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Variations on a Shape-Note Hymn ("And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on") (2019)
Instrumentation: Fl / Cl in B-flat / Bsn / 2 Vln / 2 Vla / 2 Vc / 1 DB
Duration: ca. 8'
Commissioned by Symphony No. 1
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Instrumentation: Fl / Cl in B-flat / Bsn / 2 Vln / 2 Vla / 2 Vc / 1 DB
Duration: ca. 8'
Commissioned by Symphony No. 1
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…and the madness of crowds… (2018)
Instrumentation: 2 Fl (second doubling Picc.) / 2 Ob / 2 Cl In B-flat / 2 Bsn / 4 Hn in F / 2 Tbt in C / 3 Tbn / 1 Tba / 2 Perc / Harp / Strings
Duration: ca. 7'
Commissioned by Occasional Symphony
Premiere Date: October 31, 2018, Baltimore MD
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Instrumentation: 2 Fl (second doubling Picc.) / 2 Ob / 2 Cl In B-flat / 2 Bsn / 4 Hn in F / 2 Tbt in C / 3 Tbn / 1 Tba / 2 Perc / Harp / Strings
Duration: ca. 7'
Commissioned by Occasional Symphony
Premiere Date: October 31, 2018, Baltimore MD
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Altus Prosator (2018)
Instrumentation: Piano, Strings, SATB Chorus, SATB Soloists
Keyboard reduction available
Duration: ca. 60'
Commissioned by the Maryland Choral Society
Premiere Date: May 20, 2018, Forestville, MD
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Instrumentation: Piano, Strings, SATB Chorus, SATB Soloists
Keyboard reduction available
Duration: ca. 60'
Commissioned by the Maryland Choral Society
Premiere Date: May 20, 2018, Forestville, MD
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Crossroads (2018)
Instrumentation: Narrator / 2-Part Chorus / 2 Fl / 2 Ob / 2 Cl in B-flat / 2 Bsn / 2 Hn in F / 2 Tpt in C / Timp / Pno / Strings
Duration: ca. 25'
Commissioned by the Dallas Chamber Symphony
Premiere Date: January 20, 2018, Dallas, TX
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Instrumentation: Narrator / 2-Part Chorus / 2 Fl / 2 Ob / 2 Cl in B-flat / 2 Bsn / 2 Hn in F / 2 Tpt in C / Timp / Pno / Strings
Duration: ca. 25'
Commissioned by the Dallas Chamber Symphony
Premiere Date: January 20, 2018, Dallas, TX
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Malleus (2010)
Instrumentation: 1 Picc / 2 Fl / 2 Ob / 1 E Hn / 1 Cl in E-flat / 2 Cl in B-flat / 2 Bsn / 1 Ctbsn / 4 Hn in F / 2 Tpt in C / 2 Tbn / 1 B Tbn / Timp / 2 Perc / Harp / Pno / Strings
Also available for: 2 Fl / 2 Ob / 2 Cl in B-flat / 2 Bsn / 4 Hn in F / 2 Tpt in C / 1 B Tbn / Timp / 2 Perc / Harp / Pno
Duration: ca. 12'
Recipient of the Macht Prize for Orchestral Composition and the Symphony in C Young Composers Award; Selected for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Young Composers Readings, directed by Marin Alsop
Premiere Date: October 22, 2011, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: 1 Picc / 2 Fl / 2 Ob / 1 E Hn / 1 Cl in E-flat / 2 Cl in B-flat / 2 Bsn / 1 Ctbsn / 4 Hn in F / 2 Tpt in C / 2 Tbn / 1 B Tbn / Timp / 2 Perc / Harp / Pno / Strings
Also available for: 2 Fl / 2 Ob / 2 Cl in B-flat / 2 Bsn / 4 Hn in F / 2 Tpt in C / 1 B Tbn / Timp / 2 Perc / Harp / Pno
Duration: ca. 12'
Recipient of the Macht Prize for Orchestral Composition and the Symphony in C Young Composers Award; Selected for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Young Composers Readings, directed by Marin Alsop
Premiere Date: October 22, 2011, Baltimore, MD
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Bessie and Ma (2018)
Instrumentation: SATB leads; SATB chorus; SATB break-out solos; 1 Fl / 1 Ob / 1 Cl / 1 Bsn / 1 Hn in F / Pno / Perc / Strings; piano reduction available
Libretto by Caitlin Vincent
Duration: ca. 60'
Commissioned by the University of Connecticut
Premiere Date: March 29 and 31, 2019, Storrs, CT
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Instrumentation: SATB leads; SATB chorus; SATB break-out solos; 1 Fl / 1 Ob / 1 Cl / 1 Bsn / 1 Hn in F / Pno / Perc / Strings; piano reduction available
Libretto by Caitlin Vincent
Duration: ca. 60'
Commissioned by the University of Connecticut
Premiere Date: March 29 and 31, 2019, Storrs, CT
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Ariel's Tempest: An opera for Young Audiences (2011)
Instrumentation: 3 Sopranos, 1 Mezzo-Soprano, 1 Tenor, 2 Baritones, Piano
Libretto by Roger Brunyate
Duration: ca. 50'
Commissioned by the Peabody Conservatory Opera Outreach and the Annapolis Opera
Premiere Date: December 4, 2011, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: 3 Sopranos, 1 Mezzo-Soprano, 1 Tenor, 2 Baritones, Piano
Libretto by Roger Brunyate
Duration: ca. 50'
Commissioned by the Peabody Conservatory Opera Outreach and the Annapolis Opera
Premiere Date: December 4, 2011, Baltimore, MD
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Goblin Market (2011)
Instrumentation: 2 Sopranos, 1 Baritone, Violin, Accordion, Cello ad libitum
Poetry by Christina Rossetti
Duration: ca. 30'
Commissioned by Rhymes with Opera
Premiere Date: December 4, 2011, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: 2 Sopranos, 1 Baritone, Violin, Accordion, Cello ad libitum
Poetry by Christina Rossetti
Duration: ca. 30'
Commissioned by Rhymes with Opera
Premiere Date: December 4, 2011, Baltimore, MD
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Lux et Tenebrae (2011)
Instrumentation: 3 Sopranos, 1 Mezzo-Soprano, 3 Baritones, Violin, 'Cello, Piano
Libretto by Douglas Buchanan and Caitlin Vincent
Duration: ca. 30'
Commissioned by The Figaro Project
Premiere Date: April 1, 2011, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: 3 Sopranos, 1 Mezzo-Soprano, 3 Baritones, Violin, 'Cello, Piano
Libretto by Douglas Buchanan and Caitlin Vincent
Duration: ca. 30'
Commissioned by The Figaro Project
Premiere Date: April 1, 2011, Baltimore, MD
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Resurrection, Imperfect (2019)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 5'
Text by John Donne
Premiere Date: April 19, 2019, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 5'
Text by John Donne
Premiere Date: April 19, 2019, Baltimore, MD
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The Long Night (2018)
Instrumentation: SSAATTBB a cappella
Duration: ca. 5'
Text: Anonymous Scottish
Premiere Date: December 24, 2018, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SSAATTBB a cappella
Duration: ca. 5'
Text: Anonymous Scottish
Premiere Date: December 24, 2018, Baltimore, MD
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Altus Prosator (2018)
Instrumentation: SATB, with SATB soloists, with keyboard reduction available; orchestral parts also available
Duration: ca. 60'
Commissioned by the Maryland Choral Society
Premiere Date: May 20, 2018, Forestville, MD
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: SATB, with SATB soloists, with keyboard reduction available; orchestral parts also available
Duration: ca. 60'
Commissioned by the Maryland Choral Society
Premiere Date: May 20, 2018, Forestville, MD
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In the Golden Afternoon: Three Songs of Lewis Carroll (2018)
Instrumentation: TTBB, piano
Text by Lewis Caroll
Duration: ca. 10'
Commissioned by the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club
Premiere Date: May 15, 2018, Philadelphia, PA
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Instrumentation: TTBB, piano
Text by Lewis Caroll
Duration: ca. 10'
Commissioned by the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club
Premiere Date: May 15, 2018, Philadelphia, PA
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The Dream of the Rood (2018)
Instrumentation: SATB with divisi
Text: Anonymous Middle English
Duration: ca. 12'
Premiere Date: March 30, 2018, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB with divisi
Text: Anonymous Middle English
Duration: ca. 12'
Premiere Date: March 30, 2018, Baltimore, MD
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I Will Sing of Mercy and of Justice (2017)
Instrumentation: SATB, SATB soloists, organ or piano
Text: Excerpts from various Psalms, King James translation
Commissioned by the First Presbyterian Church of Dallas
Duration: ca. 9'
Premiere Date: November 19, 2017, Dallas, TX
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Instrumentation: SATB, SATB soloists, organ or piano
Text: Excerpts from various Psalms, King James translation
Commissioned by the First Presbyterian Church of Dallas
Duration: ca. 9'
Premiere Date: November 19, 2017, Dallas, TX
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I Saw Three Ships (2017)
Instrumentation: SSATB and Piano
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional English carol
Premiere Date: December 10, 2017, Forestville, MD
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Instrumentation: SSATB and Piano
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional English carol
Premiere Date: December 10, 2017, Forestville, MD
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Hear the Voice of the Bard (2017)
Instrumentation: SATB and Organ
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: William Blake
Premiere Date: May 21, 2017, Forestville, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB and Organ
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: William Blake
Premiere Date: May 21, 2017, Forestville, MD
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Benedicite omnia opera (Oh all ye works of the Lord) (2017)
Instrumentation: SSAATTBB a cappella
Duration: ca. 9'
Text in English from the canticle of the same title, translation from the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
Commissioned by the Handel Choir of Baltimore
Premiere Date: March 3 and 4, 2017, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SSAATTBB a cappella
Duration: ca. 9'
Text in English from the canticle of the same title, translation from the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
Commissioned by the Handel Choir of Baltimore
Premiere Date: March 3 and 4, 2017, Baltimore, MD
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Rorate coeli (Drop Down) (2016)
Instrumentation: SATB, Soprano solo or semi chorus, with optional accompaniment
Duration: ca. 5'
Text: Excerpt from the Advent Prose, translation into English by the Composer
Commissioned by the Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Premiere Date: December 18, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB, Soprano solo or semi chorus, with optional accompaniment
Duration: ca. 5'
Text: Excerpt from the Advent Prose, translation into English by the Composer
Commissioned by the Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Premiere Date: December 18, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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The Green Fields of Amerikay (2016)
Instrumentation: Solo voice, flexible chorus, flexible ensemble
Duration: ca. 10'
Text: Traditional Irish
Commissioned by the Broken Consort
Premiere Date: May 4, 2016, New York, NY
May 6, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: Solo voice, flexible chorus, flexible ensemble
Duration: ca. 10'
Text: Traditional Irish
Commissioned by the Broken Consort
Premiere Date: May 4, 2016, New York, NY
May 6, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (2016)
Instrumentation: SATB with organ
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: The Song of Mary and the Song of Simeon
Premiere Date: May 15, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB with organ
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: The Song of Mary and the Song of Simeon
Premiere Date: May 15, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Ride on, King Jesus (2016)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: African-American Spiritual
(All proceeds from Spiritual arrangements benefit the SPLC)
Premiere Date: January 17, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: African-American Spiritual
(All proceeds from Spiritual arrangements benefit the SPLC)
Premiere Date: January 17, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (2016)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional German carol
(All proceeds from Spiritual arrangements benefit the SPLC)
Premiere Date: December 24, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional German carol
(All proceeds from Spiritual arrangements benefit the SPLC)
Premiere Date: December 24, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Blessed be that Maid Mairie (2015)
Instrumentation: SSATTB, organ or piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: traditional English carol
Commissioned by the Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Premiere Date: December 4, 2015, Baltimore MD (SSAA)
December 20, 2015 (SATB)
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Instrumentation: SSATTB, organ or piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: traditional English carol
Commissioned by the Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Premiere Date: December 4, 2015, Baltimore MD (SSAA)
December 20, 2015 (SATB)
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Shepherd of Souls (2015)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi, Soprano solo or semichorus
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Anonymous, with additions by James Montgomery
Premiere Date: April 26, 2015, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi, Soprano solo or semichorus
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Anonymous, with additions by James Montgomery
Premiere Date: April 26, 2015, Baltimore, MD
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Ubi Caritas (2014)
Instrumentation: SSATBB with optional organ
Duration: ca. 6'
Text: Traditional prayer
Premiere Date: May 8, 2014, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SSATBB with optional organ
Duration: ca. 6'
Text: Traditional prayer
Premiere Date: May 8, 2014, Baltimore, MD
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Create in Me a Clean Heart (2014)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 51, v. 10-12, King James translation
Premiere Date: April 19, 2014, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 51, v. 10-12, King James translation
Premiere Date: April 19, 2014, Baltimore, MD
I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes (2014)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi, Tenor solo
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 121, King James translation
Premiere Date: March 16, 2014, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi, Tenor solo
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 121, King James translation
Premiere Date: March 16, 2014, Baltimore, MD
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Psalm 148 (2013)
Instrumentation: SATB with organ
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 148, King James translation
Premiere Date: April 24, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB with organ
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 148, King James translation
Premiere Date: April 24, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Rise up, Shepherd, and Follow (2013)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: African-American Spiritual
(All proceeds from Spiritual arrangements benefit the SPLC)
Premiere Date: December 15, 2013, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: African-American Spiritual
(All proceeds from Spiritual arrangements benefit the SPLC)
Premiere Date: December 15, 2013, Baltimore, MD
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Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem (2012)
Instrumentation: SSATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional American carol
Premiere Date: December 16, 2012, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: SSATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional American carol
Premiere Date: December 16, 2012, Baltimore, MD
Two Songs of Hope (2012)
Instrumentation: SSA
Duration: ca. 6'
Text: Traditional Irish, adapted by Mary Byrne and Eleanor Hull; and Robert Robinson and Martin Madan
Commissioned by the Peabody Childrens Chorus
Premiere Date: December 1, 2012, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SSA
Duration: ca. 6'
Text: Traditional Irish, adapted by Mary Byrne and Eleanor Hull; and Robert Robinson and Martin Madan
Commissioned by the Peabody Childrens Chorus
Premiere Date: December 1, 2012, Baltimore, MD
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I Wonder as I Wander (2011)
Instrumentation: SSA or SATB with organ or piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Traditional American carol
Commissioned by the Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Premiere Date: December 11, 2011, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: SSA or SATB with organ or piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Traditional American carol
Commissioned by the Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Premiere Date: December 11, 2011, Baltimore, MD
De Profundis (2010)
Instrumentation: SSAATTBB a cappella with SAB soloists
Duration: ca. 8'
Text: Psalm 130, in Latin
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Instrumentation: SSAATTBB a cappella with SAB soloists
Duration: ca. 8'
Text: Psalm 130, in Latin
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The Tyger (2009)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with soprano solo or semichorus
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by William Blake
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with soprano solo or semichorus
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by William Blake
…of Sound and Light… (2008)
Instrumentation: SATB, soprano solo or semi chorus, organ
Duration: ca. 6'
Text by Douglas Buchanan
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: SATB, soprano solo or semi chorus, organ
Duration: ca. 6'
Text by Douglas Buchanan
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Oh Light and Universal Song (2008)
Instrumentation: SA(T)B a cappella (accompaniment ad libitum)
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by Douglas Buchanan
Commissioned by the Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Premiere Date: February 22, 2009, Pikesville, MD
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Instrumentation: SA(T)B a cappella (accompaniment ad libitum)
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by Douglas Buchanan
Commissioned by the Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Premiere Date: February 22, 2009, Pikesville, MD
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Sound and Sense (Fuaim is Seagh) (2016)
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano, Clarinet, 'Cello
Duration: ca. 7'
Text: Traditional Gaelic
Written for New Music on the Point
Premiere Date: June 18, 2016, Leicester, VT
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Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano, Clarinet, 'Cello
Duration: ca. 7'
Text: Traditional Gaelic
Written for New Music on the Point
Premiere Date: June 18, 2016, Leicester, VT
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The Green Fields of Amerikay (2016)
Instrumentation: Solo voice, flexible chorus, flexible ensemble
Duration: ca. 10'
Text: Traditional Irish
Commissioned by the Broken Consort
Premiere Date: May 4, 2016, New York, NY
May 6, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: Solo voice, flexible chorus, flexible ensemble
Duration: ca. 10'
Text: Traditional Irish
Commissioned by the Broken Consort
Premiere Date: May 4, 2016, New York, NY
May 6, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Cancioncilla Sevillana (2016)
Instrumentation: Soprano, Flute, Harp
Duration: ca. 4'
Text by Frederico Garcia Lorca
Commisioned by Jasmine Hogan
Premiere Date: January 8, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: Soprano, Flute, Harp
Duration: ca. 4'
Text by Frederico Garcia Lorca
Commisioned by Jasmine Hogan
Premiere Date: January 8, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Prospero Variations (2015)
Instrumentation: Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, 'Cello, Piano, Percussion
Duration: ca. 30'
Text by William Shakespeare, adapted by Douglas Buchanan
Commissioned by the LUNAR ensemble
Premiere Date: September 18, 2015, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, 'Cello, Piano, Percussion
Duration: ca. 30'
Text by William Shakespeare, adapted by Douglas Buchanan
Commissioned by the LUNAR ensemble
Premiere Date: September 18, 2015, Baltimore, MD
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Batter my heart, three-person'd God (2015)
Instrumentation: 2 Sopranos, 1 Mezzo-Soprano
Duration: ca. 5'
Text by John Donne
Commissioned by Eya: Ensemble for Medieval Music
Premiere Date: March 21, 2015, Washington, D.C.
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Instrumentation: 2 Sopranos, 1 Mezzo-Soprano
Duration: ca. 5'
Text by John Donne
Commissioned by Eya: Ensemble for Medieval Music
Premiere Date: March 21, 2015, Washington, D.C.
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Scots and Waters (2014)
Instrumentation: Soprano and Piano
Duration: ca. 12'
Text: Traditonal Scottish
Premiere Date: November 23, 2014, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: Soprano and Piano
Duration: ca. 12'
Text: Traditonal Scottish
Premiere Date: November 23, 2014, Baltimore, MD
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Orkney Fragments (2013)
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano solo
Duration: ca. 7'
Text by Gill Andrews and Patty Robinson
Written for the St. Magnus Festival
Premiere Date: February 2, 2015, Columbus, MS
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano solo
Duration: ca. 7'
Text by Gill Andrews and Patty Robinson
Written for the St. Magnus Festival
Premiere Date: February 2, 2015, Columbus, MS
Eingang (2012)
Instrumentation: Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, 'Cello, Piano, Percussion
Duration: ca. 12'
Text by Albert Giraud
Commissioned by the LUNAR ensemble
Premiere Date: October 7, 2012 Baltimore, MD
November 13, 2012, Fredonia, NY
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Instrumentation: Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, 'Cello, Piano, Percussion
Duration: ca. 12'
Text by Albert Giraud
Commissioned by the LUNAR ensemble
Premiere Date: October 7, 2012 Baltimore, MD
November 13, 2012, Fredonia, NY
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Two Songs of Heaven and Earth (2012)
Instrumentation: 1 Soprano, 1 Mezzo-Soprao, 1 Baritone
Duration: ca. 6'
Text: Anonymous Middle English
Commissioned by mode iv
Premiere Date: March 2, 2012, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: 1 Soprano, 1 Mezzo-Soprao, 1 Baritone
Duration: ca. 6'
Text: Anonymous Middle English
Commissioned by mode iv
Premiere Date: March 2, 2012, Baltimore, MD
Die Stille (2011)
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano and Violin
Duration: ca. 4'
Text by Rainer Maria Rilker
Commissioned by Megan Ihnen
Premiere Date: January 21, 2012, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano and Violin
Duration: ca. 4'
Text by Rainer Maria Rilker
Commissioned by Megan Ihnen
Premiere Date: January 21, 2012, Baltimore, MD
Midwestern Trilogy (2011)
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano and piano
Duration: ca. 10'
Text by Jamie Smith
Commissioned by Jamie Smith
Premiere Date: October 21, 2011, Naperville, IL
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano and piano
Duration: ca. 10'
Text by Jamie Smith
Commissioned by Jamie Smith
Premiere Date: October 21, 2011, Naperville, IL
Even if your are swimming alone (2010)
Instrumentation: Soprano, Tenor, Piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Text by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Commissioned by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Premiere Date: October 12, 2012, Tulsa, OK
Instrumentation: Soprano, Tenor, Piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Text by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Commissioned by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Premiere Date: October 12, 2012, Tulsa, OK
Ave Maria (2010)
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano solo with keyboard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional prayer
Commissioned by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Premiere Date: June 5, 2009, Rochester, NY
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano solo with keyboard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional prayer
Commissioned by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Premiere Date: June 5, 2009, Rochester, NY
Worldes Blisse (2009)
Instrumentation: Soprano, Alto Flute, Vibraphone, Guitar, Viola
Duration: ca. 10'
Text: Anonymous Middle English
Commissioned by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Premiere Date: June 5, 2009, Rochester, NY
Instrumentation: Soprano, Alto Flute, Vibraphone, Guitar, Viola
Duration: ca. 10'
Text: Anonymous Middle English
Commissioned by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Premiere Date: June 5, 2009, Rochester, NY
The Idea of a Whale (2008)
Instrumentation: Soprano and Piano
Duration: ca. 7'
Text by Douglas Buchanan
Commissioned by the University of Baltimore
Premiere Date: May 22, 2008, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: Soprano and Piano
Duration: ca. 7'
Text by Douglas Buchanan
Commissioned by the University of Baltimore
Premiere Date: May 22, 2008, Baltimore, MD
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Sea and Stone (2018)
Instrumentation: Piccolo, 4 Flutes, Alto Flute, Bass Flute, Percussion
Duration: ca. 7'
Commissioned by the Baltimore Flute Choir
Premiere Date: August, 11 2008, Orlando, FL
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Instrumentation: Piccolo, 4 Flutes, Alto Flute, Bass Flute, Percussion
Duration: ca. 7'
Commissioned by the Baltimore Flute Choir
Premiere Date: August, 11 2008, Orlando, FL
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Mandala of the Dark Waves (2016)
Instrumentation: Piccolo, viola, and harp
Duration: ca. 4'
Commissioned by Raoul Cho
Premiere Date: May 6, 2016, Toronto, Ontario
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Instrumentation: Piccolo, viola, and harp
Duration: ca. 4'
Commissioned by Raoul Cho
Premiere Date: May 6, 2016, Toronto, Ontario
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Ri Marannan (2017)
Instrumentation: Clarinet, Violin, Viola, 'Cello, Double Bass
Duration: ca. 7'
Written for the St. Magnus Festival
Premiere Date: June 26, 2013, Kirkwall, Orkney, UK
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Instrumentation: Clarinet, Violin, Viola, 'Cello, Double Bass
Duration: ca. 7'
Written for the St. Magnus Festival
Premiere Date: June 26, 2013, Kirkwall, Orkney, UK
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Requiem for a Little World (2013)
Instrumentation: 3 Oboes
Duration: ca. 10'
Commissioned by Raoul Cho
Premiere Date: May 6, 2016, Toronto, Ontario
Instrumentation: 3 Oboes
Duration: ca. 10'
Commissioned by Raoul Cho
Premiere Date: May 6, 2016, Toronto, Ontario
Memento Mei: To the Memory of Nicholas Maw (2012)
Instrumentation: Two flutes (one doubling piccolo, one doubling alto) and piano
Duration: ca. 12'
Commissioned by the Dahlia Flute Duo
Premiere Date: April 17, 2012, Washington, DC
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Instrumentation: Two flutes (one doubling piccolo, one doubling alto) and piano
Duration: ca. 12'
Commissioned by the Dahlia Flute Duo
Premiere Date: April 17, 2012, Washington, DC
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Contrapunctus (2009)
Instrumentation: Cello and Piano
Duration: ca. 20'
Commissioned by the Whitworth Memorial Duo
Premiere Date: October 24, 2009, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: Cello and Piano
Duration: ca. 20'
Commissioned by the Whitworth Memorial Duo
Premiere Date: October 24, 2009, Baltimore, MD
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Exsultate Deo (2009)
Instrumentation: Brass Quintet
Duration: ca. 4'
Premiere Date: April 12, 2009, Pikesville, MD
Instrumentation: Brass Quintet
Duration: ca. 4'
Premiere Date: April 12, 2009, Pikesville, MD
Hymn and Fuguing Tune (2008)
Instrumentation: Two flutes and piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Premiere Date: July 19, 2008, Wooster, OH
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Instrumentation: Two flutes and piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Premiere Date: July 19, 2008, Wooster, OH
Program Note and Media
Variations on a Shape-Note Hymn ("And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on") (2019)
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 9'
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 9'
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Contrapunctus XIV: Completion, after J.S. Bach (2019)
Instrumentation: Keyboard
Duration: ca. 8'
Premiere Date: March 19, 2019, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: Keyboard
Duration: ca. 8'
Premiere Date: March 19, 2019, Baltimore, MD
Welkinharmonie (2015)
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 70'
Supported by the Shin Pond Artist Residency
Premiere Dates: April 14, 2015 Washington, DC
May 1, 2015, Baltimore, MD
June 7, 2015, Dallas, TX
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 70'
Supported by the Shin Pond Artist Residency
Premiere Dates: April 14, 2015 Washington, DC
May 1, 2015, Baltimore, MD
June 7, 2015, Dallas, TX
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Between the Stones are Peace and Space (2014)
Instrumentation: Piano
Duration: ca. 10'
Premiere Dates: March 20, 2015, Boston, MA
June 18, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: Piano
Duration: ca. 10'
Premiere Dates: March 20, 2015, Boston, MA
June 18, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
Program Note and Media
Colonnades (2009)
Instrumentation: Piano
Duration: ca. 100'
Recipient of a Presser Award and a Morton Gould Young Composers Award
Premiere Dates: October 23, 2009, Baltimore, MD; November 8, Danbury, CT; November 9, Marblehead, MA; December 4, 2009, Tulsa, OK; January 3, 2010, Fort Worth, TX
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: Piano
Duration: ca. 100'
Recipient of a Presser Award and a Morton Gould Young Composers Award
Premiere Dates: October 23, 2009, Baltimore, MD; November 8, Danbury, CT; November 9, Marblehead, MA; December 4, 2009, Tulsa, OK; January 3, 2010, Fort Worth, TX
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Soliloquy (2009)
Instrumentation: Clarinet
Duration: ca. 5'
Premiere Date: March 19, 2019, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: Clarinet
Duration: ca. 5'
Premiere Date: March 19, 2019, Baltimore, MD
Adam lay Bounden (2010)
Instrumentation: 2, 3, or 4-voice choir with keyoard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 2'
Text: Anonymous 15th-century Middle English
Premiere Date: December 4, 2010, Pikesville, MD
Instrumentation: 2, 3, or 4-voice choir with keyoard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 2'
Text: Anonymous 15th-century Middle English
Premiere Date: December 4, 2010, Pikesville, MD
The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came (2013)
Instrumentation: SATB with keyboard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Paraphrased by S. Baring-Gould
Premiere Date: December 22, 2013, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: SATB with keyboard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Paraphrased by S. Baring-Gould
Premiere Date: December 22, 2013, Baltimore, MD
Ave Maria (2010)
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano solo with keyboard accompaniment
Also available for SAB chorus with keyboard
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional prayer
Premiere Dates: June 5, 2009, Rochester, NY
December 18, 2011, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano solo with keyboard accompaniment
Also available for SAB chorus with keyboard
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional prayer
Premiere Dates: June 5, 2009, Rochester, NY
December 18, 2011, Baltimore, MD
Benedicite omnia opera (Oh all ye works of the Lord) (2016)
Instrumentation: SSAATTBB a cappella
Duration: ca. 9'
Text in English from the canticle of the same title, translation from the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
Commissioned by the Handel Choir of Baltimore
Premiere Dates: March 3 and 4, 2017, Baltimore, MD
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: SSAATTBB a cappella
Duration: ca. 9'
Text in English from the canticle of the same title, translation from the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
Commissioned by the Handel Choir of Baltimore
Premiere Dates: March 3 and 4, 2017, Baltimore, MD
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Blessed be that Maid Mairie (2015)
Instrumentation: SSATTB, organ or piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Traditional English carol
Commissioned by the Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Premiere Dates: December 4, 2015, Baltimore MD (SSAA)
December 20, 2015 (SATB)
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: SSATTB, organ or piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Traditional English carol
Commissioned by the Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Premiere Dates: December 4, 2015, Baltimore MD (SSAA)
December 20, 2015 (SATB)
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Cantate Domino (2008)
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano solo and piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 98, v. 1a, in Latin
Premiere Dates: December 24, 2008, Pikesville, MD
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano solo and piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 98, v. 1a, in Latin
Premiere Dates: December 24, 2008, Pikesville, MD
Come, Holy Spirit, Come (San Marco) (2012)
Instrumentation: SATB, organ, and optional handbells
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Veni, Sancte Spiritus, translated and adapted by Douglas Buchanan
Premiere Dates: May 27, 2012, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: SATB, organ, and optional handbells
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Veni, Sancte Spiritus, translated and adapted by Douglas Buchanan
Premiere Dates: May 27, 2012, Baltimore, MD
Create in Me a Clean Heart (2014)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 51, v. 10-12, King James translation
Premiere Dates: April 19, 2014, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 51, v. 10-12, King James translation
Premiere Dates: April 19, 2014, Baltimore, MD
De Profundis (2010)
Instrumentation: SSAATTBB a cappella with SAB soloists
Duration: ca. 8'
Text: Psalm 130
Premiere Dates: April 19, 2014, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SSAATTBB a cappella with SAB soloists
Duration: ca. 8'
Text: Psalm 130
Premiere Dates: April 19, 2014, Baltimore, MD
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The Dream of the Rood (2018)
Instrumentation: SATB with divisi
Duration: ca. 12'
Text: Anonymous Middle English
Premiere Dates: March 30, 2018, Baltimore, MD
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: SATB with divisi
Duration: ca. 12'
Text: Anonymous Middle English
Premiere Dates: March 30, 2018, Baltimore, MD
Program Note and Media
Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (2016)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional German carol
Premiere Dates: December 24, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional German carol
Premiere Dates: December 24, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Fantasy on Christmas Carols (2010)
Instrumentation: 2-voice choir and keyboard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional English carols
Premiere Dates: December 24, 2010, Pikesville, MD
Instrumentation: 2-voice choir and keyboard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional English carols
Premiere Dates: December 24, 2010, Pikesville, MD
A God, and yet a Man (2012)
Instrumentation: SSAA
Duration: ca. 3'
Anonymous Text
Instrumentation: SSAA
Duration: ca. 3'
Anonymous Text
A Great and Mighty Wonder (2015)
Instrumentation: SSATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: J.M. Neale, after St. Germanus
Premiere Date: December 13, 2015, Forestville, MD
Instrumentation: SSATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: J.M. Neale, after St. Germanus
Premiere Date: December 13, 2015, Forestville, MD
Hear the Voice of the Bard (2017)
Instrumentation: SATB and Organ
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: William Blake
Premiere Date: May 21, 2017, Forestville, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB and Organ
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: William Blake
Premiere Date: May 21, 2017, Forestville, MD
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How can I keep from singing? (2015)
Instrumentation: SAB with keyoard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by Robert Lowry
Premiere Date: November 15, 2015, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: SAB with keyoard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by Robert Lowry
Premiere Date: November 15, 2015, Baltimore, MD
How great thou art (2009)
Instrumentation: 2-voice choir or SSAA and keyboard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by Carl Boberg, translated by Stuart K. Hine
Premiere Date: December 17, 2009, Silver Creek, NY
Instrumentation: 2-voice choir or SSAA and keyboard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by Carl Boberg, translated by Stuart K. Hine
Premiere Date: December 17, 2009, Silver Creek, NY
In the Bleak Midwinter (2010)
Instrumentation: 2-voice choir with keyboard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by Christina Rossetti
Premiere Date: December 24, 2010, Pikesville, MD
Instrumentation: 2-voice choir with keyboard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by Christina Rossetti
Premiere Date: December 24, 2010, Pikesville, MD
I Saw Three Ships (2018)
Instrumentation: SSATB and Piano
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional English carol
Premiere Date: December 10, 2017, Forestville, MD
Instrumentation: SSATB and Piano
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional English carol
Premiere Date: December 10, 2017, Forestville, MD
I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes (2014)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi, Tenor solo
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 121, King James translation
Premiere Date: March 16, 2014, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi, Tenor solo
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 121, King James translation
Premiere Date: March 16, 2014, Baltimore, MD
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I Will Sing of Mercy and of Justice (2017)
Instrumentation: SATB, SATB soloists, organ or piano
Also available for SATB chorus, SATB soloists, piano + string quartet
Duration: ca. 9'
Text: Excerpts from various Psalms, King James translation
Commissioned by the First Presbyterian Church of Dallas
Premiere Date: November 19, 2017, Dallas, TX
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: SATB, SATB soloists, organ or piano
Also available for SATB chorus, SATB soloists, piano + string quartet
Duration: ca. 9'
Text: Excerpts from various Psalms, King James translation
Commissioned by the First Presbyterian Church of Dallas
Premiere Date: November 19, 2017, Dallas, TX
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I Wonder as I Wander (2011)
Instrumentation: SSA or SATB with organ or piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Traditional American carol
Commissioned by the Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Premiere Date: December 11, 2011, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: SSA or SATB with organ or piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Traditional American carol
Commissioned by the Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Premiere Date: December 11, 2011, Baltimore, MD
Lonesome Valley (2009)
Instrumentation: SAB with keyboard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Tradition American hymn
Premiere Date: April 10, 2009, Pikesville, MD
Instrumentation: SAB with keyboard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Tradition American hymn
Premiere Date: April 10, 2009, Pikesville, MD
The Long Night (2018)
Instrumentation: SSAATTBB a cappella
Duration: ca. 5'
Text: Anonymous Scottish
Premiere Date: December 24, 2018, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: SSAATTBB a cappella
Duration: ca. 5'
Text: Anonymous Scottish
Premiere Date: December 24, 2018, Baltimore, MD
The Lord at First did Adam Make (2017)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional English carol
Premiere Date: December 17, 2017, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional English carol
Premiere Date: December 17, 2017, Baltimore, MD
Lux Aeterna (2009)
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano solo and piano
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Requiem mass excerpt
Premiere Date: December 17, 2009, Silver Creek, NY
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano solo and piano
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Requiem mass excerpt
Premiere Date: December 17, 2009, Silver Creek, NY
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (2016)
Instrumentation: SATB with organ
Duration: ca. 7'
Text: The Song of Mary and the Song of Simeon
Premiere Date: May 15, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB with organ
Duration: ca. 7'
Text: The Song of Mary and the Song of Simeon
Premiere Date: May 15, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Miserere mei (2012)
Instrumentation: Soprano solo and organ
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 50, v. 1-4, in Latin
Premiere Date: March 25, 2012, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: Soprano solo and organ
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 50, v. 1-4, in Latin
Premiere Date: March 25, 2012, Baltimore, MD
My Lord, what a Morning (2008)
Instrumentation: SA(T)B a cappella (accompaniment ad libitum)
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: African-American Spiritual
(All proceeds from Spiritual arrangements benefit the SPLC)
Premiere Date: November 30, 2008, Pikesville, MD
Instrumentation: SA(T)B a cappella (accompaniment ad libitum)
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: African-American Spiritual
(All proceeds from Spiritual arrangements benefit the SPLC)
Premiere Date: November 30, 2008, Pikesville, MD
Now the Green Blade Riseth (2009)
Instrumentation: SAB with keyboard accompaniment and optional handbells
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by John Crum
Premiere Date: April 26, 2009, Pikesville, MD
Instrumentation: SAB with keyboard accompaniment and optional handbells
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by John Crum
Premiere Date: April 26, 2009, Pikesville, MD
…of Sound and Light… (2008)
Instrumentation: SATB, soprano solo or semi chorus, organ
Duration: ca. 6'
Text by Douglas Buchanan
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: SATB, soprano solo or semi chorus, organ
Duration: ca. 6'
Text by Douglas Buchanan
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Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem (2012)
Instrumentation: SSATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional American carol
Premiere Date: December 16, 2012, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: SSATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: Traditional American carol
Premiere Date: December 16, 2012, Baltimore, MD
Oh Light and Universal Song (2008)
Instrumentation: SA(T)B a cappella (accompaniment ad libitum)
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by Douglas Buchanan
Premiere Date: February 22, 2009, Pikesville, MD
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Instrumentation: SA(T)B a cappella (accompaniment ad libitum)
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by Douglas Buchanan
Premiere Date: February 22, 2009, Pikesville, MD
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The Passion According to John (Plainsong, with Choral Interjections) (2014)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with soloists
Duration: ca. 30'
Text from the Gospel of John
Premiere Date: April 18, 2014, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with soloists
Duration: ca. 30'
Text from the Gospel of John
Premiere Date: April 18, 2014, Baltimore, MD
Praise to the Lord (Lobe den Herren) (2014)
Instrumentation: SATB, Organ, and 2 Trumpets (optional)
Duration: ca. 4'
Text by Joachim Neander, translated by Catherine Winkworth
Premiere Date: May 25, 2014, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: SATB, Organ, and 2 Trumpets (optional)
Duration: ca. 4'
Text by Joachim Neander, translated by Catherine Winkworth
Premiere Date: May 25, 2014, Baltimore, MD
Psalm 148 (2013)
Instrumentation: SATB with organ
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 148, King James translation
Premiere Date: April 24, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB with organ
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Psalm 148, King James translation
Premiere Date: April 24, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Resurrection, Imperfect (2019)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 5'
Text by John Donne
Premiere Date: April 19, 2019, Baltimore, MD
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella
Duration: ca. 5'
Text by John Donne
Premiere Date: April 19, 2019, Baltimore, MD
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Ride on, King Jesus (2016)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: African-American Spiritual
(All proceeds from Spiritual arrangements benefit the SPLC)
Premiere Date: January 17, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: African-American Spiritual
(All proceeds from Spiritual arrangements benefit the SPLC)
Premiere Date: January 17, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Rise up, Shepherd, and Follow (2013)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: African-American Spiritual
(All proceeds from Spiritual arrangements benefit the SPLC)
Premiere Date: December 15, 2013, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi
Duration: ca. 3'
Text: African-American Spiritual
(All proceeds from Spiritual arrangements benefit the SPLC)
Premiere Date: December 15, 2013, Baltimore, MD
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Rorate coeli (Drop Down) (2016)
Instrumentation: SATB, Soprano solo or semi chorus, with optional accompaniment
Also available for SSAA with optional accompaniment
Duration: ca. 5'
Text: Excerpt from the Advent Prose, translation into English by the Composer
Commissioned by the Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Premiere Date: December 18, 2016, Baltimore, MD
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: SATB, Soprano solo or semi chorus, with optional accompaniment
Also available for SSAA with optional accompaniment
Duration: ca. 5'
Text: Excerpt from the Advent Prose, translation into English by the Composer
Commissioned by the Canticle Singers of Baltimore
Premiere Date: December 18, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Shepherd of Souls (2015)
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi, Soprano solo or semichorus
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Anonymous, with additions by James Montgomery
Premiere Date: April 26, 2015, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with divisi, Soprano solo or semichorus
Duration: ca. 4'
Text: Anonymous, with additions by James Montgomery
Premiere Date: April 26, 2015, Baltimore, MD
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Two Songs of Hope (2012)
Instrumentation: SSA a cappella
Duration: ca. 6'
Text: Traditional Irish, adapted by Mary Byrne and Eleanor Hull; and Robert Robinson and Martin Madan
Commissioned by the Peabody Childrens Chorus
Premiere Date: December 1, 2012, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SSA a cappella
Duration: ca. 6'
Text: Traditional Irish, adapted by Mary Byrne and Eleanor Hull; and Robert Robinson and Martin Madan
Commissioned by the Peabody Childrens Chorus
Premiere Date: December 1, 2012, Baltimore, MD
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The Tyger
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with soprano solo or semichorus
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by William Blake
Instrumentation: SATB a cappella with soprano solo or semichorus
Duration: ca. 3'
Text by William Blake
Ubi Caritas (2014)
Instrumentation: SSATBB with optional organ
Duration: ca. 6'
Text: Traditional prayer
Premiere Date: May 8, 2014, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: SSATBB with optional organ
Duration: ca. 6'
Text: Traditional prayer
Premiere Date: May 8, 2014, Baltimore, MD
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Ut queant laxis (2017)
Instrumentation: SATB, organ, and optional handbells
Duration: ca. 4'
Anonymous text (possibly Guido of Arezzo)
Premiere Date: December 10, 2017, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: SATB, organ, and optional handbells
Duration: ca. 4'
Anonymous text (possibly Guido of Arezzo)
Premiere Date: December 10, 2017, Baltimore, MD
Fugue on Salzburg (2016)
Instrumentation: Organ
Premiere Date: February 7, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: Organ
Premiere Date: February 7, 2016, Baltimore, MD
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Antiphon: Euouae (2015)
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 5'
Premiere Date: April 14, 2015, Washington, DC
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 5'
Premiere Date: April 14, 2015, Washington, DC
Double canon on In dulci jubilo (2015)
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 3'
Premiere Date: December 24, 2015, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 3'
Premiere Date: December 24, 2015, Baltimore, MD
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Fugue on St. Kevin (2014)
Instrumentation: Organ
Premiere: April 19, 2014, Baltimore, MD
Instrumentation: Organ
Premiere: April 19, 2014, Baltimore, MD
Double canon on Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (2006)
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 4'
Premiere: October 15, 2005, Silver Creek, NY
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 4'
Premiere: October 15, 2005, Silver Creek, NY
Prelude on Ich dank dir schon durch deinen Sonn (2006)
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 3'
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 3'
Variations on a Shape-Note Hymn ("And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on") (2019)
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 9'
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 9'
Program Note and Media
Exsultate Deo (2009)
Instrumentation: Brass Quintet
Duration: ca. 4'
Premiere Date: April 12, 2009, Pikesville, MD
Instrumentation: Brass Quintet
Duration: ca. 4'
Premiere Date: April 12, 2009, Pikesville, MD
Fanfare on Adeste Fidelis (2013)
Instrumentation: Brass Quintet
Duration: ca. 3'
Premiere Date: December 23, 2013, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: Brass Quintet
Duration: ca. 3'
Premiere Date: December 23, 2013, Baltimore, MD
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Fugue on Nettleton (2011)
Instrumentation: 2 Pianos
Duration: ca. 4'
Premiere Date: December 4, 2011, Dallas, TX
Instrumentation: 2 Pianos
Duration: ca. 4'
Premiere Date: December 4, 2011, Dallas, TX
Hymn and Fuguing Tune (2008)
Instrumentation: Two flutes and piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Premiere July 19, 2008, Wooster, OH
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: Two flutes and piano
Duration: ca. 4'
Premiere July 19, 2008, Wooster, OH
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In the Bleak Midwinter (2010)
Instrumentation: 2 Trumpets (or 2 Treble Instruments) and keyboard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Premiere Date: December 24, 2010, Pikesville, MD
Instrumentation: 2 Trumpets (or 2 Treble Instruments) and keyboard accompaniment
Duration: ca. 3'
Premiere Date: December 24, 2010, Pikesville, MD
Nocturne Fragments (2009)
Instrumentation: Flute, Clarinet, Piano
Duration: ca. 7'
Premiere Date: June 2013, Montreat, NC
Instrumentation: Flute, Clarinet, Piano
Duration: ca. 7'
Premiere Date: June 2013, Montreat, NC
St. Patrick's Breastplate (2013)
Instrumentation: Hymn arrangement for acoustic ensemble
Duration: ca. 6'
Premiere Date: June 2013, Montreat, NC
Instrumentation: Hymn arrangement for acoustic ensemble
Duration: ca. 6'
Premiere Date: June 2013, Montreat, NC
Hymn: Come, Holy Spirit, Come (San Marco)
Text: Adaptation and translation of Veni, Sancte
Spiritus by Douglas Buchanan
Text: Adaptation and translation of Veni, Sancte
Spiritus by Douglas Buchanan
Hymn and Descant: God of Body, Mind, and Spirit (Hyfrydol)
Text by Douglas Buchanan
Text by Douglas Buchanan
Hymn and Descant: God of Body, Mind, and Spirit (Abbot's Leigh)
Text by Douglas Buchanan
Text by Douglas Buchanan
Sanctus (service music)
Trisagion (service music)
Descant: Abbot's Leigh (God is love)
Descant: Bereden väg för Herren (Prepare the way, O Zion)
Descant: Besançon (People look East)
Descant: Bourbon (Take up your cross)
Descant: Cwm Rhondda (God of grace, and God of glory)
Descant: Cwm Rhodda (Guide me, O thou great Jehovah)
Descant: Dix (As with gladness men of old)
Descant: Dix (For the beauty of the earth)
Descant: Duke Street (Jesus shall reign where'er the sun)
Descant: Easter Hymn (Jesus Christ is risen today)
Descant: Es flog ein kleins Waldvögelein (Hail to the Lord's annointed)
Descant: Eventide (Abide with me)
Descant: Festal Song (Rise up, ye saints of God)
Descant and Reharmonization: Finnian (Sing ye faithful, sing with gladness)
Descant: Foundation (How firm a foundation)
Descant: Helmsley (Lo, He comes with clouds descending)
Descant: Hyfrydol (Alleluia, sing to Jesus)
Descant: Hyfrydol (Love divine, all loves excelling)
Descant: Hymn to Joy (Joyful, joyful, we adore thee)
Descant: In Babilone (Hail thou once despised Jesus)
Descant and Reharmonization: Irby (Once in royal David's city)
Descant: Judas Maccabeus (Thine is the Glory)
Descant: Kingsfold
Descant: Land of Rest (Jerusalem, my happy home)
Descant: Llanfair (Hail the day that sees him rise)
Descant: Lasst uns erfreuen (All creatures of our God and King)
Descant: Lasst uns erfreuen (Ye watchers and ye holy ones)
Descant: Rustington (Music only)
Descant: Middlebury (Come away to the skies)
Descant: Nicaea (Holy, holy, holy)
Descant: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Savior of the Nations, come)
Descant: Psalm 42 (Comfort, comfort ye my people)
Descant: Repton (Dear Lord and father of mankind)
Descant: Salzburg (Songs of thankfulness and praise)
Descant: Sine Nomine (For all the saints)
Descant: Slane (Be thou my vision)
Descant: Slane (Lord of all hopefulness)
Descant: St. Anne (O God our help in ages past)
Descant: St Kevin (Come ye faithful, raise the strain)
Descant: Unser Herrscher (He is risen)
Descant: Veni, veni Emmanuel (O Come, O Come Emmanuel)
In bringing a multidisciplinary approach to his work, Buchanan frequently combines artistic media in order that meaning may be reflected and refracted. As a writer, he has been published by Continuum Publishing and has been commissioned to write program notes as well as lyrics, libretti, and poetry. His credits asd a visual artist include illustrations for Lantern Books, Continnuum Publishing, and commissions from institutions including the University of Baltimore.
Colonnades (2009)
Instrumentation: Piano
Duration: ca. 100'
Recipient of a Presser Award and a Morton Gould Young Composers Award
Premiere Dates: October 23, 2009, Baltimore, MD; November 8, Danbury, CT; November 9, Marblehead, MA; December 4, 2009, Tulsa, OK; January 3, 2010, Fort Worth, TX
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Instrumentation: Piano
Duration: ca. 100'
Recipient of a Presser Award and a Morton Gould Young Composers Award
Premiere Dates: October 23, 2009, Baltimore, MD; November 8, Danbury, CT; November 9, Marblehead, MA; December 4, 2009, Tulsa, OK; January 3, 2010, Fort Worth, TX
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The Idea of a Whale (2008)
Instrumentation: Soprano and Piano
Duration: ca. 7'
Text by Douglas Buchanan
Commissioned by the University of Baltimore
Premiere Date: May 22, 2008, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: Soprano and Piano
Duration: ca. 7'
Text by Douglas Buchanan
Commissioned by the University of Baltimore
Premiere Date: May 22, 2008, Baltimore, MD
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Lux et Tenebrae (2011)
Instrumentation: 3 Sopranos, 1 Mezzo-Soprano, 3 Baritones, Violin, 'Cello, Piano
Libretto by Douglas Buchanan and Caitlin Vincent
Duration: ca. 30'
Commissioned by The Figaro Project
Premiere Date: April 1, 2011, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: 3 Sopranos, 1 Mezzo-Soprano, 3 Baritones, Violin, 'Cello, Piano
Libretto by Douglas Buchanan and Caitlin Vincent
Duration: ca. 30'
Commissioned by The Figaro Project
Premiere Date: April 1, 2011, Baltimore, MD
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Welkinharmonie (2015)
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 70'
Supported by the Shin Pond Artist Residency
Premiere Dates: April 14, 2015 Washington, DC
May 1, 2015, Baltimore, MD
June 7, 2015, Dallas, TX
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Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: ca. 70'
Supported by the Shin Pond Artist Residency
Premiere Dates: April 14, 2015 Washington, DC
May 1, 2015, Baltimore, MD
June 7, 2015, Dallas, TX
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…of Sound and Light… (2008)
Instrumentation: SATB, soprano solo or semi chorus, organ
Duration: ca. 6'
Text by Douglas Buchanan
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Instrumentation: SATB, soprano solo or semi chorus, organ
Duration: ca. 6'
Text by Douglas Buchanan
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Contrapunctus (2009)
Instrumentation: Cello and Piano
Duration: ca. 20'
Commissioned by the Whitworth Memorial Duo
Premiere Date: October 24, 2009, Baltimore, MD
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Instrumentation: Cello and Piano
Duration: ca. 20'
Commissioned by the Whitworth Memorial Duo
Premiere Date: October 24, 2009, Baltimore, MD
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Memento Mei: To the Memory of Nicholas Maw (2012)
Instrumentation: Two flutes (one doubling piccolo, one doubling alto) and piano
Duration: ca. 12'
Commissioned by the Dahlia Flute Duo
Premiere Date: April 17, 2012, Washington, DC
Program Note and Media
Instrumentation: Two flutes (one doubling piccolo, one doubling alto) and piano
Duration: ca. 12'
Commissioned by the Dahlia Flute Duo
Premiere Date: April 17, 2012, Washington, DC
Program Note and Media