Composed by Paul M. Osborne.
21st Century, Contemporary
Classical, Modern, Sacred.
Score. 10 pages. Published by
Paul Osborne Music A challenging, modern fugue requiring rhythmic intensity and constant metrical shifts. This piece keeps all four parts busy, particularly the basses, who churn along as the motor of the piece throughout. This piece was premiered by Resonance Vocal Ensemble in the summer of 2018. Text from Psalm 81. Appropriate for intermediate to advanced high school choirs and above.
Paul Osborne is a choral director, tenor soloist, and composer/arranger from California's Central Coast. He received his degree at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, where he studied choral conducting with René Clausen. He is currently the Chorus Master for Opera San Luis Obispo and Central Coast Gilbert and Sullivan, the founder and director of Resonance Vocal Ensemble, the director of the Young Men’s Ensemble with the Central Coast Youth Chorus, and the worship leader at Paso Robles Church of the Nazarene. He performs frequently with the San Luis Obispo Master Chorale, The Cuesta Concord Chorus, and in the annual "Bach in the Mission" concert series with the Cal Poly Early Music Ensemble.
