David L. Brunner

A meaningful work of togetherness: children's and SATB choruses combine in a multigenerational performance, while the text draws from an Irish fisherman's prayer and the Way of the Boddhisattva to exp...

Playful and inspirational energy courses through this lively song, bringing to life a poem about the joy of musical sharing and personal interconnectedness.

The vivid musical imagery of this work illustrates the luminous colors of stained glass that brighten dark, gothic cathedral walls through brilliant harmonies and stirring melodic lines.

Written for the 20th anniversary of the CME Institute, A Living Song serves to honor and reflect on the passion for music that CME has instilled in countless singers throughout the years.

With a text from contemporary poet Scott Lounsbury that describes shared journeys, destiny and closure, this work delivers the powerful and emotional message that words alone cannot say to a life-long...

This beautiful Christmas text by George Herbert, and the same text used by Vaughn Williams in his 'Hodie', has a beautiful, pastoral quality (flocks, shepherds, pastures, streams). Composer Brunner us...

Written for the Newham Young People's Chorus' Big Sing! in London, England, this inspirational work by David Brunner (text by Scott Lounsbury) carries the theme of finding one's voice, one's identity,...

This David Brunner work evolved from a project that involved middle, high school and college singers in a virtual choir environment. The text, with its strong rhythm and sturdy refrain, artfully captu...

'Don't Go' is the second in the cycle of 'Ecstatic Songs' on texts by Hindu mystic poet Mirabai. The first song, 'All I Was Doing Was Breathing' was premiered by the Michigan State University Women's...

Commissioned for the 2013 Mississippi ACDA All-State Honor Choir, this Scott Lounsbury poem is full of whirling images, imaginative turns of phrase and a rhythmic insistency that doesn't stop. David B...

Grace was commissioned by the Sloan Creek Middle School a cappella treble choir for their performance at the 2013 national ACDA convention in Dallas. Despite references to brief, bright moments fading...

Written for the Miami Children's Chorus, players from the 'New World Symphony' and 'Dance Now!', this is a spirited and energetic composition from David Brunner. Reflecting the flavour of the text 'th...

This classic and inspirational text by Langston Hughes is appropriate in school or church. And it is a great vehicle for teaching your singers about hopes and dreams and that their dreams can make a d...

Equally a memorial and a sincere tribute to the cycles of life, this work features contemplative melodies unfolding over a gentle and undulating piano accompaniment.This has been a best seller for 2 p...

Composer David Brunner has a gift for setting texts in melodic phrases with gentle contours and with a lyrical style. He has done exactly that with this text by Victorian age poet and essayist Bessie...

Tuneful melodies of broad contours and long-breathed phrases characterize this setting of the Thomas H. Troeger text. A sense of rubato will expressively shape each phrase. Though scored for piano, th...

O Aula Nobilis is a festive work, composed for the opening of the Natalie L. Haslam music center at the University of Tennessee. After the opening unaccompanied chant in the women's voices, the music,...

Drawing inspiration from this powerful and spirit filled text, David Brunner has crafted a melody that inspires. Long musical lines will require careful shaping and the independent yet integral piano...

The Ecstatic Songs Cycle was a project with conductor Sandra Snow that spanned eight years. The first song was All I Was Doing Was Breathing (BHI 47905), while the second song Don't Go (BHI 48197) fol...

Celebrating every day 'miracles” and the simplicity of the miraculous in our everyday lives, here is a simple yet profound musical setting of these every day occurrences. Lush piano writing and beaut...

Each voice assumes the role of one of Laura E. Richard's characters in a spirited and playful exchange characterized by an incessant rhythmic “chatter.” The text is set syllabically, in a...

Thispiece is a syllabic and through-composed setting of Laura E. Richards' text. The distinctive aspect of the piece is its rhythmic interest and shifting meters, its humor, evident in the lumbering n...

The words of this old carol tell of the scene around the manger in Bethlehem, an assembly of gentle creatures and many children of all backgrounds. A gentle arrangement, with sincerity and warmth.