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A COWBOY’S LIFE

TTB or TB Voices with Piano

Dan Davison

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Language: English Use: General/Festival Time: Approx. 3:06 *Diffi culty: Moderate

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Note from the Composer

The poetry of James Barton Adams glamorizes the life of a cowboy. There are many people who would jump at the chance to have the working conditions of a cowboy, with nothing above you at night except the stars, and no sounds around you but the shuffling hoofs of cattle or the bawling of the steers. A life out on the range might have a lot of benefits if you like solitude.

The piece has been written to fit the needs of choirs with young men.

• The ranges for each part have been kept very narrow.

• The chorus is simple enough to learn in a short time.

• The piece is full of solo opportunities.

From the composer’s experience, many young men will be eager to try out for solos if the notes are in their ranges.

The piece has also been written to be very adaptable. Although there are three vocal parts written, A Cowboy’s Life could very easily be done with just two parts. In fact, the first performance of this piece was done without the Tenor 2 part. However, the addition of the Tenor 2 part will give the chords more sonority, and produce a more pleasing sound for the audience.

About the Composer

Dan Davison has been the Choir Director at Ballou Junior High in Puyallup, Washington since 1979. In addition to conducting the five ensembles at the school, he has numerous teaching and mentoring responsibilities, and sings professionally with Male Ensemble Northwest.

Dan was born in 1956 in Sacramento, California, but has lived in the greater Seattle area since 1965. Since 1979, he has lived in Puyallup, Washington with his wife, Cathy, who is also a public school teacher. He attended public schools in the Bellevue School District and then attended Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington where he received his Bachelor’s degree, studying under Maurice Skones. He continued his education with a Master’s In Music from Western Washington University, studying with Bruce Pullan.

Dan’s tenure as Choir Director at Ballou Junior High School has acquainted him well with the complexities of the adolescent voice. Each year Dan directs a 7th Grade Boys Chorus, a 7th-Grade Girls Chorus, an 8th-Grade Mixed Choir, and a 9th-Grade Mixed Choir. In addition, Dan conducts a 16-voice Jazz Choir that is extra curricular. His Jazz Choir performed at the ACDA Northwest Convention in Seattle in 2010. Dan is experienced as a church choir director, and has also directed choirs at Western Washington University and Pacific Lutheran University. Dan also directed the Youth Choir (grades 7-9) for the 2014 ACDA Northwest Convention in Seattle.

Dan has been received numerous awards for his role in music education, including the 1996 State Of Washington Christa McAuliffe Educator Of The Year, The Educator Citizen Of The Year for 2010 for Communities In Schools In Puyallup, Washington, and also the “Outstanding Choral Director Award” for 2010 from the Washington chapter of The American Choral Director’s Association.



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A Cowboy’s Life

Lyrics adapted from a poem byJAMES BARTON ADAMS (1843–1918)

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DAN DAVISON

for TTB or TB Voices with Piano

Tenor 1

Tenor 2(optional)

Bass

Piano

Copyright © 2016 BLP Choral Music (ASCAP)International Copyright Secured.

All rights reserved, including performance rights.Printed in the U.S.A.

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