Lana Walter

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Lana Walter (born December 22, 1948 in Klamath Falls / Oregon ) is an American music teacher and composer .

Walter studied music theory and history at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, and the University of Oregon in Eugene. She teaches singing and music theory at the Umpqua Community Colleg and directs the Umpqua Youth Choir in Roseburg / Oregon, which she founded. In addition to pieces for the children's choir, she composed several children's musicals in which she introduces children to various areas of knowledge ("infomusicals"). In her works for adults, she often draws on the forms and musical language of early music.

Works

Choral works

  • Welcome Love: Four Settings of 17th Century Love Poetry (based on texts by William Browne , Robert Herrick , Anne Bradstreet and Thomas Heywood ), 2004
  • Magnificat , 2001
  • It ain't gonna rain , 2001
  • Pax Hominibus , 2001
  • Alleluia! , 2001
  • Gaudete! Gaudete! , 2000
  • Puer nobis nascitur , 2000
  • Colorado Trail , 2000
  • Midwinter , 1999
  • Three English Carols , 1999
  • Petite Mass , 1998
  • The Old Woman In a Basket , 1998
  • Elizabeth's "Ave" , 1998
  • Christmas Is Coming , 1997
  • Flow Gently, Sweet Afton , 1997
  • One Day By the River A Young Cossack Roamed , 1997
  • Tina Singu , 1996
  • Ning Wendete , 1996
  • Ophelia Letter Blow 'Way , 1996
  • Mangwani Mpulele , 1995
  • Song For Mother Earth , 1995
  • Born Today Is the Holy Child , 1994
  • Chatter With the Angels , 1992
  • This Endris Night , 1991
  • Noel! Noel! , 1991
  • Hush, My Babe, Lie Still and Slumber (text by Isaac Watts ), 1990
  • Farewell, My Own True Love , 1990
  • Sing We Noel , 1989
  • How Far Is It To Bethlehem? , 1988
  • Christmas Bells , 1987
  • Merry Christmas Waltz , 1987
  • Music Brings Us Together (with Jane Foster Knox ), 1987
  • Gloria In Excelsis Deodorant , 1987
  • Make A Joyful Noise , 1986
  • I'm Gonna Sing , 1986
  • Music Is Full Of Dreams , 1986
  • Welcome the Child (with Jane Foster Knox), 1986
  • Our World (with Jane Foster Knox), 1985

Children's musicals

  • Rocks In My Head
  • Through Robin's Telescope
  • Celebrate the ocean
  • Fiestas Mexicanas
  • A sound performance
  • Weather Is Everywhere
  • The Tanuki Band Of Shojoji
  • The Legend Of Knockgrafton
  • The Bremen Town Musicians
  • The Principal Mystery
  • The Mysterious Disappearance of Jack Frost
  • Lost on the moon
  • Adventure In the Black Forest
  • How Santa Claus Met the Elves

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personal data
SURNAME Walter, Lana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American music teacher and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Klamath Falls