Rejoice and Be Merry

1. Rejoice and Be Merry—English (2:42)
2. The Holly and the Ivy—English (3:54)
3. I Sing of a Maiden—anon. 15th century/Daniel Powers (3:02)
4. Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabella—French (2:22)
5. What Child Is This—English (2:56)
6. Fum, Fum, Fum—Catalan (1:23)
7. Wexford Carol—Irish (4:40)
8. Il est né, le divin enfant—French (2:41)
9. The Angel’s Song—Sara Teasdale/Daniel Powers (2:55)
10. Kling, Glöckchen—German (1:33)
11. Quittez, pasteurs—French (2:08)
12. El Desembre Congelat—Catalan (2:05)
13. Sussex Carol—English (2:18)
14. The Christmas Silence—Margaret Deland/Daniel Powers (6:06)
15. Rise, Hope of the Ages—James Greenleaf Whittier/Daniel Powers (2:36)

 Total duration; 46:27

All selections arranged by Daniel Powers, published by Swan's Wing Press (BMI)

Recorded at Airtime Studio, Bloomington IN, June-September 2006 (except tracks 3 & 9, which were recorded Summer 2005, and were previously released on “Spring and Fall”)

David Weber, recording engineer

Glenn Dunlap, graphic design

© 2006 Daniel Powers. All rights reserved.

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American/British mezzo-soprano Sarah Stone followed her calling in the world of classical singing after a successful career as a professional soccer player and sports commentator for Brazilian television. She began musical studies in São Paulo, Brazil, where she studied piano with international concert pianist Yara Amaral. After beginning her Bachelors of Music as a pianist she was converted to singing after being involved in a performance of Mendelssohn’s Elijah. A recent graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with a Masters of Music in Voice Performance, she studied with Patricia Wise and Patricia Stiles. Ms. Stone was a fellow with the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood Music Center in 2005.

Martha Krasnican is the director of the accompanying program at Indiana State University and principal keyboardist with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra. She graduated with distinction from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Brooks Smith, Barry Snyder, and Frank Glazer. She has worked with major performers across North America and Europe, including engagements with the Western Horn Symposium and several World Saxophone Congresses. She has performed as soloist in the Piano Concerto by Vincent Persichetti under the direction of the composer. She has also performed as a soloist with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, premiering two piano concertos written for her by her husband, Daniel Powers.

In 1993, the newly formed Terre Haute Children’s Choir requested Daniel Powers to arrange a group of Christmas songs for their appearance with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra. Since then, Powers has produced new arrangements and original songs every year, which have received hundreds of performances across the United States and abroad. Powers is composer-in-residence with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra and teaches composition at Indiana State University. In 2003, he received national recognition as the first winner of the Ned Rorem Award for Song Composition. The Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra has recorded an orchestral version of The Angel’s Song (for release in late 2006), as well as an orchestral work, The Starry Messenger (to be released in spring 2007).