Choral Music

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There’s A Mountaintop

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What Was I Made For

Purchase View Perusal Score Program Notes Barbie may be a toy, but it’s incredibly human to wonder about one’s purpose. Greta Gerwig explored the question “What Was I Made For?” so beautifully in the film that I wanted to take…

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Time

Purchase View Perusal Score Program Notes Time, like money or borders between one country and another, is one of those funny human-made concepts that dictate our lives but are fundamentally meaningless if we didn’t all agree to go along with…

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They Are Mother

Purchase View Perusal Score Program Notes When I was working on the words for this piece, I consulted with my friend Reverend Alex Reegan, who is a trans man and interfaith minister, to create a text that embodies the energy…

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For You I Will Be an Island

Purchase View Perusal Score For You I Will Be An Island was written while in quarantine, when the greatest act of love that one person could show to another was to keep a healthy distance. This strange phenomenon stood in…

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Chiaroscuro

PROGRAM NOTES“Chiaroscuro” literally means “light and shadow” in Italian, and is often used to describe paintings that use extreme contrasts of dark and light. Artists like Caravaggio, da Vinci, and Rembrandt famously employ chiaroscuro techniques, and I am completely captivated…

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Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind

Purchase View Perusal Score In this text, an excerpt from As You Like It, “Heigh ho, sing heigh ho!” is a celebration with an undercurrent of bitterness. When ingratitude and feigned friendship stings more than the winter wind, you need…

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