William Ferris
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Biography
William Ferris was born on February 26, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois. He was an American composer, organist, and choir director. He studied composition at DePaul University's music school from 1955 to 1960 and received private instruction from Leo Sowerby from 1957 to 1962. He served as organist at the Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago from 1956 to 1958 and from 1962 to 1964. He later served as musical director at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rochester, New York from 1966 to 1971. In 1971, he founded the William Ferris Chorale with John Vorrasi, focusing on Renaissance and 20th-century works. Ferris' catalog includes over 500 compositions, notably Corridors of Light and Snowcarols, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1980. He taught at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago starting in 1973. He died on May 16, 2000, in Chicago.
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- The Lord Said to Me
- Creator of the Stars of Night
- Snowcarols: I. The Snow Lies Thick Upon the Earth Tonight
- Come, Lord, and Tarry Not
- Snowcarols: IV. See Amid the Winter Snow
- Snowcarols: V. Christmas Eve
- Gentle Mary
- Snowcarols: II. The Snow Lay on the Ground
- Snowcarols: III. In the Bleak Mid-Winter
- O Mary of Graces
- Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
- Hail Mary
- Long Is Our Winter
