Celebrating immigration, freedom, and liberty in America, verses from The New Colossus, the poem on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, are set to music and then combined with America (My

Centuries-old sea shanties made the drudgery and monotony of a sailor's work more tolerable. Sung on the decks of merchant, fishing, and whaling ships, these often colorful songs have become an important

Discernment is a sacred work for SATB choir, unaccompanied. Inspired by various sacred texts and arranged together by the composer. The work asks: How do we know we are hearing the voice of God?

Europa is imagined as a quiet celestial body orbiting Jupiter with a warm and friendly ocean beneath a cracked and turbulent surface. This symphony is composed in the European style and tradition of the

Mixing classical and modern musical writing styles, this is a grand composition in A minor for string orchestra. This piece imagines three young American astronauts who go to deep space to discover life in

This is a setting of a sonnet by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It vividly describes the appearance of The Galaxy (The Milky Way) with a stream of images, and the music reflects many of the poem's lyrics.

Inspired by the mystery and beauty of the trees in Northern California, the thematic material of this original work is derived or expanded from a five-note motive heard throughout the piece.

This is a lovely setting of English poet William Cowper's well-loved hymn text Sometimes a Light Surprises.

Inspired by the long-extinct mammoths that once roamed the earth, the piece opens with a brass fanfare and heavy music representing the massive size of these giant creatures. A contrasting softer section