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This lively setting of Cantate Domino by Giovanni Croce is a great way to start the year with your tenors and basses. The polyphonic opening gives each voice part a chance at the melody and is followed by a

Arranged for the 2017 Christmas Festival at St. Olaf, this collage draws from across the globe to intertwine carols from the West Indies, Puerto Rico, Canada, America, Germany, and Nigeria. Movements for

Come to me was commissioned in loving memory of Bob Doan, and premiered at Wayzata Community Church. The texts were drawn from his memorial service (Matthew 11 and John 14). The piece begins with a sense of

One the earliest arrangements in the Aspen Hill library, this piece begins with voices in unison on the familiar, floating melody and is a great way to find the beauty of head voice. Danny Boy tells a story

This dramatic story of King David and his son Absalom from early American composer, William Billings, is a powerful depiction of love and grief. Open harmonies create a magnificent opportunity to teach

Written in response to the tragic and violent events of the summer of 2016, including the death of an incoming TCU first-year student, this work combines texts from the Psalms and Luke to create a haunting

This rousing setting is a great way to start a concert set with sturdy rhythms and strong harmonies. It is simple enough to work as a processional and can easily involve your audience. It has been a

Viadana's brilliant motet is a great exercise for your tenors and basses with each line of text receiving special treatment and startling contrasts of articulation and melodic contour. This arrangement

This sonorous a cappella setting gives everyone a chance at the traditional and memorable melody. The arrangement takes the singer through “dark midnight” and weaves in a moment of another

With an opening melody that hearkens to Henry Purcell's touchstone setting, dissonant harmonies and metrical shifts take us in a very different direction. The discord of the piece seeks to emphasize the

This introit drawn from the Byzantine tradition sets a text in Church Slavonic over a simple drone. A solo voice and aleatoric verse provide a unique set of textures to open any concert or worship and music

This setting attempts to capture the many moods of the text by Mechtild of Magdeburg (translated by Jane Hirschfield): frustration, wistfulness, urgency, and ecstasy. A disjunct opening fanfare intermingled

A gospel-style piano accompaniment supports this familiar and beloved Gospel song. Inner verse solos set to the tune, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, and the text of Amazing Grace shares ideas of hope and

This setting of ‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime was created for the Manitou Singers of St. Olaf College and their conductor, Dr. Therees Tkach Hibbard. I was asked to re-arrange my SATB setting of the

Originally written for an ensemble of four voices, this arrangement weaves together two beautiful melodies, The King of Love and Amazing Grace. Supported by a flowing piano accompaniment, this piece shares

With an opening like the awakening light of dawn, this setting of text by Rabindrinath Tagore moves quickly into a rhythmic and dance-like feel. A joyful and fun work for high school, collegiate, and

Music Makers, Dreamers of Dreams was commissioned by One Voice Mixed Chorus, Minnesota's own and North America's largest LGBT and straight allies chorus under the direction of Jane Ramseyer Miller. The text

This setting, written for the St. Olaf Chapel Choir, was premiered at the 2012 Christmas Festival at St. Olaf. A beautiful weaving together of the traditional Spiritual and John Jacob Niles' memorable tune,

Sing On! Dance On! was premiered by the TCU Chorale in March of 2016 at Ft. Worth United Methodist Church on a program called, Dance On, Sing Praises! Another arrangement of this tune by Fellowes was a

This flowing piece for a cappella choir and soloists gives new life to Will L. Thompson's beloved hymn. This arrangement sets the first and last verse, capturing the image of Jesus “waiting and

This benediction begins with Isaiah 41, “Do not be afraid, for I am with with you...” and continues with words of tremendous love and promise. With the entrance of the Matthew text,