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”.
His arrangements blend folkloric elements with an “infectious energy and humor” in a style widely appreciated for its unique balance between accompaniment and melody. His music has become a standard by which choirs are judged in competition.
SA SACRED SHEET MUSIC
SA SACRED ORIGINAL Singles
Gaelic Blessing
Magnificat
Magnificat
Make Me a Channel of thy Peace
Chants (in the Tradition of Taizé)
Lend an Ear, O Dearest Lord
Thank You for the Love
Lord We Thank You for Our Blessings
SA SECULAR SHEET MUSIC
SA SECULAR ORIGINAL 1. Singles
Canada We Love You!/Canada je t’aime!
Canada We Love You!/Canada je t’aime!
Luna, Nul One
Montréal Montreal!
The Parking Lot Song
With Their Hands Out
Songs of Innocence On Poems of William Blake, 1789 (19:40)
Complete set Prelude-Introduction-Epilogue Infant Joy The Shepherd Nurse's Song A Cradle Song A Dream
En roulant ma boule roulant Gentil coquelicot Kali's Song Vive la canadienne
World Music Suite One (21:00)
Cabbage Tree Hat
Taivas on sininen
Stuttering Lovers
Ach! Synku Synku
Deep River
I Went to the Market
World Music Suite Two (a.k.a Canadian Mosaic)
Tsimshian Welcome Chant
Sakura
Hevenu Shalom A'leychem
Weather Chant
Flower Drum Song
On the Mountain
Water Come to Me Eye
I'll Go See My Love
C'est l'aviron
Six Songs of Early Canada (16:00)
Innoria
The Wreck of the S.S. Ethie
Ah! Si mon moine ne voulait danser
The False Young Man
Morning Star
Savory, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
J'entends le moulin
Un Canadien errant
Les raftsmen
Three Songs of Love from the British Isles
All Through the Night
The Oak and the Ash
Early One Morning
SA CHRISTMAS SHEET MUSIC
Overture to Christmas
Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head
Jesus the Christ is Born
I Wonder as I Wander
A Child's Carol
Carol of the Field Mice
Come and See the Little Child
Coventry Carol
Magnificat (The Song of Mary)
Magnificat (for Women’s or Children’s voices)
On Christmas Day (As I sat on a sunny bank…)
Magnificat for Turning (poem Wendy MacLean)
Magnificat for Turning (poem Wendy MacLean)
Magnificat for Turning (poem Wendy MacLean)
SA CHRISTMAS (Short Hymns, Blessings, Introits, etc...)
The Time has Come to Watch and Pray (1:10) unis/satb/sa +Kbd/a cappella AT435.4
ALL SAB SACRED & SECULAR, ARRANGEMENTS & ORIGINAL SHEET MUSIC
(SAB) (all with piano accompaniment except for Morning Star)
Innoria (Huron Dance Song)
Ah! si mon moine voulait danser! (Québec)
Savory, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (British Columbia)
The original suite for equal voices was commissioned by Havergal College Choir, Toronto
Unison & two-part M or F voices; steel drums or piano; opt. gt
Set AT47. Kyrie, Great Amen, Sanctus & Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Christ has Died, Lord’s Prayer
Words by Dale Skinner & Donald Patriquin (Set and individual)
Lend an Ear, O Dearest Lord
Thank You for the Love
Lord We Thank You for Our Blessings
Words by Dale Skinner & Donald Patriquin (Set and individual)
Lend an Ear, O Dearest Lord (Petition)
Thank You for the Love (Blessing)
Lord We Thank You for Our Blessings
TTBB SHEET MUSIC
Three Songs of Love and Nonsense (10 min.)
Full set. Includes:
On This Hill There was a Tree
I’ll Go See My Love
J'entends le moulin
Commissioned by the Cantabile Men's Chorus, Kingston ON; Mark Sirett, Director.
Premiere in 2009 directed by Diane Loomer
SATB SACRED SHEET MUSIC
SATB SACRED ORIGINAL 1. Singles
A Gaelic Blessing
A Gaelic Blessing
Sixty-fold Amen
Do not Stand at My Grave and Weep (original)
Âme du Christ/Agnus Dei (original)
Make Me a Channel of thy Peace
The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi over Gounod’s Ave Maria and J.S. Bach’s Prelude in C
SATB SACRED ORIGINAL 2. Collections & Extended
Unison & two-part M or F voices; steel drums or piano; opt. gt
Set AT47. Kyrie, Great Amen, Sanctus & Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Christ has Died, Lord’s Prayer
Psalms and Canticles of Prayer, Praise and Peace
Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists on the occasion of its convention in St. Joseph, MO, June 2003
Complete set
Psalm 57 (Have Mercy on Me, O God)
Magnificat (for Women’s or Children’s voices)
Nunc Dimittis (A Psalm of Peace)
Psalm 23 (Holy One You are My Shepherd)
Benedicite (Let the Whole Creation Bless the Lord)
“What a great pleasure to get to know you and your music. We have all learned to love this score.”
Frank Thomas, première conductor
SATB SACRED HYMNS, ANTHEMS & SERVICE SETTINGS
SATB SACRED HYMNS, ANTHEMS & SERVICE SETTINGS
Introit & Amen
Kumbaya
Listen Sweet Dove
O praise the God who gave us birth 3'SATBAT
O Spirit Come
The Lord is My Shepherd - Psalm 23
This little Light of Mine (Gospel)
Words by Dale Skinner & Donald Patriquin (Set and individual)
Lend an Ear, O Dearest Lord
Thank You for the Love
Lord We Thank You for Our Blessings
Taize Chants (in the Tradition of Taizé)
SATB SECULAR SHEET MUSIC
SATB SECULAR ORIGINAL 1. Singles
Canada We Love You!/Canada je t’aime! (Lyrics:Sunil Mahtani) satb+kbd AT232.12
Canada We Love You!/je t’aime
Canada We Love You!/je t’aime
I Will Sink Into the River
SATB SECULAR ORIGINAL 2. Collections
Epitaphs
Ladies Long in the Tooth
Lullaby
Commissioned by the Faculty of Music Chorus, McGill University; Tom Plaunt, conductor.
Three Songs of Love (original)
The Greenwood Tree
Take, O Take those Lips Away
A Lover and His Lass
The Greenwood Tree and A Lover and His Lass each won the CAMMAC prize for new choral music
A suite of five movements - on poems by James Hayford, Vermont, USA along with Ralph Gustafson and Frank Scott, Quebec, Canada
The Apple Tree in Bloom (Spring)
Roses Ahead (Summer)
Autumn
Indian Summer
Winter
The Five Seasons was commissioned by Northsong (Vermont) and the Georgeville Occasional Choir (Quebec) for the reopening of the Haskell Opera House, which straddles the border between Canada and the United States.
(text from ‘Walden’ by Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862)
Commissioned by Cantate Carlisle, for performance with the Eakin Piano Trio, Pennsylvania, USA
n.b. The accompaniment may very convincingly be performed by piano only.
Complete Set
Woods and Life (incl. Prelude)
The Hawk
Spring Grass
Fishes and Time
To Nature
SATB SECULAR ARRANGEMENTS 1. Singles
Singles
All Through the Night
Black is the Colour of My True Love's Hair
Vive la canadienne (French Canadian folksong)
SATB SECULAR ARRANGEMENTS 2. Collections
World Music Suite One(21:00)
(All with piano accompaniment) Jean Ashworth Bartle Choral Series
Taivas on sininen (Finland)
Deep River (U.S.A.) (3:25)
I Went to the Market (Quebec)
Pronunciation CDs are available. The original SSAA version of World Music Suite was commissioned by the Toronto Children's Chorus;
Jean Ashworth Bartle, conductor.
World Music Suite Two (a.k.a. Canadian Mosaic)
(All with piano accompaniment unless otherwise indicated)
Complete set
Tsimshian Welcome Chant (Brit. Columbia Indian potlatch chant
Sakura
Hevenu Shalom A'leychem
Weather Chant (Inuit - Northern Canada)
Flower Drum Song (Trad. Chinese song)
On the Mountain (Ukrainian folk song)
Water Come to Me Eye (Trad. Jamaican song)
I'll Go See My Love (Trad. Ontario Ballad)
C'est l'aviron (Trad. Québecois 'canoe' song)
Originally titled Canadian Mosaic, this suite was commissioned for ssaa by the English Montreal School Board Choral, Montreal, Quebec; Erica Phare and Patricia Abbott conductors.
Six Songs of Early of Early Canada
(All with piano accompaniment except for Morning Star)
Innoria (Huron Dance Song)
The Wreck of the S.S. Ethie
Ah! si mon moine voulait danser!
The False Young Man (Ontario)
Morning Star (Saskatchewan; Hungarian/English)
Savory, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (British Columbia)
The original suite for equal voices was commissioned by Havergal College Choir, Toronto, CANADA.
Trois Chansons Folkloriques A suite of folk songs from French Canada
J'entends le moulin
Un Canadien errant
Les Raftsmen
The original SSA ‘J’entends le moulin’ was commissioned by the School Board of Greater Montreal Chorale conducted by Erica Phare.
The SATB arrangement was premiered in the opening Gala concert of the ‘Third World Symposium on Choral Music’ in Vancouver.
SATB CHRISTMAS SHEET MUSIC
SATB Christmas Collections
Based on a suite of carols new and old, ‘Overture to Christmas’ is ideal for a 3-choir (or more) festiva
Overture to Christmas (7:30) Piano only score (2 needed!) AT421.16
Full details will be found here during summer 2010
(all a cappella)
Commissioned by The Faculty of Music Concert Choir, Faculty of Music, McGill University, Fred Stoltzfus conductor
Venez, mes enfants
Quelle est cette odeur agreeable
Tous les bourgeois de Châtres
Noel nouvelet
Nous voici dans la ville
Une vierge féconde
Complete set
Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head
Jesus the Christ is Born
I Wonder as I Wander
The original SSA Three Appalachian Carols were commissioned by the Pot Pourri Choir; Susan Reininger, conductor
SATB Christmas Singles
Antiphon and The Child of Mary
‘Antiphon…’ is based on an ancient carol that turned up in Newfoundland, Canada.
‘Antiphon…’ won the Melodious Accord Award (Alice Parker, New York) for new choral music.
Il est né le divin enfant ("Swingle!")
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
A'Soalin’ (incl. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)
Sister Mary Had One Child (Afro-American)
A Child's Carol
For more information about A Child’s Carol, click here
Chantons Noël (full score)
Come and See the Little Child (gospel)
Puer Nobis Nascitur
Commissioned by The Elmer Iseler Singers of Toronto for a CBC concert and Christmas
Puer Nobis Nascitur
Puer Nobis Nascitur
…A highly individual exploration of musical beauty, Donald Patriquin’s folk song treatment of
Puer Nobis Nascitur is fresh and unexpected. WHOLENOTE (Allan Pulker)
Canite Tuba
Canite Tuba was commissioned by CBC in 2004 for the 25th anniversary of the CBC annual Christmas Sing-in
Carol of the Field Mice (lyrics K. Grahame’s ‘Wind in the Willows’) satb a cappella Earthsongs C-01
SATB CHRISTMAS: Short Hymns, Blessings, Introits, etc. .
The Time has Come to Watch and Pray (1:10) unis/satb/sa +Kbd/a cappella AT435.4
The copyable congregational version of ‘The Time has Come…’, an Advent Introit with lyrics by
Dale Skinner, is available in PDF at no cost with 10 or more ordered copies of the score.
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All of Donald’s published choral sheet music is available through this site, as choral sheet music per se as well as CD and video formats. Please search our catalog.
Compositional highlights of his career include commissions by organizations as varied as International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Toronto Children’s Chorus, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and the Elmer Iseler Singers, and the American Guild of Organists. He won New York’s prestigious “Melodious Accord Biennial Search for New Choral Music Award” (Alice Parker) and twice won the “CAMMAC Award for choral composition”. Along with Dick Loomer, Donald instigated the “ ACCC Associated Publishers Award for Choral Composition”which has spawned a new generation of choral composers. His music was recently featured on National Public Radio’s highly acclaimed program “From the Top” with Christopher O’Riley. His SATB and SSA choral music has been sung by a plethora of American Choral Directors Association choirs as well as a variety of choirs the world over.
Donald’s subject matter is eclectic, ranging from environmental concerns (Karenna for soprano, string orchestra & percussion, “Reflections on Walden Pond” for SATB & piano trio) through war ( “Earthpeace” for SATB & SSA) and love (“Three Love Songs from the British Isles” SSA and piano) to the innocence of children (“Songs of Innocence” SSAA, piano or harp, and flute). His music is enjoyed for its ability to capture the essence of whatever he is writing about and to present it via an accessible musical language. This is well exemplified in his “Requiem for the Titanic” which listeners, transported to another time and place, relive intimately the events of the great disaster.
His output includes music for choir as well as a variety of instrumental ensembles, in styles ranging from musicals, ballets, multi media, folksong arrangements and church music to “traditional” concert fare. His varied, eclectic interests are further reflected in the thematic index.
Now Playing:
Overture to Christmas
(click here for more information)
written for Bosque School
in Albuquerque, New Mexico
'2010 Associated Publishers Award for Choral
Composition'
sponsored by the
Association of Canadian Choral
Conductors'.
"Scottish Contrasts"
was premiered at ACCC Podium
May 20-23, Saskatoon, Sask.