• The American University Chamber Singers took "The Tree" on tour to Canada and the Eastern United States during October 2004
• "String Trio for George Crumb" premiered by Third Angle New Music Ensemble on July 3, 2004
• "Song of the Mountains" premiered by Combined Choirs of St. Joseph's School on May 6, 2004
• "From the Odes of Solomon" broadcast by NPR on April 25, 2004
• "The Tree" premiered by the American University Chamber Singers on April 2 & 3, 2004
• "A Country Boy in Winter" premiered by the Central Oklahoma University Men's Chorus on March 5, 2004  
• "A Rainy Day" premiered by the Arkansas State University Women's Chorus on January 30, 2004    

The American University Chamber Singers, under the direction of Daniel Abraham, took The Tree on tour during October 2004 to Toronto, Niagara-on-the-Falls, Buffalo, Fredonia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg & Shippensburg, with a pre-tour concert in Washington, DC.

In celebration of the 75th birthday of American composer George Crumb, the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium commissioned several new works to be premiered on three concerts on July 2 and 3, 2004, by Third Angle New Music Ensemble at the Oregon Bach Festival in Eugene, Oregon. Greg Bartholomew was commissioned to write a string trio for violin, viola and cello. Bartholomew's "String Trio for George Crumb" was premiered in concert at10 a.m. on Saturday, July 3, 2004, at Beall Hall, at the University of Oregon, Eugene.

For a benefit concert in support of Gilda's Club, the Seattle Composers Alliance commissioned six area composers to create new works for six area high school choirs and orchestras. Greg Bartholomew set text by 19th Century American naturalist John Muir in a new work entitled Song of the Mountains for mixed choir with piano accompaniment. The Combined Choirs of St. Joseph's School, under the direction of Rick Boyle, presented the premiere performance on May 6, 2004, at the Nordstrom Recital Hall in Benaroya Hall, Seattle, as the finale for the Second Annual New Works New Hope benefit concert.

The nationally syndicated NPR program "Theme & Variations," hosted by Will Everett, broadcast the Ars Brunensis Chorus's recording of Bartholomew's From Odes 1 & 3 of the Odes of Solomon and From Ode 17 of the Odes of Solomon on April 25, 2004. Listen to the recording.

The American University Chamber Singers, under the direction of Daniel Abraham, presented the premiere performances of The Tree on April 2 and 3, 2004, at the Greenberg Theatre, Washington, DC, in their concert entitled "Words Wed to Music."

Bartholomew's setting for men's chorus of "A Country Boy in Winter" was premiered at the Society of Composers' National Conference at 8pm on Friday, March 5, 2004, at Central Oklahoma University, in Edmond, Oklahoma.

The Arkansas State University Women's Chorus, under the direction of Dale Miller, presented the premiere performance of A Rainy Day on January 30, 2004, at the Fowler Center, Jonesboro, Arkansas, at the Society of Composers Region 6 Conference. Listen to the concert performance.