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: manuscript

PERUSAL SCORE: coming soon

RECORDING: coming soon

There Alway Something Sings

There Alway Something Sings was commissioned and premiered by the 2021 Daviess County (Owensboro, KY) Public Schools Honor Choir as a virtual choir.

Scoring: Two-part, piano
Text: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Duration: 3:30
Publisher: manuscript

PERUSAL SCORE

RECORDING:

"Thou Art My Lute" published by Hinshaw Music

Thou Art My Lute is now available from Hinshaw Music!

Lexington premiere of "The Courage for Love"

I am honored to have the opportunity to conduct the Lexington premiere of my extended work The Courage for Love with the Kentucky Bach Choir this Sunday, March 3 at 7:30 pm at First Presbyterian Church (174 N. Mill Street). Originally scored for choir, soloists, and chamber orchestra, this performance features a new instrumentation for string quintet and piano. Click here to listen to a recent interview about the piece on WEKU.

The program also includes five chorales to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the first performance of J. S. Bach's St. John Passion, plus other shorter pieces contemplating themes of love and sacrifice by Jacobus Gallus Handl, John Ireland, W. A. Mozart, and Maurice Duruflé. 

Click here for tickets. We hope to see you there!

"Sing with Me" published by Carl Fischer Music

Sing with Me is now available from Carl Fischer Music!