Macaronic text (English/Latin mix); Latin text: From Carmina Burana – “The sun warms everything, even when I am away.” Two voicings: 1) SATB/piano 2) SSA/piano Optional brass/perc.   Performed on at least 10 all-states; performed by over 3200 choirs in the United States. Publisher: Heritage 15/2134H

SSATBB unaccompanied; Written as a gift to friend, and former Maestro di Cappella at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Pablo Colino. Premiered at mass at the Vatican.

SATB/piano or SATB/orchestra (parts available from publisher); poetry of Robert Frost; one of Randall’s five most popular works; at its core, this is a work about a relationship – that no matter how small or large a task, it is more meaningful when the two people are there together.  Performed by St. Olaf choir on […]

Peter (Petrus) was a Galilean fisherman and the brother of Andrew. Early on, Peter had many seemingly contradicting tendencies – fickle one day, while fiercely committed the next; afraid of being accused as a religious zealot, but willing to sacrifice his life for his values; gentle but tempestuous; quick to anger, but infinite in his […]

SATB/pno or SSA/pno;  Sara Teasdale, poetess: “When I think of you, I am at rest. My thoughts seek you as waves that seek the shore. Lover of beauty, knightliest and best; when I think of you, I am at rest.” Publisher: Colla Voce 1091 (SATB version)

SATB/solo cello/pno or SSAA/cello/pno. Robert Frost, poet. Released in 2022:  “Two roads diverged in a yellow work, and I chose the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” Commissioned by Dr. and Mrs. Charles Walvoord in appreciation of heroic M.D.’s (Musical Doctors), and to honor the memory of their beautiful daughter, […]

SATB/pno (also for solo voice/pno);  William Shakespeare, poet. Publisher: Alliance 454

Carl Fischer (CM9607); SATB & piano;  Lord George Gordon Byron, described as “mad, bad and dangerous to know,” is one of the greatest British poets. He was known for his brilliant use of the English language, as well as his flamboyant lifestyle and romantic escapades. Scholars believe that Byron wrote She Walks in Beauty in 1814 when […]

SATB/SAT (double choir adjacent or separated); particularly effective in cathedral setting; large, full refrain Publisher: Mark Foster (Hal Leonard)

SPECTRA (Nature’s Eternal Sunrise) SATB/orchestra or SATB/wind ensemble (band); 4’35” Premiered 2019 “Fountains of life! Eternal sunrise! Radiant white beams of light, And prisms on the crystal rocks. Mountains and prairies, The meadows and valleys, Flush of alpenglow, All nature rejoices! Snow is melting is music, singing stream bankfull of melodies rising with rhythm of […]