Thus Spake the Mother (2024) 00:03:30
SSA choir
Commissioned by the William & Mary Barksdale Treble Chorus.
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Thus Spake the Mother (2024) 00:03:30
SSA choir
Commissioned by the William & Mary Barksdale Treble Chorus.
Ode to Hope (2024) 00:07:00
SATB choir
Commissioned by the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus. A highly relevant chorus from Antigone on the pitfalls of hope is set to rich harmonies for advanced chorus.
Alice Tierney: three arias for soprano (2023) 00:10:30
solo soprano, piano
Three soprano arias excerpted from the opera Alice Tierney: "I Wish that You Could See You," "I am Alice 1," and "I Might Be Alice 3." Suitable for performance in recitals or auditions, these lyrical and dramatic songs showcase contrasting emotions from three of the female characters in the show.
Pipe Down (2023) 00:03:30
SATB choir, piano
Commissioned by ACDA Eastern. An empowering song with text by Caitlin Vincent that encourages young people to reject being silenced and raise their voices together.
A Slice of Pie (2023) 00:04:00
SATB choir, piano, drumset
Commissioned by the Mendelssohn Club Chorus of Philadelphia. A new jazz standard for choir, composed during the COVID-19 pandemic, about the bitter-sweetness of love and pie. Poetry by West Philadelphia activist Feminista Jones.
Chants (2023) 00:14:30
solo soprano, clarinet
Commissioned by Whistling Hens. A cycle of songs setting mystical, magical, and sometimes irreverant poetry from "the Witch of Kings Cross" Rosaleen Norton, who was persecuted for her lifestyle in 1950s Sydney.
Generations (2023) 00:11:00
solo soprano, organ
Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists. A song cycle tracing a message of hope across time, from optimistic potential of a new birth, to our anguish at present tribulations and our yearning for a brighter future, to a call to action as we prepare and pass on our work to future generations.
N-400 Erasure Songs (2023) 00:13:00
SATB choir
Commissioned by Cantus; SATB arrangement commissioned by the South Bend Chamber Singers. The texts for these songs were taken from the U.S. application for naturalization, as modified into erasure poetry by three immigrants, and span the range of emotions felt when moving to this country.