David L. Brunner

This dramatic setting uses angular melody, strong rhythms and some quirky bits of harmony to bring the spectacle of the Lewis Carroll text to life, using both 2-part and 3-part textures. Great for chi...

Here is a new setting of an interesting text, with a great piano accompaniment! The beautiful harmonies and minor to major mode change will make this a favorite for high school choirs, as well as for...

Now Touch the Air Softly, a lovely poem by former United States Poet Laureate William Jay Smith, has been set with great care for developing voices by David Brunner. A simple and lilting piano accompa...

This idyllic piece, with text by William Butler Yeats, highlights the various sounds that evoke Yeats's memories of Innisfree, a lake in County Sligo that was a favorite childhood vacation spot. Allow...

This We Know is thoughtful, earnest and subdued. The technical demands are not great, but musical and artistic sensitivity are paramount.

A Christmas tune with a sentiment of simple wonderment. An unrushed piece with singing that is pure and honest.

The music reflects a Native American influence, though it does not employ authentic native musical elements. A simple, heartfelt text is set in repetitive, chant-like phrases, uncluttered textures, an...

This playful and energetic work perfectly characterizes the exuberance of youth, sparkling in self-affirmation: Celebration is daring to be who we are.

The focus of this poetic text is on the mother, and the special feelings of mothers worldwide. It is a lullaby, simple, with a gentle sense of awe.

Equally a memorial and a sincere tribute to the cycles of life, this reverent work features shapely and contemplative melodies unfolding over a gently undulating piano accompaniment. Newly arranged fo...

This short text is exceptional in sentiment and construction. It speaks of all that is embodied in youth - a life that resonates with meaning and purpose, fullness, enchantment and magic. The wistfuln...

The writings of John Donne are expressions oof one man's wrestling with human nature, illness, pain, doubt, fath, trust and hope. All of this English metaphysical poet's words are highly imaginative,...

This festive work is an anthem to the common experience of all human beings, the potential in each of us and the necessity to affirm, support and nurture each other.

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.

Kahil Gibran's words reflect profoundly personal feelings of our experience with music.

The writings of John Donne are expressions of one man's wrestling with human nature, illness, pain, doubt, faith, trust and hope. All of this English metaphysical poet's words are highly imaginative,...

The writings of John Donne are expressions of one man's wrestling with human nature, illness, pain, doubt, fath, trust and hope. All of this English metaphysical poet's words are highly imaginative, e...

This festive work is an anthem to the common experience of all human beings, the potential in each of us and the necessity to affirm, support and nurture each other.