As of 6/8/2020 This work was awarded The American Prize for Composition (Student Choral Division)!
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The premiere performance of "Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis," an SATB div. choir, organ, string quintet, and percussion composition. This work was my SMU graduate thesis project.
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Premiered on: 4-8-2019, Caruth Auditorium, SMU, Dallas, TX
Premiered by: SMU choirs & SMU Syzygy ensemble
Conducted by: Dr. Lane Harder
Composed by: Christian James Jesse (b.1994)
Notes:
When I started writing music I knew I had wanted to set text from the Bible, but I had felt too inexperienced and not grounded enough in my faith to be able to accurately represent and glorify God’s word. When it came time to start a thesis project, I finally felt ready to approach God’s word in this way. I had picked these passages because I remembered some glorious settings that I sang in my undergraduate career and the text really made an impact on me. It just so happened that after I decided I was going to set these texts that my wife and I found out we were having a baby. I found this very exciting but I started to associate our baby with this text rather than focusing on the text itself. After our miscarriage scare, I felt it very difficult to come back and work on this thesis. I had eventually come back, continuing to ground myself in faith, and eventually, music started to come out. This process has been a wild ride, but I believe that this is one of the best ways that I can glorify God and his word.
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