Choral Works

      The 21st Century (A Girl Born in Afghanistan), for unaccompanied SATB choir, 2002 (Duration: 6:40)
Finalist in the 2003 Briar Cliff University New Choral Music Competition.
A setting of excerpts from Kofi Annan's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture.

      Beati Quorum Via, for unaccompanied SATB choir, 2003 (Duration: 2:30)
A new setting of the traditional Latin text.

      The Fervid Hokey Poke, for unaccompanied SATB choir, 2010 (Duration: 2:45)
A setting of the hilarious prize-winning poem by Jeff Brechlin.

      Leo, for unaccompanied SATB choir, 2002 (Duration: 5:45)
Finalist in the 2007 Cincinnati Camerata Choral Compostition Competition. A Project Encore selection.
A setting of excerpts from Astronomica, a 1st Century B.C. Latin text by Marcus Manilius.

      Moon Man, for unaccompanied SATB choir or 2-part treble choir, 2004 (Duration: 3 min.)
A humorous romp for the holidays. An adaptation of the poem by Tom Clarke.

      The Promise of Liberty, for unison or 2-part chorus with optional descant and optional guitar or piano, 2009 (Duration: 3 min.)
Adapted from the poem, The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus ("Give me your tired, your poor..."). Designed to be sung unaccompanied or with piano or guitar accompaniment, in unison or 2-part harmony, with optional descant and optional audience participation. Also available for SATB.

      Song of the Mountains, for SSAATB choir with piano, 2004 (Duration: 6 min.)
A setting of text adapted from prose by American naturalist John Muir (1838 - 1914).

      Stoke Fleming, for unaccompanied SATB choir, 2000 (Duration 3:30)
A meditation on rocks and waves written at a small hamlet on the English Channel.

      The Tree, for unaccompanied SATB choir, 2003 (Duration: 3 min.)
Finalist for the 2011 Seghizzi International Choral Festival.
A setting of the poem by American transcendental poet Jones Very (1813 - 1880).

Three American Winter Settings
      A Country Boy in Winter,for unaccompanied TTBB men's chorus, 2001 (Duration: 3:20)
A setting of the poem by American poet Sarah Orne Jewett (1849 - 1909). A Project Encore selection.
      A Rainy Day, for unaccompanied SSAA women's chorus, 2001 (Duration: 4:15)
A setting of the poem by American poet John Brainard (1796 - 1828).
      To a Locomotive in Winter, for unaccompanied SATB choir, 2001 (Duration: 6 min.)
A setting of the poem by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892). A Project Encore selection.

Three Gnostic Poems
      An Open World, 2007 (Duration: 3 min.)
      When I Land, 2007 (Duration: 5 min.)
      And the Wind, 2007 (Duration: 4 min.)
For unaccompanied SATB choir.
Three settings of poems by Fletcher LaVallee Bartholomew, meditations on the ineffable.

From the Odes of Solomon
Received a Commendation in the 2007 Heritage Singers Composers Competition. A Project Encore selection.
      From Odes 1 & 3 of the Odes of Solomon, 2000 (Duration: 5:00)
      From Ode 14 of the Odes of Solomon, 2000 (Duration: 5:00)
      From Ode 17 of the Odes of Solomon, 2000 (Duration: 5:30)
For unaccompanied SATB choir. The Odes of Solomon are believed to have been written around the year 100 A.D., and include strong parallels to the Dead Sea Scrolls.