The Choral Music of Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory

List of Works

A Pescar Camaron (SSA with piano and percussion)

A folksong from Cuba.
Performed by the Sing A Mile High Children's Choral Festival 2010.
Conducted by Paul Caldwell with Sean Ivory, pianol.
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Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life? (SATB with piano, sax, drums and electric bass)

Performed by the Southern Division ACDA Jr. High Honor Choir, 2010
Conducted by Paul Caldwell with Sean Ivory, piano
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Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life? (SAB version)

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Beneath the African Sky (SA)

Inspired by a young girl’s experience living in refugee camps in Africa.
Performed by the Cincinnati Children's Choir.
Conducted by Robyn Reeves Lana.
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Carrickfergus (SATB with piano and optional oboe)

Performed by the Southern Division ACDA Jr. High Honor Choir, 2010
Conducted by Paul Caldwell with Andrea Brown, piano
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Carrickfergus (SSAA with piano)

Sean's original version for women's chorus.
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Carrickfergus (SSATTBB with piano)

Sean's original version, re-voiced for advanced mixed chorus.
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Carrickfergus (Unison with piano and optional oboe)

The Irish folksong reduced to a unison texture.
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The Cherry Tree (SSA)

A traditional carol reunited with its bluegrass roots.
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Glory on the Journey (SSA with piano and optional marimba)

A Caribbean-flavored finale.
Recorded by the Princeton Girlchoir.
Janet Westrick, Artistic Director.
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Glory on the Journey (2 Part Treble with piano and optional marimba)

A Caribbean-flavored finale.
Recorded by the Princeton Girlchoir.
Janet Westrick, Artistic Director.
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Grace Fell Like the Rain (SSA and piano with optional drumset)

A post-Katrina song, composed for the Crescent City Choral Festival in New Orleans.
Performed by: Mt. Carmel Academy Chorale.
Conducted by: Tara Hinds.
Accompanist: Jonathan Szymanski.
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Grace Fell Like the Rain (SSAB with piano and optional drumset)

Perfect setting for a chorus in which the women outnumber the men.
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Joshua (SATB divisi with piano and trumpet)

A finale for mixed voices. The SSAA setting is available from earthsongs.
Performed by the Calvin College Alumni Choir.
Conducted by Pearl Shangkuan with Sean Ivory, piano.
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Lay Earth's Burden Down (Women's Chorus)

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An environmentally-centric concert spiritual.
Performed by The Michigan State University Women's Chamber Ensemble.
Conducted by Sandra Snow with Sean Ivory, piano and Paul Caldwell, djembe.
Video courtesy of ViaMedia Productions, Inc.

Lay Earth's Burden Down (Children's Chorus, SSA)

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Lay Earth's Burden Down (Two Part Children's Chorus)

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Lookin' for a City (SATB divisi with piano)

A big closer incorporating 12-bar blues.
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Many Faces, One Song (multiple choruses, SATB + Treble, piano and optional percussion)

Performed by University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Chamber Choir
Earl Rivers, Conductor
and the Cincinnati Children's Choir, Robyn Lana, Artistic Director
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Read 'Em, John (SSA with piano and optional percussion)

A song from the South Carolina Sea Islands...with a hidden meaning.
Paul Caldwell conducting the Youth Choral Theater of Chicago with Sean Ivory, piano.
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Read 'Em, John (2 Part Treble with piano and optional percussion)

A song from the South Carolina Sea Islands...with a hidden meaning.
Paul Caldwell conducting the Youth Choral Theater of Chicago with Sean Ivory, piano.
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Run to Jesus for Refuge (SATB with piano and optional drumset)

A wild and crazy closer, less difficult than most.
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Song of Silent Voices (SA with violin and piano)

Voices silenced by genocide have much to say to us...if we listen.
Paul Caldwell conducting the Youth Choral Theater of Chicago.
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Up on the Mountain Shouting (SSA with piano)

A closer in the style of Go Where I Send Thee.
Performed by the Sing A Mile High Children's Choral Festival 2010.
Conducted by Jena Dickey with Sean Ivory, piano, and Paul Caldwell, djembe.
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Soweto: June, 1976 (SATB divisi, tenor solo, piano and soprano sax)

A reflection on the Soweto Uprising, the event which changed South Africa forever.
Performed by the Grand Rapids Youth Symphony Chorus, conducted by Sean Ivory.
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Witness (SSA and piano with optional percussion)

Dedicated to the children of Rwanda and Darfur.
Paul Caldwell conducting the Youth Choral Theater of Chicago with Sean Ivory, piano.

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