Richard Ewer, Educator/Composer/Arranger
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Composer's Corner
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.”
- Victor Hugo
"Talking about music is like dancing about architecture."
-Steve Martin
Videos and Soundfiles
(newest first)
Just out in 2022! A fun, new sea shanty arrangement for Men's Choir! You can listen to it here: Swansea Town.
A piece for treble voices on a traditional Latin text. I hope you like it! Listen here: O Nata Lux. Available now from Lorenz.com. Available soon on JWPepper, SheetMusicPlus and other music distribution sites.
This is my rather romantic take on a text from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. You can listen to it here: I Know A Bank Where the Wild Thyme Blows. Available now from Lorenz.com. Available soon on SheetMusicPlus.com, JWPepper.com and other music distribution sites.
In this Christmas song for SATB choir, I tried to impart the peace I think must have been present at the Nativity. Available from Sacred Music Press. You can listen to it and follow along with the score here:
Update: I just found out (May 2019) that this has been named to JW Pepper's Editor's Choice list. Thanks, JWP!
This is a two-part piece written for the Chandler Children’s Choir 10th Anniversary Concert! You can hear their performance below, or click on the link to hear a new recording and see some pages from the score: I Can Sing, I Can Fly
The wonderful Chandler Children's Choir and their director Aimee Stewart commissioned this piece from me. Here is their premiere performance in May 2018. It will be published in Spring 2019 by Shawnee Music Press.
The studio recording of Hear My Prayer, for SATB choir. Published by Sacred Music Press and available at J.W.Pepper, SheetMusicPlus.com, or your favorite music retailer. Also check out the live performance at the National ACDA Conference by the Reed Academy Singers, below.
Hear My Prayer, SATB. Written for and performed by the always amazing Reed Academy Singers, Springfield, Missouri, and their awesome director, Daniel Gutierrez. Composed for their performance at the March 2017 National ACDA Conference. Published by Sacred Music Press (Lorenz.com).
Masters in This Hall. A new arrangement for Men's Choir (TTB) of the classic Christmas carol. Published by Heritage Music Press and available from your favorite music retailer.
Psallam Deo, SSA. Available from Heritage Music Press or your favorite music retailer. This is the studio recording--also check out the live performance by the Reed Academy Treble Choir, below!
The fabulous Reed Academy Treble Choir, Springfield, MO, under the direction of Daniel Gutierrez in their premier performance of Psallam Deo, composed especially for them. The choir performed this piece at the Missouri MEA Convention January 29, 2015. Published by Heritage Music Press, for SSA.
Beati Omnes, SATB. Published by Heritage Music Press.
Beati Omnes
SSA, a cappella
Publisher: Heritage Music Press
Video by Cassandra Ewer
My arrangement of the old English sea ballad, The Coasts of High Barbary. For Men's Choir (TBB) published by Heritage Music Press.
Images of Stars, 2nd place winner at the 2104 Ithaca College Choral Composition Contest. Sung by the wonderful Ward Melville High School (East Setauket, NY) Camerata Singers, directed by Linda Contino. Unpublished. Contact me for performance information.
Windflowers, SSA. Written for and performed here by the marvelous Phoenix Girls Chorus, directed by Danya Tiller. Published by Carl Fischer.
Love Me Little, on an Anonymous 16th-century poem. Composed for and performed here by the always beautiful Phoenix Girls Chorus, Sue Kenly Marshall, director. Published by Carl Fischer.
Whether the Weather, for 2-part choir and piano, on a fun, anonymous text. Published by Shawnee Press.
Publications and links to Publishers
Swansea Town, TBB, Heritage Music Press
O Nata Lux, SSA, Heritage Music Press
I Know A Bank Where the Wild Thyme Blows, SATB, Heritage Music Press
The Golden Rose Carol, SATB, Sacred Music Press
I Can Sing, I Can Fly, 2-part, Shawnee Press
Hear My Prayer, SATB, Sacred Music Press
Masters in This Hall, TBB, Heritage Music Press
Psallam Deo, SSA, Heritage Music Press
The Coasts of High Barbary, TBB, Heritage Music Press
Beati Omnes, SATB and SSA, Heritage Music Press
Windflowers, SSA, Carl Fischer Music
Love Me Little, SSA, Carl Fischer Music
Whether the Weather, 2-part, Shawnee Press