Secular Choral Concert Music

As we read the Harper text, we hear excitement for the journey ahead tempered by the knowledge of past and present injustices, all leading to the hope of music that will inspire people to build a lasting

This beautiful and lamenting poem by French poet Charles Beaudelaire is captured in all of its sadness and intimacy allows treble choirs to flourish as they make this text their own. A detailed IPA and

From the Gounod opera "Faust." Here, young Valentin's heartfelt prayer abounds with conflicting emotions, offering singers an opportunity to consider the devotional yet enthusiastic text and operatic style

Written for Philip Brunelle and Vocal Essence, this beautiful and complex piece in Spanish asks in longing harmonies, "Where has love gone?" and comments, "Because it is inhumane to live without love and

Commissioned by the professional choir EXIGENCE and using the famous Maya Angelou text The Caged Bird, here is a concert setting that explores various tonalities and will challenge even the

This exciting a cappella composition fuses musical styles that are influenced by South African, Hindu, and Eastern European traditions, including drones, call-and-response phrases, repeating compound

Inspired by the scene of a place on a island, here is a tone poem that paints a vivid picture of the bay and the hour and the emotions that surround it all. With free tonalities and waves and water in the

This new composition explores the power of the sea-wayfarer goddess Selene and her power to harness the moon's influence over the tides. It uses a very contemporary a cappella texture, vocal glissandos, and

From the rhytmic mixed-meter introduction to the driving, energetic main theme, The Song Arising will truly "awaken the dawn!" This is a tribute to music and the power of song to heal divsion in