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Specks of Earth is a collection of choral miniatures that use poetry from Rabindranath Tagore's work Stray Birds, a collection of 326 short poems. Vivid language elicits a burst of imagery that is tra...

Commissioned for Choral Arts Northwest who gave its premiere performance in 2011 under their artistic director, Robert Bode. The music is primarily contrapuntal in texture, and its tonal language feat...

Winter's Lullaby evokes the tranquil beauty of a snow scene in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Clear treble voices, solo flute, and piano add simple melodies to a text which 'sings a lullaby to winter. '...

This setting of Maya Angelou's poem Touched by an Angel is a reminder that love is not a mere timid, fleeting feeling, but a courageous struggle which heightens our experience of both joy and pain. Lo...

This reassuring Christina Rossetti text, which is actually a metaphor for life itself, has been set for SATB voices and piano. Commissioned by and dedicated to the 2017 Middle Level Honors Choir (Mark...

This lyrical music perfectly matches the elegantly phrased text written by the 18th-century Irish singer, songwriter, and poet Thomas Moore. Tender and emotional, the choral writing is accompanied by...

A setting of a portion of the Hebrew prayer Al HaNissim ('On the Miracles'), recited on the Jewish festival of Chanukah. The prayer is an expression of gratitude for God's intervention on behalf of t...

Composed in celebration of a storied career on behalf of Susan Ihnen, the accompanist at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, for twenty-five years. This skilled young composer has managed to...

We are constantly bombarded with language and images that challenge us to consider our world from many points of view. This is important, but perhaps even more important is what do we do with all thes...

This setting of the Mother Goose nursery rhyme is dangerously close to a groovy choral vamp! The scoring is for mixed chorus and jazz trio, but it certainly could be performed with just a piano (proba...

The origin of the melody My Country 'Tis of Thee is not known but assumed to generate from Europe. The melody is also used for the national anthem of the United Kingdom, God Save the Queen. The text f...

Text painting abounds in this setting of a Dickinson poem concerning the brief time gifted to our human condition. To match the topic and brevity of the poem, the work itself isn't long, lasting only...

The work opens with a sardonic take on the title line, the first reaction being one of malice towards recollection. The piece then transitions to a nostalgic perspective, as continued pondering gives...

The SATB version of Moonlight Sound Design was commissioned and premiered by the youth choir Kam r conducted by M ris Sirmais in Riga, Latvia in 2012. In USA, it was performed by the Wartburg Choir co...

This arrangement is a re-imagining of Martin Luther's iconic hymn melody. New harmonies and ambient electric guitar accompaniment create an ancient/modern feel-giving new life to this classic hymn. Sh...

Composed for the Columbus International Children's Choir, Tatiana Kats, Conductor, for their performance at the 2018 World Choir Games in Tshwane, South Africa, as an opener to their sacred music set....