Hauv No Lub Suab Nkauj, VocalEssence tus thawj coj kos duab thiab tus tsim Philip Brunelle qhia cov ntaub ntawv sab hauv thiab cov suab paj nruag zoo nkauj los ntawm tus kws sau nkauj Hiram Titus.
Hiram Titus
1947-2013
Minnesota composer Hiram Titus tau koom nrog ntau lub chaw ua yeeb yam hauv zos thiab hauv cheeb tsam nrog rau Guthrie Theatre thiab Minneapolis Children's Theatre qhov twg nws yog Tus Kws Tshaj Lij nyob rau plaub xyoos. Nws cov qhab nia ua yeeb yam thiab opera tau nyiam thoob plaws ntiaj teb nrog rau nws cov qhab nia TV thiab zaj duab xis. Hiram Titus pib nws txoj hauj lwm suab paj nruag hauv suab paj nruag thaum muaj hnub nyoog ob xyoos, ua si ntawm pob ntseg ntawm piano thiab improvising. Nws kawm piano pib nrog Guy Duckworth ntawm University of Minnesota thiab nrog Domenik Argento; ua raws li qhov loj hauv piano thiab me me hauv kev sau ntawv ntawm Oberlin College qhov chaw uas nws tau ua ntau yam haujlwm piano tseem ceeb los ntawm Schoenberg, Bartok, Stravinsky, thiab Berg. Tom qab kawm tiav, Hiram rov qab mus rau Minneapolis qhov chaw uas nws tau tshawb pom los ntawm Minneapolis Children's Theatre thiab muaj txoj haujlwm puv sijhawm ua Tus Kws Sau Ntawv hauv Chaw Nyob. Tsis ntev nws kuj tau tsim cov qhab nia rau kev tsim tawm ntawm Guthrie Theatre, thiab lwm lub tuam txhab ua yeeb yam thoob plaws lub tebchaws, nrog rau kev ua yeeb yam rau Minnesota Opera (Rosina) thiab Houston Grand Opera (Hadleyville thiab Poj Niam Muaj hmoo). Nws cov suab paj nruag tau ua thiab txaus siab rau hauv Suav teb, Russia, Canada, Nyiv, thiab ntau qhov chaw hauv Asmeskas. Nws yog tus thawj coj suab paj nruag ntawm Unity Christ Church hauv Minneapolis, Minnesota qhov chaw uas nws tau ua haujlwm ntawm sab ntsuj plig rau kev hu nkauj, thiab lub suab solo, nrog rau cov qhab nia rau kev ua yeeb yam. Ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm tus kheej rau nws tau raug xaiv los sau cov qhab nia rau thawj theem kev hloov pauv ntawm "500 Hats ntawm Bartholomew Cubbins", rau Cov Menyuam Kev Ua Yeeb Yam hauv Minneapolis, ntsib thiab siv sijhawm nrog tus sau, Dr. Seuss, nws tus kheej.
Cov Kev Xav Ua Choral:
- Sing We Joyus (unpub.)
- Canto II (Egan)
- Peb Teb (Egan)