Z. Randall Stroope is one of the most active choral conductors and composers working in the United States today, with recent conducting engagements at the American School in Singapore, Canterbury Cathedral, England, Salzburger Dom in Salzburg, Washington National Cathedral, Vancouver Symphony, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. His compositions sell over 200,000 copies a year, and are performed regularly by esteemed ensembles throughout the world. Dr. Stroope has personally conducted/recorded 13 professional compact discs, and recordings of his music are heard frequently on radio and television broadcasts across the United States.
I have been listening to a lot of Randall's compositions recently which have grown on me immensely. His compositions range from quite modern pieces like "The Conversion of Saul" to more traditional arrangements like his "Invocation" for women's ensemble. Below are several renditions of one of my favorite excerpts from his "Passages" titled "Inscription of Hope" that I found at the Library while searching for music for my grade school choir. The words were taken from an inscription on the wall of a place of hiding used by the Jews during the Holocaust.
