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Recent Premiere

           "Angels in the Snow," Tracey Rush's newest work, was premiered December 18-20, 1998, by Maestro Kirk Trevor and the Knoxville (Tennessee) Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville Choral Society, Knoxville Children's Choir and the Four Calling Birds Quartet.
Warmly received by four audiences totaling almost 10,000, "Angels in the Snow" was custom fit to the instrumentation needs of the concert. The work brought all the musical forces back on stage to conclude the first half of their Old English Christmas (hence the "hey nonny no").  Maestro Trevor describes the piece as "a lively, lyrical,  feel-good, ode to the Christmas season. The work is simple, yet arresting enough to be a great first half closer. The combinations of adult and children's choirs was especially effective. The total result is a work that audiences feel enthusiastic about. Our audiences all responded with warmth and enthusiasm to the energetic spirit and warmth of the piece."
            Maestro Trevor commissioned the work after performing Rush's "Spirit of Freedom" on the KSO's July 4th concert.
"Angels in the Snow" was presented at the Conductors Guild 1999 Conference in Los Angeles, CA, on January 10.

Instrumentation:
2-2-2-2/4-3-2-1/3 + timp/strings, harp
Duration: 4 minutes
SATB Choir
2-part Children's Choir
Solo SATB Quartet

Story Behind the Song

It was December 3, 1990, and the biggest blizzard of the season hit the Midwest. While Dad was shoveling, Mom was working a jigsaw puzzle in the living room. She watched out the picture window as the neighborhood paperboy did his daily ritual: he would always stop in the middle of my parents' lawn and read the last paper before delivering it next door. This particular day, as he walked past the window, he could not resist the beautiful snow and threw himself on his back and made a snow angel.
A short while later, Mom looked out and saw my dad on his back in a snow bank, in the angel position. Only he wasn't moving and 911 could not revive him. We still call him our "Snow Angel."
Angels in the Snow is a joyous song celebrating the season and is my way of raising a toast  to the memory of  my  father.

Chorus from "Angels in the Snow"

With a hey nonny no, here's to Angels in the Snow,
Here's to sleigh rides and to sweethearts standing 'neath the mistletoe,
Here's to peace and love and blessings from above,
Here's to wishing you the merriest of Christmas times!
Copyright 1998 Tracey Rush, all rights reserved