The American Prize: In 2014 and 2015, several of my concert works achieved Finalist status, and one earned Honorary Mention; in 2018 I was awarded a Special Judges’ Citation.
My instrumental music catalogue includes works for solo piano and other solo instruments, various chamber ensembles, string and full orchestra, and a clarinet concerto. I’ve also written art songs and a wide variety of choral music — sacred and secular, in English and other languages, accompanied and a cappella; also, a 22-minute concert work for SATB chorus and orchestra, and a two-hour opera for seven soloists, chorus, and 27-piece orchestra.
I’m always interested in new commission proposals! Is there someone or something you’d like to honor or memorialize? If you have an idea and a budget, please contact me and let’s discuss your project!
CCC Music Company published two books of my original solo piano pieces: A Fun Day! and Sweet Lullabies. Each book offers six delightful, intermediate level pieces. Follow the link above to read about the music, listen to full length recordings of each song, and place orders!
Three of my choral compositions enjoyed world premieres at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Salem, Oregon! Videos of the concerts and services are posted on Facebook and YouTube.
• Sunday, October 6th: the St. Paul’s Music Guild presented Anthems from the Letters of Paul the Apostle. Under the direction of Dr. Paul Klemme, the program included my anthem, Love, Paul (1 Corinthians 13), for a cappella SATB choir (the St. Paul’s Chamber Singers, a professional 24-voice choir) and treble solo (Coleman Casebeer, boy soprano).
• Sunday, November 3rd: the Evensong service included my SATB/organ setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis texts in English, sung by the St. Paul’s Trinity Choir.
What a joy and honor it was to gather with kindred spirits and share my original music in concert over the Easter weekend at the 2024 Urantia Association International conference in Baltimore, Maryland! In addition to performing all of the solo piano pieces from my Whereas album, I led the 150 attendees in two singalongs: the well-loved Pray, Tell Me How, and a new canon, The Believer’s Prayer. Follow this link to download free sheet music PDFs in several languages of these two songs.
The thirteen solo piano pieces from my Whereas album are newly edited and now available as single-song PDF downloads! Find them on Sheet Music Plus, where you can preview all pages while listening to the recordings. I will post more of my music there soon. Stay tuned.
I worked on several original music ideas and projects during the covid lockdown. I also continued to do music transcription, engraving, orchestration, arranging, and score and parts preparation for clients.
• Oregon Catholic Press published my sacred choral anthem The Light on the Hill (SATB / piano). It’s available from OCP as octavos or digital download reprint license. Included are the anthem version, a hymn version with chord symbols, and an assembly edition (words and melody only). You can preview the entire score on the OCP website, and you can hear a full length, high quality recording of the anthem version on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Google Play. and other music streaming sites.
• William Averitt, Josh Harris, and I were the three guest composers at the Missouri State University Music Composition Festival in February 2020. My performed works were Wise Words of Love (women’s chorus / piano, nine movements, Shakespeare texts) and Field Report: News from Rural Oregon (clarinet / piano, four movements).
• Jason Iannuzzi conducted my choral setting of the poem Pied Beauty (SATB a cappella) in the Mixed Voice, Medium-Advanced reading session at the ACDA Eastern Division conference in March 2020 in Rochester, NY.
Check out my news archive page to peruse my activities and awards from years past.
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