Music lovers describe the impact of the tune, Simple Gifts, a Shaker Hymn which was used by composer Aaron Copland. From August 2011. Show more Simple Gifts started life as a Shaker Hymn and became ...

Listen to a performance of Simple Gifts here in the orchestral setting found in Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs (1950), the performance is by Marilyn Horne. Copland also used the song as the basis ...

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'Tis the gift to come down where you ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

Vocalist Susan Krebs and her musical friends have been putting together thematically-programmed salon concerts in living rooms and small venues for a number of years. Out of that experience comes ...

There’s a line in the song that says, “Tis the gift to have friends and a true friend to be, Tis the gift to think of others not only think of me.” Simple Gifts in Claremont follows that tenet every ...

Mother -- A hymn of love -- All that -- The rock -- Wake up -- Quick dance -- A march -- Children of the free woman -- Dismission of the devil -- The shameful three -- Decisive work -- Mother's golden ...

Two women plus 12 instruments equals one good time when Simple Gifts takes the stage on Friday, March 8, at SUNY Cortland. Combining tradition with innovation, Simple Gifts creates some of the finest ...

Musician and composer Catherine Marie Charlton first sat at a piano when she was 8. There was an instant bond that’s lasted a lifetime. Her newest recording project, “Simple Gifts: Solo Piano for the ...