Major Choral Works

Sweeping and cinematic in scope, this multi-movement work serves as both a tribute to the birds that once filled our skies and a warning about our own tenuous existence on the planet. The compositional

Written in memory of the composer's mother, Will Todd's Songs of Peace is a beautiful six-movement work about love and loss. Two of the movements are scored for two-part treble voices, while the

Miserere: Songs of Mercy and Redemption is a sequence of reflections on the theme of mercy, in response to the recent and ongoing tragic conflicts in the Middle East and other regions. Woven around

Expanding on the Mass, this major work incorporates a mixed choir, a treble choir, and a gospel quartet along with the bluegrass band accompaniment. With tongue planted in cheek, the Angels are in the

Symphonic Adiemus presents twelve numbers from the Adiemus series in dynamic new scorings for SATB choir and full symphony orchestra. Since it was first heard in 1994, Adiemus has

Composed as a commemorative work exploring themes of loss, particularly remembering the children who perished in the Aberfan tragedy in 1966 which buried a school full of children along with 28 adults. The

Here are five "hymns" to the spirit of life. Calling on "modern" poetry, and certainly using the modern harmonic language that Mechem is so well known for, each movement is an answer to the previous

Mount Rushmore is a dramatic work for chorus and orchestra inspired by the monumental sculpture of four iconic American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and

Sung without vibrato so that the vocal colors and their translucent quality remain pure and clear, this recalls the Baroque passacaglia procedure where the bass line underpins the entire work. This is an

The solemnity of the classical Mass joins together with the down-home sparkle of bluegrass to create a work that is unique in scope and a beautiful union of seemingly disparate musical traditions. Listeners

Doreen Rao's newly adapted and edited concert version of Bernstein's epic theater work maintains the integrity of the Mass form and the dramatic tension between faith and doubt.  This 40-minute

This work is a powerful and compelling account of the descent into war and its terrible consequences. Writen by Welsh composer, Karl Jenkins, the piece is dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. Like

The Missa Brevis by Leonard Bernstein is a musical setting of selected texts from the Ordinary of the Mass for a mixed a cappella choir with countertenor solo and incidental percussion. It is also

Along with "A Ceremony of Carols," "Saint Nicolas" is a substantial Christmas choral work. Scored for Tenor Solo, SATB Chorus, SA Semi-Chorus, 4 Boy Singers and String Orchestra, Piano Duet, Percussion and