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For SATB choir and keyboard. the traditional sacred Christmas melody and text "Personent Hodie" is drawn from the mid-16th century Swedish collection "Piae Cantiones." Often set in a straight 2-beat measure fashion, this new SATB setting embraces the natural, more mixed meter nature of the text.

Parts for additional brass quartet are forthcoming. Contact the composer for more information.

On This Day Earth Shall Ring

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Movement 3 interprets the melody and text of the famous song "Sing a Song of Sixpence." Recent research has suggested that the text may actually have acted as "code" between pirate captain and potential recruits. 

As a variety of string techniques are utilized, a strong violist and cellist are required for this to be the most effective performance possible. Though each song may be performed separately, I hope you and your choir enjoy performing this varied set of songs in its entirety!

Sing a Song of Sixpence

For mixed choir, organ and brass quartet and set to this familiar Easter day text by prolific hymn writer Charles Wesley (1707-1788) this new melody and setting are a strong pairing, lending to a triumphant, celebratory Easter service anthem.

Quartet note: Though the original intention was to have two trombones accompanying the work, recent performances suggest that a trombone and tuba pairing work equally as well.  

Instrumental parts are available by contacting the composer.

Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise

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Perfect for the end of Holy Week worship services and collegiate level concerts, the beloved spiritual "Weepin' Mary" has, from an early age, been one that has moved me. In my research of this spiritual's history, I was first drawn to the arrangement by early 20th century composer H. T. Burleigh. His setting of the same spiritual lasts no more than one verse. Further research, however, has shown that there are indeed additional verses that were connected to the early 1800's hymnal compilation entitled "Southern Harmony" and are set to the tune WEEPIN' MARY (which is different than the melody of the spiritual).

Weepin' Mary

The Magnificat and the Nunc dimittis are two biblical canticles regularly sung at Evening Prayer (Evensong) in the Anglican church tradition. The Magnificat text is taken from the song of Mary from Luke 1:46-55, and the Nunc dimittis text is the song of Simeon from Luke 2:29-32. The Anglican Evening Prayer combined elements of Vespers and Compline, two ancient offices of the Roman rite, and stipulated that both canticles be sung together. Though this is not required.

Containing several short solos for SATB, both movements also contain a somewhat high tessitura for sopranos, mostly in the final Gloria.
These two important texts have been set by a myriad of composers over the centuries. I constantly marvel how these same texts can inspire composers in so many varied ways. I hope you will enjoy singing these two multi-meter settings with matching final Glorias.

Magnificat and Nunc Dimmitis

A creative, short collegiate level work for mezzo soloist and SATB a cappella choir.  

Drawn to the theme of remembrance and with a desire to introduce my choir to music with a bit more dissonance and lesson common musical techniques, such as aleatoric, I chose to set this well-known Henry Van Dyke poem. The poem was originally written to be inscribed on a sundial and was published in the 1904 collection "Music and Other Poems." More recently, the poem was read aloud at the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997.

The opening solo, in an a cappella, semi-gospel, style should be sung slowly, with deliberate elaboration on words such as "long" and "short", etc. Above all, don't rush and let the text speak.

Time, Is...

This collection of three songs all connect to the theme of the sea. The first two movements are set to poems by English poet Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), most famous for his books "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." The first movement is based on a poem from his collection "A Child's Garden of Verses" which follows three children, who, (though in the garden) imagine themselves as pirates at sea. This movement has proven very popular with both high school and collegiate choirs as it includes opportunities for singers to stomp, clap, and glissando as they travel abroad. 

The text for movement 2 "Under the Wide and Starry Sky" is taken from a poem that RLS wrote early in life and was ultimately inscribed on his tombstone on the island of Samoa. Harmonic sections of it were lightly inspired by the compositional style of American composer Phillip Glass.

Separate parts for violin and cello are available upon request.

Under the Wide and Starry Sky

The first of three sea related texts. The first two movements are set to poems by English poet Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), most famous for his books "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." 

The first movement entitled "Three of Us" is based on a poem from his collection "A Child's Garden of Verses" which follows three children, who, (though in the garden) imagine themselves as pirates at sea. This movement has proven very popular with both high school and collegiate choirs as it includes opportunities for singers to stomp, clap, and glissando as they travel abroad. 

See "Under the Wide and Starry Sky" and Sing a Song of Sixpence" for the other two selections. Each song can stand separately or be sung as a set.

Three of Us

Based on the folk song melody entitled "Turtle Dove," this anthem for organ and mixed choir is appropriate for Good Friday or late Lenten services. The melody has the attitude of a lament, drawing focus to Christ's ultimate gift leading to the Easter celebration.

Must Jesus Bear the Cross

Four 4-part treble a cappella voices, this evocative text by Oliver Wendell Holmes, and my passion for choral works suitable for contemporary treble choirs, moved me to write this setting of "Departed Days." I hope that treble choirs beginning with upper high school levels, and beyond, will be moved by the text and word painting I have instilled in this work.

Departed Days

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