Compositions/Arrangements for Mixed Choirs
A ribbon red as wrapping (text by McQuilkin, R.). SATB choir with piano. Virtual premiere by the Farmington Valley Chorale, Dec. 31, 2020.
Above gravity (text by Cadwallader Staub, J.). SSAATTBB choir. Winner of the 2020 Cincinnati Camerata Composition Prize.
Across the empty square (text by Hendrick, R.). SATB choir with piano, or chamber orchestra. Finalist in the 2020 ACDA Brock Competition for Professional Composers. Premiered by the Univ. of MN, Dec. 13, 2020. Published by Graphite Publishing.
An advent carol (text by Rossetti, C.). SSA/SATB choir with piano/organ. Published by Oxford University Press.
As green becomes gold (text by Frost, R.). SSAATTBB choir.
As the river runs still. SATB double choir, unaccompanied. Commissioned by the University of CT Choirs for a joint performance with the University of Stuttgart. Premiere Summer 2022.
Awakening dawn (text by Bohanan, Otto Leland). SATB choir with optional trumpet/trombone/French horn. Commissioned by the Shoreline Chorale, Madison, CT (2021).
The bells I heard (text by Longfellow, H.W.). SATB choir, unaccompanied. Winner of the 2014 Carol Contest of the Choral Art Society of Portland, Maine. January 4, 2015: Portland, ME.
Born to sing (text by Frances Harper, Abraham Lincoln, Marian Anderson, and Ellen Gilson Voth). Commissioned by VOCE, Inc. Premiere on March 13, 2022.
The circle of time (text from Ecclesiastes). SSAATTBB choir, unaccompanied. Premiered by the Princeton Singers. June 26, 2004: Bethlehem, PA. Published by Oxford University Press.
Highways on air – Mvmt. 1, The sky is a spectacle; Mvmt. 2, After midnight; Mvmt. 3, Like the bird be. (Texts by Hugo, V; Lindbergh, A.; Earhart, A; and original poetry). Commissioned by the Ellington High School choirs. May 16, 2019: Ellington, CT. Forthcoming performance by Nazareth College Choirs, Spring 2022.
I had no time to hate. Text by Emily Dickinson. SATB with piano (also available in SSA). Co-winner of the 2022 Ithaca College Composition Contest.
Infant holy, infant lowly (traditional Polish carol). SATB with divisi, unaccompanied. Premiered by Novi Cantori. December 13, 2015: Chicopee, MA.
Journey to the child (text: excerpts from Matthew 2 and the Mass ordinary). SSAATTBB choir, soprano/tenor solo, oboe and opt. percussion. Commissioned by the New Haven Chorale. December 18, 2005: New Haven, CT.
Long, long ago (English folk song arrangement). SSAATTBB choir, unaccompanied.
Lux Aeterna (traditional Latin). SSATTBB with soprano solo, piano/chamber orchestra. Commissioned by the Greater Middletown Chorale. May 6, 2007: Middletown, CT.
Of distant skies (Texts from ancient sundial/sonnet of Bryant, W.C.). Commissioned by CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists). February 12, 2017: The Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT.
One short sleep past (Text by Donne, J.). SATB with piano/chamber orchestra. Commissioned by Central Bucks West High School. May 29, 2002: Doylestown, PA. Published by ECS Publishing.
The road not taken (text by Frost, R.). SATTBB. Premiere at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. May 11, 1996: Princeton, NJ.
The sounds I hear (Texts by Tackett, N. and Ciraldo, S.). Commissioned by the Farmington Valley Chorale for their 50th anniversary season. Simsbury, CT. Premiere on June 4, 2022.
Today I will (texts provided by singers and audience members of the Westminster Choir, from Westminster Choir College). Tuesday, December 4, 2018: Western CT State University, Danbury, CT. Published by ECS Publishing.
There is a river (text from Psalm 46). Premiered by the First Church of Christ Choir, Wethersfield, CT. January, 2003: Wethersfield, CT. Published by ECS Publishing.
Two American Folk Songs (“Going across the mountain” and “Hushaby”). Premiered by the National Chamber Choir of the Organization of American Kodaly Educators National Conference. March 23, 2013: Bloomfield, CT. Published by ECS Publishing.
The unending reach of light (texts by Marriott, J. and King, M.L.) SATB choir, violin and piano.
Wind of the Spirit (excerpts from Acts of the Apostles). SATB choir with baritone solo, piano. Premiered by the Princeton Singers at Lehigh University. June 28, 2008: Bethlehem, PA.