Northern Arizona University and Dr. Edith Copley will premiere "Your Hand in Mine" this coming February. The performance will take place as a part of the Annual Jazz/Madrigal Festival Host Concert at the Ardrey Memorial Auditorium on the NAU campus. Dr. Copley has informed be there will be over 1,500 high school students in attendance. 

Another work will premiere with Dr. Joseph Ohrt and the Central Bucks High School-West Choir. 

The Baylor Men's Choir under the direction of Randall Bradley will perform "Jesu Dulcis Memoria" as a part of their Southwest ACDA performance in Oklahoma City. 

The Master Singers of Eau-Claire, WI will premiere "Your Little Ones" as a part of their Lessons and Carols. The work is written for SATB choir, strings, and oboe. 

"Let us Walk Softly on the Earth" will premiere. Written for Dr. Joseph Ohrt and the Central Bucks High School-West Choir. 

"Waves that Seek the Shore" will premiere with the Master Singers of Eau Claire, WI. 

I will be writing a 3-5 minute work for unaccompanied choir for the Fox Chapel Area High School Madrigal Singers. The ensemble is located in Pittsburgh, PA and is conducted by Benjamin Murray. The work will be performed at the PA ACDA Conference in 2017. 

The Master Singers of Eau Claire Wisconsin will premiere, "Circles of Motion" with text by Joy Harjo. The piece will premiere on March 18th at the Basilica of St. Mary's in Minneapolis, MN. 

The Master Singers of Eau Claire Wisconsin have commercially recorded my work, "A Star's Light". This is an arrangement of John Jacob Niles' "I Wonder as I Wander" for SATB A Cappella Choir. Visit the Master Singers' website for information regarding purchases. 

Both of my pieces, "There Will Come Soft Rains" and "When Music Sounds" will be available for purchase from Santa Barbara Music Publishing this coming January. Consider giving both of these well received works a look for your ensemble today!

Links:

When Music Sounds

There Will Come Soft Rains

Derrick Brookins and the Plano Senior High School Men's Choir will perform "She Walks in Beauty" as a part of their National ACDA performance this coming February. 

"The Unknown Region" available through the Choral Arts Initiative Choral Series in collaboration with Music Spoke. The series is edited by CAI's conductor, Brandon Elliott. I am thrilled to be a part of this series seeing as I am admirer of this ensembles and their wonderful choral achievement. 

After a great time in New York last weekend and an amazing performance by Michael Kerschner and the Young New Yorkers' Chorus, I am proud to take the title of "Winner of the Nathan Davis Prize" in composition. The Young New Yorkers' Chorus has an amazing competition for young composers and it has long been a goal of mine to be a part of it. The ensemble does a brilliant job of supporting new music and fostering creativity in young artists. I hope that all composer friends will choose to be a part of it!

View http://ynyc.org/composers-competition to see/hear more. 

Dr. Andrew Last will lead the Minnesota Men's All-State Chorus in a performance of "She Walks in Beauty" published by Walton Music. This is one of my favorite organizations/ensembles to work with. I have had the pleasure of watching this week of music making change the lives of young singers under the direction of Lee Nelson and can't wait to see the same result under the engaging Andrew Last!

I am so thrilled to be serving as Composer-in-Residence for The Master Singers of Eau Claire, WI this coming year. The group is masterfully lead by Dr. Gary Schwartzhoff of University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire. I will be writing two works for the ensemble in this season, the first of which will be an arrangement of "I Wonder as I Wander" entitled, "A Star's Light". The work will serve as the center piece for the Singers' December concert. The second work is TBD. Visit http://www.themastersingers.net/index.html for more information!

Dr. Derrick Fox and the Ithica College Concert Choir perform, "She Walks in Beauty" and "The Waters Wrecked the Sky". 

Santa Barbara Music Publishing will publish two pieces this coming spring, "The Waters Wrecked the Sky" and "Light, My light"; both for SSA choir with Piano. These two pieces are excellent choices for treble ensembles that provide great contrast to the existing choral repertoire. Please consider viewing both of these works to purchase and perform!

Steve Boehlke and the Minnesota Valley Men's Chorus premiere, "To the Even-Song" This Friday and Saturday in Minneapolis, MN. "To The Even-Song" sets a wonderful text by Robert Herrick which was famously set by Benjamin Britten in his Five Flower Songs.