1: Beautiful River (Shall We Gather At The River) (2:31) : Four Reveries () : Two Motets () : Tre Rime di Tasso () : Six Dickinson Settings () 17: Not One Sparrow Is Forgotten (Recessional) (1:33)
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William Hawley (b. 1950) is one of the central figures in today's American choral music renaissance. As a student at Ithaca College and the California Institute of the Arts, he composed avant-garde instrumental works, and even flirted with minimalism. The launch of his Two Motets in 1981 demonstrated a shift to vocal music and a more emotionally direct style. His continuing American choral music has helped establish compositional trends since adopted by Morten Lauridsen, Eric Whitacre, and the like. Winner: American Prize in Choral Performance and the Margaret Hillis Award.