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Composer Page for Christopher Lee Fraley

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Northwest composer Christopher Lee Fraley focuses on telling stories through music, writing music that is tuneful and accessible while preserving those aspects that make classical music so engaging: interesting counterpoint, rich harmonies, expressive structures, varied color palette, and careful craftsmanship.

Fraley’s compositions have been premiered by the Byrd Ensemble, Cascadian Chorale, Vox16, Master Chorus Eastside, and the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra. He continues to write works for chorus, chamber ensembles, and orchestra, and his credits include over twenty choral settings, two operettas, string quartets, eight tone poems, a symphony, and pieces for piano and various chamber ensembles. He also sings tenor with the Cascadian Chorale, occasionally plays cello, and loves studying how musical sounds combine.

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He was born in Spring – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 3:30  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Christina Rossetti  Language: English  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring, March, Summer  Descriptive Terms: Love, Spring, Evening, Quiet, Summer  First Performance: April 22, 2017 : Cascadian Chorale, Gary D. Cannon, Holy Cross Episcopal, Redmond, WA    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 756/1523~2021-Q2)
Kyrie (from Missa Dramatica) – Voicing: SATB  Solo(s): Soprano  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 5:10  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Ordinary of the Mass  Language: Greek  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Lent  Descriptive Terms: Contemplative, Dramatic, Prayer  First Performance: Apr 07, 2018: Vox16, Markdavin Obenza, Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 756/1101~2020-Q2)
Hine ma tov – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 3:20  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Psalm 133  Language: Hebrew  Descriptive Terms: Community, Gathering, Hebrew, Jewish  First Performance: May 18, 2013: Gaithersburg Communitiy Chorus, Hugh Harvey III, St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Gaithersburg, MD    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 756/895~2018-Q4)
The Plains – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 3:30  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Adela Florence Nicolson  Language: English  Descriptive Terms: Horizon, Longing, Rest, Sea, Sky  First Performance: Jun 04, 2011: Cascadian Chorale, Gary D. Cannon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 756/833~2018-Q3)
Wistful Wind – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 3:00  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Adela Florence Nicolson  Language: English  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring, Autumn  Descriptive Terms: Breeze, Dawn, Sunrise, Wind  First Performance: Jun 02, 2012: Cascadian Chorale, Gary D. Cannon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 756/757~2018-Q1)
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