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Admirable Eccentrics
Genre: Solo Voice
Soprano, clarinet, percussion (x2), piano - c.13:00
Text: Benjamin Franklin, Bill Holm, Eric Stokes
for Zeitgeist; 2004
Adonai, Adonai
Genre: Choral
Unison/Canon for SATB
text: traditional Jewish liturgy
1979
Sample Recording by Amanda Leger-Harewood
Adon Olam Variations
Genre: Orchestral
Chamber Orchestra - c.10:00
for the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis; 1976
American Kaleidoscope
Genre: Orchestral
Orchestra - c.7:15
for the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra; 2010
Sample Recording by Minneapolis Pops Orchestra (Conductor: Jere Lantz)
An American Thanksgiving
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi - c.7:00
texts: Isaac Watts, Samuel Stennett, Philip Doddridge
for the Dale Warland Singers; 2003
No. 1 - Webster
No. 2 - McKay
No. 3 - 93rd Psalm
Among Friends
Genre: Small Ensemble
clarinet, violin, cello, piano - c.19:00
for Music in the Park Series' 25th Anniversary; 2004
No. 1 - After Schnittke
No. 2 - Scherzo, After Shostakovich
No. 3 - Barcarolle_Lullaby
Angelus ad virginem
Genre: Choral
SATB Divisi - c.2:30
text: 14th Century anonymous
for the National Lutheran Choir; 2010
Sample Recording by National Lutheran Choir (Conductor: David Cherwien)
Apparizioni
Genre: Solo Instrumental
Piano - c.9:00
for the Schubert Club; 1988
Sample Recording by Anthony deMare
Aprile/April
Genre: Choral
SATB - c.5:15
texts: Folgore da San Gimignano, translation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
for Kathryn Reyerson; 1997
Sample Recording by Dale Warland Singers
Aubade
Genre: Small Ensemble
Trombone and percussion - c.5:20
for Sara Seekins and Robert Stacke, Augsburg College; 2001
Before Prayer
Genre: Choral
SATB - c. 3:30
text: Brian Newhouse
commissioned by Chorus America for the Unity Singers, honoring Brian Newhouse; 2023
sample recording by the Unity Unitarian choir/Ahmed Anzaldúa
Bega
Genre: Choral
SSATTBB, piano - c.6:15
text: Marjorie L. C. Pickthall
for 2011 Ithaca College Choral Composition Festival; 2011
Sample Recording by Ithaca College Choir (Conductor: Lawrence Doebler)
Bells, Blessings
Genre: Choral
SATB; 2:45
Text: Alfred, Lord Tennyson (adapted)
For Chorals for Choirs 6 by Oxford University Press; 2023
Recording by J. David Moore/First Readings Project
Blessing
Genre: Solo Voice
mezzo, piano; c. 2:45
Text: Marg Walker
for Source Song Festival, Clara Osowski and Mark Bilyeu; 2019
Sample recording by Clara Osowski and Mark Bilyeu
The Blonde Assassin
Genre: Solo Voice
Soprano, piano - c.1:15
text: Emily Dickinson
for the American Composers Forum's Schubert Club Songbook, 2007
Sample Recording by Maria Jette and Tim Lovelace
Bread of Angels
Genre: Choral
melody with descant part; flexible instrumental accompaniment
text: St. Thomas Aquinas, translation by Marisha Chamberlain
2015
By and By
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB - c.3:00
arranged for the Dale Warland Singers; 1995
Sample Recording by Kantorei (Conductor: Richard Larson)
Camptown Races
Genre: Choral
Leader and unison group (optional 2- and 4-part sections) - c. 3:00
Arrangement of the Stephen Foster tune
for "A Community That Sings!" - a project of the North Central American Choral Directors Association; 2009
Children of the Heavenly Father
Genre: Choral
SATB - c.3:00
text: Carolina Sandell Berg (Swedish), Ernst William Olson (English)
for the Dale Warland Singers; 2000
Sample Recording by the Dale Warland Singers
Children'songs
Genre: Choral
SA, clarinet, piano - c.9:45
texts: Edna St. Vincent Millay, Lewis Carroll, Carl Sandburg, Winifred Welles
for the Nebraska Children's Chorus; 1996
No. 1 - Afternoon on a Hill
No. 2 - He Thought He Saw
No. 3 - Fog
No. 4 - A Man with a Little Pleated Piano
Christmas Eve, Bells
Genre: Choral
SSSAAATTBB - c.4:00
text: Alfred Tennyson
for the Dale Warland Singers; 1991
Sample Recording by the Dale Warland Singers
Cinco Poemas de Bécquer
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB, soprano recorder, guitar, wind chimes - c.11:30
texts: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
for the Bratnober family; 1979
No. 1 - Del salon en al angolo oscuro
No. 2 - Besa el aura que gime blandamente
No. 3 - Como la brisa que la sagre orea
No. 4 - Yo soy ardiente, yo soy morena
No. 5 - Voy contra mi interes al confesario
Cindy
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB, guitar or piano - c.2:40
arr for the Dale Warland Singers; 1991
Sample Recording by the Dale Warland Singers
Cliff Notes
Genre: Choral
SATB, piano; 3:30
Text: Marg Walker
Commissioned in 2021 by:
Haley Armstrong; South Dakota Mines Choir
Dwight Bigler; Virginia Tech Chamber Singers
Jeffrey Brillhart; Singing City Choir
Robert Duff; Brandeis University Chorus and Chamber Singers
Dean Luethi; Washington State University Concert Choir
Matthew Mehaffey; University Singers, University of Minnesota
Eugene Rogers; University of Michigan Chamber Choir
Randall Speer; Randolph College Chorale
Sample recording by University of Michigan Chamber Choir/Eugene Rogers
Come to Zion With Singing
Genre: Choral
SATB, trumpet, handbells, organ - c.3:00
text: Isaiah 35: 1-2, 8-10
for First Presbyterian Church, Racine, WI; 1999
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
Genre: Solo Instrumental, Orchestral
horn and orchestra - c.20:00
for Charles McDonald; 1985
No. 1 - La Chasse
No. 2 - Nocture
No. 3 - La Course d'Auto
Concord Hymn
Genre: Choral
SATB, soprano solo, 2 trumpets, field drum - c.5:00
text: Ralph Waldo Emerson
for the Racine Symphonic Chorus; 1999
Coursing River
Genre: Choral
SATB - c.3:00
text: James Gertmenian
for the Plymouth Congregational Church Choir; 2014
Coy Pond Suite
Genre: Band
jazz ensemble; c. 9:00
Gordon College; 2013
No. 1 - Splash
No. 2 - Hangin'
No. 3 - Skimming
Cradle Song
Genre: Choral, Orchestral
SATB, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, strings - c.4:00
text: Isaac Watts
for the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay; 2007
Sample Recording by the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay (Conductor: Richard Zielinksi)
Cyprian Suite
Genre: Band
Concert band - c.15:00
2002
No. 1 - Servikos
No. 2 - Aya Marina
No. 3 - Exomologhisis
No. 4 - Agapisa Tin
Cyprus: First Impressions
Genre: Small Ensemble
alto flute, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass - c.9:00
for Sigma Alpha Iota, Minneapolis/St. Paul Alumnae Chapter; 2000
Sample Recording by Adam Kuenzel, Michael Sutton, Laurie Petruconis, Susan Janda, Laura Sewell, David Berg
Dance and Sing
Genre: Choral
SATB, piano - c.3:00
text: John Gay
for the Macalester Festival Chorale; 1991
Sample Recording by the Macalester Festival Chorale (conductor: Kathy Romey)
Dance of Zálongo
Genre: Choral
SA/SATB, claves, piano - c.4:00
text: Greek folksong (sung in Greek)
arr for the Dale Warland Singers and District 279 Children's Chorus; 1998
Sample Recording by the Dale Warland Singers; District 279 Children's Chorus; Doleen Hughes-Zdunek, piano; Jay Johnson, percussion
Dance Then To Everything
Genre: Choral
SATB and piano; c. 8:00
Text: Alla Renée Bozarth
Commissioned by the Kirkland Choral Society, Dr. Glenn R. Gregg, conductor; 2018
Sample recording by the Kirkland Choral Society/Dr. Glenn R. Gregg
The Darkling Thrush
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi; string quartet - c. 8:00
text: Thomas Hardy
for New Amsterdam Singers - 2017
The Darkling Thrush (sample recording by the New Amsterdam Singers)
Day of Hope
Genre: Choral
SSAA, oboe, percussion, harp - c.12:00
texts: Khayyam/Fitzgerald, Sa'di/HW Clarke, Hafez/Bell, Khaqani/Wilson & Pourjavady, Shirin Ebadi
for the Augsburg College Riverside Singers; 2004
I. The Worldly Hope
(sample recordings by Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus/Emily Ellsworth)
II. Marhaba!
III. The Day of Hope
Deep River
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB - c.4:00
arr for the Dale Warland Singers; 1994
Sample recording by the Dale Warland Singers
Dragons
Genre: Solo Instrumental
piano (4 hands) - c.2:00
for the MN Music Teachers Association; 1981
Due Canti Meridionali
Genre: Solo Voice
soprano, piano - c. 8:00
text: Mina Ferraguti
No. 1 - Nel grande letto la notte
No. 2 - Quando rinasceremo
Elegy
Genre: Choral, Orchestral, Solo Instrumental
SSSSAAAATB, viola, handbells, strings - c.11:30
text: Samuel Johnson
1988
An Elizabethan Garland
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB - c.13:00
texts: anonymous, John Fletcher, Samuel Daniel
for the Dale Warland Singers; 1994
Individual pieces for sale at Opus Imprints
No. 1 - There is a Lady
No. 2 - My love in her attire
No. 3 - Care - charming sleep
No. 4 - Orpheus
No. 5 - Are they shadows...
Encore une aubade
Genre: Solo Instrumental
violin, piano - c.2:45
2012
Sample recording by Helen Chang-Haertzen, violin; Mimi Tung, piano
Epigrams, Epitaphs
Genre: Choral
SATB, piano (4 hands) - c.16:00
texts: Matthew Prior, John Gay, Samuel Wesley, Horace Walpole, Ben Jonson
for the Grand Rapids Area Community Chorus; 1986
Individual pieces for sale at Graphite Publishing
No. 1 - The Lady Who Offers Her Looking-Glass to Venus
No. 2 - My Own Epitaph
No. 3 - On the Setting up Mr. Butler's Monument in Westminster Abbey
No. 4 - Epitaph on two Piping-Bullfinches
No. 5 - On My First Son
Fantasia TON-Y-BOTEL
Genre: Solo Instrumental
Organ - c.11:30
for the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis; 1991
Sample Recording by Kirsten Uhlenberg
Forth in Thy Name
Genre: Choral
SATB, congregation, organ, handbells - c.4:00
text: Charles Wesley (1749)
for Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in honor of Hamline University's 150th Anniversary;
Four Chorale Meditations
Genre: Solo Instrumental
Violin - c.14:00
for Jean Marker DeVere; 1982
No. 1 - Ich Ruf' zu dir
No. 2 - Wie Schon leuchtet
No. 3 - Heut' ist, O Mensch
No. 4 - Es ist genug
Four E.E. Cummings Songs
Genre: Solo Voice, Small Ensemble
mezzo, piccolo, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, percussion [2 players] - c.11:30
texts: E.E. Cummings
1972; 1974 (for reduction)
Franklin Credo
Genre: Choral
SATB - c.1:45
text: Benjamin Franklin
for the Church of the Advent, Nashville; 1996
Sample Recording
From the Good Earth
Genre: Choral
SSA, piano - c.4:15
text: Pearl S. Buck
for Randolph-Macon Woman's College Chorale; 2004 (conductor: Randall Speer)
Sample Recording by Randolph-Macon Woman's College Chorale (conductor: Randall Speer)
God Bless the Young Folk
Genre: Vocal Duet
mezzo soprano, baritone, piano - c. 3:00
text: WEB DuBois Prayers for Dark People; The Talented Tenth
for VocalEssence's Talented Tenth Apprentice Program; 2008
Sample Recording by Maggie Lofboom, Andrew Kane, John Jensen
God Bless the Young Folk (SATB)
Genre: Choral
SATB, piano - c. 3:15
text: WEB DuBois Prayers for Dark People; The Talented Tenth
original melody for VocalEssence's Talented Tenth Apprentice Program; 2008, 2017
Sample Recording by First Readings Project/J. David Moore
Golden Slumbers
Genre: Choral
SATTBB - c.2:45
text: Thomas Dekker
1994
Sample Recording by First Readings Project/J. David Moore
Great Day
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB - c.3:00
text: spiritual
for the Gordon College Choir; 2005
Sample Recording by the Wichita State University Chorale (Conductor: Robert Glasmann)
Green Magic Songs
Genre: Solo Voice
solo soprano - c. 4:30
texts: Walter de la Mare, Emily Dickinson, Charles Causley
commissioned by Maria Jette; 2015
No. 1 - A Song of Enchantment
No. 2 - Time and Eternity
No. 3 - Green Man in the Garden
Hark, Glad Songs
Genre: Choral
SATB, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, organ - c. 4:30
text: Psalm 118: 1-2, 14-24
for the Williamsburg United Methodist Church; 2008
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi, oboe, handbells - c.2:45
arr for the Dale Warland Singers; 2001
Sample Recording by the Dale Warland Singers
Hodie
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB - c.3:15
text: traditional
1998
Sample Recording by the Dale Warland Singers
Holy Ground
Genre: Choral
hymn tune + keyboard/SATB - c.2:00
text: Kendyl Gibbons
for the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis; 2001
Home is...
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi; 4:00
For the Nova Singers, Galesburg, Illinois, Laura Lane, Artistic Director; 2019
Sample recording by The Nova Singers/Laura Lane
Hyfrydol Meditation
Genre: Small Ensemble
handbell choir - c.4:00
tunes: Hyfrydol, Nun Danket
for Westminster Presbyterian Church; 2014
I Should Be Glad
Genre: Choral
SSAA, vibraphone; c. 3:15
Text: Sara Teasdale
For Lexington High School chamber singers and Jason Iannuzzi; 2019
Sample recording by Lexington High School chamber singers and Jason Iannuzzi
I Sing the Birth
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi, percussion - c.14:00
texts: Ben Jonson, German 14th Century, Wedderburn 1567, Hilaire Belloc, Charles Wesley
for the South Bend Chamber Singers; 2003
No. 1 - I Sing the Birth: recording by The South Bend Chamber Singers/Nancy Menk
No. 2 - Quem Pastores
No. 3 - Balulalow
No. 4 - The Birds
No. 5 - Inextinguishable Blaze
Imps and Gargoyles
Genre: Small Ensemble
Saxophone quartet; c 7:15
Le Quatuor International de Saxophones for premiere at the 2023 World Saxophone Congress
Recording by Le Quatuor International de Saxophones
In the Pursuit of that Perfection
Genre: Choral
SATB and cello; c. 3:00
Clare of Assisi, translated by Regis Armstrong, OFM Cap., and Ignatius C. Brady, OFM
For the Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester, MN; 2019
Sample recording by the Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester, MN
In the Bleak Midwinter
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi, soprano and tenor solos - c.3:30
arr for the Dale Warland Singers; 2001
Sample recording by the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh (Conductor: Brady R. Allred)
Into the Fire
Genre: Choral, Bluegrass
SATB, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, bass - c. 4:00
Text and tune: Lisa Fuglie
for Vocalessence and Monroe Crossing - 2017
Into the Fire (sample recording by Monroe Crossing and VocalEssence)
Ithaka
Genre: Solo Voice
baritone, guitar - c.8:00
Texts: George Seferis, Constantine Cavafy
2001
Sample recording by Bradley Greenwald and Christopher Kachian
Jerome Hill's Canary Music
Genre: Solo Instrumental, Small Ensemble
flute, harpsichord - c.4:00
from film music fragments by Jerome Hill.
for the Jerome Foundation; 2005
The King of Yellow Butterflies
Genre: Choral
SATB - c.3:00
text: Vachel Lindsay
for the MN Music Educators Association and the American Choral Directors Association of MN; 1993
Sample recording by Plymouth Music Series (Conductor: Philip Brunelle)
The Last Invocation
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB - c.3:00
text: Walt Whitman
for the Plymouth Music Series of MN; 1988
Sample recording Westminster Abbey Choir (Conductor: Martin Neary)
Laudato si, mi Signore
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi - c.12:00
text: St. Francis of Assisi
for the Gordon College Choir; 2003
Sample recording by the Gordon College Choir (Conductor: C. Thomas Brooks)
Leaves Are My Flowers Now
Genre: Solo Voice
soprano, piano - c. 4:30
text: Michael Dennis Browne
for the American Composers Forum's Schubert Club Songbook, 2007
Sample recording by Maria Jett and John Jensen
Legend
Genre: Small Ensemble
2 piccolos, piano or orchestra - c.10:00
for Mary Laurie; 1990
Sample recording by Nancy Mulholland, Nan Raphael, and Brad Clark
Let It Go
Genre: Solo Voice
soprano, piano - c.4:50
Text: Michael S. Estok
for the MN AIDS Quilt Songbook; 1992
Sample recording by Maria Jette and Tom Linker
Lilacs
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi - c. 5:30
text: Walt Whitman
for the Springfield Choral Society; 2009
Sample recording by the Springfield Choral Society/Marion van der Loo
Little Potato
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi - c. 3:30
arrangement of a song by Malcolm Dalglish; 1989
Sample recording by the Concordia Choir (Conductor: Rene Clausen)
Longing for Home
Genre: Solo Voice
A song cycle for mezzo, baritone, and piano; c. 16:00
Texts:
Jerusalem - Judah Halevi, translated by Robert Mezey
Mother - Bea Exner Liu
Voyager Dust - Mohja Kahf
A Letter to Marianne Moore - Eugene McCarthy
Dancing Toward the Promised Land - Alla Renee Bozarth
Commissioned for the 5th anniversary of the Source Song Festival; 2018
No. 1 - "Jerusalem"
No. 2 - "Mother"
No. 3 - "Voyager Dust"
No. 4 - "A Letter to Marianne Moore"
No. 5 - "Dancing Toward the Promised Land"
Long, Long Ago
Genre: Choral
SATB, organ - c.1:45
text: anonymous
1985
Sample recording by the Diane Green Vocal Ensemble
Ma Tovu
Genre: Choral
SATB - c.2:00
text: traditional
for the B'nai Emet Synagogue Choir, Steve Barnett, conductor; 1973
Mad Magnificent Herald (Spring)
Genre: Choral
SATB - c.6:30
text: E. E. Cummings
for Hobart and William Smith Colleges' Cantori; 1998
Mad Moonlight
Genre: Solo Voice
Mezzo-soprano and piano - c.6:30
Texts from THE MAD MOONLIGHT by Louis Jenkins, copyright 2019 by Will o' the Wisp
Books - for more info see www.louisjenkins.com
Commissioned by Schubert Club for mezzo-soprano Georgia Jacobson
with funding provided by Barbara Brown and John Michel
in memory of soprano Ruth Jacobson
2022
No. 1 - Young Witches
No. 2 - Old Witches
No. 3 - Bat
Many Songs I've Heard: Melodies from Eastern Europe
Genre: Small Ensemble
two pianos - c. 13:00
for Gordon College: Mia Chung and Alina Polyakov; 2012
No. 1 - Are you Not my Radiant Sunset
No. 2 - Vanyusha, the Steward
No. 3 - The Vistula...
No. 4 - Dubinushka
No. 5 - Don't wake the Young Wife
March to Glory
Genre: Solo Instrumental
organ - c. 3:15
for American Guild of Organists for the 2014 Biennial National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts
Sample recording by Sarah Simko
Marian Variants
Genre: Band
concert band - c. 4:30
for the Gordon College Wind Ensemble 2008
Sample Recording by the Gordon College Wind Ensemble (conductor: David Rox)
Meditation (Silent Amidah)
Genre: Choral
SATB - c.1:30
for the B'nai Emet Synagogue Choir, Steve Barnett, conductor; 1974
Meeting at Seneca Falls (1998 version)
Genre: Small Ensemble, Orchestral
soprano, mezzo, baritone, flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, piano/celeste, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass - c.24:00
libretto: Marisha Chamberlain
Upper Midwest Women's History Center; 1998
Meeting at Seneca Falls (2006 version)
Genre: Small Ensemble
soprano, mezzo, baritone, piano, percussion - c. 45:00
libretto: Marisha Chamberlain
Diversity Festival, Red Wing, MN; 2006, a revision of the 1998 version
No. 1 - What If I Am a Woman?
No. 2 - North Star
No. 3 - A Seat in the Back Row
Melted Into Dreams
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB - c.5:00
text: The Tempest Act IV, Scene 1; William Shakespeare
for the Rochester Choral Arts Ensemble; 2001
Sample Recording by the Rochester Choral Arts Ensemble (conductor: Rick Kvam)
Micah 6:8
Genre: Choral, Bluegrass
SATB, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, bass - c. 3:00
Text and tune: Lisa Fuglie and Mark Anderson
for VocalEssence and Monroe Crossing - 2017
Micah 6:8 (sample recording by Monroe Crossing and VocalEssence)
Minnesota, That's Me
Genre: Choral
SATB - c. 5:00
text: Marisha Chamberlain
for the Minnesota Voices Project of the American Composers Forum 2008
Sample Recording by a gaggle of Minnesota choirs (conductor: Kathy Romey)
A Monument to Adam
Genre: Choral, Bluegrass
SATB, bluegrass band; 4:15
Text by Mark Twain
Commissioned by the Cantata Singers in honor of Elmira, NY, the place Twain thought was an Eden worthy of Adam; 2020
piano reduction available with purchase
Recording by the Cantata Singers/will wickham
Morning Hymn
Genre: Choral
SATB, organ; c. 3:15
Text: John Keble (1792-1866)
Commissioned by Plymouth Congregational Church in celebration of Carolyn Brunelle’s 50 years as a member of the Plymouth Choir; 2018
Sample Recording by the First Readings Project
Mortals & Angels: A Bluegrass Te Deum
Genre: Choral
Subgenre: Bluegrass
SATB; treble choir; gospel quartet; baritone solo; bluegrass band (fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, bass) - c. 30:00
treble choir and gospel quartet can be covered by SATB choir
Text: Marisha Chamberlain, Charles Wesley, Jefferson Hascall, traditional
for Distinguished Concerts International New York; 2017
For shorter bluegrass and choral works, see Micah 6:8 and Into the Fire.
No. 2 - Te Deum (Recording by VocalEssence and Monroe Crossing)
No. 3 - Who Makes the Sun to Rise
No. 4 - Holier Than Thou
No. 6 - Bad Days Are Coming (Featuring Minnetonka HS Choir)
No. 7 - We Don't Stay Afraid for Long
No. 8 - Down to the River
No. 10 - Every Step to Heaven Is Heaven
No. 12 - Angel Band (Featuring Minnetonka HS)
Most Holy Night
(that still dost keep the keys of all the doors of sleep...)Genre: Choral
SATB divisi; 3:45
text: Hilaire Belloc
for VocalEssence; 2016
Sample Recording by VocalEssence
Music for Heroines
Genre: Solo Voice
soprano, harp - c. 12:00
for the publication of Heroines: Transformation in the Face of Breast Cancer
a book of photographs and poetry by Jila Nikpay 2006
No. 1 - In Search of Healing
No. 2 - Filled with Light
No. 3 - Wanting to Know the Heart
No. 4 - I Became Awake
No. 5 - Through Heaven's Gates
Music for IMMIX
Genre: Small Ensemble
brass quartet, string quartet, percussion - c.12:00
for the MN Composers Forum's Composers Commissioning Program
for choreography by Andrew Rist; 1980
Musica, Dei donum optimi
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB - 4:30
text: John Dryden and Anonymous
for The Rose Ensemble; 2016
Sample Recording by The Rose Ensemble
My People Are Rising
Genre: Choral
SA, violin, percussion; c. 7:15
text: Mohja Kahf
commssioned by:
Elektra Women's Choir/Morna Edmundson,
Canzona Women's Ensemble/Jill Anderson and Cricket Handler,
and Peninsula Women's Chorus/Martín Benvenuto,
2018
My People Are Rising (by Vox Femina/Iris Levine, Violin: Michelle Shin, Doumbek: Sidney Hopson)
My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi - c.3:30
arr for the Dale Warland Singers; 2001
Sample Recording by Yale Schola Cantorum (conductor: Simon Carrington)
The Mysterious Brass Band
Genre: Small Ensemble
brass quintet - c.8:00
for Jane Hogan; 1990
The Mystic Trumpeter
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB, trumpet - c.12:00
text: Walt Whitman
for the Dale Warland Singers; 1997
Sample Recording by the Dale Warland Singers, and David Baldwin
Mythical Journeys
Genre: Small Ensemble, Solo Instrumental
flute, guitar - c.16:00
for the Upper Midwest Flute Association and the Minnesota Guitar Society; 1991
No. 1 - Seferis: 5 from Mythical Story
No. 2 - Cavafy: Ithaka
Near Odessa
Genre: Choral
SSAA, piano - c.3:30
text: Patricia Kirkpatrick
for Bella Voce (Reno, NV); 2013
Sample Recording by the First Readings Project (Conductor: J. David Moore)
Nocturne
Genre: Orchestral
chamber orchestra - c.12:00
1980
Sample Recording by the St Paul Chamber Orchestra (Conductor: William Henry Curry)
O Antiphons
Genre: Choral
SATB and organ; c. 13:00
Traditional texts
for Park Street Church, Boston; 2022
individual movements available from Opus Imprints and JW Pepper
I. O Sapientia [O Wisdom] - recording by Park Street Church Choir/Dan Schmunk
II. O Adonai [O Lord]
III. O Radix [O Root of Jesse]
V. O Oriens [O Radiant Dawn]
VI. O Rex Gentium [O King of the Nations]
VII. O Emmanuel [O God-with-us]
Oh, Yes!
Genre: Choral
SATB - c. 3:45
arranged for the Dale Warland Singers; 1996
Sample Recording by the Concordia Choir (conductor: Rene Clausen)
One Equal Music
Genre: Choral
TTBB divisi - c. 4:30
text: John Donne
for the Harvard Glee Club; 2001
Sample Recording by the Harvard Glee Club
Orchard in Bloom
Genre: Choral
SATB, viola - c. 4:00
text: Timothy Murphy
for the Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester, MN; 2022
Recording by the Choral Arts Ensemble/Rick Kvam
Organ Prelude: Children of the Heavenly Father
Genre: Solo Instrumental
Organ: c. 2:00
1989
MIDI recording for sample audio
Organ Prelude: "Ich halte treulich still"
Genre: Solo Instrumental
Organ; c. 2:00
1981
MIDI recording for sample audio
Overture: Southeast Sunday
Genre: Band
concert band - c. 6:15
for the Southeast Minnesota Conference Honor Band; 1996
Sample recording by the Augsburg Band (conductor: Robert Stacke)
Overture: The People's Room
Genre: Orchestral
pairs of winds, percussion, SATB and/or strings - c. 5:00
for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; 2004
Overture to a Greek Drama
Genre: Orchestral
orchestra - c. 5:00
1994
Sample Recording by the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor: Vit Micka)
Overture to the Midnight Spectacle
Genre: Orchestral
chamber orchestra - c. 5:00
1978
Sample Recording by the St Paul Chamber Orchestra (conductor: William McGlaughlin)
Ozymandias
Genre: Solo Voice
baritone, piano - c.4:00
text: Percy Bysshe Shelley
1970
Sample Recording by Andrew Kane and John Jensen
Piano (After D.H. Lawrence)
Genre: Solo Instrumental
solo piano - c.8:40
for Jack and Linda Hoeschler; 1996
Sample Recording by Thelma Hunter
Pilot Me
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi - c.2:20
text: Rev. Edward Hopper (1871)
for the Gordon College Choir; 2003
Sample Recording by the Gordon College Choir
Praise
Genre: Small Ensemble, Solo Instrumental
organ, steel pan (or marimba, or vibraphone) - c. 3:00
for the American Guild of Organists; 2007
Sample Recording by Jay Johnson and Jonathan Gregoire
Prelude and Romp
Genre: Band
concert band - c. 7:30
for the Medalist Concert Band; 2008
Sample Recording by the Medalist Concert Band (conductor: Jerry Luckhardt)
Psalm/Ten Thousand Flowers
Genre: Choral
SATB, mezzo solo, cello - c.3:40
texts: Psalm 46, King James Version; Wu-Men, trans. Stephen Mitchell
for Plymouth Congregational Church; 1997
Sample Recording by Plymouth Church Choir, Janis Hardy, Dale Newton (Conductor: Philip Brunelle)
Red River Valley
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB, oboe, harp or piano - c.4:30
for the Dale Warland Singers; 1991
Sample Recording by the Dale Warland Singers
Remembering Khachaturian
Genre: Orchestral
orchestra - c.7:30
for the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies; 1996
Sample Recording by the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies
Remember the Ladies
Genre: Choral
SA, piano - c.3:20
text: Abigail Adams
2011-2012 MN All-State Women's Choir, by ACDA/MN and MMEA; 2011
Sample Recording by the 2011-2012 MN All-State Women's Choir (Conductor: Sandra Snow)
Requiem for Treble Voices
Genre: Choral
SSA - c.13:40
1981
No. 1 - Introit & Kyrie
No. 2 - Absolve
No. 3 - Sanctus
No. 4 - Agnus Dei
No. 5 - Lux Aeterna
No. 6 - Libera me
No. 7 - In Paradisum
Rocks on the Mountains
Genre: Choral
SATB, piano - c.2:45
African-American work song
2009
Sample Recording by Leesville Road HS Choir and Capitol Pride Women's Choir (Conductor: Diane Covington)
Romans 8
Genre: Choral
SSAA, piano - c.6:30
texts: New International Version of the Bible; Scottish Psalter
for the Gordon College Women's Choir; 2009
Russian Sketches
Genre: Small Ensemble, Orchestral
Strings - c.14:00
for the Women's Art Registry of MN-International; 1995
Safe in the Arms of Jesus
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi - c.4:45
text: Fanny J. Crosby
arr for the Gordon College Choir; 2004
Sample Recording by the Gordon College Choir (Conductor: C. Thomas Brooks)
Sappho Fragments
Genre: Solo Voice, Small Ensemble
mezzo soprano, soprano sax, vibraphone/marimba, bass - c.17:00
texts: Sappho, translated by Mary Barnard and Willis Barnstone
for Turks Head Knot and Charlotte Paulsen; 2007
No. 1 - Tell Everyone
No. 2 - Cicada
No. 5 - Hesperos
Shaker Suite: Canterbury
Genre: Small Ensemble
woodwind quintet - c.12:00
tunes: Scenes of Glory, Purest Blessing, Ministration, the Good Samaritan
2014
No. 1 - Scenes of Glory
No. 2 - Purest Blessing
No. 3 - Ministration
No. 4 - The Good Samaritan (sample recordings by Members of the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava)
She'll Be Swingin'
Genre: Small Ensemble
flute quartet - c.5:30
1983
Shepherds, Rejoice!
Genre: Choral
SATB - c.2:00
text: Isaac Watts; tune: L.P. Breedlove (from The Sacred Harp)
for Oxford University Press; 2012
Snow
Genre: Opera
One-act Chamber Opera - c.65:00
libretto by Carol Barnett
based on the short story by Konstantin Paustovsky; 1992
Sonata for Horn and Piano
Genre: Solo Instrumental
French horn and piano - c.8:30
1973
No. 1- Andante
No. 2 - Espressivo
No. 3 - Grazioso
Song of Perfect Propriety
Genre: Choral
SSA, piano - c. 4:00
text: Dorothy Parker
for the Cornell University Chorus; 2006
Sample Recording by Cornell University Chorus (Conductor: Scott Tucker)
A Spiritual Journey
Genre: Choral, Orchestral
SATB, chamber orchestra and jazz ensemble OR small orchestra - c.16:00
for Augsburg College; 1997
Stars, Stones, Water
Genre: Choral
S soli, SATB divisi, piano - c. 4:00
text: Marisha Chamberlain
for the 50th Anniversary of the Minnesota Boychoir; 2011
Sample Recording by the Minnesota Boychoir (Conductor: Mark Johnson)
Steal Away
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB - c.4:30
text: Wallace Willis
arr for the Dale Warland Singers; 1995
Sample Recording by the Dale Warland Singers
String Quartet #1: Jewish Folk Fantasies
Genre: Small Ensemble
string quartet - c.16:00
1986
No. 1 - T'Filah / Froilach
No. 2 - Eili, Eili
No. 3 - Walzer - Du Filozof / Di Gilderne Pave
No. 4 - Bim Bom
Suite for Two Flutes
Genre: Small Ensemble
two flutes - c.5:30
1977
Sumervar
Genre: Orchestral
chamber orchestra - c.6:15
1988
Sample Recording by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony (Conductor: Ed London)
Summer 2020
Genre: Solo Instrumental
organ, French horn; 7:30
commissioned by the American Guild of Organists
for the biennial national convention in Seattle, Washington 2022
2020
Sample recording by Alcée Chriss
Swedish Lullaby
Genre: Choral
SATB supported, piano - c.3:00
Texts: J. L. Runeberg trans. by H. G. Chapman
2013
Sample recording
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Genre: Choral
SSAATBB - c.3:15
arr for the Dale Warland Singers; 1994
Sample Recording by the Dale Warland Singers
Syncopated Lady
Genre: Solo Instrumental
Piano - c.6:15
for Mary Givens; 1993
Sample Recording by Tomoko Deguchi
Tagore's Lost Star
Genre: Choral
SATB and Harp - 5:30
text: Rabindranath Tagore
for the Choral Arts Ensemble; 2017
sample recording by Choral Arts Ensemble/Rick Kvam
The Tears of Mary and Martha
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi - c. 9:00
text: St. Romanos the Melodist; translated by Matthew C. Steenberg
for the Gordon College Choir
2007
Sample Recording by the Gordon College Choir (Conductor: Oliver Goodrich)
Thank You, God, For Things Bent
Genre: Choral
SATB - c.4:00
text: Virginia Rickeman
for Plymouth Congregational Church; 1999
Thelma's Country Garden
Genre: Solo Instrumental
Piano - c. 3:00
after Percy Grainger
for Thelma Hunter; 2012
Though Perfect Eloquence Adorned
Genre: Choral
SATB
text: I Corinthians 13, Scottish Psalter
for Park Street Church, Boston, MA; 2009
Three Norwegian Folk Songs
Genre: Solo Voice, Solo Instrumental
soprano, violin - c. 10:00
Texts: traditional
for Shirley Santoro and Marian Hoffman, 2007
Pronunciation: Ingerid Sletten av Sillejord
Pronunciation: Å vesle Kari vår
Pronunciation: Draumkvædet (word by word)
Pronunciation: Draumkvædet
Tirana
Genre: Band
concert band - c. 7:45
for the Minnesota chapter of College Band Directors National Association; 2005
Sample recording by the CBDNA Honor Band (Conductor: Donald Lovejoy)
The Tired Clock
Genre: Small Ensemble
String Quartet; 2:30
1972
Sample recording by The Tokyo String Quartet
MIDI recording for tempo reference
Tiresias
Genre: Choral
SATB, piano - c.5:00
text: Marisha Chamberlain
for the 2010 Alabama All-State Middle School Choir, the 2010 Salem-Keizer All City Honors Choir, and the Macalester College Choral Department, Eugene Rogers, conductor; 2009
Recording by the First Readings Project/J. David Moore
A Tree Telling of Orpheus
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi - c.14:30
text: Denise Levertov
for the Gordon College Choir, C. Thomas Brooks, conductor; 2010
Recording by Border CrosSing - Ahmed Anzaldúa, conductor
Two Little Dances for Steven
Genre: Solo Instrumental
piano 4 hands - c. 4:00
for Steve Barnett; 1969
Valediction
Genre: Choral
TTBB, cello, piano - c.7:50
text: John Donne
for the Twin Cities Men's Chorus; 1989
Sample Recording by Twin Cities' Men's Chorus (Conductor: Craig Carnahan)
Variaçao (on a melody by Janika Vandervelde)
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB - c.3:00
text: Janika Vandervelde/Lawrence Fuchsberg
for the Dale Warland Singers, commissioned by Janika Vandervelde; 2000
Sample Recording by the Dale Warland Singers
Variations, Oh Yes!
Genre: Solo Instrumental
clarinet and piano - c. 4:00
for James Gholson, 2008
Sample Recording by Patrick O'Keefe, clarinet, and John Jensen, piano
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi - c. 6:15
text: traditional Latin
for the Gordon College Choir; 2005
Sample Recording by Murray State University Choir (Conductor: Bradley Almquist)
Verba Ultima
Genre: Choral
SATB divisi, soprano saxophone - c.11:00
text: Matthew 27: 25, 29, 40, 42-43, 46-47, 49; Luke 23: 21, 28, 34, 39, 42-47; John 19: 30
commissioned by Perry Phillips; 1999
Sample Recording by the Dale Warland Singers and Richard Dirlam, soprano saxophone
Vignettes, After Pierides
Genre: Small Ensemble
flute, cello, piano - c.16:00
for the Minnesota Music Teachers Association; 2001
No. 1 - The Incorrigible
No. 2 - Auto-Da-Fe
No. 3 - A Song for Aunt Crystallou
Voices
Genre: Solo Voice
soprano, guitar - c.17:00
Text: Nancy Cox
for the MN Composers Forum's Composers Commissioning Program; 1983
We Are
Genre: Choral
unison canon/call and response
Commissioned by Singing City for the Singing City Songbook; 2022
Sample performance and teaching method by Singing City/Nathan Zullinger
We Clasp the Hands
Genre: Choral
SSA, piano - c. 3:45
text: Wendell Berry
For the Aurora Chorus/Joan Szymko; 2016
Sample Recording by the Aurora Chorus (Conductor: Joan Szymko)
We, The Peoples
Genre: Choral, Orchestral
chorus, orchestra - c.11:00
texts: Preamble to the UN Charter; Dag Hammarskjold
for the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies and the Dale Warland Singers; 1995
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Welcome All Wonders
Genre: Choral
Welcome All Wonders
treble choir, SATB, oboe - c.4:00
texts: Richard Crashaw, Gerard Manley Hopkins
for the Racine Symphonic Chorus; 1996
Sample recording by Racine Symphonic Chorus,
James Schatzman, conductor
When All Falls Silent
Genre: Choral
SATB - c3:00
Charles Anthony Silvestri
For the King's Singers New Music Prize; 2020
Recording by The Crossing/PARMA Records
Will's Ladies
Genre: Orchestral, Solo Voice
Mezzo-soprano and orchestra; 25:00
William Shakespeare
for the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; 2022
Sample recordings feature Clara Osowski and the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra/William Schrickel
No. 1 - Portia
No. 2 - Juliet
No. 3 - Lady Macbeth
No. 4 - Ophelia
No. 5 - Cleopatra
Winter, Snow
Genre: Choral
SSA, piano - c.3:00
texts: Carol Barnett, Edward Thomas (1878-1917)
for the Michigan State University Children's Choir; 2004
Sample Recording by Michigan State University Children's Choir (Conductor: Alice Stollak)
Wonder Where
Genre: Choral
SSAATTBB - c.2:40
for the Dale Warland Singers; 1996
Sample Recording by the Dale Warland Singers
The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass
Genre: Choral
Subgenre: Bluegrass
SATB divisi; S/A/T soli; fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, bass - c.30:00
text: Marisha Chamberlain and traditional
for VocalEssence and Monroe Crossing; 2006
Wynne's Lullaby
Genre: Solo Instrumental
piano - c.1:30
for Libby Larsen; 1986
Z=30: Schumann's Excellent Extension
Genre: Small Ensemble
soprano saxophone, perc 1 (hi wdblk, vib, 2 hi toms, s dr), perc 2 (med & low wdblks, mba, 3 cowbells, 2 toms, sus cym), piano - c. 2:30
tunes: Terry Riley - Salome's Excellent Extension; Schumann - Piano Concerto, mvt. ii
commissioned by Zeitgeist for their 30th anniversary; 2008
Sample Recording by Zeitgeist