Extended works
Appearances - 3-movement work composed as a companion piece to the Fauré Requiem.
for soprano soloist, mixed choir, and chamber orchestra
(2 horns, timpani, harp, viola, cello, bass (min. 5,4,2))
duration 47’ (premiered March 26-27, 2022)
In the Light (concert-length choral-theater work;
premiere recording and performance planned in 2026)
Bonhoeffer
a choral-theater work (2012; 2015) - 70'
for trio of women soloists, men's chamber choir,
piano trio (pno, vln, vc), and percussion (vibes, tom-toms)
for notes, libretto, and video of the premiere, click here
Six Meditations from Bonhoeffer - 25'
concert suite for large men's choir, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone
As well for the poore as the peere! (2013) 20'
a suite of medieval English Christmas carols
for mixed choir, children's (SSA) choir,
brass quintet, and organ (or 2 violins, or
hurdy-gurdy (mechanical violin))
for perusal score click here
choral arrangements for Ruth Naomi Floyd: Are we yet somehow alive?
April 25, 2024 at Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, presented by Penn Live Arts
choral arrangements as part of a concert-length jazz setting
of 19th C. slave narratives by Ruth Naomi Floyd
video preview of premiere
performances of “Thar you must lay” - Cathedral premiere
- Oct. 20, 2024 - Bucks County Choral Society
performance of “Wander” - Oct 20, 2024 - Bucks County Choral Society
Shorter choral works
(mixed choir a cappella unless otherwise indicated)
click on the title for perusal scores or recordings
Sacred
Liturgical music:
Psalm Fragments for the Way of the Cross (2021)
Apostles’ Creed for congregation and choir (2018)
Responsorial Psalms, Inflected (2017)
Psalm 139 (responsorial with freely composed verses) (2016)
Hymn: O Love Divine ("Philadelphia Cathedral") (2015)
Drop, drop slow tears (based on Gibbons) (2015)
Ordinaries for Lent (for choir and congregation, unaccompanied) (2015)
Nunc Dimittis (a cappella) (2015)
Gloria Mass for congregational use (with organ) (2014)
Affirmation of Faith (Iona) for congregation and choir (2012)
Choral and solo anthems:
River of Gladness (2023; Psalm 46:4-5) for SATB choir and organ
Communion Meditations for solo voice and organ or piano (2023)
A Litany of Thanksgiving (2022; Howard Thurman) for satb choir and organ
Crux Vitae (Cross of Life; 2020; St. Ambrose) for SATB choir
Dream me, God (2017; Dorothee Sölle) for SSAATTBB choir
You have known me (2016; Psalm 139) for SSAATTBB choir and organ
The Lord is my Shepherd (2015; Psalm 23) for high voice and piano
Fellowship of Miracles (2010; Nouwen) SATB choir with organ
sacred concert pieces:
Pied Beauty (2008; Hopkins)
Jubilant Intimations (2007; Whitman) with organ
Christmas:
People, Look East! (2017) for SSAATTBB choir
Divinum Mysterium (I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day) (2016) for SATB choir and organ
As well for the poore as the peere! (2013) 20'
O Come Emmanuel processional (2001)
Of the Father's love begotten/I heard the bells (2004)
with organ, or harp and string quintet
(withdrawn; replaced by "Divinum Mysterium")
Immensity Cloistered in Thy Dear Womb (2003; Donne)
with brass quintet
Arrangements of African-American Spirituals:
Camp Meeting (2009; arr. of "Down in the River to pray" and "Shout all over God's Heaven")
Stan' Still Jordan/Egbe Nukpowo (2006)
The spirit moves in marvelous ways - Ode to Ellington (2005) with jazz quartet
Swing-low, sweet chariot (simple harmonization)
This Little Light of Mine (2014; 2019)
Secular
تغريد الطيور / Vogelgesang ("Bird-song") (2016 arr. of Mahler/Khalil al Qabbar with Hanna Khouri; for SATB choir, violin, and riq or tambourine)
Three Inaugural Anthems
1. Life Time (2013; Saroyan)
2. Sojourn (2007; Einstein)
3. What are years (2014; Moore)
Eternity's disclosure (2013; Dickinson)
The World is too much with us (2005; Wordsworth)
with French horn
Leaves of Grass/Ode to America (2004; Whitman) [withdrawn]
Solo voice:
Psalm Fragments for the Way of the Cross (2021)
You must know...(2016; Amelia Earhart)
for mezzo and piano - premiere April 2, 3, 2016 - Lyric Fest
Fatherly Reflections (2010; Kirchwey) two songs for voice and piano
Ben Unleashed for solo quintet (SSATB) and piano
(2012; adapted from Franklin)
Seniors:
Smiles (arr. from original by Lee S. Roberts)
for SAB choir and piano (2006)
Body, Mind, Spirit, Voice! four-part round for voices (2012)