Composer
An active composer and arranger, with works performed by choirs around the world, Scott Rieker studied composition with Drs. Morten Lauridsen and Veronika Krausas, as well as others. Dr. Rieker premieres at least two compositions each year. He writes in a variety of styles, for a wide variety of ensembles, on a variety of texts—both sacred and secular. Scott is particularly attracted to the poetry of Ted Kooser, former poet-laureate of the United States, and has set Kooser’s text several times. Dr. Rieker’s setting of Antonio Machado’s poem, “Caminante no hay Camino,” has been published for SA and SATB by Santa Barbara Music Publishing.
SATB Choir
Ted Kooser Suite (SATB choir, piano, string quartet, trumpet, speaker) [more info]
I. Closing the Windows (Frostburg State University Chamber Singers)
II. Pocket Poem (University of Southern California Apollo Chorus)
III. Meaning in Light (Frostburg State University Chamber Singers)
IV. Selecting a Reader (University of Nebraska–Lincoln University Chorale)
V. Lonely Forever (University of Southern California Choral Artists)
You, Neighbor God (SATB, tenor solo; Laude Ensemble, Los Angeles) [more info]
Prayer for Meaning (Emmanuel Episcopal Choir) [more info]
Interior intimo meo (University of Southern California Choral Artists) [more info]
La Canción del Caminante (University of Southern California Artists) [more info]
Available from Santa Barbara Music Publishing for SATB and SA
TB version, in B-flat (University of Southern California Apollo Chorus)
SATB Choir (Arrangements)
To Daffodils (Ralph Vaughan Williams) (Frostburg State University Chamber Singers) [more info]
Moon’s Lullaby (Grant Stryckning) (Frostburg State University Vocal Jazz Ensemble) [more info]
Solo Voice
Three Songs for the End (Ernest Harrison, tenor, Joseph Yungen, piano, Avery Pettigrew, horn) [more info]
I. Jerusalem, My Happy Home
II. There Is a Balm in Gilead
III. Jesus Loves Me
Solo Instrumental
Winter Portraits (Hyun Su Seo, piano) [more info]
Hymn Tunes
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (RECLUSION) (Emmanuel Episcopal Choir)
Silent and Holy (Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church Choir)
Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire (CIVITATEM NOVUM) (Emmanuel Episcopal Choir)