All of us use music to celebrate, contemplate, and connect with each other. We celebrate music through songs about songs, exploring the many different ways music flows between us and the world around us.
We also perform Dan Forrest’s glorious “Jubilate Deo,” a setting of Psalm 100 in seven languages. Using melody, harmony, and rhythm, Forrest takes us on a tour through many countries to revel in our similarities and delight in our differences. We hope you take this music with you into the world, and may it give your reasons for joy, hope, and harmony.
Dan Forrest (excerpted from danforrest.com)
Dan Forrest (b. 1978) is widely recognized as one of the leading American choral composers of our time. He has been described as having “an undoubted gift for writing beautiful music….that is truly magical” (NY Concert Review), with works hailed as “magnificent, very cleverly constructed sound sculpture” (Classical Voice), and “superb writing…full of spine-tingling moments” (Salt Lake Tribune).
Dan holds a D.M.A in Composition (University of Kansas, 2007) and a master’s degree in piano performance. He served for several years as a professor and department head (music theory and composition) in higher education, and is a past Chair of the American Choral Directors Association Composition Initiatives Committee. He currently serves as Vice President of Publications and Editor at Beckenhorst Press, Composer in Residence at Furman University, and Artist in Residence at Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church (Greenville, SC). Details about Dan and his work can be found at www.danforrest.com.