| SELECTED CHORAL MUSIC (see all) |
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| FLEXIBLE VOICING, CANONS & ROUNDS | |
Be Like the Bird - (5-part canon, opt'l whistling or flute -- 2009) Premiered on Minnesota Public Radio |
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| Come In, Come In! - (4-part "looping" canon -- 2011) Premiered on Minnesota Public Radio |
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| Hunger of the World: A table grace - (canon for 1-8 voices -- 2007) Commissioned by the Empty Bowls Project at Independent School District 191 |
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| Love Is Love Is Love Is Love - (3- or 4-part canon with audience mantra -- 2017) Written for the Justice Choir Songbook |
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| Lumen - (chant, with canon up to 4 parts -- 2012) Commissioned by Waupaca High School Treble Clef |
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| Morning Round - (4-part canon, or double canon with "Awake awake ye sleepers" -- 2013) ...just written on a particularly beautiful morning |
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| Resilience - (3-part street call -- 2017) Written for the Justice Choir Songbook |
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Touch Hands: A table grace - (double canon -- 2017)  NEW!Premiered on Minnesota Public Radio |
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| TENOR & BASS CHORUS (TB, TTB, TTBB) | |
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight - (TTBB, piano, snare drum -- 2009) Co-Commissioned by Minnesota ACDA and the Minnesota Music Educators Association |
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Jerusalem Luminosa - (TB duet, a cappella -- 2001) Commissioned for St. Ansgar's Chorus |
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Prayer for Peace - (TTBB a cap. -- 2006) Commissioned by Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix |
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| Yhinx: An ancient Greek love charm - (soloists, TTBB a cap. -- 2003) Commissioned by Cantus |
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| TREBLE CHORUS (SA, SSA, SSAA) | |
A Blessing of Cranes - (SSAA, piano -- 2015) Commissioned by the 2014 ACDA Women's Choir Commission Consortium |
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| Cedit, Hyems (Be Gone, Winter!) - (SSAA, flute -- 2009) Commissioned by Cantamus of Iowa State University (SSAA arr.) Published by G. Schirmer |
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| Chant for Great Compassion - (SSAA div., narrator -- 2008) Commissioned by The Cornell University Chorus |
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| From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez - (SA solos, SSAA chorus, vielle, hand drums, Oud -- 2007) Commissioned for The Rose Ensemble
I. we have come II. suffer no grief III. closer to the fire IV. boatpeople V. we have come (reprise) |
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| Hail, Christmas Day! - (SSAA a cappella -- 2003) Premiered by Pike Kor, Luther College |
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| In the Bleak Midwinter, arr. - (SSAA, s.a. solos, piano -- 2011) Commissioned by Kathleen Rodde for Cantamus; Iowa State University |
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| In Your Hands (Where do human rights begin?) - (narrator, SSAA chorus, solos, vibraphone, piano -- 2013) Commissioned by MUSE: Cincinnati's Women's Choir |
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Jerusalem Luminosa - (SA duet, a cappella -- 2001) Published by Kjos Music Publishing |
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| The Mirthful Heart (SSA, hand drum -- 2012) Premiered on Minnesota Public Radio |
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| SATB CHORUS -- selected (click here to see all) | |
Aililiú, ó Íosa - (soprano, countertenor, SATB, Gaelic harp, vielle or viola, bodhrán -- 2005) Commissioned for The Rose Ensemble |
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The Babe of Bethlehem, arr. - (SATB a cappella -- 2004) Commissioned by The Singers--Minnesota Choral Artists |
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| Bar xizam (Upward I rise) - (SATB div. a cappella, s.a.t. solos -- 2007) Commissioned by The Esoterics |
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| Blessed Be The Lord, My Rock - (SAB, a cappella or with piano/organ -- 2001) Published by Graphite Publishing |
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Carmina mei cordis (Songs of my heart) - (SATB a cappella -- 2004) Commissioned by Kantorei (Denver, Colorado)
WINNER OF THE CAMBRIDGE MADRIGAL SINGERS COMPETITION, 2006 I. Aeterna lux, divinitas II. Angele Dei |
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| Cedit, Hyems (Be Gone, Winter!) - (SATB, flute -- 2003) Commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers Published by G. Schirmer |
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| Dormi Jesu - (SATB a cappella -- 2001) FINALIST FOR THE ITHACA COLLEGE CHORAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION, 2004 |
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| God of Owls - (SATB a cappella -- 2004) Commissioned by Ensemble of the North |
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| i carry your heart with me - (SATB a cappella -- 2003, rev. 2013) Commissioned by Pam & Jesse for their wedding |
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| In the Bleak Midwinter, arr. - (SATB, s.a. solos, piano or harp -- 2006) Commissioned by Ruth Palmer |
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| In This Tyme of Chrystmas - (SSS semi-chorus and SATBB a cappella -- 2006) Commissioned by The Rose Ensemble |
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| Journey Home - (SATB, piano -- 2007) Commissioned by The Minnesota Chorale |
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| Long Time Trav'ling - (SATB, tenor duet, shapenote semi-chorus -- 2005) Commissioned by The Singers--Minnesota Choral Artists Published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing |
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Mary and Gabriel - (SATB, satb soloists, percussion -- 2006) Commissioned by Choral Arts Ensemble (Rochester, MN) |
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Prayer for Peace - (SATB a cappella OR unison chorus with strings -- 2007) Premiered on Minnesota Public Radio |
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| Psalm 126: A Song of Ascents - (SATB a cappella -- 2003) Commissioned by Sing for Joy Published by Augsburg Fortress |
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Remember, O Thou Man, arr. - (SATB, solos, cello and harp -- 2006) Commissioned by The Singers--Minnesota Choral Artists |
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| Songs of Smaller Creatures - (SATB div. a cap., sop. solo -- 2005/6) (formerly "Toward Sunshine, Toward Freedom: Songs of Smaller Creatures") WINNER OF THE CRAIG AND JANET SWAN COMPOSER PRIZE, 2005
I. The Bees' Song II. A noiseless, patient spider III. Envoi |
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| Spell of the Elements - (SATB double chorus, piano -- 2007) Commissioned by the Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota |
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| To the Evening Star - (SATB, flute -- 2005) Commissioned by The Singers--Minnesota Choral Artists |
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