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Uses: Epiphany, Baptism, General Scripture: Luke 3:16, Matthew 3:13-17, Mark 1:9-11, John 1:29-33 The occasion of Jesus' baptism is an important commemoration in the lectionary and mirrors this moment...

What is a life? A thing of beauty? What is a life? Will we ever know? Inspired by works by Sir Walter Raleigh and William Shakespeare, the setting asks these and other poignant questions and thoughts...

The slow swing of this piece sets the mood and soft and intense singing tells of determination and perseverance of walkin' to the freedom land. The work is full of articulation, musical silence and dy...

Volta is written with an attempt to answer the question of why love, or beauty, requires nothing of us in order to spark, and yet we will give everything to protect it. When love stirs, it asks for no...

The poetry used in this setting of The Voices was presented to Dale Warland on the occasion of his final concert with the Dale Warland Singers by his friend, the poet Michael Dennis Browne. Dale write...

Written to be sung in unison or in hymn-style harmony, this heartfelt work can be sung on any number of occasions in which the gathered community wishes to sing an expression of gratitude. Perform it...

This beautiful Wendell Berry poem sets a mood of quiet and serenity. This piece captures this same mood through the music. The added cello will assist in capturing the long lines and quiet stirring.

With a quiet and free opening solo on a single pitch imploring Peace, not war, the stage is set for a passionate and heart-felt song of peace. Seven statements of peace populate this powerful anthem e...

Hollywood composer, arranger and Raymond Brock-commissioned composer J. A. C. Redford has become known in all medium for his ability to convey strong emotions in his music. This is especially true in...

This is the third work by DiOrio for chorus and marimba. Where A Dome of Many Coloured Glass (50498607) explores the virtuosic capabilities of this combination and Alleluia (50498734) is a work of ext...

Written to honor Roger MacNeill, the composer has adapted 5 sacred texts celebrating love, life and joy. The opening music sets the text from Isaiah The whole earth is at rest and is quiet and the fin...

Esplorate la pittura e l'espressione del testo con questa fluida opera originale ispirata alla natura. La scrittura simbolica colloca le voci a cascata su un sottofondo di pianoforte per illustrare un...

I Shall Not See the Shadows is based on Christina Rossetti's poem "When I Am Dead My Dearest." It portrays death at its most indifferent--unnoticed, unheralded, unremembered. It suggests that forgetti...

The Lost Birds is a musical memorial to bird species driven to extinction by humankind. Sweeping and elegaic, it's a haunting tribute to those soaring flocks that once filled our skies, but whose song...