I just discovered Ola Gjeilo this year when we sang one of his pieces, entitled "Förklaring" in choir. I fell in love with the understated, gentle musical language that he used, contrasted with the romantic, powerful text, which we sang in Swedish.
In researching further, I doscovered that not only does Gjeilo write for choir, but he also enjoys writing for wind symphony and piano as well. He was born in Norway, but came to New York City in 2001 to study at the famous Juilliard School of Music for his Master's Degree, which he earned in 2006. He is now a full time composer in New York City.
I have attached a link to the video page of his website - while Förklaring is not there, there are a number of his other pieces to enjoy!
http://olagjeilo.com/videos/
Alissa,
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see you to embed a YouTube video of one of Gjeilo's pieces. If you had trouble embedding, I've posted How to embed a YouTube video with HTML code and How to embed a YouTube video with Blogger on my OhioFi blog. http://www.ohiofi.com/blog/