Atque Semper is a meditation on the early medieval hymn Ave Maris Stella. The guitarist plays a free version of the melody while the other instruments try very hard to mess it up. The pianist is torn between supporting the guitar and hanging out with the troublemakers.

Atque Semper was commissioned by the young guitarist Dylan Allegretti for Santa Fe New Music and is dedicated to him with many thanks.

Atque Semper is part of a project called ReThinking Mary, which also includes Lullaby, Wonder Counselor, Take Your Joy, and Be/Hold. Atque Semper is also January 7th in A Book of Days.

here is the score and a very rough midi demo:

atque semper score (pdf)

I have supplied two versions of the guitar part, one with cues, the other without. the pianist probably wants to play from the score, but in case you prefer a separate part, I have included one also.

atque semper parts (zip archive of pdfs)

I am open to people making arrangements of the piece for different instrumentation, so if you have ideas about this, please feel free to get in touch with me at eve at evbvd dot com.

Please email me with any questions or issues, and I really hope you enjoy playing the piece!