Stacy Garrop

In Part II: The Rise of Humanity from Terra Nostra, Garrop has selected text by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. which describes the nearly spiritual arrival in space ('Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of...

TERRA NOSTRA is an oratorio focusing on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. The climax of th...

This exciting Hungarian-Romani folk song, originally arranged for Chanticleer, has been masterfully adapted by prolific composer Stacy Garrop.  Suitable for advanced high school and beyond, it is sure...

This alternately serenely sonoric and joyously jumping folk song first came to life as a commission by the famed chorus Chanticleer (recorded on their album Then and There, Here and Now). For Christop...

A beautiful extract from Garrop's major oratorio Terra Nostra, set to the poem by Walt Whitman. Terra Nostra considers, through texts and poems, the world as it was, humanity's rise and impact on the...

A beautiful extract from Garrop's major oratorio Terra Nostra, set to the poem by Walt Whitman. Terra Nostra considers, through texts and poems, the world as it was, humanity's rise and impact on the...

Stacy Garrop's DIRGE WITHOUT WORDS is a dramatic setting of Edna St. Vincent Millay's elegiac poem of the same name. The music gives voice to the mournful, yet defiant, character of the poetry, which...

It's New Year's Eve in Chicago, 1919. Just before the stroke of midnight, an anonymous woman leaps from the rooftop of a downtown hotel. The next morning, a young reporter named Abigail lands her firs...

This aria from Stacy Garrop's gripping noir-esque opera, The Transformation of Jane Doe, set in 1920s Chicago is lyrical, lilting, and sweet, a welcome addition to the aria repertoire for Mezzo-Sopran...

Garrop’s music is as effervescent as its subject in this setting of two poems by 17th-century English poet Robert Herrick. As satisfying to sing as it is to hear, performers will enjoy showcasing the...

MEDITATION FOR THE INNER STORM is a profound yet versatile vocalise against a drone. Performable with any droning sound source, and available in transpositions for high, medium, and low voices, Garrop...

MEDITATION FOR THE INNER STORM is a profound yet versatile vocalise against a drone. Performable with any droning sound source, and available in transpositions for high, medium, and low voices, Garrop...

MEDITATION FOR THE INNER STORM is a profound yet versatile vocalise against a drone. Performable with any droning sound source, and available in transpositions for high, medium, and low voices, Garrop...

Garrop’s music is as effervescent as its subject in this setting of two poems by 17th-century English poet Robert Herrick. As satisfying to sing as it is to hear, performers will enjoy showcasing the...

“I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you….You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever.” So begins Capta...

TERRA NOSTRA is an oratorio focusing on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. Scored for Child...

TERRA NOSTRA is an oratorio focusing on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. Appearing near t...

TERRA NOSTRA is an oratorio focusing on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. Scored for TTBB...

This tour de force consists of two movements that are complete opposites. Movement I; titled Momentum; starts with the viola and piano aggressively  sharing a single note. Things start swirling out of...

THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a 5-minute work for bassoon and piano. It depicts the composer's awe at experiencing a nighttime view of the starry heavens, shining brightly over the vast expanse of the Wyom...

In this textural tour de force, a trio of flutes creates unique sound colors and gestures to dramatically depict the archangels Michael (Warrior), Raphael (Healer), and Gabriel (Heralder). Advanced fl...

Flamenco is an art form involving highly dramatic music and dance. Associated with the Andalusia region of southern Spain, its actual origins are less clear, often assumed to have been developed by mi...

Garrop's major work Terra Nostra is a contemplation of the world, from its pristine beginnings, to man's advancement across the globe and into the air, to the critical need to now come to terms with t...

Mystical, lyrical, and imbued with wonder for the beauty of nature, this movement for chorus from Stacy Garrop's monumental oratorio Terra Nostra is a striking and achievable work, written for the voi...

FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS, for female narrator/singer and string quartet, is a monodramatic retelling of the events of the Book of Esther from Esther’s perspective. The narrative hinges on the introspec...