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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...

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...

Contains both English and Mandarin Chinese text. Full Score contains text in English only. Duration: 16:00

22 minutes, 6 movements.

This anthem was composed to commemorate the retirement of Frank Hall, Pastor of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Westport, Connecticut, to whom the piece is dedicated. Pastor Hall used this text,...

Seven night-themed poems by the mother of the talented artist Malcolm Tuffnell became the basis for this piece. The poems are short and the piece is through-composed, unfolding like a night-blooming f...

Due South is one in a series of four choral suites that explore the cultural and natural wonders of various regions of North America. Stephen Chatman's choral settings are broad in scope and tone; the...

Arise is the short opening of this suite of five pieces, and is set to glorious homophonic music with rising motives in the lower voices.

What's Cookin'? takes its sweet time tantalizing the listener with all the menu items of a truly Southern feast. Music, set to a slow tempo in swing eighths, makes the recitation tempting, if not down...

Bugs is a soundscape of insects and their songs. Precise vocal effects make this challenging but also whimsical, and the result is pure fun.

Love, O Love recalls an old-fashioned love letter in which the writer compares the beloved to the moon and the sun and pledges eternal love. The music begins with lush chords sung together, moves to a...

A perfectly apt finale to this choral suite, Kentucky Derby begins with a nod to 'My Old Kentucky Home, ' and then it's off to the races, literally. The text of the suite is declaimed rapidly in patte...