Choral Works

Mixed Chorus A Cappella

Magnum Mysterium (2009), SATB divisi, duration:  7 minutes.  Traditional Latin text.

Children of Peace (2003), SATB divisi, duration:  7 minutes.  Text:  Matthew 5:9; commissioned and premiered by The National Lutheran Choir 

Christmas Bells (1994), SATB divisi, duration:  4 minutes.  Text by Eugene Field, commissioned and premiered by St. Clement's Episcopal Church, St. Paul; Faith Partners Residency, American Composers Forum

For You (1996), SATB divisi, duration:  5 minutes.  Text by Carl Sandburg; premiered by the Cherry Creek Chorale, Bethany Lutheran Church, Denver, Colorado

Mirabile Mysterium (1999), SATB divisi a cappella, (cathedral bells, hand bells, timpani, brass quintet middle section connects this with the work Hodie Christus Natus Est), duration:  8 minutes.  Text: traditional Latin; commissioned and premiered by the Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, Minnesota 

Oh, Hush Thee (1994), SATB divisi, duration: 5 minutes.  Text by Eugene Field, (also known as “Christmas Eve”). CD - NLC Wondrous Birth

Rorate Caeli (1994), SATB divisi. duration: 6 minutes.  Text: English and Latin traditional, commissioned and premiered by St. John’s University, Collegeville and Minneapolis, Minnesota; Faith Partners Residency, American Composers Forum. 

Smile, Death (2003), SATB divisi, duration:  4 minutes.  Text:  Charlotte Mew, part of Requiem for Still Voices, see choral /orchestra.                       

Soft Footfalls, Song of the Anasazi (1995), SATB divisi, duration:  7 minutes.  Text by Kevin Crossley-Holland; commissioned and read by the Dale Warland Singers Choral Ventures Program.   

Take Us All to Heaven (2008), SATB with piano, duration:  4 minutes.  Text: traditional, commissioned through Faith Partners, American Composers Forum, gospel style

Twenty-third Psalm (2008), SATB with piano, duration: 4.5 minutes, commissioned through Faith Partners, American Composers Forum, popular song style.

Men’s Chorus - TTBB A Cappella

Tota Pulchra Es/Ave Maria (1998), TTBB, duration:  12 minutes.  Text: Ave Maria, Ave Dulcissima Maria, traditional Latin; commissioned and premiered by St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota 

Puer Natus Est (1999), TTBB, duration:  4 minutes.  Text: Traditional Latin; commissioned and premiered by St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota             

Omnes de Saba (2000), TTBB, duration:  6 minutes.  Text: traditional Latin;  commissioned and premiered by St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota                  

Women’s Chorus - SSA

Litany for 1507 and today (2007), SSA and piano, duration: 7 minutes.  Text by Margaret Ward Morland. Commissioned and premiered by Randolph Macon College Choir, Lynchburg, Virginia (Randolph College) for the 500th anniversary of Jamestown, Virginia.  Dr. Randall Speer, conductor.                                                          

Mixed Chorus with chamber instruments

Christmas Tidings (1996), SATB divisi, soprano soloist, glockenspiel, harp, duration:  6 minutes.  Text by Eugene Field; commissioned and premiered by The Dale Warland Singers, Dr. Dale Warland, conductor.                          
                                
Hodie Christus Natus Est (1999), SATB, brass quintet, timpani, peal bells and hand bells, duration:  4 minutes.  Text: traditional Latin; commissioned and premiered by The Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, Teri Larson, conductor.                  

Sing to the Lord (1995), SATB, double string quintet, pipe organ, hand bells, duration:  18 minutes.  Text: verses from the Book of Psalms; can be broken into sections, commissioned by 1993-94 Faith Partners Consortium, American Composers Forum, premiered by St. John’s University and College of St. Benedict, Gethsemane Lutheran Church, St. Clement’s Episcopal Church, Kantorei of St. John’s University and College of St. Benedict at the Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis.                                       
Mixed Chorus with organ accompaniment

Nunc Dimittis (1994), SATB, pipe organ, duration:  4 minutes.  Text: new traditional; commissioned and premiered by Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Hopkins, Minnesota, Faith Partners Residency, American Composers Forum.   

Salve Festa Dies (2002), SATB, assembly, pipe organ, brass quartet, timpani, duration:  9 minutes.  Text: Venantius Fortunatus c. 530-609; translation, Juliana Sedgley, adapted by Johan van Parys; commissioned and premiered by The Basilica of St. Mary choirs and ensembles, Teri Larson, conductor; Kim Kasling, organist,