Festival Gloria: SATB Choral Octavo
Music by Sherri Porterfield
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Description
This fresh, contemporary setting of the "Gloria" will bring out the best in your choir. It opens softly with a chant-like section and builds with big, full choral writing. Filled with energy and vitality. Sherri Porterfield's music is fast becoming a part of the concert repertoire and her FESTIVAL GLORIA is ideal for showing off your choir at contests, concerts and festivals. Also suitable for Christmas.
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Additional Details
Series:
Alfred Archive Edition: Alfred Choral Designs
Publisher:
Alfred Music
Page Count:
12
SKU:
00-PO-0002462
More about this title
About the Composer: Sherri Porterfield
Sherri Porterfield directs choirs at Cedar Park Middle School in Cedar Park, Texas, and has taught instrumental and choral music in Missouri and Kansas. Her student ensembles have earned numerous first-place and sweepstakes awards at competitions and performed at state music educators conventions. She has also served as an adjunct assistant professor of music education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music.
With over 175 published choral compositions to her name, Porterfield has built a significant catalog represented by Alfred Music Publishing and other major publishers. Since 1997, she has received annual ASCAP awards for her compositions. A graduate of the University of Memphis (B.S.E. in music education) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (Master of Music in choral conducting), she has worked as a clinician and guest conductor throughout the United States and has been recognized multiple times in Who's Who listings for American educators and women.
Why we love this
Festival Gloria delivers exactly what a director needs for competition season: a setting that's contemporary enough to sound fresh yet accessible enough for mid-level choirs to prepare successfully. The architecture is smart—opening with restraint before unleashing full choral power—which gives your singers something to build toward and gives judges a clear arc to follow.
What to expect
Festival Gloria unfolds like a quiet revelation becoming a celebration. The opening whisper of chant feels almost liturgical, then gradually the piece gathers warmth and brightness until it opens into vibrant, full-voiced rejoicing. The energy feels contemporary and alive throughout, never labored or stiff.
Who it's for
This octavo suits choirs that can manage solid SATB voice independence and have the vocal maturity to shift between intimate and expansive textures. It works for high school choirs and strong middle school ensembles looking to make an impression at festivals and competitions without overreaching technically.
How to get the most out of it
- Shape the opening chant section with consistent breath support and clear vowel definition. The contrast with the fuller writing ahead depends on restraint here.
- Balance the voices carefully as the piece builds. Reinforce the melody line in soprano and tenor while maintaining supporting harmonic presence in alto and bass.
- Use dynamics intentionally to mark the transition from sparse to full texture. Mark exact entrance points where each voice part joins the swell.
- Engage the text throughout. Even in Latin sections, rhythmic clarity and precise diction will strengthen the sense of energy the piece demands.
How to use it
This works beautifully in a concert devoted to sacred or spiritual repertoire, or as the centerpiece of a competition set where you want to show vocal control and artistry before a high-energy closer. Its flexibility also makes it suitable for holiday programming if your December concert includes non-seasonal sacred music.
Skills your students will build
- Sustained soft singing with clear tone production
- Layered texture awareness and voice part independence
- Dynamic control across a wide range (pianissimo to forte)
- Latin diction and vowel consistency
- Building and shaping a long musical arc