Craig Carnahan
Composer News
b. 1951
In the past 35 years, Craig Carnahan has received over 75 commissions for original compositions. His music has been heard in performances by the Dale Warland Singers (St. Paul, MN), Conspirare (Austin, TX), the Los Angeles Master Chorale (Los Angeles, CA), The Singers: Minnesota Choral Artists (Minneapolis, MN), Chor Leoni (Vancouver, B.C.), Choral Arts Initiative (Irvine, CA), Master Chorale of Tampa Bay (Tampa Bay, FL), Kantorei and St. Martin’s Chamber Choir (Denver, CO), VocalEssence (Minneapolis, MN), National Lutheran Choir (Minneapolis, MN), South Dakota Chorale (Sioux Falls, SD), Chorus Austin (Austin, TX), and over thirty of the GALA choruses in North America.
Recent commissions and premieres include I am here for Luther College’s Nordic Choir (Decorah, IA), A Home is More for the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus, Refuge for a consortium of seven high school choirs in Illinois, A Great Multitude for the Gustavus Choir (St. Peter, MN), and Dancing on the Edges of Time for the Hopkins High School Concert Choir (Hopkins, MN).
Carnahan received his B.A. from Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) and did graduate studies in composition with Dominick Argento at the University of Minnesota. In 1993 he received a McKnight Composition Fellowship to collaborate with the acclaimed poet, playwright and filmmaker James Broughton on several projects. In 1998 he was Composer-in-Residence for the American Composers Forum’s Faith Partners Residency Project. And, in 2008, 2012 and 2019, he received Artist Initiative Grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board. The Borealis Chorale (Grand Marais, MN) will premiere The Lingering Light of Day—his 2019 MSAB project—in December, 2019.
His music has been described as “absorbing, richly textured and emotionally stirring” (Minneapolis Star Tribune).
- Hark! I Hear the Harps Eternal: Hark, I Hear the Harps ResoundingSKU: 50-3092*
SSAA, a cappella
Carnahan, Craig - RefugeSKU: 1.3577*
SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied
Carnahan, Craig - Carol of the BirdsSKU: 50-1143*
SSA and Handbells or Piano
Carnahan, Craig - This Little Light of MineSKU: 50-2550
SATB divisi, a cappella
Carnahan, Craig - Angels Singing Peace on EarthSKU: 50-1131*
SATB, Organ
Carnahan, Craig - If in Your HeartSKU: 50-1122*
SATB divisi a cappella
Carnahan, Craig - For the Bread Which You Have BrokenSKU: 50-6077*
SATB and Organ
Carnahan, Craig - The King of LoveSKU: 50-4905*
SATB, Organ
Carnahan, Craig - Hark, I Hear the Harps EternalSKU: 50-3076*
TTBB, a cappella
Carnahan, Craig - Hark! I Hear the Harps Eternal / Hark, I Hear the Harps ResoundingSKU: 50-3074*
SATB a cappella
Carnahan, Craig - Peace Like a RiverSKU: 50-5221*
SATB divisi, a cappella
Carnahan, Craig - Yonder Come DaySKU: 50-5921
TTBBB divisi, a cappella
Carnahan, Craig