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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. First posted for the Inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden and Vice President Kamila Harris on 1/20/21. Please click on their image below, to hear this piece, as performed by Carol Millard, soprano, Susan Craft Larson, mezzo-soprano; Christopher Aaron Smith, tenor & Christian Contreras, tenor Saxophone with BMO:
3. A Cradle Song: 3 minutes & and 20 seconds; Poem by William Blake; written on 8/21/19.
4. Missa Brevis: for unaccompanied S. A. B. chorus: 3-4 movements, all movements: 6 minutes & 20 seconds. Revised in September of 2021. Trio #6: Prayer for Ukraine I/III/6 is based on this piece. All versions unperformed.
4a. Missa Brevis: 3 movements: 3 minutes & 35 seconds:"Kyrie" "Sanctus/Benedictus" and "Agnus Die" written when I was age 13 or 14.
4b. Missa Brevis: "Gloria" added latter for Edith Ho, Church of The Advent, Boston: 2 minutes & 45 seconds; all 4 movements: 6 minutes & 20 seconds.
5. The Stag Ritual: 6 & a half minutes; 3 movements; for baritone and bass voices. Poem by Andrew Swan. Unperformed.
6. As Winter Comes: Halloween Cantata: A Ritual for Samhain; 7 movements in 8 minutes with text by Drew Hubbard.
4. Missa Brevis: for unaccompanied S. A. B. chorus: 3-4 movements, all movements: 6 minutes & 20 seconds. Revised in September of 2021. Trio #6: Prayer for Ukraine I/III/6 is based on this piece. All versions unperformed.
4a. Missa Brevis: 3 movements: 3 minutes & 35 seconds:"Kyrie" "Sanctus/Benedictus" and "Agnus Die" written when I was age 13 or 14.
4b. Missa Brevis: "Gloria" added latter for Edith Ho, Church of The Advent, Boston: 2 minutes & 45 seconds; all 4 movements: 6 minutes & 20 seconds.
5. The Stag Ritual: 6 & a half minutes; 3 movements; for baritone and bass voices. Poem by Andrew Swan. Unperformed.
6. As Winter Comes: Halloween Cantata: A Ritual for Samhain; 7 movements in 8 minutes with text by Drew Hubbard.
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7. 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, and it was premiered at The United Parish in Brookline, MA under Geza Klembala. To hear the United Parish performance please click the red button below: |
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8a. There is a River: 6 minutes; The middle three psalms. Unperformed.
9. Sic Transit gloria mundi: 3 part women's chorus or solo trio; 15 and a half minutes in English with some Latin; Emily Dickinson (uc). Poem used with permission. A Valentine (1882) to Mr. William Howland. Music, written by August 31, 2021: a Valentine to Mr. Drew Hubbard. Unperformed.
10. The Silent Land!: To poems translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; 5 movements in 18 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 "Praise Lord and Lady" IV/IV/1 and "Psalm 24" and "Dreams" from "Lavender Requiem" VI;III/3 Both of these are listed below,
II. Chorus with Instruments:
1. Unison Mass: 3 movements; with organ accompaniment by Dr. 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. Temporarity lost.
2. Mass: SATB chorus and organ; 4 movements in 5 minutes. Written in the composer's mid-teens; performed at The Church of The Resurrection under Dr. Sam Walter.
2 versions of "Agnus Dei."
3. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: 9 minutes. Completed on 11/27/19. Based on an earlier withheld version of the same text performed at The Little Church, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. by Janet Wheeler, soprano and Earl Miller or Gordon Dean, organ. That version, written by the composer in his mid teens; otherwise unperformed. See VI/III/4 #6 below.
3a. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: Magnificat (6 & a half minutes) SATB chorus with brass sextet: 2/2/1/1, vibraphone, gong, timpani, organ and optional harp. Nunc Dimittis
(2 & a half minutes) is for SATB chorus with brass quartet: 2/0/1/1, gong & organ.
3b. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: SATB chorus with organ.
4. Great Mushup! 12 minutes and 40 seconds; 7 movements; for SATB chorus and soloists with cymbals, gong, high drum, and bass drum. Native American inspired cantata to the poem by Drew Hubbard. Unperformed.
5. gay valentine's day: 13 minutes; 7 movements; TTBB chorus and 4 male soloists; poems by e. e. cummings (u.c.). Unperformed.
5a. gay valentine's day: with viola, 'cello and double bass.
5b. gay valentine's day: with piano.
6. Song of Peace: 14 minutes; SATB chorus and soloists, poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (slightly updated). Uses the tune "Intercessor" by C. Hubert H. Parry.
6a. Song of Peace: with brass sextet (222) & timpani. Unperformed.
6b. Song of Peace: with organ.
7. Mask of The Witches: 9# Pagan Cantata for S S b, mixes chorus & piano or orchestra 2/2/2/2 2/2/2/1 perc. hrp. strings. 23 minutes. Good witches try to save the villagers from The Inquisition. Uses anonymous poets Selections recorded by Shinobu Takagi, M & the composer, Bb & piano. Otherwise unperformed. May be staged. Included on the "Music Theater" page for the following reasons: 1. It may be staged; 2. it uses the vii6 half diminished chord & Major/Major 7th & minor/minor 7th jazz chords leaning toward the tritone in simulation of European village melodies and harmonies. The work is still in progress. See shorter version (3 numbers): see V/IVa/4 "When the Heart is Full of Love" for soprano with piano.
8. Passion according to St. Mark: 30 minutes: SATB chorus, 13 soloists, flute & organ; texts from The King James Bible; and "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" by Paul Gerhart (trans. Robert Bridges) and the plain song chant: "Dies Irae." #1 of Part III is used for the seond theme of Violin Concerto I: I/II/4 & III/IIb/4.
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Music used in the video "Allegory." Written when
I was 17, studying at The Juilliard Prep School with Robert Hoffsteader, and performed a year latter at The Church of The Resurrection, NYC: 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); DEW, 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. To hear most of the piece please click on one of the rabbits to the right: |
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III. Chorus with String Orchestra:
1. Praise Lord and Lady: 3 part chorus and soloists, trumpet, percussion, timpani & strings; or keyboard; 16 minutes & 25 seconds; English psalms use The King James Version, with gender changes. May be performed in the following order: either version of Psalm 150, Psalm 23 and concluding with Psalm 130.
1. Psalm 150: (English) 3 part chorus and soloists: 4 and a half minutes.
1a. Psalm 150: with trumpet, percussion, timpani, harp, organ and strings.
1b. Psalm 150: Original version as performed (& recorded) at The Church of The Resurrection, NYC, under Dr. Sam Walter with the soloists: Janet Wheeler, Virginia Harms and Robert Keuhn; (recording coming soon).
2. Psalm 130 (in Latin); 3 minutes and 10 seconds;
3b. Psalm 150: chorus with soprano solo, trumpet, timpani and strings.
3b. Psalm 150: chorus with soprano solo and organ.
3c. Psalm 150: for soprano and piano, performed by Shinobu Takagi, mezzo-soprano and Daryl Cooper, piano, at The United Parish in Brookline, MA.
(recording coming soon) See V/IIIa/2.
3. Psalm 23: (in English) 5 minutes; unaccompanied SSATB chorus; based on a withheld "Prayer of St. Chrysostom" commissioned by the church of the same name in Roslindale, MA. Unperformed.
4. Psalm 150: (English) elaborated 4 part chorus and soloists: 3 minutes and 45 seconds. Unperformed.
1a. Psalm 150: with trumpet, percussion, timpani, harp, organ and strings.
1b. Psalm 150: with organ.
2. That I Did Always Love: SATB chorus with soprano & bass-baritone soloists, flute doubling alto flute (all versions), 5 movements; 19 minutes; Emily Dickinson (uc).
Movements I., III., & V. dedicated to my husband, Drew Hubbard; The rest dedicated to the performers, especially, II, which is dedicated to Linda Cecil.
2a. That I did Always Love: with percussion (triangle, gong and cymbals), timpani, harp, & strings.
2b. That I did Always Love: with flute doubling alto flute, harp, violin, viola, 'cello, & double bass.
2c. That I did Always Love: with flute, & piano or organ: 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; (recording coming soon). Also performed by Janet Wheeler, soprano; James Scott, flute and Dr. Sam Walter, organ; at St. John's Church, Moorestown, NJ (the wedding of Linda Cecil & DEW.) Movement IV: "Our Father Mother" (Lord's Prayer); premiered by Janet Wheeler, soprano at Emmanuel Church in Manchester-by-The-Sea, MA; USA. Reconstructed from the third movement of The First Violin Concerto in 2019 for Carol Millard. See III/II/4/III. Movement V "Love is like Life" for SATB; performed at Colby College, Waterville, ME under Ray Ackerman; (recording coming soon).
3. 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 & "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. MA. under Gordon Dean. The second movement was originally part of my organ sonata that I wrote ate age 13, and was performed throughout Northeastern USA by Dr. Samuel Walter. The rest unperformed.
2a. Lavender Requiem: with timpani & strings.
2b. Lavender Requiem: with keyboard.
4. Year of The Plagues: for soprano & bass soloists (tenor or alto may substitute) & mixed chorus 28 minutes.
4a. Year of The Plagues: with soloists, large chorus, flute, percussion, harp & strings. Movement 6 employs brass sextet 2/2/1/1, optional vibraphone & timpani.
4b. Year of The Plagues: with soloists, small chorus or vocal quartet, flute, percussion, harp & double bass string quartet. Movement 6 employs optional vibraphone.
4c. Year of The Plagues: soloists and chorus with piano. The movements are:
1. New Year's Eve 2020: I am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger: 2 & a half minutes; traditional spiritual: for bass solo. Written for Flossie Dunn & The Apollo Club of Boston. (See V/I/1 or III/VII)
2. Yule, 2020: It came upon a midnight clear: 6 minutes; poem by Edmund Hamilton Sears. For soprano solo. Performed by the composer with Dr. Sam Walter, organ, in Augusta, ME in a withheld version.
3. Halloween, 2020: I Have a Little Shadow: 5 minutes; Emily Dickinson (uc), James Joyce & Robert Lewis Stevenson. For bass & soprano solos. See V/IV/3.
4. Labor Day, 2020: 900 miles: 2 minutes; folk song; for bass solo & two part chorus; Written for Flossie Dunn & The Apollo Club of Boston.
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5. St. Patrick's Day, 2020: Londonderry Air: 3 & a half minutes; for soprano solo. Poem by Frederic Edward Weatherly (1910); anonymous tune added in 1913. Premiered on at 1st & 2nd Unitarian Society, Boston, MA. by soprano, Dorothy Yanish (right) with pianist, Merton Brown. Please click on the button below to hear their performance.
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Dorothy Yanish, soprano
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5c. Londonderry Air: 10 & a half minutes; soprano, viola & piano; unperformed.
6. Valentine's Day, 2020: 1000 Breezes: 6 and a half minutes; for chorus. Numerous withheld versions. Poem by Drew Hubbard; music written as the composer's birthday card to the poet : 10/22/19. See IV/II/3 above.
7. New Year's Day, 2020: I am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger: 2 & a half minutes; soprano & bass duet variant of # 1 above. See V/Ib/2/3.
Please see also "Ample Make This Bed" (with male chorus) IV/IV/1 and VII/II/1 and
"Covid-19" (with male or female chorus). Also please see "Three Character Studies" VII/III/2 and VII/IV/4 and "Two Myths" ("Other Wise Man" & "Ritual" are both with mixed chorus) VII/II/4.
6. Valentine's Day, 2020: 1000 Breezes: 6 and a half minutes; for chorus. Numerous withheld versions. Poem by Drew Hubbard; music written as the composer's birthday card to the poet : 10/22/19. See IV/II/3 above.
7. New Year's Day, 2020: I am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger: 2 & a half minutes; soprano & bass duet variant of # 1 above. See V/Ib/2/3.
Please see also "Ample Make This Bed" (with male chorus) IV/IV/1 and VII/II/1 and
"Covid-19" (with male or female chorus). Also please see "Three Character Studies" VII/III/2 and VII/IV/4 and "Two Myths" ("Other Wise Man" & "Ritual" are both with mixed chorus) VII/II/4.