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Jonathan Talberg
Recipient of the President’s Award from the California Music Educators Association honoring “extraordinary accomplishments in music education,” Dr. Jonathan Talberg serves as Director of Choral Activities at the Bob Cole Conservatory, where he is conductor of the international award-winning Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir. Recent career highlights include leading the Chamber Choir to first place awards at the Spittal International Choir Festival and the “Choir of the World” competition in Wales. Additionally, he and the choir have performed with groups as diverse as the Kronos Quartet, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Pacific Symphony and the Rolling Stones.
A passionate advocate for choral music education, Dr. Talberg is regularly engaged to conduct honor choirs across the US, including numerous all-state choruses, and the National Association for Music Education conference choirs. His choirs from Long Beach State have performed in venues throughout Europe and Asia, including the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s, and the Great Hall of the People in China.
His professional experience includes appointments as Director of Music at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Bach Festival. He also served as Conducting Assistant to the Cincinnati Symphony and the Aspen Music Festival and as principal choral conductor at Arrowbear Music Camp in Southern California. A past-president of the California Choral Directors Association, he also serves as an editor at Pavane Music Publishing, where a choral series dedicated to outstanding quality, collegiate-level music is published under his name.
Of the many hats he wears each day, the one he is most proud of is mentor to the next generation of choral musicians. Alumni of the Bob Cole Conservatory Choral Studies program are teaching at elementary, middle and high schools, churches, community colleges and four-year universities throughout the country. Scores of alums are professional singers—in opera, musical theater, choirs, church music, jazz and pop.
The Journey Of Harriet Tubman
Composer: Ron Kean
Voicing: FS SATB
Released: January 2018
This 5-movement, multi-media choral drama honors one of the great heroes of the emancipation era. The journey of those who sacrificed becomes a story we can relive and honor. Dr. Kean's goal was to compose and arrange original music and traditional spirituals in a style that is evocative of the enslaved Africans' frame of mind. The spirituals are accompanied with kalimba (thumb piano) to honor the sub-Saharan African musical tradition of connecting with ancestors and with the marimba to sound like the west African balafon. This is a work that will move an audience to tears. (Medium to Advanced)
“The Journey of Harriet Tubman” has generated a much needed discussion of African American enslavement and and cultural appropriation. The composer has dedicated half of his royalties from this work to ''The Equal Justice Initiative,'' a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Please visit https://eji.org/about/
The Journey Of Harriet Tubman
Composer: African American Spiritual
Arranger: Ron Kean
Author/Lyricist: African American Spiritual
Voicing: SATB
Season: Spiritual
Released: January 2018
Difficulty: Medium
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This 5-movement, multi-media choral drama honors one of the great heroes of the emancipation era. The journey of those who sacrificed becomes a story we can relive and honor. Dr. Kean's goal was to compose and arrange original music and traditional spirituals in a style that is evocative of the enslaved Africans' frame of mind. The spirituals are accompanied with kalimba (thumb piano) to honor the sub-Saharan African musical tradition of connecting with ancestors and with the marimba to sound like the west African balafon. This is a work that will move an audience to tears. (Medium to Advanced)
“The Journey of Harriet Tubman” has generated a much needed discussion of African American enslavement and and cultural appropriation. The composer has dedicated half of his royalties from this work to ''The Equal Justice Initiative,'' a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Please visit https://eji.org/about/
At Morning's Twilight
Composer: Cory Johnson
Author/Lyricist: Rumi (13th C. Sufi Poet)
Voicing: SATB
Season: General
Released: January 2007
Difficulty: Advanced
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The new ''Jonathan Talberg Choral Series'' features advanced music of distinction for festival use. Dr. Talberg (Cal State Univ. Long Beach) is one of the new names on the guest conducting circuit with an ear for excellence. Cory Johnson uses the choral instrument masterfully to express the spiritual poetry of Rumi. Demanding, descriptive, expressive, refreshing well describe this piece.
Ave Maria
Composer: Kevin A. Memley
Author/Lyricist: Liturgical Latin
Voicing: SATB, Divisi
Season: Advent, Christmas
Released: January 2009
Difficulty: Advanced
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This is a beautiful piece in melody and form, but what stands out even more is how composer Kevin Memley has used the voice to orchestrate the piece. Programmatic effects are tastefully incorporated into the musical structure of the composition. We are pleased that Jonathan Talberg has selected this piece for his series. For high school and college.
HOLD ON
Composer: African American Spiritual
Arranger: John Tebay
Author/Lyricist: African American Spiritual
Voicing: SATB divisi
Season: Spiritual
Released: January 2018
Difficulty: Advanced
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Selected for the Jonathan Talberg Series, this is a vivacious arrangement of the Spiritual, "Hold On." John Tebay's setting is a tremendous concert closer. Full of energy and originality, this 8-part a cappella voicing has already been performed at numerous ACDA conferences. Medium to difficult.
If You Visit Me
Composer: Kevin A. Memley
Author/Lyricist: Hovannes Toumanian
Voicing: SATB, divisi
Season: Memorial Day
Released: January 2014
Difficulty: Medium
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The text is one of the most powerful poems ever written commemorating the Armenian Genocide of 1915, yet it speaks to the human soul about the depth of loss we feel when anyone leaves their earthly life. Memley’s musical setting is deeply expressive and personal. In a beautiful and tender way his music makes you identify with the humanness of those who have lived and died. It is a wonderful selection for advanced high school, college and community choirs.
O Magnum Mysterium
Composer: Kevin Memley
Author/Lyricist: Liturgical Latin
Voicing: SATB
Season: Advent, Christmas
Released: January 2010
Difficulty: Medium Advanced
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Selected for the Jonathan Talberg Choral Series, O Magnum Mysterium has been given a gorgeous new setting. His Ave Maria was released last year and has quickly established Kevin as a new composer to watch. To be premiered at the ACDA Western Division convention, rich, lush chords and delicate motifs will make this a favorite for singers and listeners for years to come.
Since Feeling Is First
Composer: Joshua Chai
Author/Lyricist: e.e. cummings
Voicing: SATB
Season: General
Released: January 2007
Difficulty: Advanced
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The new ''Jonathan Talberg Choral Series'' features advanced music of distinction for festival use. Dr. Talberg (Cal State Univ. Long Beach) is one of the new names on the guest conducting circuit with an ear for excellence. Composer Joshua Chai provides a truly original sound to the poetry of e. e. cummings. Demanding, yet rewarding.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Follow The River / Festival Version
Composer: African American Spiritual
Arranger: Ron Kean
Author/Lyricist: African American Spiritual
Voicing: SATB
Season: Spiritual
Released: January 2018
Difficulty: Medium Advanced
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Composer and conductor, Ron Kean, went back to the African roots of Spirituals, back to Africa, to create a setting of this much loved spiritual in a style that is remarkably different. Part of the larger work, The Journey of Harriet Tubman, the mixed choir is accompanied by Kalimba and Marimba. Soloist and choral body percussion is also included. A superb work for college and community choirs. Medium to difficult in difficulty.
The Lamentations Of Jeremiah
Composer: Richard Burchard
Author/Lyricist: Jeremiah
Voicing: SSATB
Released: January 2015
Difficulty: Medium Advanced
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Richard Burchard's writing has captivated the interest of a cappella choirs the world over. Is it any wonder, with flowing contrapuntal lines reminiscent of Palestrina and colored with luxurious harmonies from the 21st century? The 6 short sections from the book of Jeremiah are set in Latin. Excellent for college and community choirs. Medium to Difficult.
The New Colossus
Composer: Kevin A. Memley
Author/Lyricist: Emma Lazarus
Voicing: SATB
Season: Patriotic
Released: January 2017
Difficulty: Medium Advanced
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Premiered at the ACDA Western Division conference and released as an SSAA selection, the cry for an SATB setting was immediate. The Emma Lazarus text is a powerful poem celebrating our Statue of Liberty and the freedoms and dreams that are uniquely American. The music is equally strong and stately, providing a patriotic anthem with musical and textual integrity. For high school, community and college choirs. Medium in difficulty
The Rose That Bare Jesu
Composer: Ron Kean
Author/Lyricist: 14th Century Carol
Voicing: SATB, divisi
Season: Christmas
Released: January 2017
Difficulty: Medium Advanced
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Ron Kean has made this famous 14th century English Christmas poem magical. An enchanted and delightfully charmed sense of mystery overwhelms the listener from the start. A delicate dance ensues and merges themes and text. Jonathan Talberg has selected this medium-difficult piece for his series which caters to college and community choirs.
Ubi Caritas
Composer: Richard Burchard
Author/Lyricist: Liturgical Latin
Voicing: SATB, Divisi
Season: Communion/Lent
Released: January 2012
Difficulty: Advanced
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Jonathan Talberg's choral series has produced a library of excellence for the advanced a cappella choir, and this latest entry is a beauty. Richard Burchard tends to write in a density that is thick and rich, yet this composition has an openness that feels new and equally satisfying. To be premiered at the ACDA Western Convention 2012, many college choir will want to sing this gorgeous setting.
Watch a performance at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHoI2kGR5po
Whom Will You Cry To, Heart?
Composer: Richard Burchard
Author/Lyricist: Rainer Maria Rilke
Voicing: SATB, Divisi
Released: January 2015
Difficulty: Medium Advanced
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Written in memory of a lost love, Richard Burchard uses the beautiful words of Rainer Maria Rilke. Author and composer are perfectly wed. Burchard's music offers tender cries that swell into rivers of glorious sound. Selected for the Jonathan Talberg series, this will be a favorite for advanced high school, college and community choirs. Medium difficulty.
SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT Festival Version
Composer: Traditional Spiritual
Arranger: Ron Kean
Voicing: Instrumental Parts
Released: January 2018
Composer and conductor, Ron Kean, went back to the roots of Spirituals, back to Africa, to create a setting of this much loved Spiritual in a style that is remarkably different. Part of the larger work, "The Journey of Harriet Tubman," the mixed choir is accompanied by Kalimba and Marimba. A solo part and body percussion for the choir is also included. A superb work for festival choirs. Medium to difficult.
THE JOURNEY OF HARRIET TUBMAN
Composer: Hannah Kean
Voicing: Multi-Media
Released: January 2018
This 5-movement, multi-media choral drama honors one of the great heroes of the emancipation era. The journey of those who sacrificed becomes a story we can relive and honor. Dr. Kean's goal was to compose and arrange original music and traditional spirituals in a style that is evocative of the enslaved Africans' frame of mind. The spirituals are accompanied with kalimba (thumb piano) to honor the sub-Saharan African musical tradition of connecting with ancestors and with the marimba to sound like the west African balafon. This is a work that will move an audience to tears. (Medium to Advanced)
“The Journey of Harriet Tubman” has generated a much needed discussion of African American enslavement and and cultural appropriation. The composer has dedicated half of his royalties from this work to ''The Equal Justice Initiative,'' a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Please visit https://eji.org/about/
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