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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
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
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
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
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
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 (concert recording by Elektra Women's Choir, Morna Edmundson, Artistic Director
Nancy DiNovo, violin
Michael Jarrett, doumbek)
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]
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
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
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