Chor & Gesang

This is a song of hope--of building a bridge of peace between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples. Their trees (Jaffa Orange in Israel, Olive on Arab lands) reach out their branches as hands across th...

This work is dedicated to Heather Heyer of Charlottesville, Virginia, who gave her life for our mission of tolerance. Using the traditional African American tune LET US BREAK BREAD, this arrangement i...

This anthem was created for the choir of the American Church in Paris. The ancient Latin text is sung as a refrain by the choir, 'Ave Maria, dulcissima Maria, vera spes et vita!' The soprano soloist i...

Commissioned to honor Ken and Diane Ketel for their many years of music ministry at First United Methodist Church in Rapid City, South Dakota. Scored for mixed choir and organ, this Advent anthem sets...

Commissioned by Classical Movements for an incredibly large ensemble of primarily 'older' singers. Along with some brass, keyboard, and timpani, this work serves as a fun, fanfare-like, flourish-fille...

A creative and unusual work, The Gale uses text painting, sound effects, and crafty choral writing to bring to life the text written by Abraham ('Abramek') Koplowicz, a Jewish boy who was exterminated...

This movement from Songs for the Journey has a text adapted from the poem 'Epitaph' by Merrit Malloy, 'When all that's left of me is love, give me away. ' Duration: 3:00

This final movement of the larger work Songs for the Journey is set to the traditional blessing, 'May the road rise up to meet you. '

The opening lines, 'Listen, I love you. Do not turn your face / Nor touch me. ', reflect the somber feelings encompassing Sara Teasdale's poem. Paired voices initially express contrapuntal melodic lin...

Stephen Chatman's setting of Sara Teasdale's whimsical poem pertaining to a brown-thrush, April, love and kisses, emulates the meaning, strict rhythm, rhyme and strophic structure of the text. The sof...

Sara Teasdale's poem, Oh day of fire and sun, suggests a loud, fast musical setting. The syncopated homo-phonic choral texture, with high tessituras, exudes drama and excitement: it balances the expan...