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The Gift

3/5/2018

 
Mixed chorus (SATB) with piano, 4'00". Designed to lift an audience out of their seats, this setting of James Weldon Johnson's "The Gift to Sing" celebrates the power and magic of music. 
​Commissioned by the Albany (CA) High School All-Choir, Mary Stocker, director. 
World premiere: March 28, 2018, 7:00pm, Albany, CA

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To Soar in Freedom and in Fullness of Power

2/2/2018

 
Women's chorus (SSA) a cappella, 2'45". Squeezing plenty of ka-pow! into its relatively short duration, this Walt Whitman setting features quick dynamic shifts, sliding pitches, and dramatic word painting— including a soaring final fugato that I have come to think of as my "superhero fugue."
Commissioned by Accord Treble Choir, Liz Geisewite, director. World Premiere: June 3 and 9, 2018, NYC

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Voices from the Freedom March

12/5/2017

 
Double mixed chorus (SATB/SATB) a cappella (with body percussion), 6'15"
Voices is a journey through six iconic spirituals that became anthems of the civil rights movement. Call-and-response interplay between choirs, interlocking percussive rhythms, and dynamic tempo shifts cast new light on these timeless (and still highly relevant) songs. Commissioned by the Concert Choir of Sunset High School, Portland, OR, Chris Rust, director. World Premiere March 20, 2018 in Portland. 

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