SATB/Oboe/Piano and available also for SSAA/Oboe/Piano; Robert Herrick, poet; U.S. Publisher, Alliance Music Publ. [SATB version – AMP 0956, SSAA version AMP 0957]; Duration 3:30 COMPOSER NOTES Of the 17th century English poets, Robert Herrick’s output has the closest kinship with music – song-like, lyrical, and melodious.   The poem, To Music, to Becalm His […]

SSA/Piano (also SATB/Piano, SSAB/Piano, TBB/Piano); Optional brass quartet acc.); BASIC LIBRARY, J.W. Pepper; Text – from Carmina Burana; U.S. Publisher – Heritage Music Press; Duration 4 minutes COMPOSER NOTES OMNIA SOL is a musical reflection on the constant passage of events and people who have been pillars along life’s way. “Omnia Sol” or “everywhere light” [sun] depicts this […]

SSA/piano; BASIC LIBRARY, J.W. Pepper;  text – Richard Le Gallienne & ZRS; U.S. Publisher, Heritage Music Press 15/1376H; Duration 3 minutes COMPOSER NOTES I wrote this work for the Bel Canto National Tour Choir – a youth treble ensemble that I directed for 18 years. It was written in memory of an elementary teacher who taught […]

SSA /piano/flute/oboe; U.S. Publisher, Alliance Music Pub. AMP 463; Duration 5.5 minutes COMPOSER NOTES Psalm 23 has universal appeal because its message is one of hope, promise, faithfulness, comfort and a sense of destiny.  I dedicated my musical interpretation of this very special text to my daughter, Brittany, who was a member of the first […]

SSAA and Piano (also available in January 2024 as SATB and Piano); U.S. Publisher, Alliance AMP 0765 (SSAA version); Duration 5 minutes COMPOSER NOTES I have an undergraduate double major in voice and piano, and understood early on the critical collaboration of the piano when it is included in choral performance. The piano is not […]

S(S)A / organ (piano version in back of score);  trad. Latin; U.S. Publisher, Alliance Music AMP 0917; Duration 4:15 COMPOSER NOTES There is also a duet version (free download from this website under “Sanctus – duet”) for two coloratura sopranos/organ.  

SA, Flute, and Piano; Editor’s Choice, J.W. Pepper; Bronnie Taylor, poetess; U.S. Publisher – Heritage Music Press (15/3827H), Duration 3:10 COMPOSER NOTES Set to a text by the Australian poet, Bronnie Taylor, this quirky and playful tale is about a mysterious singer with a tattered coat who came to a village.  He spoke not a word, but sang […]

SATB and Piano; Editor’s Choice, J.W. Pepper; (also available for SA and Piano; Duration 3:10 COMPOSER NOTES I combined the writings of three different pivotal figures in the arts/humanities to form the text for this work – Hildegard von Bingen, Rudi, and Kahlil Gebran.  Their lives and words have made a hugely positive impact on the […]

SSAA/Flute/Oboe/Piano  (also available for  SATB/Flute/Oboe/Piano); text by Jaroslav Kvapil; U.S. Publisher – Walton Music 1452; Duration 5.5 minutes. COMPOSER NOTES This classic story was written by the poet, Jaroslav Kvapil, where a magical figure who lives in water has extraordinary powers, including immortality.  This water nymph falls in love with a prince, who frequently comes […]

SSA, Oboe, and Piano; text – 15th c. anon.; U.S. Publisher Alliance Music Publ. AMP 0392; Duration 6 minutes COMPOSER NOTES I wrote this work as a gift to the 47 singers of the Bel Canto National Touring Choir.  It would be accurately counted as one of my two or three favorite works that I […]