Music by Evelyn Pursley-Kopitzke

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Recent Compositions

These are just a few of my compositions. 
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Compositions by Evelyn Pursley-Kopitzke number in the hundreds and include sacred and secular vocal solos, art songs, easy to difficult (unison, SAB, SATB, children's choir, and rounds) choral music--both original and arrangements, instrumental chamber works and some orchestral music.

2009
Victoria Vignettes, 4 movements for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano
   "Train Trip and Toothache"
   "Smoke that Thunders"
   "Moonbow"
   "Flight from the Begging Beasts"
"Moonflight Fantasy," marimba solo
"The Tyger," SATB, piano.
"May in the Greenwood," SSAATTBB, piano
Magnificat, Lyric Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, SATB, piano. Orchestration pending, performance TBA

2008, Festival 4 movements for flute ensemble, available for 3 C flutes, 1 alto flute in G, 1 bass flute (C) OR for 10 standard C flutes.
"Through the Crowds"
"Minstrel's Melody"
"Meet You by the Green"
"Rivalry" (Fanfare, Steeplechase, Fletcher's Fancy, Jousting Tournament)

2007, Reflections, premiered 2008, by virtuoso marimba soloist, Alan Fey, Bristol, TN, First Presbyterian Choir, Vicki Fey, organ; directed by Steve Fey. Commissioned by FPC and King College, with a Tennessee Arts Commission Grant.
Overture: "Windblown"
"Reflections"
"Love Never Ends"
"In a Darkened Mirror"
"When I Was a Child"
"Reflections, recreated"
"The Greatest of All Is Love"

2006: "Vignettes from an African Childhood" premiered May 24, 2007 by the Paramount Players. Listen to Vignettes.
"Baobabs, Anthills and Thorntrees"
"Azure Skies and Thunderstorms"
"Floods on the Zambezi"
"Sunset on Dream Mountain"
"Kopjes and Marmots"
"Friends, Wild and Tame; Lament of a Child"
"Serengeti"

2006-7: New Choral Benedictions and Service Responses for SAB
"Go Live as People of God" (Traditional Text)
"Let the Words of My Mouth" (Psalm 19:14)
"The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Corinthians 13:14)
"The Greatest of All is Love" (1 Corinthians 13:13)
"Ah, Dearest Jesus, Holy Child" (Christmas response, Martin Luther)
"Peace I Leave with You" (John 14:27)
"Mizpah" (Genesis 31:49)
"The Lord Bless You and Keep You" Unison or 2 part (Numbers 6:24-26)
"The Lord Bless You and Keep You in the Hollow of His Hand" Version # 1 (Numbers 6:24-27 + other selected verses adapted, EPK)
"The Lord Bless You and Keep You in the Hollow of His Hand" Version # 2 (Numbers 6:24-27 + other selected verses adapted, EPK)

2007: "When You Walk Through Troubled Waters"  Written and performed by Evelyn Pursley-Kopitzke, (c) 2007. Vocal solo or duet with piano,
Written especially for Rolf's sixtieth birthday.

2005, Fanfare for Strings, Wedding Processional, performed by the Appalachian String Quartet, February, 2006. Wedding concert featured in Sounding Board, June 2006.

Christmas Collection

Ah, Dearest Jesus, (2:00) SB, piano

All Is Still, (5:00) SATB, flute, (opt. piano, C instrument)

Good News, (3:00) SATB, Piano                    

Only a Little Baby (3:30) SATB, percussion, (or piano)

Sleep, Little Babe (3:00) SSAA, Harp. (or piano)         

Now Let Thy Servant Depart In Peace (2:00) SB, Piano.

Simple Things (4:00)

Snowflakes Drift  (5:00) SATB, Acoustic Guitar or Piano

Welcome, Christmas, (2:30) SATB, Piano

Wise Men Still Seek Him (5:00) ATTB solos, SATB,   Piano

                               

With Solos or Non-piano Accompaniment

All Is Still, (5:00) SATB, flute, (opt. piano, C inst.)

Blessed Is He that Comes in the Name of the Lord (4:00) 

       SATB, Piano, and Children’s Choir

Come, Lord Jesus, (2:00) SATB, Piano Brass                 

Kumbaya Jesu, Eni Sha (3:00) Percussion

Magnificat, (10:00) S,MS, solos, SATB, Piano.

Only a Little Baby (3:30) SATB, percussion, (or piano)

Reflections, (15:00) SATB, Marimba, Organ

                Windblown (Marimba Solo Overture)

                Reflections           

                Love Never Ends                

                In a Darkened Mirror                                         

                When I Was a Child                                           

                Reflections Recreated"                                      

                The Greatest of All Is Love

Sing a New Song (3:00) SSATBB, Organ       

Sleep, Little Babe (3:00) SSAA, harp. (or piano)

Snowflakes Drift  (5:00) Guitar (or Piano), SATB

The Lord Bless You and Keep You SSAATB, Harp

The Tyger, (4:00) SATB, Piano, optional Percussion

Wasafwa Funeral (3:00) SATB, Percussion:

Woodland Waterways, (11:00)  Baritone, SATB , Piano

                I Know Where Crystal Water Gurgles             

                Faint Far Voices

                Have You Forgotten the Road by the River?

 

SATB, piano

Awake My Soul in Gladness (5:00) SSAATTBB

Freedom! (4:00)

He Was a Man of Sorrows (3:30)

May in the Green-Wood (3:30) SSAATTBB

Please Come Soon, Jesus

Salaam, Frieden, 3part Round, Piano Black Key Improv,

Simple Things (4:00)                                                          

Step In the Water (4:00)

The Prayer (3:00)

The Tyger, SATB, Piano, (optional Percussion)

This Same Jesus (4:00)      

SATB

He Was a Man of Sorrows (3:00)

Oh, Hear My Voice when I Call, (1:30)

Perfect Peace SSAATTBB (2:30)

Pum! (5:00) SSAATTBB  

 

 

SSAATTBB, SATB solos, Romantic Orchestra,

Oratorio/Orchestral Tone Poem

                Deluge!  (70:00) 

 

 

Children

The Angels' First Christmas (45:00) Musical, SA/ Unison

Bulela Mwa Sikolo (4:00) SSA, Percussion

Song Cycle for Thanksgiving (15:00) SA or Unison 

A Spring Fantasy (35:00) Musical, SA or Unison

Blessed Is He that Comes in the Name of the Lord (4:00)        

 SATB, Piano, and Children’s Choir

 

Unison or SA, Piano

Freedom! (4:00)   Unison, Piano

Peace I Leave With You (2:00) S(ATB). piano

Through Troubled Waters (3:00) SA, Piano  

Appalachian Chant, (3:00)  SA, Piano           

Coffee Grows on White Oak Trees (3:00) SA, Piano

 

 

SSA

After All This Time, (5:00) SSA, piano

Dear Lord, Send an Angel (3:00) SSA, Piano

Sleep, Little Babe (3:00) SSAA, Harp. (or piano)

The Still Small Voice, (3:00) SSA, Piano

               

 

Choral Preludes, Responses, Benedictions

Ah, Dearest Jesus, (2:00) SB, piano

Christ Is Risen, Alleluia (2:00) SAB, Round, Obligato,

Doxology, 2nd Tune (1:00) SAB/SATB                        

Go Live as People of God (1:00) SAB/SATB

Let the Words of My Mouth, (1:00) SAB/SATB

Now Let Thy Servant Depart In Peace (2:00) SB, Piano.

Peace, I Leave With You, (2:00), SAB/SATB, Piano

Praise God with Shouts of Joy! (1:00) SATB

The Grace of Our Lord, Jesus Christ (1:00) SAB/SATB

As Sets the Evening Sun(1:00) SATB             

Amen #1, 3-fold (Mizpah) (1:00) SATB

Amen #2, 3-fold  (1:00) SATB

In the Hollow of Your Hand (2:30) SAB/SATB.,Piano

The Lord Bless You and Keep You SS(AATB, piano)

Contact Evelyn for commissions; fees vary with intended use and complexity of music.

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