California Music Educators Association Convention
"There Will Come Soft Rains"
For Choir, Piano, and Vibraphone

Commissioned for the 50th Anniversary of the
Fresno Community Chorus
"This Central Garden"
For Choir, Brass Ensemble, Piano, and Timpani

Winner of the 2004 Choral Composition Competition
sponsored by the California American Choral Directors Association
"Gladde Things"
For SATB Choir and Piano
Also available with accompaniment for Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Percussion

"My Song Is Love Unknown"
An intimate, tender anthem for
Good Friday, Lent, or Communion
World Premiere - South Main Baptist Church, Houston, TX

"For Whom The Bell Tolls"
....a dramatic, powerful choral statement about the
anger and chaos of war!
World Premiere - CMEA Convention, Pasadena, CA

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