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This setting of the Mother Goose nursery rhyme is dangerously close to a groovy choral vamp! The scoring is for mixed chorus and jazz trio, but it certainly could be performed with just a piano (proba...

This setting of the Mother Goose nursery rhyme is a lullaby disguised as a ballad. The scoring is for mixed chorus and jazz trio, but it could be performed with just a piano (probably best with three...

Text painting abounds in this setting of a Dickinson poem concerning the brief time gifted to our human condition. To match the topic and brevity of the poem, the work itself isn't long, lasting only...

The work opens with a sardonic take on the title line, the first reaction being one of malice towards recollection. The piece then transitions to a nostalgic perspective, as continued pondering gives...

The SATB version of Moonlight Sound Design was commissioned and premiered by the youth choir Kam r conducted by M ris Sirmais in Riga, Latvia in 2012. In USA, it was performed by the Wartburg Choir co...

This lyrical setting of a poem by Sara Teasdale was commissioned as a gift for a consortium of seven high school choirs in Illinois. It begins with a reflective and contemplative tone that shifts dram...

How would you finish the sentence, 'Today I will_______. '? That was the question Dr. Joe Miller and Anne Sears of Westminster Choir College asked of singers and audience members at the Westminster Ch...

This unique setting pairs the iconic Latin text with an new, original English text, which is a response to the question, -Why do we rejoice and shout our praises to God? The music captures the energy,...

Clara Schumann's solo song expressing thankfulness for 'True Love' has been expertly and effectively adapted here for SATB voices by composer/scholar James McCullough.

Based on an Inuit proverb, this reflective piece was originally composed for the Centennial High School Concert Choir from Circle Pines, Minnesota, in memory of the composer's mother, Coralynn, who pa...

Published in 2003, Three Pieces for Chanukah is not so much a set of arrangements of familiar words and tunes than it is a set of original compositions based on them. The first two settings feature ja...

Published in 2003, Three Pieces for Chanukah is not so much a set of arrangements of familiar words and tunes than it is a set of original compositions based on them. The first two settings feature ja...

With lyrics written by the composer, Two by Two is a light-hearted take on Noah's Ark. It features the usual animals, but also many unexpected ones including extinct and even mythical ones. The music...

This romp in the snow is about the thrills involved in two people riding a toboggan downhill. The music paints the wintry scene with fun rhythms and melodies. Duration: 3:55

My dear colleague, the renowned low flute player Peter Sheridan, lost his mother, Pauline, in 2014. One of my best friends, the very talented artist Malcolm Tuffnell, lost his mother, Jacqueline, in 2...

A Glimmering Girl is a lyrical setting of Yeats's The Song of Wandering Aengus. It was composed for the composer's friend Dr. Elizabeth Pauly and the Choir at Minneapolis Community and Technical Colle...

Seven night-themed poems by the mother of the talented artist Malcolm Tuffnell became the basis for this piece. The poems are short and the piece is through-composed, unfolding like a night-blooming f...