Webb — Ecce lignum Crucis [SATB with divisions]

A dramatic and moving work for Good Friday. SATB with divisions; medium difficulty.

Ecce lignum Crucis,
in quo salus mundi pependit.
Venite, adoremus.

Behold the wood of the Cross,
on which the salvation of the world hung.
Come, let us adore.

KATHERINE WEBB (b. 1990) is Canon for Music at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon, where she directs the Cathedral’s choral ensembles, leads its Royal School of Church Music in America (RSCMA)-affiliated Choir School, and manages its concert series, which often features Trinity’s landmark Rosales organ. A former RSCMA board member and active Association of Anglican Musicians participant, she works as a choral clinician, composer, and organist nationwide. Katie earned her doctorate in organ performance at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she was a student of Christopher Young, and studied choral conducting with Dominick DiOrio, Betsy Burleigh, and Walter Huff. She received the MM in organ performance from IU and graduated summa cum laude from St. Olaf College with degrees in organ performance and vocal music education. At St. Olaf, she studied organ with Catherine Rodland and conducting with Anton Armstrong, and sang in the St. Olaf Choir. An award-winning educator, Katie served as an instructor in music theory and aural skills at IU, receiving the Wennerstrom Fellowship for excellence in pedagogy. She was named to The Diapason’s “Twenty Under Thirty” Class of 2019 for outstanding achievement in church music and organ performance. Her compositions have been performed at churches, universities, and festivals nationally.