Mari Esabel Valverde, Composer

Choral Music

  • Sérénade italienne (Italian Serenade)

    for TBB chorus and piano, sung in French

    ca. 2′

    Published: 2018

    arrangement of Chausson’s song of the same title

    Movements:

    text: Paul Bourget

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  • Crossing

    for TTBB chorus and piano

    ca. 4′

    Published: 2017

    commissioned for Seattle Men’s Chorus, Paul Caldwell, conductor

    Movements:

    text: Amir Rabiyah

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  • Border Lines

    for SATB chorus (div.) and guitar or cello

    ca. 5′

    Published: 2017

    commissioned for Adams State University Chamber Choir, Beth Robison, conductor

    Movements:

    text: Yesenia Montilla

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  • United in Song

    for solo voice or SATB chorus a cappella

    ca. 2’30”

    Published: 2017

    dedicated to Lawrence University Viking Chorale and their conductor Dr. Stephen Sieck

    Movements:

    text: Mari Esabel Valverde

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  • When Thunder Comes (SSAA)

    for SSAA chorus, piano, and opt. taiko or percussion

    ca. 4′

    Published: 2017

    co-commissioned for San Diego Women’s Chorus, Kathleen Hansen, conductor and Seattle Women’s Chorus, Paul Caldwell, conductor

    Movements:

    text: J. Patrick Lewis

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  • Patterns on the Snow (SSAA)

    for SSAA chorus and piano

    ca. 3’30”

    Published: 2016

    commissioned for the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Women’s Choral Consortium, including 39 high school, collegiate, community, and professional ensembles in 19 States and British Columbia

    Movements:

    text: May Sarton

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  • I Flow… I Am

    for SATB chorus a cappella (div.)

    ca. 4′

    Published: 2016

    commissioned for South Salem High School Symphonic Choir of Salem, Oregon, Will McLean, conductor

    Movements:

    text: Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy

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  • When Thunder Comes (SATB)

    for SATB chorus, piano, and opt. taiko or percussion

    ca. 4′

    Published: 2016

    commissioned for One Voice Mixed Chorus (St. Paul) in collaboration with Mu Daiko, Jane Ramseyer Miller, conductor

    Movements:

    text: J. Patrick Lewis

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  • Of More Heroic Temper

    for TTBB chorus and piano

    ca. 4′

    Published: 2016

    commissioned for the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, Tim Seelig, conductor

    Movements:

    text: Amy Lowell

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  • Our Phoenix

    for SATB chorus, piano, and trumpet

    ca. 4′

    Published: 2015

    co-commissioned for The Esoterics of Seattle, One Voice Chorus of Charlotte, One Voice Mixed Chorus of St. Paul, River City Mixed Chorus of Omaha, Singing Out of Toronto, and Voices of Kentuckiana of Louisville for GALA Choruses Festival 2016

    Movements:

    text: Amir Rabiyah

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