A Child’s Carol

As a young pre-teen, I ‘invented’ on the piano a series of harmonies that I liked, and played them over and over for days if not weeks. Later, I composed a melody to these harmonies,  and so created the Child’s Carol. It has evolved from them into arrangements which are both sweet and tender, to more symphonic. To hear these arrangements, click on “more and listen”

   A Child's Carol (4:09)   SATB: Click here for full listing

  A Child's Carol (4:09)   SA: Click here for full listing

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"I've already begun selecting music for my Christmas program and one the first pieces to come to mind was your 'Child's Carol' - as haunting as ever!"

Max Ferguson, CBC

Favorite and New Christmas Music

Here are a few selected SA and SATB Christmas offerings.

Many more can be found in the catalog, please click below:

Three Appalachian Carols

This series of carols reflects the sanctity of Christmas while preserving the unique folk sound of Appalachia.

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Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head (3:30) 
 
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Jesus the Christ is Born (2:10) 
 
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I Wonder as I Wander (3:30) 
 
 

Six Noels Anciens 

(all a cappella)

Old wine in new bottles!

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     Venez, mes enfants (1:14) 

     Quelle est cette odeur agreeable (3:57)

     Tous les bourgeois de Châtres (2:11)

Noel nouvelet (2:01)   

     Nous voici dans la ville (4:46) 

     Une vierge féconde (2:39) 

 
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New

Canite Tuba (6:17)  SATB: Click here for full listing

Carol of the Field Mice SA: Click here for full listing
 

Make Me a Channel of Thy Peace

was written just as Barak Obama was elected President of the United States. This multi-layered work, with its richness of origins and the eloquent message of peace, seemed somehow to meld with the spirit of hope that President Obama would bring not just to his country, but to the world, and so is dedicated to this man of great promise.

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Favorites

“Energetic, inspiring, a delight to choirs and audience members alike! ” Diane Loomer

Choral music composer Donald Patriquin is known for his energetic and inspiring music and for bringing world music to the choral stage. His compositions have been described as “sophisticated and challenging, yet accessible to all audiences”.

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