Making Music has announced that Roderick Williams has won the best music creator award for his work “Sing Joyfully”, composed for choir and piano. It was commissioned by the Saffron Walden Choral Society, conducted by Quintin Beer and takes as its starting point the motet of the same name by William Byrd before moving into new territory. As a celebration of singing together the piece is summed up in text by Julia Hollander in her book ‘Why We Sing’:
If you thought that singers were naturally buoyant, sociable individuals, you were wrong. We’re not singing because we’re happy, we’re happy because we…
Sing Joyfully is published by Edition Peters and available here.
