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Book I. Unaccompanied Chorus
1. 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. Dedicated to the poet, and the performers.
See "Ritual" V/III/2. First posted for the Inauguration of the great 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: 4
2. Stag Ritual: 6 & a half minutes; 3 movements; for baritone and bass voices. Poem by Drew Hubbard. Dedicated to the poet. Unperformed.
3. As Winter Comes: Halloween Cantata: A Ritual for Samhain; 7 movements in 6 minutes & 50 seconds; with text by Drew Hubbard. 1/24-26/13. Revised in July, 2019 & 10/18-22/23. Dedicated to the poet.
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4. A Cradle Song: 3 minutes, & 20 seconds; Poem by William Blake; written on 8/21/19. Please use the PDF to the right to see the score: 
William Blake, Poet
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5. Missa Brevis: for unaccompanied SAB chorus: 3-4 movements, all movements:
6 minutes & 20 seconds. Revised in September of 2021. Trio #7: "Missa Brevis"
I/III/7 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. Dedicated to my teacher at the time, Dr. Marilyn Keiser at The Cathedral of St. John The DIvine.
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.
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6. 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: as a Valentine to Mr. Drew Hubbard. Unperformed. Please click on the photo of Emily Dickinson, to the right to see what other of her poems have to been set to music by this composer. |
Emily Dickinson, poet
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet/translator
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7. The Silent Land: To poems translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; 5 movements in 17 minutes. Movement III: "Gd. Alone" won The Director's Prize of The Longfellow Chorus, premiered and recorded in Portland, ME, also performed in New Jersey. Dedicated to The Longfellow Chorus. The rest unperformed. |
8. Psalms of Peace: 5 movements; 16 minutes and 50 seconds. Movement I. premiered at King's Chapel, Boston, MA. under Daniel Pinkham. Movement V. was performed at Old South Church, Boston, under Harry Huff, and premiered at The United Parish in Brookline, MA under Geza Klembala. Dedicated to the conductors and performers. To hear a recording of the premiere of the first and last movements, please click the buttons below. The entire score is below that, to to the right:
Life, Death, Trees by Drew Hubbard
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8a. There is a River: 8 minutes; The middle three movements. Unperformed.
II. Chorus with Instruments:
II. Chorus with Instruments:
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1. Unison Mass: 3 movements; with organ accompaniment by Dr. Sam Walter. Dedicated to Dr, 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 under Alec Wyton. Temporarily lost.
2. Missa Brevis: SATB chorus and organ; 4 minutes; 3 movements: Kyrie (Greek); Sanctus/Benedictus & Agnus Dei (2 versions) in English. Written in the composer's mid-teens; performed at The Church of The Resurrection under Dr. Sam Walter. Dedicated to the performers, and Dr. Walter. |
Alec Wyton, conductor & organist
Dr. Sam Walter, conductor & organist
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2b. Missa Brevis: with orchestra: 2/2/2/2 perc., harp or piano & strings.
2c. Samhain Festival: for SATB chorus: #9-11 from The Masque of The Witches
VI/III/5 & VIII/III/3. 4 minutes. Uses annonymous poem: "Har, har, Hou, hou"
and "Bagahi laca bachahé" by Rutebeuf (1245-1285) from "Le Miracle de Théophile"
in an unknown language (possibly Basque).
2d. Samhain Festival: with orchestra: 2/2/2/2, perc., harp or piano & strings.
2e. Beltaine Festival: for SATB chorus: #20-21 from The Masque of The Witches
1 minute & 40 seconds based on II & I of VI/II/2. Uses"Har, har, Hou, hou"
and "Palas aron" Jean Bodel (1165-1210) from "Jeu de Saint Nicolas"
in an unknown language, premiered on 12/5/1200.
2f. Beltaine Festival: with orchestra: 2/2/2/2, perc., harp or piano & strings.
3. Great Mushup! 12 & a half minutes; 7 movements; for SATB chorus and soloists with cymbals, gong, high drum, & bass drum. Native American inspired cantata to the poem by Drew Hubbard. Dedicated to the poet. Unperformed.
2c. Samhain Festival: for SATB chorus: #9-11 from The Masque of The Witches
VI/III/5 & VIII/III/3. 4 minutes. Uses annonymous poem: "Har, har, Hou, hou"
and "Bagahi laca bachahé" by Rutebeuf (1245-1285) from "Le Miracle de Théophile"
in an unknown language (possibly Basque).
2d. Samhain Festival: with orchestra: 2/2/2/2, perc., harp or piano & strings.
2e. Beltaine Festival: for SATB chorus: #20-21 from The Masque of The Witches
1 minute & 40 seconds based on II & I of VI/II/2. Uses"Har, har, Hou, hou"
and "Palas aron" Jean Bodel (1165-1210) from "Jeu de Saint Nicolas"
in an unknown language, premiered on 12/5/1200.
2f. Beltaine Festival: with orchestra: 2/2/2/2, perc., harp or piano & strings.
3. Great Mushup! 12 & a half minutes; 7 movements; for SATB chorus and soloists with cymbals, gong, high drum, & bass drum. Native American inspired cantata to the poem by Drew Hubbard. Dedicated to the poet. Unperformed.
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4. 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. Dedicated to the performers. That version, written by the composer in his mid teens; otherwise unperformed. See VI/III/4 #6 below.
4a. Magnificat and Nunc dimittis: Magnificat is for SATB chorus with brass sextet: 2/2/1/1, gong, glockenspiel, timpani, organ & harp. Nunc dimittis is for SATB chorus with brass quartet: 2/0/1/1, gong & organ. 4b. Magnificat and Nunc dimittis: SATB chorus with organ. 4c. Magnificat and Nunc dimittis: SATB chorus with piano. (added 8/1/23) |
Janet Wheeler: soprano
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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 & 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. John Greenleaf
Whittier, poet |
e. e. cummings, poet
C. Hubert H. Parry, composer
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7. The Passion According to St. Mark: for SATB chorus,
soloists, flute & organ; uses original texts; texts from The King James Bible; & texts and music from "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" by Paul Gerhart (trans. by
Robert Bridges) after Bernard of Clairvaux; tune by Hans Leo Hassler. It al so uses the plainsong chant: "Dies Irae." Music from the final soprano solo was reused as the second theme of my Violin Concerto I: I/IIB/5 & III/IIb/4. The passion also uses some material from
my earlier unfinished opera "A Knight's Most Noble
Quest" written to a libretto by Lynn Schoenfeld.
7a. The Passion According to St. Mark: original (withheld) version; 42 and a half minutes; written when I was 17 years old and studying at The Juilliard Preparitory School with Robert Hoffsteader, & performeda year later at The Church of The Resurrection in NYC.A partial list of the musicians includes: Janet Wheeler; June LaBell, & Carrie Glover (maid), sopranos; Virginia Harms, & Emily Golden, altos; Jack Witcher (Judas), tenor; Robert Kuehn, baritone (Jesus); DEW, bass (Pilot); Dr. James Scott, Flute; Clair Van Audsdall, organ; & the choir of The Church of The Resurrection; all under Dr. Sam Walter. Dedicated to the director, and performers.
7b. "Allegory" and revised version: 20 years later, I revised the passion and made "Allegory" a video that was cablecast on BNN-TV in Boston, MA. By clicking on one of the rabbits from "Last Supper of The Rabbits" by DEW and Zachery the cat above and to the right, you can hear highlights from The St. Mark Passion. At the bottom of that page you can all so hear the complete, original passion; and watch the video: "Allegory."
III. Chorus with Orchestra:
King James, editor
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I. Praise Lord and Lady: SATB chorus & soloists, trumpet, percussion, timpani & strings; or keyboard; 16 minutes. Psalms 150 and 23, with gender changes, use The King James Version. Psalm 130 is in Latin. |
1. Psalm 150: (English);
1a. Psalm 150: SAB chorus and soloists: 4 minutes & 25 seconds. SAB chorus & soloists with trumpet, percussion, timpani, harp, organ & strings.
1b. Psalm 150: Original SAB version as performed (& recorded) at The Church of The Resurrection, NYC, under Dr. Sam Walter with the soloists: Janet Wheeler (S), Virginia Harms (A) and Robert Keuhn (b); dedicated to the director and performers. The art work is "Hebrew" by Drew Hubbard. Please click below to hear the performance dating back to when I was about 15 years old.
1a. Psalm 150: SAB chorus and soloists: 4 minutes & 25 seconds. SAB chorus & soloists with trumpet, percussion, timpani, harp, organ & strings.
1b. Psalm 150: Original SAB version as performed (& recorded) at The Church of The Resurrection, NYC, under Dr. Sam Walter with the soloists: Janet Wheeler (S), Virginia Harms (A) and Robert Keuhn (b); dedicated to the director and performers. The art work is "Hebrew" by Drew Hubbard. Please click below to hear the performance dating back to when I was about 15 years old.
2. Psalm 130 (in Latin); 3 minutes and 10 seconds;
2a. Psalm 130: SATB chorus & soloists, trumpet, percussion, timpani & strings.
2b. Psalm 130: SATB chorus with soloists with organ.
2c. Psalm 130: for soprano & piano, performed by Shinobu Takagi, mezzo- soprano and Darryl Cooper, piano, at The United Parish in Brookline, MA.
See V/IIIa/2. Dedicated to the performers.
3. Psalm 23: (in English) 5 minutes;
3a. Psalm 23: unaccompanied SSATB chorus; based on a withheld "Prayer of St. Chrysostom" commissioned by the church of the same name in Roslindale, MA.
3b. Psalm 23: SATB chorus & trumpet, 9/5/25.
4. Psalm 150: elaborated 4 part chorus & soloists: 3 minutes & 25 seconds.
4a. Psalm 150: with trumpet, percussion, timpani, harp, & strings. Unperformed.
4b. Psalm 150: with organ. Unperformed.
2a. Psalm 130: SATB chorus & soloists, trumpet, percussion, timpani & strings.
2b. Psalm 130: SATB chorus with soloists with organ.
2c. Psalm 130: for soprano & piano, performed by Shinobu Takagi, mezzo- soprano and Darryl Cooper, piano, at The United Parish in Brookline, MA.
See V/IIIa/2. Dedicated to the performers.
3. Psalm 23: (in English) 5 minutes;
3a. Psalm 23: unaccompanied SSATB chorus; based on a withheld "Prayer of St. Chrysostom" commissioned by the church of the same name in Roslindale, MA.
3b. Psalm 23: SATB chorus & trumpet, 9/5/25.
4. Psalm 150: elaborated 4 part chorus & soloists: 3 minutes & 25 seconds.
4a. Psalm 150: with trumpet, percussion, timpani, harp, & strings. Unperformed.
4b. Psalm 150: with organ. Unperformed.
2. That I Did Always Love: A cantata for Valentine's Day: SATB chorus with soprano
& bass solos, 5 movements; 19 minutes.
2a. That I did Always Love: with flute doubling alto flute,
percussion (triangle, gong and cymbals), timpani, harp, & strings.
2b. That I did Always Love: with flute, & piano or organ:
movements I., III., & V. to poems by Emily Dickinson (uc)
are dedicated to my husband, Drew Hubbard. Please click
on Ms. Dickinson's photo to the right to see a list of her
poems set by this composer.
& bass solos, 5 movements; 19 minutes.
2a. That I did Always Love: with flute doubling alto flute,
percussion (triangle, gong and cymbals), timpani, harp, & strings.
2b. That I did Always Love: with flute, & piano or organ:
movements I., III., & V. to poems by Emily Dickinson (uc)
are dedicated to my husband, Drew Hubbard. Please click
on Ms. Dickinson's photo to the right to see a list of her
poems set by this composer.
Movement II. "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" poem by Henry van Dyke (picture to the right); written in my early 20s, premiered by Linda Cecil, soprano, Melinda Callis, flute, & the organist of Christ Church, New Brunswick, NJ. Commissioned by that church. This was my first paid commission. 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.) Dedicated to the performers, especially to Linda Cecil. Ms. Cecil's picture is below to the left. Please click below to hear the first performance of "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" |
Henry van Dyke, poet
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Movement IV: "Our Father Mother" (Lord's Prayer); premiered, with traditional text,
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. Please see III/II/4/III. Movement V: "Love is like Life" for SATB; performed at Colby College, Waterville, ME under Dr. Ray Ackerman. Dedicated to Dr. Acherman (picture below). Please click below to hear Dr. Ackerman and The Colby Summer Choir perform "Love is like life."
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. Please see III/II/4/III. Movement V: "Love is like Life" for SATB; performed at Colby College, Waterville, ME under Dr. Ray Ackerman. Dedicated to Dr. Acherman (picture below). Please click below to hear Dr. Ackerman and The Colby Summer Choir perform "Love is like life."
Agilbertus, poet
Prudentius, poet
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3. Lavender Requiem: 7 movements in 22 minutes; with soprano solo, solo SSATB quartet and chorus; 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."
3a. Lavender Requiem: with timpani & strings. unperformed. 3b. Lavender Requiem: with keyboard. "Psalm 24" wa 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 when I was age 13, and was performed throughout Northeastern USA by Dr. Samuel Walter. Dedicated to the directors & performers. The rest is unperformed. |
William Butler Yeats, poet
Marion Anderson, conductor
Gordon Dean, conductor
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4. Holidays: 25 minutes, for soprano & bass soloists (tenor and/or alto may substitute)
and mixed chorus; 25 minutes.
4a. Holidays: with flute, brass septet* (2/2/2/1), gong, glockenspiel,
timpani,* harp & strings. *Only in movement 5.
4b. Holidays: vocal soloists and chorus with piano.
and mixed chorus; 25 minutes.
4a. Holidays: with flute, brass septet* (2/2/2/1), gong, glockenspiel,
timpani,* harp & strings. *Only in movement 5.
4b. Holidays: vocal soloists and chorus with piano.
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1. New Year's Day: I am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger:
2 & a half minutes; traditional spiritual: for bass solo. Performed by the composer with pianist Leo Abbott, heard on WBZ radio, Boston; also with pianist Barbara Roth Donaldson at the First Unitarian Society of West Newtown. Performed by Christopher Aaron Smith, T, and Yelano Birayeve with Boston Metro Opera. Please see III/VII/4 & V/ib/4. Dedicated to the performers. To hear Mr. Smith & Ms. Birayeva performing this song, please click the black button below: |
Leo Abbott, pianist/organist
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2. Yule: It came upon a midnight clear: 6 minutes; poem by Edmund Hamilton Sears. For soprano solo & two part unison chorus. Performed by the composer with Dr. Sam Walter, organ, in Augusta, ME in a lower key withheld version. Dedicated to Dr. Walter. 3. Labor Day: 900 miles: 2 minutes; folk song; for bass solo & two part chorus; Written for, and dedicated to Flossie Dunn & The Apollo Club of Boston (seen to the right). 4. St. Patrick's Day, 2020: Londonderry Air: 3 & a half minutes; for soprano solo. 1910 poem by Frederic Edward Weatherly (photo to right); anonymous tune: O'Cahan's Lament, added in 1913. This arrangement was written for Jill Shapiro, and premiered on at 1st & 2nd Unitarian Society, Boston, MA. by soprano, Dorothy Yanish (right) with pianist, Merton Brown. Dedicated to Ms. Shapiro, Ms. Yanish & Mr. Brown. Please click on the button below to hear the performance by Ms. Yanish & Mr. Brown. |
Edmund Hamilton Sears, poet
Flossie Dunn & The Apollo Club
Frederic Edward Weatherly, poet
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Drew Hubbard, poet
Flossie Dunn, choir director
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5. Valentine's Day: 7 minutes; for chorus. Numerous withheld versions. Poem by Drew Hubbard (photo to the right); music written as the composer's birthday card to the poet: 10/22/19. See VI/II/3 above. 6. New Year's Eve: I am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger: 1 minute and 20 seconds for soprano & bass duet variant of # 1 above. Written for, & dedicated to, Flossie Dunn & The Apollo Club of Boston; Please see #4 above. |
5. Masque of The Witches: Opera/musical with 20#; 5 scenes, 40+ minutes; 5-6 soloists (S S M T Bb B) & N; S A T B chorus, quartet or solo; opt. dancers; staged or un-staged occult thriller. Uses anonymous poets; & Jean Bodel, Rutebeuf, & Giordano Bruno. Selections recorded by Shinobu Takagi, M & the composer, piano. Otherwise unperformed. Also included in "Opera" VII/IV/1 and "Music Theater" VIII/III/3. See shorter version: V/IVa/4 "When the Heart is full of Love" for soprano with piano. See also VI/II/2c-f. May be performed as the first half of a program, followed by "Hansel and Gretel" VIII/2/6.
3a. Mask of The Witches: with med. orchestra 2+/2+/2+/2+ 2/2/2/1 2 perc. hrp., & str.
3b. Mask of the Witches: with piano.
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Giordano Bruno, philosopher/poet Rutebeuf, playwright Jean Bodel, playwright
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.
"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.