Sussex Carol

Sussex Carol was composed in celebration of the 100th annual Christmas Eve Pageant at First Christian Church in Richmond, KY, and premiered on December 24, 2025. Composed primarily for two-part mixed voices, this arrangement features the traditional "Sussex Carol" melody interwoven with "I Saw Three Ships."

Scoring: SATB, piano
Text: Traditional English Carol and William Sandys
Duration: 2:30
Publisher: manuscript

PERUSAL SCORE: coming soon
RECORDING: coming soon

There Will Come Soft Rains

There Will Come Soft Rains was commissioned by Cadence Music & Arts Programs for their inaugural Youth Choral Fest. It was premiered on October 18, 2025 in Linglestown, Pennsylvania.

Scoring: SATB, piano
Text: Sara Teasdale
Duration: 3:45
Publisher: manuscript

PERUSAL SCORE: coming soon
RECORDING: coming soon

Blessed Assurance

Blessed Assurance was written in memory of Bobby Robinson, a lifelong member of the First Christian Church Chancel Choir in Richmond, Kentucky. Written primarily for unison or two-part mixed voices, the work includes a short SATB section near the end.

Scoring: SATB, piano
Tune: ASSURANCE, Phoebe Palmer Knapp

Text: Fanny J. Crosby
Duration: 3:00
Publisher: MorningStar Music, MSM-50-1172

PERUSAL SCORE & RECORDING

Life Has Loveliness

Life Has Loveliness was composed to celebrate the 90th annual Stephen Collins Foster Summer Music Camp on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University. I have had the privilege of conducting the high school choir at this camp since 2012. The piece was premiered at the Grand Finale concert at the EKU Center for the Arts on June 30, 2025.

Scoring: SATB, piano
Text: Sara Teasdale
Duration: 2:45
Publisher: manuscript

PERUSAL SCORE: coming soon
RECORDING: coming soon

WORLD PREMIERE (starts at 22:03)

A Golden Day

A Golden Day was commissioned by the Eastern Arizona College Women's Chorale and their director, Chase Moore (one of my former graduate students at EKU). I had the privilege to visit Arizona and work with the choir in March 2020, the very week that the world was shutting down... The piece finally received its premiere in the spring of 2022.

Scoring: SSAA, piano
Text: Paul Laurence Dunbar
Duration: 4:30
Publisher: MusicSpoke

PERUSAL SCORE & RECORDING