Commissioned Works

Alley Cat Love Song
-- commissioned by the Naperville North High School Treble Choir --

SSA/piano

Secular text in English by Dana Gioia

Difficulty rating (1-5): 2+
Santa Barbara Music Pub #SMBP737

The Bethlehem Star (extended work)
-- Commissioned by the South Bend Chamber Singers --

SATB div a cappella

Sacred text in English by Gerard Manley Hopkins & Latin chant excerpts

Difficulty rating (1-5): 4
Available directly

Christmas Bells
-- commissioned by the Northern Arizona University Choral Union --
    SATB/Brass (2 trpts, 2 horns, 2 t-bones,
      bass trombone, tuba)/Bell Choir/Tymp/Percussion
    Text in English by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    Difficulty rating (1-5): 3+
    Duration 5:00
    Contact Paul Carey for availability
     Click to listen to recording on Audio Page

Clap Your Hands
-- commissioned by the International Christian School, Hong Kong --
    SA/piano, optional percussion
    Traditional folk text in English ("Old Joe Clark")
    Difficulty rating (1-5): 2
    Duration 3:30
    Available directly

El Limonar Florido (The Lemon Grove in Blossom) (extended work)
-- commissioned by the Worcester (MA) Polytechnic Institute Music Dept. --

SATB/solo violin & cello

Texts in Spanish by Antonio Machado, 4 movements

Difficulty rating (1-5): 3
Available directly

Endless Worlds
-- Commissioned by the H.D. Jacobs High School (Algonquin, IL) Performing Arts Boosters --
SATB a cappella with divisi

Sacred/Secular Text in English by Rabindranath Tagore

Difficulty rating (1-5): 3.5
Contact Paul Carey for availability

Four or Five Tadpoles
-- Commissioned by the Ft. Wayne Children's Choir --

SA/musc percussion/marimba/vibraphone

Text in English, translation of Japanese text by Shimpano Kusei

Difficulty rating (1-5): 2
Available directly

Lake Song
-- Commissioned by the Milwaukee Choral Artists --

SSA/piano

Text in English by Colette Inez

Difficulty rating (1-5): 2.5
Available directly

Life has Loveliness to Sell
-- Commissioned by the Naperville Central (IL) High School Treble Choir --

SSA/piano

Text in English by Sara Teasdale

Difficulty rating (1-5): 3
Roger Dean (a division of Lorenz) catalog # 15/2314R

little tree
-- Commissioned by the Michigan State Children's Choir --

SA/piano

Text in English by E.E. Cummings

Difficulty rating (1-5): 3
Santa Barbara catalog # SMBP614

May I Be Happy
-- commissioned by the International Christian School, Hong Kong --
    SA/piano
    Traditional Buddhist texts in English
    Difficulty rating (1-5): 2
    Duration 3:30
    Available directly

Missa Brevis Incheon
-- Commissioned by the Incheon City Chorale --

SATB a capella with divisi

Sacred text in Latin (Mass Ordinary)

Difficulty rating (1-5): 4-5

Night Song
-- Commissioned by the Ft. Wayne Children's Choir --

SA/piano

Secular text in English by Jean Burden

    Difficulty rating (1-5): 2
    Duration 2:30
    Roger Dean Publishing Company catalog #15/2591R

Paint the Stars
-- Commissioned by the Cincinnati Children's Choir --
     SSA/piano
     Secular text in English by Julianna Kluger
     Difficulty rating (1-5): 2
     Duration 3:30
     Available directly

Peace on Earth...and lots of little crickets
-- commissioned piece --

SA/misc. fun percussion/marimba or synth. marimba

Secular text in English

    Difficulty rating (1-5): 2+
    Walton catalog #WLG129
    Hal Leonard catalog #HL08501658
     Click to listen to recording on Audio Page

Rain
-- Commissioned by the Cincinnati Children's Choir --
     SSA/piano
     Secular text in English by Sydney Braine
     Difficulty rating (1-5): 2
     Duration 4:00
     Available directly

Sail Away
-- Commissioned by Lisa Fredenburgh --
     SSA/piano
     Secular text in English by Rabindranath Tagore
     Difficulty rating (1-5): 3
     Duration 3:30
     Available directly

Seal Lullaby
-- Commissioned by the Ft. Wayne Children's Choir --

SA/piano

Text in English by Rudyard Kipling

Difficulty rating (1-5): 2
Roger Dean (a division of Lorenz) catalog # 15/2328R

Thanksgiving
-- Commissioned by the Michigan State University Children's Choir --

SA/piano

Text in English by Ivy O. Eastwick

Difficulty rating (1-5): 1-2
Available through Santa Barbara Music Publishing

Tiny Stars
-- commissioned piece --

String trio

    Difficulty rating (1-5): 3
    Available directly

Winter Solstice
-- Commissioned by the Santa Fe Women's Ensemble --
    SSA / harp or piano
    Secular texts in English by Elizabeth Searle Lamb and Lonnie Howard
    Difficulty rating (1-5): 3
    Duration 7:00 (2 mvmts)
    Roger Dean cat. #15/2715R

Winter's Night Carol
-- Commissioned by the Nebraska Choral Art Society --
    SATB/SA children's choir (or use SA subgroup of main choir)/brass quintet
    Sacred texts in English by Thomas Merton
    Difficulty rating (1-5): 2.5
    Available directly

You Gonna Eat That?
-- Commissioned by the Fort Wayne, Indiana Children's Choir --

Any 4-part choir (spoken text a la Toch's Geographical Fugue)

Secular text in English

Difficulty rating (1-5): 2+
Available directly

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