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Christopher Lee Fraley
composer, publisher, choral tenor
Christopher Lee Fraley
composer, publisher, choral tenor
“…what I love most about [Chris’s works] is their immediacy.”
—Dr. Gary D. Cannon, director Emerald Ensemble & Cascadian Chorale
Enjoy your time exploring my music and looking through my scores. Please reach out if you have any questions or if you would like to work together on a project!
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The Movable Do podcast (October 27, 2020) “Composer and conductor Steve Danielson interviews other living composers to learn about their journeys, successes, and learning experiences.
“This week, Hawaii-based composer Chris Fraley discusses how his background as a math and science wiz influences his love for counterpoint. Featured in this episode: Eire’s Call, The Plains, Hine Ma Tov, and the premiere of the recording of A Light Exists In Spring. Plus, experimentations with Just Intonation.”
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New music video!
Seventy minutes of choral music by Fraley
A fun Epiphany animation
Including Kyrie from Missa Dramatica (F. 174)
Baritone (or Tenor), Flute, Piano
Learn how music works, focusing on an experiential approach to how sounds combine. Visit PitchMatters.com and learn why pitch matters!
Isle of Avalon is the final movement from the King Arthur Suite, although can also be performed as a stand-alone tone poem (Tone Poem No. 5). This movement tells the story of the mysterious Isle of Avalon from the King Arthur legends.
King Arthur, Orchestra, Tone PoemRecorded live at Fraley’s 2003 recital, Paintings of Song, is an idea born of the desire to paint images with music, intermixing art song with instrumental music, using the unique expressiveness of each to enhance the other. Over 50 minutes of music featuring Kevin Krentz (cello), Kwan Bin Park (violin), Karen Janes (string bass), Stuart Lutzenhiser (tenor), and others. Track List includes: the “Love Quartet” (String Quartet No. 2), the Fish Trio (Piano Trio No. 1), Eire’s Call (Tone Poem No. 3), Piano Preludes No. 1 and No. 4, The Crossing, Only You, Perceptions, A Thought for Your Penny.
CDOn the surface, “A Light exists in Spring” captures Emily Dickinson’s feelings during an ephemeral experience of Nature—that particular light that is unique to early Spring. But there is a wonderful depth in her writing, including insights about how Nature moves us to feel, the relationship between contentment and Nature, and our experience of the passing of the intangible.
a cappella, Emily Dickinson, English, Nature, SATBCopyright © 2010 – 2022 by Fraley Music, Inc.
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