Collegiate Repertoire

The ocean is brought to life with the use of sharp consonants, overtone singing, whispering, and an ocean drum. For choir and youth ensemble, singers create the journey from calm, sparkling waters to waves

"No nights are dark, no days are long, while in my heart there swells a song." The poignant lyrics of American writer and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson are brought to life with pop-influenced

A torrent of energy and rhythmic enthusiasm, this modern motet is an outburst of praise to the Virgin Mary. Repetition of short phrases and sudden transitions to new musical ideas lead to the final measures

With Spanish lyrics from Mirem de Ondiz written to portray the story of an immigrant who is missing her previous home, this lament is both expressive and personal. The a cappella divisi texture uses

On the subject of the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, the composer's native country, this expressive piece is a plea for help. Effectively using dissonance, accents, rests, whispers, aleatoric spoken