Sing to Me!

CHORALSATB and Piano Duration: ca. 5 minutesComposed: 2018 Premiere: First performance by the Nepean Choir, May 2018.

Alléluia

CHORALSSA a cappellaPublished by Cypress Choral Music Duration: ca. 2:30Composed: 2016 Programme Note: The compositional goal for this piece was to write something as joyful as possible.  The starting point was in choosing to set one word of exclamation and rejoice:  Alléluia!  The piece is built on an iconic musical gesture of happiness, the ascending major triad.  The natural rhythm…

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Comforting Nathan

CHORALSATB (divisi), a cappella Duration: ca. 4 minutesComposed: 2015 Programme Note: For the unarmed soldier, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, who was gunned down while standing guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, October, 2014.  The text are the words of comfort spoken to him by passersby as he lay dying. Premiere: First performance by Ottawa Regional Youth Choir, November 8,…

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Miserere

CHORALSATB (divisi), a cappellaPublished by Cypress Choral Music Duration: ca. 4 minutesComposed: 2014 Premiere: First performance by Capital Chamber Choir and Ottawa Regional Youth Choir, November 2014. Prizes/Awards: Winner of Cambridge Chamber Singers International Composition Competition, 2016. Recording(s): Recorded by the Capital Chamber Choir.

Quiver

CHORALSATB, 11 part divisi Duration: ca. 10 minutesComposed: 2008 Programme Note: Quiver was commissioned by Dr. Ramona Luengen for the Phoenix Chamber Choir’s 25th anniversary. It was written in the summer of 2008. The piece lasts roughly 10-minutes and is completely without text. The choir becomes an instrumental ensemble. The sounds are made either by vocalise – singing melismatic lines…

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