A playlist featuring various sacred and secular choral works by Kerry Andrew.

For more music (and soon a full catalogue), please visit www.kerryandrew.net

CHORAL MUSIC

The Bells is a secular carol setting of an Edgar Allen Poe poem. It was commissioned by The Sunday Boys and premiered by them at Manchester Cathedral on December 2nd, 2022.

The Bells performed by The Sunday Boys

A haunting carol that combines irregular melodic lines with lilting ostinato passages. It sets several ancient texts.

For SSATB Choir, with optional Soprano solo. 
Available to purchase at Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/adam-and-the-mother-9780193365674?cc=gb&lang=en&

Adam And The Mother

Part 4 of my late-night mass, 'dusksongs', which was first commissioned and recorded by The Ebor Singers. 

This is a Celtic song not often heard as part of the Compline Mass. I've set it for solo alto, with the rest of the choir gradually ghosting in with textural and then pitched sustained material which echoes the mantra-like solo.

criosda liom a cadal from dusksongs

An anthem originally published by Oxford University Press in their anthology 'Cantica Nova', this piece inspired The Ebor Singers to commission a large-scale late-night mass with this existing work as its last piece. 'dusksongs' now finishes with this piece, which also works performed on its own and has since been published by OUP as a stand-alone copy.

o lux beata trinitas

A piece for female voices (originally written for single voices, but arranged for choir), and performed here by York University's The 24. Hexennacht means 'witches' night' and refers to Walpurgis Night, a spring festival on April 30th.

Hexennacht

'Who We Are' was commissioned by the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain to open their concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 2016. It broadly addresses themes of unity and identity, using various iterations of the words 'who/we/are/you/I/don't/know'.

It was written for massed youth choirs - Girls' Choir, Boys' Choir, Training Choir, Main Choir and Chamber Choir Girls - but the choir parts can be divided up amongst a large (100+) youth choir.

Do watch the fantastic video of the NYCGB to see the choreography and body percussion in action! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDSPCA8rMBo

Please visit www.kerryandrew.net for details on acquiring a perusal score or purchasing a score.

Who We Are

Kerry Andrew is a composer, performer and author based in West  Yorkshire, England. 

They specialises in vocal music and opera, choral music, folk, jazz, and community music. Choral and experimental work has been heard on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, 6Music and Classic FM and on national news channels. Kerry won a British Composer Award in 2010 and two more for her chamber operas 'Woodwose' and 'Dart's Love' in 2014. They won their 4th for 'who we are' for the National Youth Choirs at the Royal Albert Hall. They were 2010-12's Handel House Composer in Residence. In 2017, she made her Proms debut with BBC Ten Pieces.

Her debut novel, Swansong, is out now: https://www.waterstones.com/book/swansong/kerry-andrew/9781911214229 and her second novel, SKIN, is published in February 2021.

Kerry performs as alt-folk artist You Are Wolf http://soundcloud.com/you-are-wolf; music can be heard and ordered here: https://youarewolf.bandcamp.com/

She performs with the award-winning vocal trio https://soundcloud.com/juicevocalensembleuk

She also performs with the jazz/classical/rock collective https://soundcloud.com/dollyman.

‘Stunning‘ Classic FM

‘Brilliant, Berio-like vocal effects…‘ The Times

www.kerryandrew.net

The Bells performed by The Sunday Boys

Kerry Andrew Composer