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Z. Randall Stroope
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Z. Randall Stroope
Z. Randall Stroope was born on October 25th, 1953 in Albuquergue, New Mexico. He is still a composer today.
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Musician's Journey
- Z. Randall Stroope is one of the most active American choral conductors and composers working today. I know all of you have sung at least one of his songs (Omnia Sol).
- www.zrstroope.com
- www.music.okstate.edu
- www.morningstarmusic.com/composers-stroope.cfm
- Stroope earned a Master's degree in voice performance at the University of Colorado (Boulder) and his Doctorate in conducting from Arizona State University.
- He had been thinking about composition since the age of ten, but it was not until he wrote The Cloths of Heaven, and Inscription of Hope, the he began to gain recognition
- He has conducted 38 all-state choirs and has headlined at numerous summer ACDA conventions. Stroope has published 125 qorks with Oxford, Alliance Music Publishers, Walton Music, and others.
Inscription of Hope
- Inscription of Hope is based on an inscription found on a wall in a cellar in Germany where Jews were hiding from Nazis during World War II. Stroope says "Hope was all they had to hold on to; hope was their only bridge to a brighter tomorrow.
Background Facts
Famous Works
- His wife, Cheryl, is a choral music teacher at Stillwater Middle School.
- Cecil Effinger and Normand Lockwood are both mentors of Stroope and well-respected American composers.
- Stroope contributed to the book Composers on Composing along with composers such as Rene Clausen, Gwyneth Walker, John Rutter and Morten Lauridsen.
- Magnificat
- Inscription of Hope
- O Magnum Mysterium
- Psalm 23
Currently
- Conducting performances at Chicago Symphony Hall, Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Eastern NAfME Convention, Vatican
- Conducted at Carnegie Hall every year since 2000, and is the Artistic Director of an international music festival in Rome every June.
- Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Oklahoma State University
Psalm 23
- Our former piano accompanist Mary Malkasian had a song dedicated to her, commissioned by George Malkasian for Bella Voce.
- This song, composed by Z. Randall Stroope is called Two Strings, But One Voice
https://soundcloud.com/bella-voce-choir/two-strings-but-one-voice-o
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