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Julian David Bryson is Director of Choral Activities at Jacksonville University (FL), where he leads three choral ensembles and teaches courses in conducting, education, entrepreneurship, and music appreciation. He and the choirs of JU were finalists in three categories for The American Prize 2023. Previously, Julian served on the faculty of Curry College in Milton, MA, and was a founding member of Triad: Boston’s Choral Collective.

He has taught elementary, middle, and high school musicians at Randolph School of Huntsville, AL, and Carlisle School of Martinsville, VA, and holds a doctoral degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Kentucky, writing his dissertation on choral collectives. He also earned degrees in conducting and composition from the University of Tennessee.

Bryson is a composer whose work brings together historically opposed ideas and communities and has garnered national recognition. Awards include winning the ACDA Raymond W. Brock Student Composition Contest, the Yale Glee Club Emerging Composers Competition, and the MSUM Dragon Music Prize. Commissions include the Florida Vocal Association All-State Choirs, University of Kentucky, San Jacinto College (TX), First Baptist Church of Huntsville (AL), and the Voices of Jacksonville.

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A Riddle – Voicing: SATB (also available: CTB for TB choirs with cambiata voices)  Instrumentation: Piano  Performance Length: 3:00  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Melanie Stapleton  Language: English  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Halloween  Descriptive Terms: Questions, Curiosity, Humor, Indeterminacy, Energetic, Suspense  First Performance: April 15, 2023 : Lavilla Middle School of the Arts Chamber Singers, Theresa Moreau, Jacksonville, FL    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 698/1734~2023-Q2)
The Field (ubi caritas) – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Piano, Marimba, Cello, Viola, Violin  Performance Length: 9:30  Notation: Standard  Text Source: The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran, Leviticus 19, Antiphon for Maundy Thursday  Language: English, Latin, Hebrew  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Pentecost, Spring, Ecumenical Services, Convocation  Descriptive Terms: Community, Hope, Joy, Love, Unity  First Performance: Apr 26, 2019: San Jacinto College Choir, Patrick J. J. Callaghan, Corbin Recital Hall, San Jacinto College, Houston, TX    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 698/1133~2020-Q3)
Fire and Ice – Voicing: SATBB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 2:30  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Robert Frost  Language: English  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter, Summer  Descriptive Terms: Desire, Fire, Hate, Ice, Peace  First Performance: Nov 21, 2015: Triad: Boston’s Choral Collective, Corey De Tar, Harvard-Epworth UMC, Cambridge, MA    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 698/708~2017-Q4)
O nata lux – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 4:00  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Hymn for Lauds, Feast of the Transfiguration  Language: Latin  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Lent, Memorial Services, Transfiguration, Lauds  Descriptive Terms: Death, Hope, Light, Prayer, Redemption  First Performance: Nov 21, 2015: Triad: Boston’s Choral Collective, Amanda Sindel-Keswick, Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge, MA    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 698/699~2017-Q3)
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