Salmo 100, for mixed choir and piano
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Soprano Alto Tenor Bass
Erin Wegner Jennifer Schroeder Jason Martinoff Craig Sparks
Christina Trahan Teri Bowser Mike Furniere Allen Kessel
Alex Abele, conductor Larissa Karp, piano

 
Salmo 100 - Program Note
This is one of the first works I composed after moving to Maryland from Portland, Oregon.  In Portland, I had been attending Portland State University (PSU) and had been playing guitar in schools Big Band.  There were a couple of Latin charts that really got me juiced on Latin rhythms.  Also in my last semester at PSU I took choral arranging.  I spent a lot of time in this class searching for possible texts to set, and I kept coming back to Psalm 100.

So I arrived in Maryland with thoughts of Latin music, Psalm 100 and choral scores swimming through my head.  The result of these thoughts is Salmo 100.  I chose to set Psalm 100 to a suite of Latin inspired rhythms, and to stick with the Latin theme, I set the text in Spanish.

The five stanzas are set in the following order: salsa, tango, salsa, bossanova, and salsa. 

 
Psalm 100

1. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

2. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

3. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

5. For the Lord is good: his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Salmo 100

1. Cantad alegres á Dios, habitantes de toda la tierra.

2. Servid á Jehová con alegriá: Venid ante su acatamiento con recogijo.

3. Reconoced que Jehová él es Dios: El nos hizo, y no nosotros á nosotros mismos.  Pueblo suyo somos, y ovejas de su prado.

4. Entrad por sus puertas con reconocimiento, Por sus atrios con alabanza: Alabadle, bendecid su 
nombre.

5. Porque Jehová es bueno: para siempre es su misericordia, Y su verdad por todas las generaciones.

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