A setting of two hymns by Fanny Crosby - "Near the Cross" and "Blessed Assurance." SATB and piano. Available from earthsongs.

Listen

Purchase 

An arrangement of an Irish folk song for SATB and piano. Available at MusicSpoke.

Listen 

Purchase 

A setting of Jacques Prévert's poem "Chanson." In French. "What day are we.... we are every day my friend...." SATB choir and piano. Available at MusicSpoke.

Listen 

Purchase 

"Come, let us meet here together.... here in our holy room...and all the earth shall sing." Text by Wendell Berry. For SATB, piano, cello, and djembe. Available at MusicSpoke.

Listen 

Purchase 

A setting of poetry by Marcie R. Rendon from her book Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millenium. "Singing songs ahead to future generations.... creating visions of the world we want to see..." Available at MusicSpoke.

Listen 

Purchase 

Poetry by James Weldon Johnson. SATB, piano and violin. Available at MusicSpoke.

Listen 

Purchase 

With a commissioned text from Charles Anthony Silvestri, this work expresses the hope that darkness will give way to light, that barrenness will give way to fulfillment, and that music will emerge from silence. SATB and piano. Available from Hinshaw.

Listen 

Purchase 

Wendell Berry's Song: for Guy Davenport set for SATB and piano. Featuring an ever-shifting rhythmic pattern based on three, this piece is a celebration of the circles of our lives and the ways in which they intersect. Written for the 75th anniversary of the Michigan School Vocal Music Association, there is an underlying message about the importance of music in education.

Listen 

Purchase 

A setting of the Latin text "O nata lux" for SSAATTBB a'capella choir. Available from Walton Music.

Listen 

Purchase 

A setting of the complete Parable of the Prodigal Son. SATB choir, piano, violin and cello.

Listen 

Purchase 

An SATB/piano setting of Psalm 150 with a wicked backbeat. Available at MusicSpoke.

Listen 

Purchase 

A setting of poetry by Fenton Johnson. Written in memory of a student in the Rockford High School choral program. "I was the starlight - I was the moonlight - I was the sunset, before the dawning of my life..." For SATB a'cappella choir. Available from Hinshaw Music.

Listen 

Purchase 

"This is no time for a child to be born...." Madeleine L'Engle's poem The Risk of Birth: Christmas, 1971 is interpolated with the Latin text Verbum caro factum est to portray the miracle of Christ's birth in the midst of our troubled world. SATB a'cappella.

Listen 

Purchase 

"I sometimes forget that I was created for joy...." This incredible text by 14th century Persian poet Hafiz reminds us that we have been called to dance, to love, and to lift others up. SATB, piano and clarinet. Available from Walton Music.

Listen 

Purchase 

When we create and share our poetry and music, we have no idea the effect it will have on others. This piece celebrates the mystery of creative art, and how people can discover things in art that the creator never intended. "Two girls discover the secret of life in a sudden line of poetry.... I, who don't know the secret, wrote the line...." A glorious poem by Denise Levertov set for SATB choir, piano and viola. Available at MusicSpoke.

Listen 

Purchase 

A setting of Thomas Moore's poem "Sing - Sing." "Souls here, like planets in heaven, by harmony's laws are kept moving...." SATB choir and piano. Available at MusicSpoke.

Listen 

Purchase 

Words by George Regas and Anne Peterson celebrate diversity, inclusivity, and welcoming all people. Written for the centenniel celebrationof the building of the All Saints Church in Pasadena, California.

Listen 

Purchase