Annual American Composers Update

Shirley W. McRae

Shirley W. McRae serves as Professor of Music at the University of Memphis. Her commissioned hymn tune, New Life, will appear in the Episcopal Church Hymnal Supplement, currently in press. In 1997 McRae's performed arrangements included Gospel Train, with the Oklahoma Music Education Association All State Choir, led by Sandra Snow Murphy, in Tulsa (Jan. 24); and Boysie, with the Elementary Festival Chorus, Las Vegas, NV (Apr.).

Performances

On June 20, 1997, the Greater Cincinnati Children's Choir and Festival Chorus, conducted by the composer, sang Sourwood Mountain in Cincinnati. A Savannah (GA) School District concert featured Viva la Musica, Mar. 4, 1997. Works heard at a Music Academy Chorus concert, conducted by Susan Van Dyck, at Rhodes College, Memphis were Sourwood Mountain and Carol of Creation, May 16, 1997.

Publications

Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart and The Bread of Life for All is Broken; both SATB and keyboard; Sussex Carol; SATB, keyboard, handbells; all by Abingdon Press, 1997.

Further Information

For more complete information, see Shirley McRae's entry in our Composers Bureau Online.