January 27, 2012
Time for a few new pieces with a religious bent
First let's have On This Mountain, the piece just done at the New Voices @ CUA Festival in D.C. (This isn't that performance, but the premiere). It's for soprano, flute, oboe and piano
And here is Prayers in the Night Sky, for orchestra. Maybe stretching the religious theme a bit.
And while we're on religion, here's a religious piece of quite a different bent: Ritual for the Mother, for women's voices with flute and harp. Not sure I should be spreading paganism, but it is what it is.
And Huntress for orchestra is also a bit Old time Religion too, I'm afraid.
October 24, 2011
Some new choral music
Hi folks,
Here are some recent performances of choral works of mine, from the Cleveland Chamber Singers concert of 10/18:
Ave Maria
Mass for 5 Voices:
Kyrie
Gloria
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
October 06, 2011
Beatitudes
Here's a recording of my recent choral work, The Beatitudes, from a concert given 8/28/11 at immaculate Conception Church, Cleveland.
December 02, 2010
Warm-up for 7 trumpets
This isn't for 7 trumpets; it's for organ, just like Ezra Sims' String Quartet #2 isn't for string quartet. It's a Book of Revelations reference. This is NOT played on the organ of St. Anne's, Mosely, UK, by the famed Irish/Arabic organist Finn Ali Mack, a Hauptwerk artist. There are a few infelicities in stop management, but I still think it works pretty well. If you're like a real organist and want to play this, drop me a line.
September 10, 2010
Some organ music
We haven't had a podcast here (or anything else) for awhile, so why not some of my chorale preludes, ably played by Todd Wilson?
Down Ampney
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
40 Days: a prelude on Heinlein
June 07, 2010
Mass in Honor of St. Maximilian Kolbe wins prize.
Around noon, I had a brief visit from James Flood, President of the Foundation for the Sacred Arts and music teacher at The Lyceum, whom I had just met Friday as a library patron. He stopped in to tell me that, after being judged by Susan Treacy, William Mahrt, and Richard Rice (and who better to judge me here below?), my _Mass in Honor of St. Maximilian Kolbe_ has been awarded First Prize ($4000) in the International Sacred Music Competition for Composers. The public premiere will be on August 14 by the choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington DC, under Dr. Peter Latona.
A bunch of my buds had done a demo in February, which I've been sitting on pending results of the contest. Since we have those, there's no need to hide it anymore. So here it is! Thanks to all those who made it possible (including and especially God).
Penitential rite
Glory to God
Gospel accamation
Holy holy
Memorial acclamation A
Memorial acclamation B
Memorial acclamation C
Great Amen
Lamb of God
March 11, 2010
Flute sonata
Here's my Sonata for Flute and Piano from several years back, as played by the incredible Katherine DeJongh and Eric Charnofsky on 2/28. It's one track, but two movements: "Depressive" and "Manic".