Volume VI. 

​​Chorus



                                Book I.  Unaccompanied Chorus

1.   Fire Chant:  Commissioned by "Non-Verbal Sacred Chants."  1 minute, for three part chorus sung on vowels. for mixed chorus. Unperformed and withheld.

2.  Blessings On Your Home:  2 and a half minutes minutes;  Text by Drew Hubbard;  
in 2010, won first place in the Boston Metro Opera International Composition Competition in the choral music category, and was premiered by BMO and
​performed several more times by BMO.  See "Ritual" VI;III;2.  
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3.   Dunt:   4 minutes: to a poem by Alice Oswald for the "Echo" vocal ensemble of Great Britain, which group holds exclusive rights to the copyright of the poem. Unperformed. 

4.   Unison Mass:   4 movements; 5 minutes; with organ accompaniment by Sam Walter.  Premiered at St. Anne's Pro-Cathedral of Brooklyn;  also performed at The Church of  The Resurrection and Cathedral of St. John The Divine all in NYC.

5.  The Stag Ritual:    5.5 minutes; 4 movements; poem by Andrew Swan; 
1a. The Stage Ritual:  for baritone and bass voices.  Unperformed. 
1b. The Stage Ritual:  for two bassoons.  Unperformed. 

6.  There is a River:  6 minutes; uses Psalm texts.

7.   Missa Brevis:  3 movements, 7 minutes: "Kyrie" "Sanctus/Benedictus" and "Agnus Die" "Gloria" was added latter for Edith Ho, Church of The Advent, Boston. Unperformed. ​

8.  As Winter Comes: Halloween Cantata: A Ritual for Samhain; 7 movements in 8 minutes with text by Andrew Swan.   
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9.  Sic Transit gloria mundi:  3 part chorus; 10 minutes in English with some  Latin; Emily Dickinson (uc).  Used with permission.  Unperformed.   

10. Psalms of Peace:  5 movements in 12 and a half minutes. I. premiered at King's Chapel, Boston, MA under Daniel Pinkham; V. performed at Old South, Boston under Harry Huff, but it was premiered at The United Parishin Brookline, MA under Geza Klembala. You can hear the first performance to your right:
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11.  The Silent Land!:  5 poems translated by Henry  Wadsworth Longfellow;  5 movements in 15 minutes. Movement  III:  "Gd. Alone" won "The Director's Prize" of The Longfellow Chorus, premiered and recorded in Portland, ME, also performed in NJ. The rest unperformed.  

See also listings below: "Psalm 23" from "Psalms of David" VI;III;1; and "Psalm 24" and "Dreams" from "Lavender Requiem" VI;III;2.  Both of these are listed below, on this page.


                                           II. Chorus with Instruments:  

1. 900 Miles: 2 minutes; traditional folk song; male chorus with a bass-baritone solo with piano; written for Flossie Dunne and the Apollo club of Boston. Unperformed.

2. Mass: SATB with organ; 4 movements in 5 minutes. SATB chorus. Performed at
The Church of The Resurrection under Samuel Walter. 2 versions of "Agnus Dei."   

3. Song of Peace:  6 minutes; SATB chorus with  SATB soloists,John Greenleaf Whittier.  Uses the tune "Intercessor" by C. Hubert H. Parry.  Unperformed.
2a. Song of Peace:  with brass sextet (222) & timpani. 
2b. Song of Peace:  with organ.   alternate version with organ. 

​4. Great Mushup!  12 minutes and 40 seconds; 7 movements; for SATB chorus and soloist with cymbals, gong, high drum, and bass drum. Native American inspired cantata to the poem by Andrew Swan.

5. gay valentine's day:  13 minutes; 7 movements; TTBB male chorus; 4 male soloists, e. e. cummings. 
2a  gay valentine's day:   with viola, 'cello and double bass.
2b. gay valentine's day:  with piano.
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6. That I Did Always Love:  SATB chorus with soprano and bass-baritone soloists, flute doubling alto flute, and piano or organ;  5 movements in 15 minutes; Dickinson (uc) . Movement II. "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" text by Henry van Dyke; premiered by soprano, Linda Cecil and Malinda Callas, flute. Commissioned by, and performed at Christ Church, New Brunswick, NJ.  Also performed by Janet Wheeler, soprano; James Scott, flute and Samuel Walter, organ; at St. John's Church, Moorestown, NJ (the wedding of Linda Cecil and the composer.)  Movement IV: "Our Father Mother who art in Heaven" (Lord's Prayer); premiered by Janet Wheeler, soprano in Manchester by The Sea, MA; USA. See also III/II/4/III: Violin Concerto I/III.  Movement V  "Love is like Life"  for SATB; performed at Colby College, Waterville, ME under Raymond Ackerman. A recording will be available soon.
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6. Passion according to St. Mark:  SATB chorus, 13 soloists, flute & organ;  30 minutes; uses texts from The King James Bible; and "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" by Paul Gerhart (trans. Robert Bridges). Written when I was 16, studying at The Juilliard Prep School, and performed a year latter at The Church of The Resurrection in New York City. 
The musicians were (partial list): Janet Wheeler; June LaBell, and Carrie Glover, sopranos; Virginia Harms, Emily Golden, altos; Jack Witcher (Judas), tenor;  Robert Kuehn, baritone (Jesus); the composer, bass-baritone (Pilot); Dr. James Scott, Flute; Clair Van Audsdall, organ; and the choir of The Church of The Resurrectionn; all under Dr. Sam Walter.  ​
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See also "Ample Make This Bed"  See IV/IV/1 in Dance; and V/I/1 in Opera.

                III. Mixed Chorus with Chamber Orchestra:

     1.  Psalm 150 (English): 3 part chorus SA(T)B and SAB soloists;  c. 5 minutes.   Performed (& recorded) at The Church of The Resurrection, NYC, under Samuel Walter with Janet Wheeler, Virginia Harms and Robert Kuehn, soloists;  A recording will be available soon.
     2. Psalm 23:  c. 4 minutes; unaccompanied chorus; based on a withheld "Prayer of St. Chrysostom" commissioned by the church of the same name.  Unperformed.  
     3. Psalm 130 (Latin) chorus with soprano solo; c. 5 minutes; performed without chorus by Shinobu Takagi, soprano and Daryl Cooper, piano;  
1a.  Psalms of David: with trumpet, percussion, timpani and strings.
1b. Psalms of David:  with organ.
 
2.  Lavender Requiem:  7 movements in 22 minutes;  with soprano solo, solo SSATB quartet, chorus, percussion, timpani and string orchestra. The texts:  Psalms of David, Emily Dickinson, and William Butler Yeats (English); "Kyrie eleison" (Greek); Angilbertus, Prudentius and "Requiem aeternam" (Latin).  Written in memory of the victims of the Nazi "Pink Triangle." "Psalm 24" performed by at Bates College, ME under Marion Anderson and The First Unitarian Society of Cambridge under Gordon Dean.  The rest unperformed. 
2a. Lavender Requiem: with timpani, and strings;
2b. Lavender Requiem: with piano.

See also "Ample Make This Bed" IV/IV/1 in Dance and VII/I/1 and "Three Character Studies" VII/II/2 in Opera.