Clifton Gorge for choir and piano
Clifton Gorge for choir and piano Listen
Andy McFarlane
Poem by Julie L. Moore
julielmoore.com
This work was commissioned by Brett Scott, director of the CCM Chorale for the CCM Chorale at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Your purchase includes a PDF download and a license to duplicate the score for use by a single choir. This license is non-transferable and does not permit redistribution or resale. Please do not share the file or printed copies outside your ensemble.
I'd love to hear about your performance—please let me know if you program the work!
Program Note
Julie and I were neighbors for much of my upbringing, and I have long wanted to set one of her poems to music. When I came across “Clifton Gorge” online, I was transported back to our small- town coffee shop just south of Clifton, where I first read the poem in Particular Scandals, displayed on a bookshelf next to a weathered piano.
Her vivid words captured the experience of the gorge so richly that they inspired me to add a musical layer, perhaps enticing audiences to “descend into the sanctuary of the gorge” for themselves.
-Andy
"Clifton Gorge" appears in Particular Scandals, published by Wipf & Stock Publishers.
https://wipfandstock.com/9781620327883/particular-scandals/
Music Copyright ©2025 Andy McFarlane. All rights reserved.
Poem Copyright ©2013 Julie L. Moore. All rights reserved. from Particular Scandals, Cascade Books
Clifton Gorge for choir and piano Listen
Andy McFarlane
Poem by Julie L. Moore
julielmoore.com
This work was commissioned by Brett Scott, director of the CCM Chorale for the CCM Chorale at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Your purchase includes a PDF download and a license to duplicate the score for use by a single choir. This license is non-transferable and does not permit redistribution or resale. Please do not share the file or printed copies outside your ensemble.
I'd love to hear about your performance—please let me know if you program the work!
Program Note
Julie and I were neighbors for much of my upbringing, and I have long wanted to set one of her poems to music. When I came across “Clifton Gorge” online, I was transported back to our small- town coffee shop just south of Clifton, where I first read the poem in Particular Scandals, displayed on a bookshelf next to a weathered piano.
Her vivid words captured the experience of the gorge so richly that they inspired me to add a musical layer, perhaps enticing audiences to “descend into the sanctuary of the gorge” for themselves.
-Andy
"Clifton Gorge" appears in Particular Scandals, published by Wipf & Stock Publishers.
https://wipfandstock.com/9781620327883/particular-scandals/
Music Copyright ©2025 Andy McFarlane. All rights reserved.
Poem Copyright ©2013 Julie L. Moore. All rights reserved. from Particular Scandals, Cascade Books
Clifton Gorge for choir and piano Listen
Andy McFarlane
Poem by Julie L. Moore
julielmoore.com
This work was commissioned by Brett Scott, director of the CCM Chorale for the CCM Chorale at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Your purchase includes a PDF download and a license to duplicate the score for use by a single choir. This license is non-transferable and does not permit redistribution or resale. Please do not share the file or printed copies outside your ensemble.
I'd love to hear about your performance—please let me know if you program the work!
Program Note
Julie and I were neighbors for much of my upbringing, and I have long wanted to set one of her poems to music. When I came across “Clifton Gorge” online, I was transported back to our small- town coffee shop just south of Clifton, where I first read the poem in Particular Scandals, displayed on a bookshelf next to a weathered piano.
Her vivid words captured the experience of the gorge so richly that they inspired me to add a musical layer, perhaps enticing audiences to “descend into the sanctuary of the gorge” for themselves.
-Andy
"Clifton Gorge" appears in Particular Scandals, published by Wipf & Stock Publishers.
https://wipfandstock.com/9781620327883/particular-scandals/
Music Copyright ©2025 Andy McFarlane. All rights reserved.
Poem Copyright ©2013 Julie L. Moore. All rights reserved. from Particular Scandals, Cascade Books