Contemporary Sacred Polyphonic Composers?

Geremia

Who are some contemporary polyphonic composers of settings for sacred texts?

ClergetKubisz

Zachary Wadsworth. We sang his O Salutaris Hostia (it was in English, so "O Saving Victim") at the 2014 Colloquium: it was beautiful.

I believe CHGiffen on our own forum is a composer of sacred music.

I've tried my hand at it, without much success (I just don't finish anything).

matthewj

Frank La Rocca

janetgorbitz

Colin Mawby?
Paul Jernberg?

ProfKwasniewski

There is Kevin Allen, of course. My choir enjoys singing his polyphony.

I have some pieces out there, too:
http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2016/04/sacred-choral-works-and-other.html#.VzD9WtIrKUk

Salieri

Probably not within the reach of most parish choirs, but there are also, among the big names, James MacMillan and Arvo Part. (I know that MacMillan has written music for the parish choir he directs, but I'm not sure if any of this work has been published.)

chonak

Deal Hudson has been discussing contemporary religious composers on his radio show "Church and Culture" with musicologist Walter Simmons, who (among other things) is a repertoire consultant for Naxos and some other classical record labels.

Here are links to the programs they've done together highlighting various 20th-century composers. Some are not Catholic, but I include them for general interest.

Four 20th-century Catholic composers:
https://avemariaradio.net/audio-archive/church-and-culture-february-13-2016-hour-1-walter-simmons/

Contemporary Protestant composers:
https://avemariaradio.net/audio-archive/church-and-culture-may-7-2016-hour-2/

20th-century Jewish composers:
https://avemariaradio.net/audio-archive/church-and-culture-march-19-2016-hour-2/

Also, Hudson interviewed Chris Mueller (whose work has been performed at the CMAA colloquium) on the importance of polyphony and sacred music:
https://avemariaradio.net/audio-archive/church-and-culture-february-6-2016-hour-2/

melofluent

Herein, Royce Nickel, Heath Morber, Francis Koerber, Jeffrey Ostrowski, Richard Rice, Richard Clark, Chuck Giffen, Patrick O' Shea and Jeffrey Quick. To a lesser known extent, myself (Ave Verum Corpus and Anima Christi.)

StimsonInRehab

Nicholas Wilton.

Jeffrey Quick

Sine Melo tooted my horn, see here for precisely which texts.

Kevin Anthony

Leo Nestor, although even his "simple pieces" are often not that simple for a parish choir.

DiapasonDabbler

Due to the recent moving away of a couple of choir members, I have been writing quite a bit of SAMen music - "Ne-reminiscaris" / A Missa Brevis / a few collects etc. - although I had previously written a Requiem (soon to be recorded) & various SATB anthems including a Pater Noster (used on a few cathedral visits). They are mostly here - http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Attride - if of use. Most would certainly be achievable by a "parish choir".

BruceL

Ola Gjeilo (although of course not many)
Philip Stopford

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