(This is not a complete list since
commercially published pieces are often performed without
the composer’s knowledge.)
Thank you all!
The following groups gave
performances (in some cases multiple performances of more than one
piece) of my music. If you are performing a piece, or have a recording
or YouTube performance, please let me know. Thanks!
Albuquerque, New Mexico - NMMEA
All- State Treble Choir
January 8, 2011 Performance of Alley Cat Love Song directed by Dr. Sharon Hansen
Glen Allen,
VA - Virginia Wesleyan College Singers
January 9, 2011 Performance of A City Called Heaven directed by David Clayton
FEBRUARY
Omaha, NB - Omaha All City Music
Festival High School Choir
Feb 5. 2011 Performance of
My Friend Elijah directed by
Matthew Harden
Fox Point, WI - Milwaukee Choral
Artists
Feb., 19, 2011 Performance of
Alley Cat Love Song directed by
Sharon Hansen
Hong Kong - International
Christian School
FEB
DATE TBA
Premiere of new commissioned work at Int'l Christian School Choral
Festival directed by Paul Carey
MARCH
Bedford,
VA - District VI Trebel Honors Choir
March 5, 2011 Performance of Peace on Earth...and lots of little crickets,
directed by Rebecca Tyree
Albuquerque, NM - Quintessence
March 5,6 2011 Performance of Play with your Food!, directed by Matthew Greer
Nanjing,
China - St. Mary's College Women's Choir
March 2011, dates TBA Performances of Winter Solstice, directed by Nancy Menk
Terre Haute, IN - Indiana Sate
University Concert Choir
March 25, 2011 Performance of Voices of Earth directed by Scott
Buchanan
Bethesda,
MD - Coral Cantigas
March 27, 2011 Performance of El Limonar Florido directed by Diana Saez
South Bend, IN - South Bend
Chamber Singers
March 27, 2011 Performance of Alley Cat Love Song, directed by Nancy Menk,
as part of a benefit concert titled "Howls and Meows!"
for the Humane Society of St Joseph County
APRIL
Rockford, IL - Rock Valley College
Choir
April 17, 2011 Performances of Esta Tarde, mi bien, directed by Paul laPrade
Aurora, IL - Aurora College
April 29 2011 Premiere of
Sail Away, and performance of other pieces TBA
directed by Lisa Fredenburgh
MAY
Auburn, AL - Alabama Young Voices
Festival (at Auburn University)
May 6-7, 2011
Performance of The
Star, directed by Sandra Snow
Cincinnati, OH - Cincinnati
Children's Choir
May 14, 2011
Premieres of two new commissioned works,
Rain
and
Paint the Stars, directed by Robyn Lana
JUNE
Los Angeles, CA - Vox Femina
June 18, 2011
Performance of Eve's
Confession on a cool program titled "Women Gone
Wild!", directed by Iris Levine
Chicago,
IL - Windy City Youth Choral Festival
June 25, 2011 Performance of Peace
on Earth...and lots of little crickets
directed by Lynne Gackle
2010
DECEMBER
Summit, NJ - Concord Singers
Dec. 4 2010 Performance of Unending Flame directed by Michael Sanflippo
Rock Island, IL - Augustana
College Women's Choir
Dec. 4, 5 2010
Performance of
Winter Solstice conducted by Michael Zemek
New York, NY & Montclair, NJ -
Schola Cantorum on Hudson
Dec. 4, 5 2010 Performances of Walk Mary, Down the Lane conducted by
Deborah Simpkin-King
Flagstaff. AZ - Northern
Arizona University Choral Union
Dec. 6,7,8,9 2010 Premiere of
Christmas Bells, commissioned by NAU for their 36th
Annual Holiday Dinner, directed by Edie Copley
Richmond, VA -Virginia
Commonwealth University Women's Choir
Dec. 8 2010 Performance of Winter Solstice conducted by Rebecca Tyree
Scottsdale, AZ -Scottsdale
Children's Choir
Dec. 17, 2010 Performance of Unending Flame directed by Michael Jennaya
Robinson
Concord,
MA - Concord Women's Choir
Dec. 19 2010 Performance of A Cradle Song, directed by Jane Ring Frank
South Bend,
IN - South Bend Chamber Singers
Dec. 19 2010 Performance of Ding Dong, Merrily on High, directed by Nancy Menk
NOVEMBER
VA/other east coast tour venues
- Virginia Wesleyan College Singers
Various November tour dates, 2011 Performance of A City Called Heaven directed by David Clayton
Grinnell, IA - Grinnell College
Singers
Nov. 7, 2010 Performance of El Limonar Florido, directed by John Rommereim
Winston-Salem,
NC - North Carolina MEA Elementary Honors Choir
Nov. 7, 2010 Performance of The Star, directed by Sandra Snow
Richmond, VA -Virginia
Commonwealth University Women's Choir
Nov. 7, 2010 Performance of Winter Solstice conducted by Rebecca Tyree
Durango, CO - Ft. Lewis College
HS Regional Honors Choir
Nov. 11, 2010 Performance of Life has Loveliness to Sell, directed by Chuck
Robinson
Salt Lake City, UT - BYU
Singers
Nov. 12 &13, 2010 Performances of The Night Is Young directed by Ronald Staheli
Mt. Pleasant,
MI - Western Michigan U. Cantus Femina
Nov. 13, 2010 Performance of You Begin directed by Dee Gauthier at the Michigan
ACDA Fall Conference
Normal,
IL - Illinois State University Belle Voix
Nov. 20, 2010 Performances of Eve's Confession and the new treble version of
Mashed Potato Love Song
directed by Sarah Graham
Freeport, PA - Armstrong County
Honors Choir
Nov. 18, 2010 Performance of Prairie Songs directed by Paul Carey
Bellingham,
WA - Western Washington Concert Choir
various dates in Nov. & Dec.
2010 Performances of Ain' dat a-rockin' all night directed by Leslie
Guelker-Cone
OCTOBER
Chicago,
IL - Chicago a Cappella
October 2,3,9,10 2010 Performance ofPlay with your Food! (five song version), directed by
Jonathan Miller
Atlanta, GA - The Atlanta
Sacred Chorale
October 6, 2010 Performance of Morning Person, directed by Eric Nelson
Albuquerque, NM - Quintessence
October 9, 2010 Performance of Morning Person, directed by Matthew Greer
Bozeman,
MT - Montana State University Chorale
October 18, 2010 Performance of portions of Play with your Food!, directed by
Kirk Aamot
Gainesville, FL
- University of Florida Women's
Chorale
Oct. 27, 201o Performance of A City Called Heaven directed by Mihoko Tsutsumi
JUNE/JULY
Fitzroy, Australia - Tudor
Choristers
June 27, 2010 Performance of
Play with your Food directed by
Andrew Blackburn
Raleigh, NC - North Carolina
Governor's School East Mixed Choir
June/July 2010 Multiple performances of
Play with your Food and
Hear de Lambs A-cryin'
directed by Paul Carey
MAY
Greensboro, N Carolina -
Cantabile Singers
May 2, 2010
Performance of God says Yes
to Me,
directed by Ann Doyle
Charleston, IL - Eastern
Illinois University Concert Choir
May 7, 2010 Performance of Loosin Yelav directed by April Lee
Algonquin, IL - Jacobs High
School
May 14, 2010 Endless
Worlds , commissioned by the Jacobs High School Performing
Arts Boosters,
Andrew Collins, choir director will premiere on May 14, 2010.
http://jhs.d300.org/
Saskatchewan, Canada -
Association of Canadian Choral Communities Convention
May 20-23, 2010 Interest session by Cincinnati Conservatory professor Dr. Brett
Scott entitled Music from South of the Border (meaning US/Canada border),
featuring Each Small Gleam was a
Voice and one other
work by PC
Champaign,IL - Amasong
May 22 & 23, 2010
Performance of God says Yes to Me,
ona program called In Her
Own Words
directed by
Meagan Johnson Smith
APRIL
Kitchener, Canada - Menno
Singers
April 7, 2010
Performance of Play with your Food!,
directed by Peter Nikiforuk
Brighton, MI- The Livingston
County Women's Chorus
April 18, 2010 Performance of Alley Cat
Love Song directed by Patty Marshall-Doane
Weatherford, OK -Southwestern Oklahoma State University Women's
Chorus
April 22, 2010
Performance of A City Called Heaven
and The White Rose
directed by Joyce Adams Curtis
http://www.swosu.edu/news/releases/2010/2010-04-12c.asp
MARCH
Durham,
NC and NE tour locations - Duke University Chorale
Various
March dates, 2010
Performances of Play with your Food!,
directed by Rodney Wynkop
Tucson, AZ - Incheon City
Chorale at ACDA West Division Convention
March 3rd or 4th, 2010
Performance of Missa Brevis Incheon at Incheon City Chorale interest session,
directed by Hak-won Yoon
Pittsburg, KS - Pittsburg State
University Women's Ensemble
March 6, 2010 Performance of When I bring to you coulour'd toys directed by
Dr.
Susan Marchant
Denver, CO - University
of
Denver Lamont Women's Choir
March 9, 2010
Performance of A City Called Heaven,
directed by Catherine Sailer
Hong Kong -
International Christian School,
Hong Kong
March 12, 2010 Performance of Loosin
Yelav, directed by David Baldwin (assisted by Marie
Chromik),
as part of the International Christian School Children's Choir
Festival, hosted by ICS
Memphis, TN - ACDA
Southern Division honors choir
March 13, 2010
Performance of A City Called Heaven,
directed by Sigrid Johnson
Normal, IL - Illinois
State University Belle Voix (women's choir)
March 21, 2010
Premiere of Eve's Confession
and performance of God Says Yes
to Me,
directed by Sarah Graham (entire program of pieces in manuscript by
cool composers)
Fredonia, NY - State
University of New York - Fredonia Women's choir
March 27, 2010
Performance of Cantigas de Amigo,
directed by Gwen Detwiler
FEBRUARY
Commissioned
by the Briar Cliff Singers & Chamber choir, directed by Dr. Sean
Burton, Voices of Earthwill
premiere February 14, 2010.
Louisville, KY - Kentucky Music
Educator's Association Convention
Feb. 3-6, 2010 Performance of Peace
on Earth...and lots of little crickets by the
Kentucky JHS honors choir, directed by Lynne Gackle
Chicago, IL and various
suburbs- Chicago a Cappella
Feb. 6,7,13,14, 2010 Performances of Hear
de Lambs A-cryin' directed by Patrick Sinozich
Minneapolis, MN - Bemidji State
University Choir at MMEA
Feb. 12, 2010 Performance of Play with your Food, directed by Bradley Logan,
at the Minnesota Music Educator's Association conference
Sioux City, IA - Briar Cliff
University singers
Feb. 14, 2010 Premiere of the commissioned piece Voices of Earth,
directed by friend Dr. Sean Burton, then taken on tour
to Hawaii, home of my other friends Lilo & Stitch
(and can I go too?)
Cincinnati, OH - ACDA
Central Division honors choir
Feb 27, 2010
Performance of Peace on Earth...and lots
of little crickets,
directed by Lynne Gackle
JANUARY
Santa Fe, New Mexico - The Zia
Singers
January 23 & 24, 2010
Performance of A City
called Heaven, directed by Ken Knight
2009
DECEMBER
Provo, UT - Brigham Young
University Women's Choir
Dec 4-5, 2009 Performances of Jesus, Jesus
Rest Your Head, directed by Jean Applonie
Bloomington, IL -
Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Choir
December 6, 2009 Performance ofWinter's Night Carol,
directed by J. Scott Ferguson
Oak Park, IL - Oak Park/River Forest Children's Choir
December 6 & 19, 2009 Performances of I Saw Three Ships, directed
by Bill Chin
Dallas, TX - The Texas Voices
December 6, 2009 Performance of Shepherd's Rejoice,
directed by Alan Dyer
Jersey City, NJ - Schola
Cantorum on the Hudson
Dec. 6 & 12 (12th in NYC) Performances of Ain' dat A-Rockin All Night,
directed by Deborah Simpkin- King
Pittsburgh, PA -
University of Pittsburgh Women's Choir
December 12, 2009 Performance of Winter Solstice,
directed by Lorraine Milovac
Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe
Women's Ensemble
Dec. 11, 13, 18, 20
Performances of
Winter Solstice, directed by Linda Raney
Naperville, IL -
Naperville Young Singers
December 13, 2009
Performances of Loosin Yelav and
Unending Flame,
conducted by Angie Johnson
Pasadena, CA - Vox Femina
of Los Angeles
Dec. 12, 2009
Performance of Cantarcillo de la Virgen,
conducted by Iris Levine
Naperville, IL - Touring Chorus of Anima, Young Singers of
Greater Chicago
December 19, 2009
Performances of I Saw Three Ships,
directed by founder/artistic director Emily Ellsworth
NOVEMBER
Nacogdoches, TX - Stephen
F. Austin State University Choral Union
Nov. 3, 2009 Performance of large scale piece Into this World,
directed by David Howard
Denver, CO - University
of
Denver Lamont Women's Choir
November 18, 2009
Performance of Wexford Carol,
directed by Catherine Sailer
Pittsburgh, PA -
University of Pittsburgh Women's Choir
November 15, 2009 Performance of
Winter Solstice,
directed by Lorraine Milovac, hosting the Women's College Choir
Festival
South Bend, IN - St.
Mary's College Women's Choir
November 19, 2009
Performance of
A City Called Heaven,
directed by Dr. Nancy Menk, at the 25th Annual
St. Mary's Women's Choir Invitational
Bloomington, IL -
Illinois Wesleyan University Chamber Singers
November 19, 2009
Performance of Play with your Food!,
directed by J. Scott Ferguson
Bellingham, WA - Western
Washington University Choir
November 22, 2009
Performance of My Friend Elijah,
conducted by Timothy Fitzpatrick
OCTOBER
Bemidji, MN- Bemidji
State University Choir
Oct. 4, 2009 Performance of Play with your Food! Directed by
Bradley Logan
Warrensburg, MO -
University of Central Missouri Women's Chorus
Oct. 4, 2009
Performance of Lake Song,
directed by pal Lisa Fredenburgh
Baltimore, MD - Chapel
Choir of the Cathedral of the Incarnation
Oct. 17, 2009 Performance of Hear de Lambs a-Cryin'
for the instillation of
Hal Ley Hayek as Dean of the Cathedral, Diocese of Maryland
Tempe, AZ - Arizona State
University Symphonic Chorale
Oct. 17, 2009 Performance of My Friend
Elijah, directed by Dr. Gregory
Gentry
Incheon City, Korea
(Seoul Music Center)- Incheon City Chorale
Oct. 20, 2009
Premiere of
Missa Brevis Incheon commissioned by the Incheon City Chorale, directed
by Hak-won Yoon
Also included on the program: a spiritual set of
My Friend Elijah,
Go Down Moses, and
Peter Go Ring-a dem Bells
SEPTEMBER
Vancouver, BC and
Longview, WA - Chor Anno
Sept. 19 & 20, 2009
Performances of
My Friend Elijah by the new professional ensemble Chor Anno, directed by Howard Meharg
JULY Raleigh, NC- North
Carolina Governor's School East Choir
July 24, 2009
Performance of Clear Pool and Lake Song by the Governor's School
choir directed by
Paul Carey
Interlochen, MI
Performance of Play with your Food!
JUNE Raleigh, NC- North
Carolina Governor's School East Choir
June 30 & July 1, 2009
Performances of Loosin Yelav and You begin by the Governor's School
choir directed
by Paul Carey
MAY Cincinnati, OH--The Vocal Arts
Ensemble
May 1 and May 3, 2008 Premiere performance by this fine professional
choir of Each Small Gleam was a Voice (beautiful text by Stephen
Crane) conducted by Brett Scott, with special guest pianist Michael
Chertock
Hinsdale, IL- The Hinsdale Chamber
Singers
May 25, 2009 Premiere of a new SATB/piano (no divisi!)
titled piece Prairie Songs
(fun early texts by Carl Sandburg) commissioned by the
Hinsdale Chamber singers, conducted by Gordon Krauspe
Upper St. Clair, PA
May 28, 2009 Premiere of three new SATB a cappella
spiritual arrangements commissioned by the Music
Boosters of Upper St. Clair HS, conducted by moi or good friend
Lorraine Milovac
APRIL British Columbia (various
locations)-
Canadian Mennonite University Chamber Choir (two week tour)
Performances of My
Friend Elijah conducted by Janet Brenneman
MARCH Minnesota- various MMEA children's choir festivals
March and April various dates Performances of
Peace on Earth...and lots of little crickets
FEBRUARY Jonesboro, GA- Georgia State 6th
Grade Honors Choir
February 7, 2009 Performance of
Peace on Earth...and lots of little crickets conducted by
Cristy Ray
Madison, WI- The Festival Choir
February 28, 2009 Premiere of a large-scale piece titled
Into this World
(texts by Elinor Wylie, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rilke,
and Natalie Goldberg) commissioned for the Festival Choir
of Madison, WI. The concert will also hold Randall Thompson's
Peacable Kingdom,
spiritual arrangements by Carey, Sister Marion Verhaalen,
and Moses Hogan, and other works by Paul Carey and Paul Crabtree,
conducted by Paul Carey and John Wack
JANUARY Peoria, IL - Illinois State
University Select Women's Choir (Belle Voix)
showcased @ the Illinois MENC State convention
January 30, 2008 Performance of You Begin,one of my own personal
faves,
conducted by good friend Karyl Carlson
2008
JANUARY
Omaha,
NE - The Heartland Festival High School
Women’s Honor Choir
January 18 & 19, 2008
The
University of Omaha Heartland Festival
High School Women's Honors Choir, directed
by Dr. Matt Harden, will perform
The White
Rose
FEBRUARY
Peoria, IL - Rock
Valley College Chamber Singers
February 1, 2008
The Rock Valley College Chamber Singers, directed by Paul LaPrade, will
premiere Thou
art the Skyat the Illinois MENC convention
Jonesboro, Georgia (near Atlanta) - The Georgia
MEA All -State Sixth Grade Chorus
February 1,2 2008
The Georgia MEA All -State Sixth Grade Chorus, directed by guest
conductor Emily Ellsworth will perform
Loosin Yelav (SA/piano version)
Milwaukee, WI - The Milwaukee Choral Artists
February 16, 2008 The Milwaukee Choral Artists will premiere of a piece,
Lake Song,
commissioned for the MCA's 10th anniversary
Grand Rapids, MI - ACDA Central Division
Convention
February 20-23, 2008 The ACDA Central Division Convention
Children's Honors Choir, directed by Mary Alice Stollak, will sing
Thanksgiving (also,
Alley Cat Love Song will be in
a convention reading session of women's choir music)
Kansas City, MO-- The Singing
Girls of Texas
February 22, 2008 Perfomance of I Saw Three Ships
conducted by Mark Stamper, at the ACDA Southwestern Division
Convention
MARCH
Nagodotches, TX- Stephen Austin
State University Women's Choir
March 3, 2008 Performance of
The
White Rose, conducted by David Howard
Fargo, North Dakota-- Kantorei
(Central Dakota Children's Choir)
March 6, 2008
Performance of Loosin Yelav
(SA version) at the ACDA North Central Division
Convention, conducted by Mike Seil
Los Angeles, CA- Vox Femina
March 8, 2008 Performance of
God Says Yes
to Me
conducted by Iris
Levine
Memphis, TN- The Wolf River
Singers
March 8-9. 2008 Performances of
My Friend Elijah, conducted by Ben Legett
London, England- AMIS
International Honor Choir
March 15, 2008 Performance of
Loosin Yelav (SATB version), conducted by guest
conductor Andre Thomas
Mexico - University of Nebraska (Omaha)
Chamber Choir tour of Mexico
March 2008
My Friend
Elijah will be part of the
tour program
Miami, FL - The University of
Miami Chorale
March 28, 2008
The University of Miami Chorale (arguably the best collegiate choir in
the country) directed by Jo-Michael Scheibe, will sing
Bright Morning
Stars
APRIL
Milwaukee, WI-- Bel Canto
(Nebraska Children's Chorus)
April 10, 2008 Performance of my SSAA arrangement of Dan Gawthrop's Sing me to
Heaven--at the MENC National Conference, conducted by Sean Burton
Richmond, VA-- VCU Women's
Choir
April 11 & 14, 2008 Performance of Alley Cat Love
Song by the Virginia Commonwealth university Women's
Choir conducted by Rebecca Tyree
Folsom, CA-- Three Rivers
Chorale
April 27, 2008 Performance of Alley Cat Love
Song by the women of the group, conducted by Catherine
Fagiolo
Atlanta, GA-- Emory
University Women's Choir
April 27, 2008 Performance of Cantigas de
Amigo conducted by Jeremiah Selvey
Normal, IL - The Illinois
State Concert Choir
April 27, 2008
The Illinois State Concert Choir, directed by Karyl Carlson, will
premiere the piece
HUSH
MAY
East
Lansing, MI-- Michigan State University Children's Choir
May 10, 2008 Premiere of
Now to Sleep by the Michigan State University
Children's Choir conducted by double Grammy award winner Mary Alice
Stollak
Bronxville, NY-- Sarah Lawrence
College Chamber Choir
May 11, 2008 Performance of My Friend Elijah,
conducted by Patrick Romano
Memphis, TN-- The Wolf River Singers
May 31, 2008 Performance of Cantigas de Amigo by the women of the group,
conducted by Ben Legett
AUGUST
Ottawa and Toronto, Canada- Ontario Youth Choir
August 23, Ottawa; August 24, Toronto Performances of
Play with your Foodby the
Ontario Youth Choir,
conducted by Linda Beaupre
OCTOBER
Milwaukee, WI - The Milwaukee Choral Artists
October 10, 2008 Premiere of revised version of
A City called Heaven conducted by Sharon Hansen
Naperville , IL- massed festival treble choir
October 11, 2008 Performance of Alley Cat Love Song by massed choirs at a Treble
Choir Festival cosponsored by Naperville North HS and the Illinois
State University Choral Department
Grand Rapids, MI-- The Holland Chorale
October 11, 2008 Performance of Play with your Food
conducted by Gary Bogle
Appleton, WI- The White Heron Chorale
October 11, 2008 WorldPremiere of Morning Person
& performance of The Night is
Young
conducted by good friend Rick Bjella
Nacogdoches, TX - Stephen F. Austin
University Choir
October 14, 2008 Performance of Go Down Mosesconducted by David Howard
Manassas, VA- Prince William All County
Women's Choir
October 25, 2008
Performance of The White Rose
conducted by guest clinician
Rebecca Tyree
Winnipeg, Canada- Mennonite
University Women's Chorus
October 25, 2008 Performance of God Says Yes to Meconducted by Janet Brenneman
Upper St. Clair, PA--
Pennsylvania MENC Honors Choir
October 25, 2008
Performances of Loosin Yelav
and
Peter
Go Ring-a dem Bells conducted by Paul Carey
Chicago, IL- The Milwaukee Choral Artists
November 15, 2008 Chicago premiere of revised version of
A City called Heaven
conducted by Sharon Hansen
Middlebury, Vermont- The Middle
College Women's Glee Club
November 14, 2008
Performance of Cantigas
de Amigo by this newly formed group,
directed by Jessica Allen
New Wilmington, PA- Westminster
College Women's Choir
November 21, 2008 Performances of The
Curlew's Songand A
Million Miracles
conducted by Mr. Kris Harper
Hamilton, NY- The Colgate
University Concert Choir
November 23, 2008 Performance of
Ding Dong Merrily on Highconducted by
James Niblock
Ann Arbor, MI-- The
Michigan Youth Women's Chorale
November 24, 2008 Performance of Alley Cat Love
Songconducted by Julie Skadsem
Flagstaff, AZ- North
Arizona State University Women's Chorus
November 30, 2008
Performance of Unending Flameconducted by Ryan Holder
DECEMBER
Flagstaff, AZ- North
Arizona State University Women's Chorus
December 1,2,3 2008
Performances of Unending Flameconducted by Ryan Holder
Plymouth, VT- Manchester Choral
Society
December 4-5, 2008 Performances of
Winter's Night Carol and
Ding Dong Merrily on High conducted by Dan Perkins
Portland, OR- Oregon Repertory Singers Youth
Choir
December 6, 2008 Performance of Unending Flameconducted by Kris van Auken
Pittsburgh,
PA- University of Pittsburgh Women's Choral Ensemble
December 6, 2008
Performance in Heinz Chapel of Winter
Solstice conducted by good friend Lorraine Milovac,
with guest harpist Lucy Scandrett (this is the first performance of
this piece after its premiere by the commissioning party, the Santa
Fe Women's Choir)
Normal,
IL- Illinois State University Massed Choirs
December 7, 2008
Performance of
Blow ye the Trumpet Blow
by the massed choirs on
this holiday concert conducted by Karyl Carlson
(this piece will be in print by sbmp in January)
Tallahassee, FL- Voces
Angelorum
December 7, 2008
Performance of
I Saw Three Shipsconducted by Charles Witmer
Lewisburg, PA- The Bucknell University Choir
December 5,7 & 9, 2008 Performances of Ding Dong Merrily on High conducted by William Payn
Worcester, MA-- Massachusetts
Symphony Orchestra
December 13, 2008 Performance of Unending Flame (SATB choir and orchestra version).
With massed choirs from Anna Maria College, Assumption College,
Clark College, Worcester State University, and Worcester Polytechnic
Institute-- all onducted by good friend
John Delorey
Grand Rapids, MI - Michigan State
Univ Women's Chamber Ensemble
January 26, 2007
DeVos Place
Second Annual
Michigan Music Conference
(conference runs Jan
25-27)
The Michigan State University Women’s Chamber Ensemble, directed
by Dr,. Sandra Snow, will premiere
God
Says Yes to Me
FEBRUARY
Fort Collins, CO - Colorado All-State
Women's Choir
Feb 4-07, 2007 The Colorado All-State Women's Choir, directed by guest
conductor Lynne Gackle, will perform The
White Rose (to be published by Walton)
Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee Choral Artists
Feb 9, 2007
Milwaukee Choral Artists, directed by Sharon Hansen will sing Alley Cat Love Songin a
program called: ONE PERFECT ROSE, Love and
Passion in Music and Word - A Valentine's Day Concert;
7:30 pm; Women's Club of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
813 East Kilbourn Avenue
MARCH
Kalamazoo, MI
- Western MI University Choir March 15, 2007
The Western Michigan University Choir, directed by
Dr. James Bass, sings Loosin Yelav,
at the 69th Annual Western Michigan Choral Festival
Chicago, IL - Honors Choir for the American
Kodaly Educators' Annual Convention
March 22-24, 2007 The Honors Choir for the Annual Convention of the
Organization of American Kodaly Educators, directed by Emily
Ellsworth, will perform Where go the
Boats (published by Roger Dean)
Santa Clara, CA - The Choral
Project March 25, 2007
The Choral Project, directed by Daniel Hughes, sings
Go Down, Moses in a guest
artist concert for the Santa Clara Concert Association
Indianapolis, IN - University of
Indianapolis Women's Choir
March 31, 2007
The University of Indianapolis Women's Choir, directed by
Dr. Paul Kraznovsky, will perform Alley
Cat Love Song
Holland, MI - Hope College Concert Choir Hope College Concert Choir, directed by Dr. Brad
Richmond, will perform My Friend Elijah
(published soon by Walton)
Rochester, NY - University of Rochester
Women's Choir The University of Rochester Women's Choir will perform
the Lark in the Clear Air
(to be published 2008 by Walton)
APRIL
Pittsburgh, PA - University of
Pittsburg Women's Ensemble
April 13, 2007
The University of Pittsburgh Women's Ensemble, directed
by Lorraine Milovac, will perform God Says
Yes to Me, and A City called
Heaven, in a concert at Heinz Chapel.
Ann Arbor, MI - University of Michigan
Men's Glee Club April 14, 2007 The University of Michigan Men's Glee Club, directed by Paul
Rardin, will premiere Jenny Kiss'd Me,
to be published by Santa Barbara in June.
Various tour venues in
Pennsylvania,
April 15-17, 2007
Edinboro, PA
April 22, 2007 The University Singers of Edinboro University (PA), directed by
Peter van den Honert, will perform My Friend
Elijah,Hear de Lambs a-cryin',
and Peter Go Ring-a dem Bells
in a concert on campus. They will perform the same music on a tour of
Pennsylvania later in April.
Tampa, FL - University of
South Florida Bel Canto Women's Choir
April 26, 2007
University of South Florida Bel Canto Women's Choir, directed by
Lynne Gackle, will perform
The White Rose
MAY Milwaukee, WI
- University of WI/Milwaukee Women's Choir
May 5, 2007 The University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee Women's Choir, directed
by Gloria Hansen, will perform The Mashed
Potato Love Song from Play
with your Food!
Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College
Capella May 6, 2007, 8pm, free admission
The Calvin College Capella will perform
El
Limonar Florido (The Lemon Grove in Blossom), a
large scale piece with texts by Antonio Machado. Many thanks to
their director Joel Navarro for taking on this piece for its Midwest
premiere
Charleston, SC - Motet Singers of
Myers Park Baptist Church The Motet Singers of Myers Park Baptist Church
performed Behold I tell you a Mystery
(published by Oxford) in concerts at their Charlotte, NC church
Spring 2007 and at a special concert at the famous Piccolo Spoleto
Festival in Charleston, SC May 26, 2007.
JULY Green Lake,
WI - National Conference of the Fellowship of American Baptist
Musicians
July 14-21, 2007 Sharon Hansen, guest clinician, will direct
Bright Morning
Stars with the grade 8-12 Youth Choir at the National
Conference of the Fellowship of American Baptist Musicians.
Evanston, IL -
National High School Institute of Music
July 27, 2007 The choir of the National High School Institute of
Music, held at Northwestern University, will sing
Peter, Go Ring-a dem Bells,
directed by Grammy-winner Mary Alice Stollak
OCTOBER
Ithaca, NY- The Ithaca
College Women's Chorale October 7, 2007 The Ithaca College Women's Chorale,
directed by Janet Galvan will perform three movements from Cantigas de Amigo
Indianapolis, IN - University of Indianapolis Women's Choir,
October 17, 2007 The Univ of Indianapolis Women's Choir, directed by Paul
Krasnovsky will performGod Says Yes to Me
Mount Pleasant, MI - Central Michigan
University Chamber Singers October 21, 2007 The Central Michigan University Chamber Singers, directed by Nina
Nash-Robertson will perform The Blind Man,
plus two other selections TBA
St Johns University, Minnesota
- The Women's Choral of Northwestern College
Oct 27, 2007 The Women's Chorale of Northwestern
College, directed by Mary Kay Geston, performed El Noi De
la Mare,
as part of the Minnesota ACDA 18Th Annual Men's and Women's Choir
Festival
Ithaca, NY - The Cornell University Chorus October 28, 2007 The Cornell University Chorus, directed by Scott Tucker will
performThe Lark in the Clear
Air
NOVEMBER
Notre Dame, IN - The University of St. Mary's
Collegiate Choir
Nov. 8, 2007 The University of St. Mary's Collegiate Choir, directed by
Nancy Menk will perform Cantigas de Amigo
Blair,
Nebraska - The EMC Choral Clinic
November 12, 2007
My Friend
Elijah
will be showcased at the EMC Choral
Clinic
Des Moines, Iowa - The Drake
Chorale
November 18 - Cavalcade of Choirs Concert The Drake Chorale, conducted by Barbara Sletto, will perform
The White Rose
DECEMBER
East Lansing, MI - The Michigan State
University Children's Choir
December 1 and
December 16, 2007 A
new Hanukkah piece, Unending Flame,
for children's choir with orchestra, commissioned by the Grammy winning
Michigan State University Children's Choir will be premiered Dec. 1st.
The piece will
also be sung Dec. 16th by the MSU Children's Choir with the Lansing
Symphony Orchestra
visit
www.lansingsymphony.org
MSU's Home for
the Holidays:
Date: 12/1/2007 Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center, Shaw Lane at Bogue
Street
East Lansing, MI
Symphony Orchestra, Women’s Glee Club, Men’s Glee Club, Children’s
Choir, and State Singers
Madison, WI - The Festival Choir of Madison
Dec. 1, 2007 The Festival Choir of Madison, directed by Drew Collins will
premiere the harp accompanied version ofDing Dong
Merrily on High
http://www.festivalchoir.org/
Chicago, Illinois - The Women's Choir of North Park College Dec. 1 & 2,
2007 The women's choir of North Park College,
directed by Margie Johnston, will perform A Cradle Song
Normal, Illinois
- The Women's Choir of Illinois State University
Dec 2, 2007 The women's choir of Illinois State
University, under the direction of Dr. Karyl Carlson, will perform the
orchestrated version of
I Saw three Ships.
East Lansing, MI - The Michigan State
University Children's Choir
Dec 2007 (exact date TBA) The Michigan State University Children's Choir, directed by
Mary Alice Stollak will premiere of a commissioned arrangement ofThe Teddy Bear's
Picnic, for the choir's annual Teddy Bear Tea (the
arrangement is very silly)
Omaha, NE - The Nebraska Choral Arts Society
December 7 & 8, 2007 The Nebraska Choral Arts Society will premiere of a
commission to celebrate their 25th anniversary, Winter Night's Carol,
for SATB, children's choir and brass. Plus the premiere of the
choral/brass version ofDing Dong Merrily on
High
http://www.choirmusic.org/
Wheaton, IL - The Glen Ellyn
Children's Chorus (Concert Choir)
December 15, 2007 The Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus (Concert Choir) will perform
Peace on Earthand
Hope
as part of their holiday concert in Edman Chapel,
Wheaton College
http://www.gechildrenschorus.org
Vancouver,
Canada- musica intima
December 2009
Performance of Cantarcillo de la
Virgenby one of the best choirs in Canada
2006
DECEMBER
Lancaster, CA - Belle Voci Dorate
December 3
Belle Voci Dorate, directed by Heather KinKennon, will perform the
Christmas carol
Cantarcillo de la Virgen
Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College
Capella Dec 8, 2006 The Calvin College Capellawill perform
Il est ne le Divin Enfant
Pittsburgh,
PA - Pittsburgh University Women's Ensemble Dec 9, 2006 The Pittsburgh University Women's
Ensemble, directed by Lorraine Milovac, will perform
The Wexford Carol Lansing, MI - Lansing Symphony &
MI State Univ Children's Choir December 17 The Lansing (MI) Symphony Orchestra with Grammy winning
Mary Alice Stollak and her
Michigan State University Children's Choir
will perform the orchestrated version of I Saw Three Ships
Santa Fe, NM
December 3, 8, 10, 15, 17 - Santa Fe Women's Ensemble The
Santa Fe Women's Ensemble will premiere a new piece they have
commissioned from me, Winter Solstice,
for SSA/harp or piano. The texts are by New Mexico poets Lonnie
Howard and the late Elizabeth Searle Lamb.
NOVEMBER
South Bend, Indiana - St.
Mary's University Women's Choir
November 9, 16, 17
The St. Mary's University Women's Choir, directed by Dr. Nancy Menk,
will perform Alley Cat Love Song
OCTOBER 2006
Milwaukee, WI - The
Milwaukee Choral Artists
October 14, 2006 The
Milwaukee Choral Artists will sing A
City called Heaven in a concert called Songs of
Survival -- musical profiles in courage that illuminate the
indomitable human spirit. From the songbook of our own country, the
evening will resound with African American spirituals and sacred
songs as well as songs from everyday life and from diverse social
movements.
Rome, GA - The Shorter
College Choir
October 15
The Shorter College Choir, directed by Matthew Hoch, will give the
premiere of the spiritual arrangement
Peter Go Ring-a dem Bells
Indianapolis, IN - University of
Indianapolis Women's Choir
October 22 (also March 31, 2007)
The University of Indianapolis Women's Choir, directed by
Dr. Paul Kraznovsky, will perform Alley
Cat Love Song
Grand Rapids, MI - ACDA State
Convention
Calvin College
October 28
The
Michigan State University Children's Choir,
directed by Grammy winner Mary Alice Stollak will premiere my
arrangement of Loosin Yelav,
an Armenian folk song (to be published by Santa Barbara Music
Press).
JULY 2006
Pasadena, CA - Nat'l Assn of
Church Musicians Convention
Date TBA "God is My Salvation",
performed by a special auditioned chamber choir, directed by guest
conductor Charles Bruffy, as part of the National Assocation of Church
Musicians annual convention. The program also holds the Rutter Gloria.
website:
http://www.nacmhq.org/content/summer_conference/
JUNE
New York, NY - C4, a Choral Composer/Conductor Collective June 9, 2006 Premiere of Briefly It Enters, and Briefly
Speaks by "C4", a new choir comprised of young composers and choral
conductors, in New York City. For more info on C4, go to
www.c4ensemble.org
My Friend
Elijah, performed by the Michigan All-State Choir,
directed by Dr. Sharon Hansen
APRIL
LaGrange, Illinois - Lyons
Township High School
April 6, 2006; 7:30 pm Lyons Township HS Treble Choir, directed
by Connie Lyda, will premiere the new arrangement of
A City Called
Heaven. The program also features my SSAA version of
Dan Gawthrop's classic,
Sing me to Heaven.
Chicago and Midwest
March 17-27, 2006
The Cappella
of Calvin College, directed by Dr. Joel Navarro, will perform
A Million
Miracles on their March Midwest tour concerts. It will
be sung at all the concerts except the concert at Fourth Presbyterian
Church in Chicago.
The SSAA arangement of Dan Gawthrop's
Sing Me to Heaven will be
one of the selections on a program entitled A Spring Offering.
website:
www.sfwe.org
Holland,
Michigan
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Holland Chorale Community Enrichment Concert Guest Conductor Charles Bruffy Zeeland Community Reformed Church - 7:30pm Concert; 7:00pm pre concert talk
Guest conductor Charles Bruffy will lead the Holland Chorale in the
beautiful Faure “Requiem” and the Rutter “Gloria”. Bruffy will
complement these featured works with a variety of high-powered choral
selections, including my own God is
My
Salvation, originally written for Charles' Kansas City
Chorale. website:
www.hollandchorale.org
FEBRUARY
Oak Park & Chicago, IL -
Chicago a Cappella
FEBRUARY 11 & 18, 2006
Chicago a cappella will be singing the
world premiere of Here da Lambs a-cryin
as part of their concert of American spirituals.
JANUARY
Peoria, Ilinois
JANUARY 262006
Premiere of Alley
Cat Love Song, a new piece commissioned by the
Naperville North High School Treble Choir, directed by JimYabrough,
at the Illinois IMEA convention.
2005
DECEMBER
Northfield, Minnesota - St. Olaf
Manitou Singers
DECEMBER
1,2,3,4
I Saw Three Ships,
performed by the St.Olaf Manitou SIngers conducted by Sigrid Johnson,
as part of the St, Olaf Christmas Festival. Visit the Christmas
Festival website at
www.stolaf.edu/christmasfest/ for ticket info, radio broadcast
listings around the country, and CD sales. This is the big Christmas
concert that is broadcast on TV and radio around the country. If you
attend in person there is a Scandinavian smorgasbord!
Santa Fe, New Mexico - Santa Fe
Woman's Ensemble
DECEMBER
4.9.11.16.18
The new arrangement of The
Wexford Carol will be sung by the Santa Fe Women's Ensemble in a
concert celebrating the holiday season and the beginning of their 25th
year of concerts. The concerts, conducted by Linda Raney, will be held
in the beautiful Loretto Chapel.
Chicago, Illinois - Roosevelt
University Women's Choir
DECEMBER
5, 7:30 PM
The Roosevelt University Women's Choir,
directed by Anne Heider, will perform "I
Saw Three Ships" at Ganz Hall, 430 S. Michigan Avenue
in Chicago.
Lansing, Michigan - Michigan
State University Children's Choir
I Saw Three Ships
will be performed at the St. Mary's College Lessons and Carols in
Loretto Chapel - accompanied by liturgical dancers
NOVEMBER
Oak Park, Illinois - OPRF
Children's Choir
November 6
"Thanksgiving"
performed by the Oak Park and River Forest Children's Choir
Canterini Singers, directed by Rosetta Sellers-Varela
Minneapolis, Minnesota -
VocalEssence
Nov. 27
Summer's Bounty,
the first movement of Play with your Food!, will be sung by
one of the great choirs in this country, VocalEssence
directed by Philip Brunelle, in a special collaborative Thanksgiving
concert with Garrison Keillor entitled "We Gather Together". For
more info, visit
http://www.vocalessence.org/concerts/2gather.php
Fredericksburg, Virginia -
Univ. of Mary Washington Women's Choir
November 28
Premiere of a new arrangement of "The
Wexford Carol" and also a performance of "El
Noi de la Mare" by the University of Mary Washington
Women's Choir, directed by Jane Tavernier
OCTOBER
Chicago (and suburbs), Illinois
Oct. 1,7,8
Play with your Food!
will be sung by Chicago A Cappella in a concert entitled "The
Musical Food Groups". In a new twist, director Jonathan Miller
will ask the audience to choose the order of the five movements of
the piece, like designing a menu at a restaurant. If you haven't
heard the "Mashed Potato/Love Song", this will surely be a
great performance of that ditty! visit
www.chicagoacappella.org for further info.
Oct 1st in Oak Park;Oct. 7th in Chicago; Oct. 8th in
Evanston
Grand Rapids, MI - MI State Univ
Children's Choir
Oct. 28
"little tree"
and "Thanksgiving", two new
pieces commissioned by
The Michigan State University Children’s Choir,
will be premiered at the Michigan ACDA Fall convention. Both pieces
will be published soon by Santa Barbara Music Press.
MAY
May 1
— The White Rose will be premiered
by the Manitou Singers of
St. Olaf College, directed by Sigrid
Johnson
Spring (date?) Play with Your Food!
performed by Treble by Nature, Denver, CO
APRIL
April 9, 15, and 17
— Will
You Be Sensible, Girl!
will be premiered by
chicago a cappella, directed by Jonathan Miller, in Oak Park,
Evanston, and Chicago, IL
April 25— Play with Your Food! will be
performed by The Boston Conservatory Women's Chorale, directed by
John Delorey
April 29
— Cantigas de Amigo (in the four
cello version) performed by the Santa Monica High School Women's
Ensemble, directed by Christopher Rhodes
MARCH
March 5, 12
— My Friend Elijah(SSA and piano)
will be premiered by
Vox Caelestis Women’s Chorus in Oak Park,IL
and Chicago, IL
March 6
— The mixed chorus version of
Play with
Your Food! will be premiered by
South Bend Chamber Singers, directed by
Nancy Menk
March 17 — The Night is Young will be
premiered by Elgin High School Treble Choir, directed by Roz Zager
March 17
—
Drop Thy Still Dews of Quietness will
be premiered by the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory
Chorale, directed by Charles Robinson
March 26
— World Premiere of
God is my Salvation
for double SATB choir and two trumpets by the
Kansas City Chorale, under the direction of Charles Bruffy. This
piece was composed especially for this Easter concert at the
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The Kansas City area’s musical pride
and joy, the Kansas City Chorale, returns to perform its much-lauded
Easter Saturday concert. The 24-artist Chorale, led by artistic
director Charles Bruffy, earns its reputation as a word-class
ensemble through live performances and numerous recordings which
have received rave reviews nationwide.
FEBRUARY
February 2-5— Sing me to Heaven
performed at
the national ACDA convention in Los Angeles by Greece Arcadia High
Women's Choir, directed by Kristy Kosko
Feb 6
— A Cradle Song sung as an
All-State choir selection at the Georgia MENC convention, conducted
by my pal Rollo Dilworth
Feb 10
— Play with Your Food! performed by The Alden Voices of
The Worcester Polytechnic Institute, directed by John Delorey
Feb 12
— The Lark in the Clear Air will
be performed by the
Milwaukee Choral Artists, directed by Dr. Sharon Hansen
Feb. 27—El Limonar Florido
will be
premiered by the Worcester
Polytechnic Institute Men's Glee Club, assisted by women form
the Boston Conservatory at the Worcester, Massachusetts Art Museum.
Also, the premiere of Eine Klezmer Nachtmusik on the
same concert.
Feb. 27—My Friend Elijah (SATB) will be
premiered by
The Grinnell Singers, under the direction of Dr. John Rommereim,
with subsequent performance on their March midwest tour
JANUARY
January 28
— Drop thy still Dews of Quietness
premiered by the University of Missouri at Kansas City Conservatory
Choir, directed by Chuck Robinson, at the Missouri MENC convention
2004
Jan 30 —
Cantigas de Amigo (in the new piano
version) performed by Naperville North (IL)High School Treble Choir,
directed by Jim Yarbrough at the IMEA
All-State music conference in Peoria, IL
May 6,8,15,16
— World premiere of Esta Tarde, mi bien (This Evening,
my love), first prize winner of the Cambridge Madrigal
Singers International Composition
Competition for 2004. The May 6thpremiere
was by the Cambridge Madrigal
Singers, directed by Dr. Raymond Fahrner, at the McDowell Colony in New Hampshire; subsequent
performances in Boston
June
— Performances of various pieces by the Naperville North High
School Mixed Choir on tour of Boston and New York City
Performances by the
Ft. Wayne’s Children’s Choir, directed by Fred Meads, at
PICCFest (part of the Oregon Bach Festival)
Summer
Various pieces featured in ACDA reading sessions in New York,
Massachusetts, Ohio, Alabama, Florida, Illinois
Fall
Various pieces featured in ACDA reading sessions in Michigan,
Colorado and Wisconsin
Oct 29 — Cantarcillo de la
Virgen, performed by The Western Michigan University Women’s
Chorale, directed by Dee Gauthier, at the Michigan Fall ACDA
conference
Oct 30 — Behold, I Tell You a
Mystery, by Howl!, directed by mixologist supreme Jonathan
Davids, In New York City
Nov 6 — A Cradle Song,
performed by Belle Voci, directed by Margaret Green, in Portland,
OR
Nov 14-15 — Sing me to Heaven,
performed by Vox Femina, directed by Dr. Iris Levine, in Los
Angeles,CA
Dec 18 — I Saw Three Ships,
performed by Bel Canto (The Mississippi Childchoir) directed by
Lillian Lee
Dec 19 — World premiere of The
Bethlehem Star, a large scale SATB a cappellapiece commissioned by the
South Bend Chamber Singers, Dr. Nancy Menk, director
December — A Cradle Song performed by the North Park
College Choir, directed by Dr. Rollo Dilworth
2003
Performances of various pieces by:
The Affinity String Trio premiers Tiny Stars
•The Boston Conservatory
Women’s Ensemble, directed by John Delorey
Albuquerque,
NM - Quintessence
March 5,6 2011 Performance of
Play with your Food!, directed by Matthew
Greer
Cincinnati, OH - Cincinnati
Children's Choir
May 14, 2011
Premieres of two new commissioned works,
Rain
and
Paint the Stars, directed by Robyn Lana
Saskatchewan, Canada May 20-23, 2010
Interest Session by Cincinnati Conservatory prof Dr. Brett Scott
will feature Each Small Gleam was a
Voice and another Carey piece TBA
Champaign, IL May 22 & 23, 2010
Performance of God says Yes to Me,
ona program called In Her
Own Words
directed by
Meagan Johnson Smith
Commissioned
by the Briar Cliff Singers & Chamber choir, directed by Dr. Sean
Burton, 
