In Paradisum

SATB/unacc (also available in TTBB unacc or SSAA/piano); free pdf download of scores (below) Duration 4 minutes. NOTES FROM THE COMPOSER During the recent pandemic and other (seemingly continuous) crises the world – like millions of others – I felt helpless, full of unanswered questions, and profoundly sad for the thousands of families who lost […]

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Abandon

SATB div./unacc. EDITOR’S CHOICE, J.W. Pepper; US Publisher: Walton Music; Duration 5.5 minutes. NOTES FROM THE COMPOSER Sculptor, Auguste Rodin (creator of The Thinker and The Burghers of Calais)  still stands, as one of the greatest sculptors in history.  A young French sculptor, Camille Claudel – a genius in her own right – began working in […]

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All So Still

SATB/unacc. US Publisher: Mark Foster Music #540; Duration 2:40 THE TEXT “He came all so still Where his mother was, As dew in April That falleth on the grass…. Mother and maiden Was never none but she!  Well may [might] such a lady God’s mother be.”  This work preserves the haunting simplicity of the text.

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Amor de Mi Alma

SSATB/opt. pno, TTBB version, or solo (high) voice & piano *SSATB version – Walton Music – WJMS 1025; *TTBB version – Walton Music – WJMS 1036; *High voice solo version – email grant.emusicmarketing@gmail.com;  SET: “Amor de mi alma” can be performed separately (above), or is the 4th movement of FOUR SPANISH SONNETS of GARCILASO DE LA VEGA […]

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And Sure Stars Shining …

SATB/piano There will be rest, and sure stars shining, Over the roof-tops crowned with snow. A reign of rest, serene forgetting, The music of stillness holy and low.   Sara Teasdale Commissioned by the West Point Military Academy. Publisher:  Alliance Music Publishers, Houston, Texas SATB/piano – AMP 1085 (Also available in SSA/piano, AMP 1084)

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Caritas et Amor

SSATBB/unacc;  Randall wrote this work with frequent references to the well-known  antiphon, Ubi Caritas.   He conducts this work annually for mass at the Vatican.  It has been performed widely, including the Philippine Madrigal Singers, UP Marill Chorale, International Festival Roma, Raffles Singers (Singapore), among others. Publisher: Alliance 500

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Carmina Pax

Carmina Pax   Publisher:  www.zrstroope.com 30-minute choral/orchestral work in seven movements, each encountering a different aspect of conflict and peace. Premiered by the Arlington Master Chorale in Arlington, Texas; performance at Carnegie Hall  with the composer conducting; concert by the Master Singers of Eau Claire, Wisconsin (Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor); among many others in the United […]

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Christi Mutter (Stabat Mater)

SSATB unacc. (This work is often staged as well.  See YouTube for examples) The text authorship of CHRISTI MUTTER (Stabat Mater) is unresolved. But what is clear is the unmatched tenderness and profound sadness of a mother watching her son die on a cross. This movement features three “characters,” beginning with the mother (“Christi Mutter!”) […]

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Cloths of Heaven, The

SATB/piano (also available in TTBB/piano); text by William Butler Yeats; performed by the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Turtle Creek Chorale, Bournemouth TTBB Choir, Turtle Creek Chorale, among others, etc. Published: Colla Voce – 45-21062 (Mixed Version) Published: Colla Voce – 48-96760 (TTBB Chorus)

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