Jacob Narverud

Jacob Narverud
Born (1986-04-14) April 14, 1986
Meriden, Kansas, US
GenresChoral
Occupations
WebsiteOfficial website

Jacob Narverud (born 1986, in Meriden, Kansas) is an American composer and conductor best known for his choral music.[1][2][3] He is often ranked among the top-selling and most widely-performed choral composers in the United States.[4][5][6][7][8]  

Background

Narverud is the editor of Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc. and a Signature Artist at Musicnotes, Inc.[9][10][11] He is the Founding Artistic Director of the Tallgrass Chamber Choir, and was named Composer-in-Residence of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus in 2024.[12][13]He currently is a visiting Professor at Kansas State University, where he teaches graduate courses in choral conducting.[14]

His music is published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc., Carl Fischer Music, Alfred Music, G. Schirmer, Hal Leonard, Shawnee Press, J. W. Pepper & Son, Alliance Music Publications, Inc., and Musicnotes, Inc.[15]

Narverud holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance from Emporia State University,[16] a Master of Music Degree and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in conducting from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.[17][18]    

List of compositions

Choral, accompanied

  • Common Ground
  • Dona Nobis Pacem
  • Joy Joy
  • Lovely Chance
  • Songs for the People
  • A Patch of Light
  • Ad Astra
  • Alchemy
  • Echo
  • Gravitas
  • Hodie
  • In the Silence
  • Lakeside Lullaby
  • Laudate Dominum
  • Let the Music Fill Your Soul
  • Love Never Leaves
  • Lunar Lullaby
  • May Wind
  • Omnes Gentes
  • O Quam Gloriosum
  • Season of Light
  • Sisi Ni Moja
  • Sunflower
  • Veritas et Virtus[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

Choral, unaccompanied

  • Ascendo
  • Great is the Sun
  • Abend
  • Agnus Dei
  • Alleluia
  • August
  • Cantate
  • Cónditor Alme Síderum
  • Dominus Vobiscum
  • Exsultate
  • Harvest
  • Healing Heart
  • Loomis Creek
  • Missa de Cinque Terre
  • O Salutaris
  • Sanctus
  • Season of Light
  • The Song We Sing
  • Veni Sancte Spiritus[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]

   

References

  1. ↑ "A Guide to Quest of the Kings". 26 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Sisi Ni Moja".
  3. ↑ "Jacob Narverud".
  4. ↑ "Messiah University, Mosaic, p. 5".
  5. ↑ "JW Pepper, BEST-SELLING CHORAL SHEET MUSIC".
  6. ↑ "Alfred, Best Selling Choral Music". Alfred Music.
  7. ↑ "ALL SIGNATURE ARTISTS". Musicnotes.
  8. ↑ "Santa Barbara 2023 BEST SELLERS".
  9. ↑ "Tomorrows".
  10. ↑ "ALL SIGNATURE ARTISTS". Musicnotes.
  11. ↑ "Jacob Narverud".
  12. ↑ "Tallgrass Chamber Choir".
  13. ↑ "Jacob Narverud, Composer-in-Residence".
  14. ↑ "Kansas State University Faculty and Staff".
  15. ↑ "Biography, Jacob Narverud".
  16. ↑ "New conductor seeks new (and former) voices for Emporia Community Choir". 30 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Messiah University, Joy in Community," p. 24".
  18. ↑ "Conducting DMA Jacob Narverud Wins Job in NY".
  19. ↑ "The Prince of Wales attends Welsh National Opera performance in Cardiff". 7 February 2018.
  20. ↑ "OCDA News, From Your President" (PDF).
  21. ↑ "2021 Carols and Candlelight".
  22. ↑ "Season of Light".
  23. ↑ "Naxos Music Library, Jacob Narverud".
  24. ↑ "SRHS and ArtQuest Choir Presents Their DEBUT CONCERTSRHS and ArtQuest Choir Presents Their DEBUT CONCERT".
  25. ↑ "USC Thornton Apollo Chorus & Oriana Choir Concert Program".
  26. ↑ "Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Vocal Colors in Review". 29 May 2018.
  27. ↑ "Manhattan Digest Music Review: Essential Voices USA's "Season of Light"". 20 December 2016.
  28. ↑ "High school choir performs world premiere of song at JFK Library". 17 May 2019.
  29. ↑ "Wartburg Choir to sing at regional choral conference". 15 February 2022.
  30. ↑ "Threads of Joy" (PDF).
  31. ↑ "Judith Clurman's Essential Voices USA to Release 'SEASON OF LIGHT' Holiday Recording".
  32. ↑ "NYCHORAL announces "Reimagine", its 2021-2022 Season". 6 August 2021.
  33. ↑ "Front Line Heroes Sing With New York Choral Society This Spring".
  34. ↑ "CD Release: Season of Light – Songs of Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, New Year".

 


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