There Will Come Soft Rains: Choral Music by Ēriks Ešenvalds Pacific Lutheran University Choir of the West & Richard Nance

• Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977):
• 1 There Will Come Soft Rains 03:57
• 2 The New Moon 03:48
• 3 Long Road 06:10
• 4 Rivers of Light 05:58
• 5 Northern Lights 06:20
• 6 Only in Sleep 05:31
• 7 O, She Doth Teach the Torches to Burn Bright 05:35
• 8 A Soldier’s Mother’s Lullaby 06:52
• 9 Spring Rain 05:18
• 10 In My Little Picture Frame 04:51
• 11 Evening 03:51
• 12 My Luve Is Like a Red, Red Rose 03:53
• 13 Stars 04:02
• 14 Amazing Grace 05:22
• Total Runtime 01:11:28

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The Choir of the West is the premier choral ensemble of the Department of Music at Pacific Lutheran University, located in Tacoma, Washington. The choir was founded in 1926 and was the third Lutheran college choir to tour extensively throughout the United States.

Choir of the West has toured to Europe, Scandinavia, Japan and China and has been selected to appear at several regional and national conferences of the National Association for Music Education and the American Choral Directors Association.

In November of 2015 the choir was a featured ensemble at the National Collegiate Choral Organization Conference, held in Portland, Oregon, performing with renowned conductor Simon Carrington.

During the summer of 2011 Choir of the West competed among choirs from 47 nations at the prestigious Harmonie Festival in Lindenholzhausen, Germany, winning two gold certificates and one silver. In 2015 the choir competed in the Anton Bruckner Choir Competition, held in Linz, Austria.

This record celebrates the music of Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds. One of the most sought-after composers of today, Ešenvalds studied both in Latvia and the UK. He has had works premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, winning him many awards.

Pacific Lutheran University Choir of the West
Richard Nance, conductor

Richard Nance
is the Director of Choral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University where he has worked since 1992. At PLU, Nance conducts the Choir of the West, Choral Union, and teaches classes in choral conducting.

Nance holds bachelors and masters degrees from West Texas State University and the Doctor of Musical Arts from Arizona State University. He has studied conducting with Hugh Sanders, Douglas McEwen, and David Stocker, and composition with Joseph Nelson and Randall Shinn.

Nance is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and has held many state and divisional offices. Nance's choirs have appeared at several ACDA conventions and have toured Europe. His choral works are regularly performed by school, university, church, community, and festival choirs.

In 2002 Nance was selected to compose the prestigious Raymond Brock Memorial Composition for the American Choral Directors Association. Other composers who have shared this honor include Gian-Carlo Menotti, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Rene Clausen, Daniel Pinkham, Samuel Adler, and Gwyneth Walker.

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