On the Monday of Holy Week, March 29th, 2021, from 12pm-1pm EST, Amplify Female Composers premiered a one-hour meditation on the fourteen Stations of the Cross. An organ piece by a female composer reflecting on Lenten themes accompanies each Station. The organ works are offered virtually by fifteen outstanding organists from across the country. Watch the archived video here on our website or on our YouTube channel, Amplify Female Composers, and find further details about the composers and organ works below.
The Pieces, Composers, and Organists
0:14 “Kyrie Cum Jubilo”
Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)
Composer page: https://roxannapanufnik.com/
Find score: https://www.edition-peters.com/product/kyrie-cum-jubilo/ep71849
Diane Meredith Belcher, Director of Music, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, NYC
3:43 “Choral”
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
Find score: Choral for Organ with Optional Brass. Support a local music store.
David Ball, Cathedral Organist and Acting Head of Music Ministry, Christ Cathedral, CA
7:05 “Impromptu”
Rachel Laurin (b. 1961)
Composer page: https://www.rachellaurin.com/
Find score: https://www.wayneleupold.com/index.php/douze-courtes-pieces-volume-3-twelve-short-pieces-volume-3.html
Clara Gerdes, Organist, MM Yale University ‘21
8:51 “In Quiet Mood”
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Find score: https://www.morningstarmusic.com/in-quiet-mood.html
Stephen Price, Assistant Professor of Music, Ball State University School of Music, IN
15:37 “The Gift”
Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Composer page: https://www.edition-peters.com/composer/bingham-judith/w00430
Find score: https://www.edition-peters.com/product/the-gift/ep71136
David von Behren, Assistant University Organist and Choirmaster, Harvard University, MA
19:23 “Adoro te devote”
Rebecca Groom te Velde (b. 1956)
Find score: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/oxford-hymn-settings-for-organists-holy-communion-9780193400665?lang=en&cc=gb#
Chelsea Chen, International Concert Artist
23:33 “Lumière”
Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968)
Find score: 7 Meditations on the Holy Spirit. Support a local music store; PD Canada.
Aaron Tan, organist, 2018 NYACOP First Prize Winner
27:22 “Attende Domine”
Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968)
Find score: https://www.alfred.com/twelve-choral-preludes-on-gregorian-chant-themes/p/00-0603/
PD Canada.
Jennifer Pascual, Director of Music and Organist at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, NYC
30:34 “Ombres sur la Passion”
Marthe Bracquemond (1898-1973)
Find score: “Ombres, Suite sur la Passion” - Alphonse Leduc, 8 Feb. 1954.
Joy-Leilani Garbutt, Director of Music, Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, San Francisco
34:37 “Ave verum corpus”
Caterina Assandra (1590-1618)
Find score: Organ Music by Women Composers before 1800, ed. Calvert Johnson.
Bálint Karosi, Cantor, Saint Peter’s Church, NYC
37:12 From Psalm-Sonata No. 1: I. Psalm 13: “How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?” - Brenda Portman (b. 1980)
Composer page: https://brendaportman.com/
Find score: https://brendaportman.com/compositions-organ
Brenda Portman, Resident Organist, Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church, Cinncinati
41:54 “Passion Chorale/Herzlich tut mich verlangen - Meditation”
Rebecca Groom te Velde (b. 1956)
Find score: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/oxford-hymn-settings-for-organists-lent-and-passiontide-9780193393479?lang=en&cc=us#
Rebecca Groom te Velde, organist
43:34 “Verset: Tantum ergo sacramentum”
Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870-1946)
Find score: PD: https://spellerweb.net/poindex/organmusic/FolvilleVerset.pdf
Robert Nicholls, Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church of Evansville, IN
46:46 “Prelude and Fugue on O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid”
Ethel Smyth (1858-1944)
Find score: PD: https://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e9/IMSLP606535-PMLP975633-Smyth_5_O_Traurigkeit.pdf
Colin MacKnight, C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at The Juilliard School
53:02 “Sonata No. 1, III. Finale”
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Find score: Sonata No. 1, ClarNan editions.
Nathaniel Gumbs, Director of Chapel Music at Yale University
Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)
Composer page: https://roxannapanufnik.com/
Find score: https://www.edition-peters.com/product/kyrie-cum-jubilo/ep71849
Diane Meredith Belcher, Director of Music, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, NYC
3:43 “Choral”
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
Find score: Choral for Organ with Optional Brass. Support a local music store.
David Ball, Cathedral Organist and Acting Head of Music Ministry, Christ Cathedral, CA
7:05 “Impromptu”
Rachel Laurin (b. 1961)
Composer page: https://www.rachellaurin.com/
Find score: https://www.wayneleupold.com/index.php/douze-courtes-pieces-volume-3-twelve-short-pieces-volume-3.html
Clara Gerdes, Organist, MM Yale University ‘21
8:51 “In Quiet Mood”
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Find score: https://www.morningstarmusic.com/in-quiet-mood.html
Stephen Price, Assistant Professor of Music, Ball State University School of Music, IN
15:37 “The Gift”
Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Composer page: https://www.edition-peters.com/composer/bingham-judith/w00430
Find score: https://www.edition-peters.com/product/the-gift/ep71136
David von Behren, Assistant University Organist and Choirmaster, Harvard University, MA
19:23 “Adoro te devote”
Rebecca Groom te Velde (b. 1956)
Find score: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/oxford-hymn-settings-for-organists-holy-communion-9780193400665?lang=en&cc=gb#
Chelsea Chen, International Concert Artist
23:33 “Lumière”
Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968)
Find score: 7 Meditations on the Holy Spirit. Support a local music store; PD Canada.
Aaron Tan, organist, 2018 NYACOP First Prize Winner
27:22 “Attende Domine”
Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968)
Find score: https://www.alfred.com/twelve-choral-preludes-on-gregorian-chant-themes/p/00-0603/
PD Canada.
Jennifer Pascual, Director of Music and Organist at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, NYC
30:34 “Ombres sur la Passion”
Marthe Bracquemond (1898-1973)
Find score: “Ombres, Suite sur la Passion” - Alphonse Leduc, 8 Feb. 1954.
Joy-Leilani Garbutt, Director of Music, Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, San Francisco
34:37 “Ave verum corpus”
Caterina Assandra (1590-1618)
Find score: Organ Music by Women Composers before 1800, ed. Calvert Johnson.
Bálint Karosi, Cantor, Saint Peter’s Church, NYC
37:12 From Psalm-Sonata No. 1: I. Psalm 13: “How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?” - Brenda Portman (b. 1980)
Composer page: https://brendaportman.com/
Find score: https://brendaportman.com/compositions-organ
Brenda Portman, Resident Organist, Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church, Cinncinati
41:54 “Passion Chorale/Herzlich tut mich verlangen - Meditation”
Rebecca Groom te Velde (b. 1956)
Find score: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/oxford-hymn-settings-for-organists-lent-and-passiontide-9780193393479?lang=en&cc=us#
Rebecca Groom te Velde, organist
43:34 “Verset: Tantum ergo sacramentum”
Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870-1946)
Find score: PD: https://spellerweb.net/poindex/organmusic/FolvilleVerset.pdf
Robert Nicholls, Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church of Evansville, IN
46:46 “Prelude and Fugue on O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid”
Ethel Smyth (1858-1944)
Find score: PD: https://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e9/IMSLP606535-PMLP975633-Smyth_5_O_Traurigkeit.pdf
Colin MacKnight, C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at The Juilliard School
53:02 “Sonata No. 1, III. Finale”
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Find score: Sonata No. 1, ClarNan editions.
Nathaniel Gumbs, Director of Chapel Music at Yale University