MAGNIFICAT, Op. 13
SATB, SSA, String Quartet
Duration: 16'00"
Text by Traditional Biblical text in English, translated from the original Latin
ASCAP Title # 882169575

This piece was commissioned by Julia Dal and the Rock Canyon High School Choirs. It was premiered in Highland Ranch, CO on December 8, 2010.

Julia and I discussed this piece for the first time at a mutual friend's wedding in June of 2010. She wanted a multi-movement piece that could be sung by all of her high school choirs on one performance. She had two women's choirs and two mixed choirs, so, this meant that there would be some movements for women only and each movement would be written to feature one particular choir. The first and last movement were written with the intention that all choirs would sing together. The choirs are accompanied by a string quartet whose parts were written with the intention that they would be played by high school students.

Media

	Magnificat Movements 1 - 3 Violin 1 - Kristi Davies Violin 2 - Dasha Duncan Viola - Jack Lambert Cello - Benjamin Dale
	Magnificat Movements 4 - 7 Violin 1 - Kristi Davies Violin 2 - Dasha Duncan Viola - Jack Lambert Cello - Benjamin Dale