Music of Kim Andre Arnesen

"We sing out the truth against hunger and hate. We sing out for justice before it's too late!" A socially responsive text from Charles Anthony Silvestri is given a dramatic setting for mixed or treble

This beautiful work is dedicated to the memory of a young girl named Lily who departed from the earth much too soon. Excerpted from Arnesen's major work Tuvayhun, this seventh movement follows the

Featured at the 2018 St. Olaf College Christmas Festival, this is a beautiful and lush setting of the Howard Thurman text. It reminds us that Christmas is a time of light over darkness. The message in the

Poet Euan Tait's interpretation of love's challenging gaze as it searches the heart and looks within to find true beauty and love. Lush choral harmonies are accompanied by a flowing piano accompaniment that

"Peace, like war, must be waged - mindfully, deliberately, with arms ever ready and eyes wide open." Striking modern harmonies declare the importance of Charles Anthony Silvestri's profound text on the

Commissioned by the St. Olaf Festival in Trondheim, Norway, Even When He Is Silent masterfully expresses the sentiment of the text - hope in times of despair. Beautifully melodic, with rich

This text is all about loving one another, a much needed sentiment in these turbulent times in which we live. The music is flowing with soaring voice leadings, modern harmonies, cascades, and chord clusters

"All we are we have found in song" is the first line of this stunningly beautiful poem by Euan Tait, set to music by Norwegian composer Kim Andre Arnesen.  This romantic notion is woven throughout

Norwegian composer Kim Andre Arnesen offers a lovely lyrical and accessible piece for Christmas. Arnesen is known as a gifted melody writer, and this composition is no exception to that accolade. Lovely,