Mark the Music!

The writing of David Ashley White demonstrates a varied approach to texture, mood, and voicing. His choral cycle, Mark the Music!, takes its title from Lorenzo's Admonition in The Merchant of Venice. With texts found in Shakespeare's plays The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, The Tempest and Twelfth Night, his three movements are scored for mixed chorus. Directors are free to program one, two or three of the movements as dictated by the needs of the ensemble. There are also movements for soprano and alto (CM9425 III. Full Fathom Five), and for tenor and bass (CM9439 IV. O Mistress Mine), both with piano accompaniment.