for SATB Choirs
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"Here
is a series of publications well worth a look at: expertly crafted,
imaginative, practical and within the scope of most choirs and organists.
Ian Higginson is a composer not afraid to write a simple, unaffected
melody that choirs will find grateful and rewarding to sing."
John Rutter
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Gabriel’s Voice |
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Crown of Light |
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There Is No Rose |
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Welcome The Star (A Scottish Carol) |
| In Dulci Jubilo | |
| King Jesus Hath a Garden | |
| In the Bleak Mid-Winter | |
| Love Came Down at Christmas | |
| My Dancing Day | |
| Sans Day Carol | |
| See Him Born The Divine Christ-Child | |
| Sussex Carol | |
| Sweet Baby, Sleep | |
| The Holly and the Ivy | |
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Christmas Joy |
| With One Voice | |
| Deck The Hall | |
| Everybody’s Christmas Dream | |
| A Ragtime Carol | |
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We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
REVIEWS
About My Dancing Day
"An original and charmingly attractive arrangement of this
well known and oft arranged carol, which is both well laid out for the
voices, and skillfully orchestrated. I commend it most warmly".
Ian Tracey - Chorus Master Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
"...It's so good that it deserves to be sung anyway."
John Mansfield - URC Guild
About Christmas Joy, Everybody's Christmas Dream and A Ragtime Carol
"These three carols would bring the house down at concerts"
About A Ragtime Carol
"This is fun! ... It would certainly go down well at a carol
concert or even a service..."
John Mansfield URC Guild
About Gabriel's Voice
" ...an excellent piece of writing."
Ivor Jones - Methodist Recorder
About There is No Rose
"...lovely setting...a delightful musical miniature...suitable
for concert and Church singing..."
News and Views NAC Magazine
About Love Came Down At Christmas
"An effective and beautiful setting..."
John Mansfield URC Guild
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Ian Higginson was born on Merseyside and
moved to Gloucestershire in 1983. He studied conducting with the late
Dr Melville Cook, Jonathan Delmar and Sir David Willcocks and studied
the organ with Ian Tracey and John Scott. He holds Fellowships from
both the London College of Music and Trinity College, London.
Ian is Conductor and Artistic Director of Jubilate Chamber Choir and
the English Concertante Orchestra, Director of Music for the University
of Gloucestershire, Conductor and Musical Director of Cheltenham Choral
Society and Organist and Director of Music for the Parish of Prestbury.
He has also held the position of Organist to the Cathedral Singers of
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and has been invited to conduct choral
workshops in the UK and the USA.
Ian has composed and arranged a wide range of music which has been published
Boosey & Hawkes, Animus and Parish Publications. Much of his music
has won critical acclaim from both sides of the Atlantic and has been
selected as set works for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools
of Music examination board and competitive music festivals around the
country. His music is frequently performed by many notable organisations
and at prestigious events including the Piccolo Spoleto Festival USA,
the Three Choirs Festivals, the City of Glasgow Chorus, the CBSO (Chorus
and Orchestra) and by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
at their Christmas concerts. In addition, Ian and his wife Janine run
a music publishing and recording company for classical music.
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