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Composer Page for Joshua Fishbein

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Joshua Fishbein specializes in composing and arranging choral music. He has won awards from the American Choral Directors Association, American Composers Forum, BMI, Chorus America, Chorus Austin, The Esoterics, Guild of Temple Musicians, National Lutheran Choir, and several other organizations. Professional vocal ensembles, such as Cantus, Chicago a cappella, The Thirteen, Volti, and Washington Master Chorale, have premiered Fishbein’s music.

Currently, he is an adjunct faculty member of The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. Previously, Fishbein taught at The College of New Jersey, Towson University, University of Maryland Baltimore County, and University of Nevada Las Vegas. He also serves as Director of Music and Arts at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, Maryland, and Choir Director/Pianist at Temple Micah in Washington, DC.

Fishbein earned music degrees from the University of California Los Angeles, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Carnegie Mellon University. His compositions are published by E.C. Schirmer Music Company, Hal Leonard Corporation, Transcontinental Music Publications, and Yelton Rhodes Music.

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Allahu Echad (God is One) – Voicing: SATB (DIVISI)  Instrumentation: Violin  Performance Length: 6:00  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Deuteronomy 6:4, Adhan (Call to Worship)  Language: Hebrew, Arabic  Descriptive Terms: Intense, Dramatic, Ecumenical, Interfaith  First Performance: March 03, 2018 : National Lutheran Choir, David Cherwien, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 90/1723~2023-Q2)
Out of the Ashes of Holocaust – Voicing: SATB  Solo(s): Soprano, Alto  Instrumentation: Violin, Cello, Piano  Performance Length: 22:18  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Marina and Joshua Fishbein, U.S. Congressional Record (1984)  Language: English  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Holocaust Remembrance  Descriptive Terms: Emotional, Intense, Moving  First Performance: May 21, 2021 : Washington Master Chorale, Thomas Colohan, The Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C.    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 90/1585~2021-Q3)
Al Hanisim – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 4:00  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Jewish Liturgy  Language: Hebrew  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Hanukah, Purim, Yom Ha’atzmaut  Descriptive Terms: Calm, Grand, Majestic, Miracles, Stately  First Performance: Dec 20, 2017: Chorosynthesis, Wendy Moy and Jeremiah Selvey, Soma Tower, Belleveue, Washington    Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 90/1104~2020-Q2)
Sunset Symphony – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 5:20  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Nathan Brown  Language: English  Descriptive Terms: Beach, Nature, Ocean, Sky, Sunset  First Performance: May 05, 2018: Chorus Austin, Ryan Heller, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Austin, Texas    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 90/1009~2019-Q4)
Psalms, Songs, and Blues – Voicing: SSAATTBB  Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Bass  Instrumentation: Harp, Trombone, Timpani, Percussion, Trumpet, Bass Trombone, Strings  Performance Length: 27:00  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Psalm 102, Psalm 55, Psalm 137, Jewish Liturgy  Language: English, Latin, Hebrew  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Bernstein Companion  Descriptive Terms: Dramatic, Jewish, Judeo-christinan  First Performance: Dec 04, 2015: Manchester Choral Society, Plymouth State University Chorale, Dan Perkins, Nashua, New Hampshire    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 90/613~2017-Q2)
A Prep-School Boy – Voicing: SSATBB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 5:00  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Benjamin Britten  Language: English  Descriptive Terms: Boy, Britten, Childhood, School  First Performance: May 03, 2014: Cantate Chamber Singers, Gisele Becker, St. John’s Norwood Parish, Chevy Chase, Maryland    Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 90/266~2015-Q1)
Afternoon on a Hill – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 5:30  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Edna St. Vincent Millay  Language: English  Descriptive Terms: Afternoon, Light, Nature, Secular, Sun  First Performance: Mar 09, 2013: Young New Yorkers’ Chorus, Michael Kerschner, Irondale Center, Brooklyn, NY    Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 90/91)
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