for unaccompanied SATB double choirAve Maria was joint winner of the Concours Européen pour Choeurs et Maîtres de Cathédrales 1999. Its double choir forces belie its sensitive scoring and taut motivic construction, which is well within the grasp of many choirs.
Tarik O'Regan (b.1978)
"Gratias tibi is an overwhelming torrent of sound, infectiously energetic at the beginning and end, and again using intricate canon as a means of reflection in the quieter central section." - Rosemary Broadbent Church Music Quarterly September 05
"Four compositions by the 26-year-old Tarik O'Regan reveal a fertile musical imagination and meticulous attention to detail. Ave Maria, with its delicate, imploring lyricism and influence of plainchant, would present a good youth or chamber choir with an interesting challenge." - Music Teacher, July 2004
"At just 25, Tarik O'Regan already has an established reputation as a rising star. The half-a-dozen works published in New Horizons give some indication of what the fuss is all about . . . A straightforward, four-voice setting of Locus Iste does not offer much personality, but O'Regan's eight-voice Ave Maria is more satisfying, combining simplicity with a gentle sense of the music's logical unfolding." - Matthew Greenall, The Singer, Feb 2004
