CHORAL MUSIC

CPH:
http://www.cph.org/p-24768-from-shepherding-of-stars.aspx

Editor's Choice at JW PEPPER:
http://www.jwpepper.com/From-Shepherding-of-Stars/10461235.item#.U4dFga1dVLY

FROM SHEPHERDING OF STARS (SATB, piano) - Concordia Publishing House demo

Winner of the San Francisco Choral Artists 2014 New Voices Project. 

Text by William Shakespeare:

Over hill, over dale,
    Through bush, through briar,
Over park, over pale,
    Through blood, through fire,
I do wander everywhere,
Swifter than the moone’s sphere;
And I serve the fairy queen,
To dew her orbs upon the green.
The cowslips tall her pensioners be:
In their gold coats spots you see;
Those be rubies, fairy favours,
In those freckles live their savours:
I must go seek some dewdrops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear.

OVER HILL, OVER DALE (SATB) - San Francisco Choral Artists (Live)

THE HONEY BEE (SATB, piano) - KU Recital Choir

AFTERNOON ON A HILL (SATB, piano) - Seward Summer Chamber Choir

John 1:14

And the Word was made flesh, 
and dwelt among us, 
and we beheld his glory, 
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, 
full of grace and truth.

VERBUM CARO FACTUM EST (SATB) - UNL University Singers

Boosey and Hawkes: http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Kampen-David-von-In-A-Railroad-Station-SATB/2087327

IN A RAILROAD STATION (SATB, piano) - Vancouver Chamber Choir

Colla Voce: http://www.collavoce.com/catalog/item/angels-from-the-realms-of-glory-15-95020



ANGELS FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY (SATB, 4-hand piano) - Colla Voce Choral Series

REJOICE NOW, HEAVENLY HOSTS (SATB)

BENEDICTION (SATB, organ) - Concordia Publishing House

http://www.cph.org/p-6205-what-wondrous-love-is-this.aspx

WHAT WONDROUS LOVE IS THIS (SATB) - Concordia Publishing House

Score available from www.DavidvonKampen.com

Commissioned by the Vancouver Chamber Choir
Premiered April 24, 2015.
Recording Used with Permission
www.VancouverChamberChoir.com

LOVE CAME DOWN AT CHRISTMAS (SATB, piano) - Vancouver Chamber Choir

From "Divine Service: A Lutheran Mass"

Live Video Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxbc8X2Mu_E&feature=youtu.be

Available as SATB+piano, includes optional strings/percussion/organ.

BENEDICTION (SATB, piano, strings) - Concordia A Cappella Choir

THE SWING was commissioned by the Vancouver Chamber Choir in 2011. The following program notes were written by Eric Tuan at Stanford University:

"Stevenson’s more playful side emerges in his poem “The Swing,” whose lighthearted verses express the wide-eyed wonder and innocence of childhood. The Nebraska-based composer David von Kampen provides Stevenson’s poetry with a spirited setting whose rollicking compound meter mirrors the dactylic rhythms of the text. von Kampen’s jazz background shines through in the rich harmonies and quasi-improvisatory figuration of the piano part, while the men and women of the chorus toss melodies back and forth as if soaring in the air themselves."

THE SWING (SATB, piano) - Stanford University Chamber Chorale

Performed by the Taiwan Youth Festival Chorus.

Text from 2 Samuel 18:33

Taiwan Youth Festival Chorus conductor Matthew Oltman (Music Director Emeritus of Chanticleer) says this about the piece:

"When English composer Thomas Tomkins published his heartbreakingly sad "When David Heard" in 1622,  it could be said that no further interpretations of the devastating text from 2 Samuel were needed. David von Kampen, however, has managed to set the text in a way that is equal in emotional intensity (thanks, in part, to a shared exploration of dramatic chromaticism) and yet wholly different in texture, form and density. An important feature is the deft use of the solo cello as the voice of David--at times wailing, at times sighing quietly. The technical demands on the singers are not overly taxing, allowing for plenty of opportunity for interpretive exploration."

www.DavidvonKampen.com

DAVID'S LAMENTATION (SATB, solo cello) - Taiwan Youth Festival Chorus

David von Kampen's Album

OH, SING TO THE LORD (TTBB, piano, bass, percussion)

AN EVENING PRAYER - SATB unaccompanied

PSALM 141 (SATB) - Concordia University A Cappella Choir

PSALM 108 (SATB) - Concordia A Cappella Choir

Text by Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

HUSH! my dear, lie still and slumber,	 
  Holy angels guard thy bed!	 
Heavenly blessings without number	 
  Gently falling on thy head.	 
 
How much better thou'rt attended	 
  Than the Son of God could be,	
When from heaven He descended	 
  And became a child like thee!	 
 
Soft and easy is thy cradle:	 
  Coarse and hard thy Saviour lay,	 
When His birthplace was a stable	
  And His softest bed was hay.

CRADLE HYMN (SATB) - Concordia A Cappella Choir

"With My Whole Heart: Festival Anthem for Thanksgiving" (2011)

Commissioned by the Fremont High School (NE) Concert Choir and Concordia University A Cappella Choir

For Double SATB Chorus, Organ, Piano, Brass Quintet, String Quartet, and Percussion

The whole thing: https://soundcloud.com/davidvonkampen/with-my-whole-heart-anthem-for

CONCERTATO: "With My Whole Heart" (choral excerpt)

Composer/Arranger
www.DavidvonKampen.com

Composer from Lincoln, Nebraska. 2015 MTNA Distinguished Composer of the Year. 2014 San Francisco Choral Artists New Voices Project winner, three-time winner of  Vancouver Chamber Choir Young Composers Competition, 6-time Downbeat Award winner, ASCAP Young Jazz Composer, and the recipient of the 2013 Cius Award from the University of Kansas School of Music. Over 50 choral and instrumental pieces published with Walton, G. Schirmer, Boosey and Hawkes, Concordia Publishing House, and others. Directs the Vocal Jazz Ensemble and teaches theory at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, instructor of composition at Concordia Nebraska, and directs choirs at Christ Lutheran Church in Lincoln.