Several of my concert works have achieved Finalist status from The American Prize, one earned Honorary Mention in 2015, and I was awarded a Special Judges' Citation in 2018.
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!
Choral news! Three of my recent compositions will premiere at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salem, Oregon. These concerts and services will be livestreamed on the St. Paul's website, and posted afterwards on FaceBook:
• On Sunday, October 6th at 4 p.m., directly following the monthly half-hour service of Evensong, the St. Paul’s Music Guild presents Anthems from the Letters of Paul the Apostle, featuring the St. Paul’s Chamber Singers, a professional 24-voice choir. Under the direction of Dr. Paul Klemme, the program includes works by Heinrich Schütz, George Frideric Handel, Anton Bruckner, Margaret Bonds, and Rebecca Oswald. My anthem, Love, Paul (1 Corinthians 13), for a cappella SATB choir and solo boy soprano (Coleman Casebeer), will be a world premiere.
• On Sunday, November 3rd at 4 p.m., the half-hour Evensong service will include premieres of my SATB/organ setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis texts in English, sung by the St. Paul's Trinity Choir, of which I am a member.
• On Sunday, December 22nd at 10 a.m., the Trinity Choir will again sing my Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis as part of the regular Sunday service at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
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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Hard copies of my October Wind and Whereas piano music songbooks, my other piano scores, many of my choral scores, and several of my chamber music scores and parts can be ordered from Swirly Music.
My MP3s can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon MP3, and other online retailers.
My October Wind and Whereas solo piano CDs make lovely gifts! You'll find them on Amazon. If Amazon says they're out of stock, send me an email.
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