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Rich Campbell

Rich Campbell is an award winning composer whose works have been performed by prestigious ensembles including the Australian Boys Choir, Vocalessence, SACRA/PROFANA, Octarium, The Young People’s Chorus of New York, The Manhattan Choral Ensemble, Wasatch Chorale Ars Nova, Polyhymnia, Pacific Women’s Chorus, College of St. Rose Chamber Choir, San Francisco State Chamber Choir, St. Andrew’s College Chapel Choir, MIT Women’s Chorale, MYO Symphonic Choir, OAKE National Children's Choir, Philadelphia Center City Opera Theatre, Brass Initiative, C Street Brass and ensembles at Indiana State’s Contemporary Music Festival and the Southern ACDA Conference.

Choral Music by Rich Campbell

	Title	Voicing	Duration	Language
	A Clear Midnight for SATB choir and piano RCL-011	SATB	4'20"	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
A setting of the brief yet powerful poem by Walt Whitman (from “Leaves of Grass”). The score takes its cue from the meditative nature of the text. There is a contemplative tone throughout, laced with subtle harmonies and perhaps inspired by the works of Randall Thompson. The score quietly expresses the expansive feeling one gets […] More info & view score »
	All The Whiskey In Heaven for TTBB choir a cappella RCL-010	TTBB	3'15"	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
When I first discovered Charles Bernstein’s beautiful poem, I knew immediately that I wanted to set it for men’s chorus. The poem expresses so much within a brief, 4-verse form. I set out to use harmony to color the text’s rich imagery while honoring the poem’s lyrical and repetitive nature in the melody. The surprising […] More info & view score »
	Apple Pie for SATB choir and piano RCL-006	SATB	5'	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
Apple Pie is a novel, fun, upbeat and humorous tale of two friends searching for their favorite dessert. It was the winner of the Wasatch Chorale Ars Nova Composition Competition; their call for scores asked for a piece suitable for an afternoon family concert. With a rollicking piano part moving it along, the chorus tells […] More info & view score »
	Border for SATB choir a cappella RCL-024	SATB	3'15"	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
“Border” is an artistic response to the immigration/refugee crisis around the globe (especially in the United States). The opening passage is: “Border, sanctuary, asylum, bridges not walls.” The text draws from (and paraphrases) several sources: contemporary media, Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus,” the Bible’s Matthew 25:31-40, currency, and others. The changing meters of “Border” fill […] More info & view score »
	Celebrate a New Day for treble choir and piano RCL-002	SSA	4'	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
“Celebrate A New Day,” is an uptempo, rhythmic piece that was composed for the 75th Anniversary of the Australian Boys Choir. It is ideal for special occasions like graduations and is suitable for all young treble choirs, mixed children’s choirs, as well as boys and girls choirs. The work received the “Audience Favorite” award at […] More info & view score »
	Community of Unity for SSA choir and piano RCL-012	SSA	3'	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
“Community of Unity” is an exciting and uplifting piece written specifically for civic and municipal events. Beginning with a lyrical, unison verse, the soundscape opens up to a chorus in 3 part harmony. A driving, rhythmic piano accompaniment propels the piece throughout. There is a 4 measure a cappella section near the end, and two […] More info & view score »
	Community of Unity – SA Version for treble choir and piano RCL-019	SA	3'	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
“Community of Unity” is an exciting and uplifting piece written specifically for civic and municipal events. Beginning with a lyrical, unison verse, the soundscape opens up to a chorus in 2 part harmony. A driving, rhythmic piano accompaniment propels the piece throughout. There is a 4 measure a cappella section near the end, and two […] More info & view score »
	Coney Island for SATB choir a cappella RCL-005	SATB	4'	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
“Coney Island,” was written by Pulitzer prize winning American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) and was first published in 1911 in the collection “Helen of Troy and Other Poems.”. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she lived for many years in New York City. My immigrant great-grandparents settled in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1890’s, and lived […] More info & view score »
	Entrance for SATB choir and piano RCL-015	SATB	3'20"	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
“Entrance” is a new choral composition for SATB choir w/piano accompaniment. The inspiring, secular text is by Dana Gioia, former US poet laureate. It invites the listener to find new discoveries, new creations: “step out…. of the room that lets you feel secure. / Infinity is open to your sight.” With a jazz-influenced, uptempo piano […] More info & view score »
	Golden Apples Of The Sun for SATB choir a cappella RCL-021	SATB	3'30"	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
Golden Apples Of The Sun (SATB, unaccompanied) is a joyful, rhythmic piece with lyrics inspired by a Yeats poem. Accessible, uptempo and exhilarating, it is ideal for civic events and celebrations. It is a dynamic work that is exciting for both performers and listeners. Winner of the Celebration Singers 80th Anniversary Composition Competition. More info & view score »
	Heaven for SATB choir a cappella RCL-007	SATB	4'30"	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
The Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York has a “Poetry in Motion” series that puts posters of poetry in subway cars. I was on the 1 train on Manhattan’s West Side one day when I saw the poem “Heaven,” by Patrick Phillips. I was immediately captured by the simple beauty of Patrick’s poem, and the […] More info & view score »
	If Ever There Is for SATB choir a cappella RCL-004	SATB	5'15"	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
“If Ever There Is” is a setting of “John’s Song,” by American poet Robert Creeley (1926-2005). The poem has a dedication to the poet John Taggart; the style of wordplay and repetition here can also be found in Taggart’s poetry. I hear it as a prayer for peace. In 1967 Creeley signed a “Writers and […] More info & view score »
	If I Can Sing, I Still am Free for SATB choir and piano RCL-003	SATB	4'	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
2016 Idaho All-State, 2018 Arkansas All-State selection “If I Can Sing, I Still Am Free” was the winner of the San Diego choir SACRA/PROFANA’s 2014 composition competition. It’s an ideal piece for festivals and large ensembles, with a text that champions inner strength in the face of adversity. It has quickly become one of Campbell’s […] More info & view score »
	In Those Years, No One Slept for treble choir and piano RCL-020	SSAA	3'35"	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
This is the SSAA treble choir version of the award winning “In Those Years, No One Slept.” The text is a scene from a time of conflict/war, by Romanian-American immigrant Claudia Serea. The score is at once rhythmic and exciting, haunting and unsettling. It was a winner of the 2018 Uncommon Music Festival Composition Competition. […] More info & view score »
	In Those Years, No One Slept for SATB choir a cappella RCL-016	SATB	3'35"	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
The text of “In Those Years, No One Slept” is a scene from a time of conflict/war, by Romanian-American immigrant Claudia Serea. The score is at once rhythmic and exciting, haunting and unsettling. It was a winner of the 2018 Uncommon Music Festival Composition Competition. It is accessible for all fine high school, collegiate and […] More info & view score »
	The Red Wheelbarrow for SATB choir and piano RCL-028	SATB	3'	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
Composer’s Note: “The Red Wheelbarrow,” an innovative environmental/imagist poem I first read as a teenager, struck me as an alluring and joyful means to immerse in a commission by Austin’s Inversion Ensemble for their Planet Home project. The score blossomed during a fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, a pastoral setting that […] More info & view score »
	The Smallest Song for SATB choir a cappella RCL-008	SATB	4'20"	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
THE SMALLEST SONG, a setting of a text by American poet Martha Collins, is a gentle piece, full of warmth and intimate emotion. The wordplay in the text is matched in the composition; phrases are slightly altered, inverted and developed as the work builds. Jazz-like harmonies infuse the piece with a soothing vitality throughout. “A […] More info & view score »
	The Wind for SA children's choir and piano RCL-009	SA	3'10"	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
“The Wind” was commissioned by the Organization of American Kodály Educators as a result of Rich Campbell winning the Ruth Boshkoff Composition Prize. The text is from Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1885 A Child’s Garden of Verses. The choir begins by emulating the sound of the wind, and then sings directly to the wind, describing the […] More info & view score »
	These Walls Must Fall for SATB choir and piano RCL-027	SATB	4'30"	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
Composed to celebrate the centennial of Women’s Suffrage in America and to raise awareness of the continued struggle for civil rights, “These Walls Must Fall” is a vibrant, uptempo work championing social justice. The text includes quotes spoken by Suffragette leaders, lyrics used in rally songs over a hundred years ago and chants heard in […] More info & view score »
	Voices Taking Flight for TTB choir a cappella RCL-013	TTB	2'40"	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
“Voices Taking Flight” is an uptempo and energetic piece written for youthful male voices. It is rhythmic, dynamic, and contains accessible harmonies throughout. It’s a lively concert opener, appropriate for civic & community events and ideal for adding movement & choreography. The lyrics are empowering and inspiring. The ranges of each part are limited, making […] More info & view score »
	We Will Shine Like The Sun for treble choir and piano RCL-018	SA	3'	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
“We Will Shine Like The Sun” is an uptempo, 2 part piece for treble voices. The empowering text inspires imagination with optimistic lyrics that are ideal for young singers. The score includes a driving piano accompaniment, a clapping section, and an optional tambourine part. The rousing ending makes it especially suitable as a program opener […] More info & view score »
	We Will Shine Like The Sun for treble and mixed choirs and piano RCL-022	SA ⋅ SATB	3'	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
“We Will Shine Like The Sun” is an uptempo piece; this arrangement is for combined SA treble choir & SATB choir with piano accompaniment.. The empowering text inspires imagination with optimistic lyrics that are ideal for young singers. The score includes a driving piano accompaniment, a clapping section, and an optional tambourine part. The rousing […] More info & view score »
	We Will Shine Like The Sun (SAB/piano) for SAB choir and piano RCL-023	SAB	3'	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
“We Will Shine Like The Sun” is an uptempo piece; this arrangement is for combined SA treble choir & SATB choir with piano accompaniment.. The empowering text inspires imagination with optimistic lyrics that are ideal for young singers. The score includes a driving piano accompaniment, a clapping section, and an optional tambourine part. The rousing […] More info & view score »
	Winter Stars for SSA women's choir RCL-001	SSA	2'30"	English	Info/Listen/Buy »
“Winter Stars” was written by Pulitzer Prize winning American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) and was first published in 1920 in the collection “Flame & Shadow.” She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, found acclaim while living in New York City, and became disillusioned in her later years. Perhaps she was writing this poem with World […] More info & view score »

Music for Solo Piano by Rich Campbell

	Title	View	Duration
	Sirens: Covid19 Elegy for solo piano		3'15"	Info/Listen/Buy »
Writing this piece helped me cope with anxiety, living in NYC during the COVID19 crisis. Sirens, day & night. Wishing everyone safe passage through this storm. 4/20/20. More info & view score »

Music for other instruments by Rich Campbell

	Title	View	Instrumentation	Duration
	Picnic for flute and piano		Flute	3'25"	Info/Listen/Buy »
“Picnic” asks the mid-level flutist to interact with the score, to find the most naturally beautiful tone of their instrument which will bring the emotional core of the piece to life. The elements of “Picnic” will blossom when the musician strives and discovers an honest, heartfelt interpretation. “Picnic” was awarded 2nd place in the 2022 […] More info & view score »