This set of Preces and Responses was written for the Epiphany Parish Choir in Seattle in February of 2021, to be sung for Evensong. This piece was specifically written for SATB choir with no divisi, to make this workable for choirs with one or two singers per part, due to the limited capacity of singers that could be present during the Covid-19 pandemic.

To peruse or purchase a score, please visit my website at jessicafrench.net.

Preces and Responses

Composed by Jessica French, 2013
Sung by the St. Thomas Medina Choristers
Charles Rus, Organ
Cecilia Buss, Violin
Jessica French, Conductor

The Call

Composed by Jessica French
Sung by Erica Row - Soprano, Catherine Blundell - Alto, Tim Blok - Tenor, Charles Rus - Bass, Organ - Jessica French

Recorded in October of 2013

Score can be found here: https://musicspoke.com/downloads/a-prayer-of-st-francis/

A Prayer of St. Francis - SATB and Organ

Music by Jessica French
Erica Row - Soprano 1, Catherine Blundell - Soprano 2, Organ - Jessica French

A Prayer of St. Francis - SA and Organ

"We Are Held" - Music by Jessica French, poem by Robert Bode
Premiere performance by Choral Arts Northwest at Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle on Dec 11, 2021

Robert Bode, Conductor
Bob Mccaffery-Lent, Guitar

We Are Held

Premiere performance by the Cathedral of the Madeleine Choir and MCS Choristers in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 13, 2022 - Ryan Tani, Conductor

Score can be found here: https://www.jessicafrench.net/strengthen-for-service-strings

Strengthen for Service

For more information on this work, and to purchase scores, please visit https://www.jessicafrench.net/hear-my-voice

Hear My Voice was premiered by the choir of Epiphany Parish in Seattle, Washington, conducted by Zach Hemenway, with Emily Herivel, soprano soloist. Recorded live at Evensong on March 20, 2022.

Hear My Voice

Performed by the Choir of the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist - Paul Thornock, Director of Music

Score can be found here: https://www.jessicafrench.net/tantum-ergo-satb

Tantum Ergo

Sung at Choral Evensong on October 10, 2021 by the Choir of Epiphany Parish Seattle.

Zach Hemenway, Conductor
Wyatt Smith, Organist

Score can be found here: https://www.jessicafrench.net/mag-nunc-satb

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis

Performed by the Youth Choirs of St. James Cathedral, Seattle 

Stacey Sunde, Director of Youth Music
Chris Stroh - Organ 

Score can be found here:  https://www.jessicafrench.net/tantum-ergo-sa

Tantum Ergo - Treble Version

Escape | Jessica French
Performed by Choral Arts at Trinity Parish Church, Seattle on May 22, 2022  
Timothy Westerhaus - Artistic Director
Serena Chin - Pianist

Score can be found here: https://www.jessicafrench.net/escape

Escape

Premiere performance by the St. James Cathedral Choir at the AGO National Convention in Seattle, Washington on July 5, 2022 

Joseph Adam - Director of Music
Chris Stroh - Organist

Score can be found here: https://www.jessicafrench.net/earth-strike-up-your-music

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Earth, Strike Up Your Music

Premiere performance by the St. James Cathedral Choir at the AGO National Convention in Seattle, Washington on July 3, 2022

Joseph Adam - Director of Music
Chris Stroh - Organist

Score can be found here: www.jessicafrench.net/pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

Scored for SSATBB choir 
Recorded by Matthew Curtis of choraltracks.com

Premiered by the American Creators Chorus at the Oregon Bach Festival, conducted by Craig Hella Johnson, June 29, 2014

Ave Verum Corpus

"O Nata Lux" performed by Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble at St. Mark's Cathedral, May 21, 2016.

Loren Ponten - Conductor
Tasha Croydon - Soprano Soloist

Recorded by Via Audio

O Nata Lux

Love Came Down at Christmas - Composed by Jessica French
Conducted by Robert Bode
Premiered by Choral Arts Northwest at Plymouth Church, Seattle
Sunday, December 11th, 2016

CANW Christmas '16

Love Came Down at Christmas

Conducted by Sara Boos
Commissioned for Northwest Girlchoir by Tom and Edith Johnston
Performed by Vivace and Amore - Northwest Girlchoir
Accompanist: Andrew Seifert
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle
Saturday, December 3, 2016

December Moon, December Stars Dec. 3, 2016, First Free Methodist Church, Seattle II

Ave Maris Stella

Full Many a Glorious Morning

Refuge and Strength - Composed by Jessica French
SSA and Piano
Text - Psalm 46
Conducted by Sara Boos
Premiered by Northwest Girlchoir at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA
Saturday, June 23, 2018

Refuge And Strength

Performance of Dieu Parmi Nous at St. Thomas Fifth Avenue, New York, New York

Dieu Parmi Nous - Olivier Messiaen

Improvisation on Ave Maris Stella, by Charles Tournemire - St. Thomas Fifth Avenue, New York, New York

Improvisation on "Ave Maris Stella," - Charles Tournemire

Master's Recital, Woolsey Hall, Yale University

Passacaglia from Sonata No. 8 - Joseph Rheinberger

This work was commissioned by my dear friend and cathedral choir member Glenda Voller, and is set to Jesus’ words on the cross, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 

Premiered on Sunday, April 14th at the 10am Palm Sunday Mass by the St. James Cathedral Choir in Seattle, Joseph Adam, conductor

Recorded by Matthew Curtis of choraltracks.com

Eloi, Eloi

For more information on this work, and to purchase scores, please visit https://www.jessicafrench.net/the-oxen

This live performance was sung by the St. James Cathedral Choir at their Christmas Carol Service, December 24, 2014, in Seattle, Washington.

James Savage - Conductor 
Kathryn Weld, and Thomas Thompson, Soloists
Text - Thomas Hardy

The Oxen

Live performance by Seattle Girls Choir on June 1st, 2019 
Seattle, WA

Commissioned by Karen Thomas and Seattle Pro Musica

Unsung Voices

Full Many a Glorious Morning Have I Seen

This Magnificat setting was sung by the choir of Epiphany Parish in Seattle, Washington, recorded at Evensong on November 3, 2020.

Zach Hemenway, Conductor
Wyatt Smith, Organist

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis - Treble Version

Jessica French is a Seattle-based composer and soprano, specializing in sacred and secular choral music.

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