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Meet Alice Parker
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Composer, conductor, and teacher Alice Parker was born in Boston in 1925. She began composing early and wrote her first orchestral score while still in high school. Parker graduated from Smith College with a major in music performance and composition and then received her master’s degree from the Juilliard School, where she studied choral conducting with Robert Shaw.
Her life’s work has been in choral and vocal music, combining composing, conducting, and teaching in a creative balance. Her arrangements with Robert Shaw of folk songs, hymns, and spirituals form an enduring repertoire for choruses all around the world. She continues composing in many forms, from operas to cantatas, sacred anthems to secular dances, song cycles to string quartets. She has been commissioned by such groups as the Vancouver Chamber Chorus, the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, and Chanticleer. Her many conducting and teaching engagements keep her traveling around the United States and Canada.
In 1985, she founded Melodious Accord, Inc., a nonprofit group that presents choral concerts and sponsors workshops, symposia, and her many professional appearances. The Fellows programs have provided unique training for composers, conductors, and song leaders. She has made eleven acclaimed recordings with the Musicians of Melodious Accord, a sixteen-voice professional chorus. The group has received generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Copland Foundation, and the New York State Council for the Arts.
Alice Parker serves on the board of Chorus America and was honored by them and the American Guild of Organists and the Hymn Society in her seventy-fifth year. Her techniques have encouraged a generation of music teachers and choral conductors to think about music and the act of conducting in new ways. No less an authority than Robert Shaw himself has said of Parker that “she possesses a rare and creative musical intelligence.”
Now a resident of western Massachusetts, Parker has published books on melodic styles, choral improvisation, and Good Singing in Church. Five videos show her work with hymns and folk songs. She is the recipient of four honorary doctorates and the Smith College Medal. For more about Alice Parker, see www.aliceparker.com.
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870 Direct Modulations – Organ
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870 Direct Modulations – Organ
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A Basque Lullaby – SATB Divisi
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A Basque Lullaby – SATB Divisi
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A Blessing Of Peace – SATB
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A Blessing Of Peace – SATB
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A Bouquet Of Service Pieces For Organ – Organ
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A Bouquet Of Service Pieces For Organ – Organ
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A Bright New Day – SATB
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A Bright New Day – SATB
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A Bronze Triptych – Instrumental Parts and Score
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A Bronze Triptych – Instrumental Parts and Score
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A Bronze Triptych – Instrumental Parts and Score
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A Bronze Triptych – Instrumental Parts and Score
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A Bronze Triptych – SATB Divisi
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A Bronze Triptych – SATB Divisi
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A Canon I Know – SATB
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A Canon I Know – SATB
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A Carol For Advent – SAB
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A Carol For Advent – SAB
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A Carol Of Christ – SATB
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A Carol Of Christ – SATB
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A Celebration of Singing – SA/SSA/SSAA
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A Celebration of Singing – Vocal solo
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A Celtic Blessing – 2 Part Mixed
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A Celtic Blessing – 2 Part Mixed
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A Cherokee Hymn – SAB
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A Cherokee Hymn – SAB
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A Child My Choice – SATB
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A Child My Choice – SATB
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A Child My Choice – SATB
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A Child My Choice – SATB
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A Child’s Prayer – 2 Part Treble
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A Child’s Prayer – 2 Part Treble
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A Christmas Hymn – SATB
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A Christmas Hymn – SATB
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A Christmas Invitation – SATB
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A Christmas Invitation – SATB
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A Christmas Lullaby – SATB Divisi
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A Christmas Lullaby – SATB Divisi
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A Christmas Madrigal – SATB
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A Christmas Madrigal – SATB
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A Christmas Suite – Instrumental Parts and Score
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A Christmas Suite – Instrumental Parts and Score
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A Christmas Suite – SATB
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A Christmas Suite – SATB
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A Christmas Wish – SAB
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A Christmas Wish – SAB
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A Clean Heart – SATB
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A Clean Heart – SATB
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A Covenant Prayer – Instr – Instrumental Parts and Score
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A Covenant Prayer – Instr – Instrumental Parts and Score
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A Covenant Prayer – SA/SSA/SSAA
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A Covenant Prayer – SA/SSA/SSAA
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A Covenant Prayer – SATB
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A Covenant Prayer (A Cappella) – SATB Divisi
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A Covenant Prayer (A Cappella) – SATB Divisi
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A Covenant Prayer (Accompanied) – SATB
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A Cradle Song For Christmas – SATB
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A Cradle Song For Christmas – SATB
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A Distant Alleluia – SATB
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A Distant Alleluia – SATB
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A Doyo Medley – SATB
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A Doyo Medley – SATB
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A Dream Of The Mist – Unison
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A Dream Of The Mist – Unison
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A Dream Within A Dream – SATB
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A Dream Within A Dream – SATB
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A French Noel – SATB
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A French Noel – SATB
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A Fun Tune – 2 Part Mixed
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A Fun Tune – 2 Part Mixed
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A Good Work – SATB
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A Good Work – SATB
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A Great Light – SATB
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A Great Light – SATB
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A Heart To Serve – SATB
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A Heart To Serve – SATB
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A Hope Carol – 2 Part Treble
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A Hope Carol – 2 Part Treble
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A Hymn Of Unity – SATB
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A Hymn Of Unity – SATB
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A Joyous Sound – SATB
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A Joyous Sound – SATB
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A La Nanita Nana – 3 Part
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A La Nanita Nana – 3 Part
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A La Puerta Del Cielo – 2 Part Treble
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A La Puerta Del Cielo – 2 Part Treble
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A Lady That Was So Fair And Bright – SATB
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A Lady That Was So Fair And Bright – SATB
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A Little Bird – Unison
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A Little Bird – Unison
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A Little Christmas Music – SATB
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A Little Christmas Music – SATB
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A Little Love – 2 Part Mixed
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A Little Love – 2 Part Mixed
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A Little Song Of Thanks – 2 Part Treble
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A Little Song Of Thanks – 2 Part Treble
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