Composers

Norah Duncan, IV

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About

Norah Duncan, IV (b.   ) is a celebrated choral director, organist, liturgical musician, and consultant. He is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at Wayne State University and the Area Coordinator for Organ Performance. Additionally, he directs the WSU Concert Chorale and coordinates many of the choral concerts presented by the Department of Music. As an organist, he has performed extensively in both the United States and Europe. As a liturgical musician, he has been music director for the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament for over 26 years and was the director of music for the historic visit of Pope John Paul II to Detroit in 1987. He has established the Gregorian Institute of Detroit for the study of Gregorian chant and has presented papers on liturgical music at international congresses, clinics and workshops across the world. He is also a member of the Education Board of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. As a choral director, Norah has presented major concerts under the Cathedral Cultural Series with the Archdiocesan Chorus and has collaborated in concerts with the Wayne State University choral ensembles, the Brazeal Dennard Chorale ensembles and the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra. In both 2004 and 2005, he directed the Michigan Youth Choral Ensemble in Carnegie Hall in New York City. Duncan is the recipient of the Award for Excellence for Musical Direction from the American College Theater Festival, Washington, DC, the Sr. Thea Bowman Award of the Archdiocese of Detroit, the Spirit of Detroit Award, the Mother Teresa Duchemin Award for exemplary community service, and recently was the first recipient of the "Changing Lives Through Music" Award presented to him by Anne Parsons, President of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

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Works by Norah Duncan, IV

Title Collection Voice Type Range Poet
City Called Heaven Give Me Jesus High | Medium C4 - C6 | A3 - A5
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? Give Me Jesus High | Medium Eb4 - Ab5 | C4 - F5
Give Me Jesus Give Me Jesus High | Medium Eb4 - Bb5 | C4 - G5
Here's One Give Me Jesus High | Medium E4 - G5 | D4 - F5
I Coudn't Hear Nobody Pray Give Me Jesus High | Medium D4 - G5 | C4 - F5
I Want Jesus to Walk With Me Give Me Jesus High | Medium D4 - G5 | C4 - F5
I've Just Come From the Fountain Give Me Jesus High | Medium D4 - G5 | C4 - F5
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Give Me Jesus High | Medium C4 - A5 | Bb3 - G5 Biblical
Oh! What A Beautiful City! Give Me Jesus High | Medium D4 - Ab5 | C4 - Gb5
Ride Up In the Chariot Give Me Jesus High | Medium D3 - Ab5 | B3 - F5
Composer Title Work Instrumentation Level Number of Movements Accompanied Size Duration Range
Norah Duncan, IV Postlude on Go, Tell It on the Mountain Organ 1 No Solo
Norah Duncan, IV Ubi Caritas Organ 1 No Solo