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In the Bleak Midwinter

A two-part treble setting of the familiar Holst tune set in a flowing 6/8 meter. Equally effective with piano accompaniment or with chamber orchestra.

Pieces Written in a Time of War

Two moving settings of wrenching poems by W.B. Yeats (An Irish Airman Foresees His Death) and Sara Teasdale (There Will Come Soft Rain) comprise the master title, Pieces Written in a Time of War. Duration: 6:00

The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom : No. 6 Lord, to Thee & O Thou Holy

Your Hand in Mine : In manus tuas

The writers' intent is to incorporate the sacred and the secular in this adaptation of the final, or seventh, of the Last Words of Christ, "Into your hands I commend my spirit." This movement, set for SSAATTBB chorus unaccompanied, begins with the Latin text and ends with Brian Newhouse's poem in English. The English text personalizes the experience and causes the listener to reflect on death in general, both Christ's and our own. Duration: 6:30 Part of the Lee Nelson Choral Series.

America Will Be!

The friction between professed ideals and painful reality that Langston Hughes captured in his poem, “Let America Be America Again,” is also the foundation of the piece commissioned by Shannon Lyles and the Freedom High School Patriot Singers in Orlando, FL. FHS serves such a diverse community of immigrants that eleven languages were represented in Ms. Lyles’ top choir. Emma Lazarus’ words, which are engraved at the base of the Statue of Liberty, are a perfect foil to Hughes’ dark (but ultimately hopeful) sentiments. The members of the choir were asked to complete three prompts – I hope…/I dream…/I sing... – some of which are included in this unique and powerful piece. Duration:6:00 The friction between professed ideals and painful reality that Langston Hughes captured in his poem, “Let America Be America Again,” is also the foundation of the piece commissioned by Shannon Lyles and the Freedom High School Patriot Singers in Orlando, FL. FHS serves such a diverse community of immigrants that eleven languages were represented in Ms. Lyles’ top choir. Emma Lazarus’ words, which are engraved at the base of the Statue of Liberty, are a perfect foil to Hughes’ dark (but ultimately hopeful) sentiments. The members of the choir were asked to complete three prompts – I hope…/I dream…/I sing... – some of which are included in this unique and powerful piece. Duration:6:00

Seascapes

"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 2010. One night, Malcolm posted some of his late mother's poetry on a social networking site. I was so moved by the ones I saw that I immediately asked to see more of them. I narrowed down my choices to eight sea-themed poems that became the basis for Seascapes. This score is dedicated to the memory of these two inspirational and much beloved mothers." -Stanley M. HoffmanDuration: 6:20 Flute part may be played by one ortwo players.

Responsorials

Commissioned by Dr. Geoffrey Boers and the University of Washington Chamber Singers to be short responses to movements of an eclectic Mass, these four Responsorials can be performed together or separately. The texts are extracted and adapted from William Wordsworth’s Illustrious metaphysical poem, On the Power of Sound, which delves deeply into the mysteries of the natural (and supernatural) world and its complex relationship with the physics of voice and sound. An expansive feeling of both joy and mystery pervades these short vignettes. Duration: 6:00 1. As deep to deep shouting through one valley calls (1:30) 2. The heavens whose aspect makes our minds as still as theythemselves appear to be (1:30) 3. A Voice to Light gave Being (1:30) 4. Break foth into thanksgiving, ye banded instruments (1:30) Part of the Lee Nelson Choral Series.