Works for Men's Chorus

Op. 1539A Thanksgiving to God, for his House (2024) for Voice(s) and Organ4 min.

Text by Robert Herrick

Dedication: for the Society of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Op. 1062Aequam memento rebus (2014) 2-part Canon1.5 min.

Text by Horace (in Latin)

Matthew Curtis/Choral Tracks LLC

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Dedication: for Ray Perez on the occasion of his retirement, June 2014

Publisher: free download

Op. 1037An Heavenly Song (2013) for TB Voices and Organ2 min.

Text of an anonymous medieval carol

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for Douglas Bell

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Op. 1133An Open Door (2016) for TBB (or TTB) Chorus Unaccompanied (or Opt. Piano)2.25 min.

Text adapted from the Bible: Revelation 3:8

Aire Born Singers; Max Murphy, conductor

Dedication: for Renaissance Men

Commission: Commissioned by Heritage Music Press

Publisher: Heritage Music Press

Op. 751Echoing Carols (2007) for 2-part Voices and 2-part Accompaniment (keyboard or other instruments)2.25 min.

Text by Elizabeth Kirschner

St. James Singers

Dedication: for Harry Lyn Huff

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1377Every Day We Wake (2021) 3-part Canon1+ min.

Text after Thich Nhat Hahn

Dedication: for Anne Watson Born and the Sanctuary Choir of the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, Massachusetts

Commission: Commissioned by the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, Massachusetts

Op. 1012From Your Heart (2013) 4-part Canon1.5 min.

Anonymous text

Matthew Curtis/Choral Tracks LLC

Publisher: Santa Barbara Music Publishing in "Three Love Canons"

Op. 1252Gentle Joseph Heard a Warning (2017) for TTBB Chorus and Organ3 min.

Text by Carl P. Daw, Jr.

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 910Give Me (2011) 4-part Canon1.5 min.

Text by Khwaja Abdullah Ansari

St. James Singers

Dedication: for Karen Armstrong

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: St. James Music Press

Op. 1103I Am Loved As I Love (2015) for 2-part Voices and Drone2.5 min.

Text by Andrew Barrett

Dedication: for Joseph Gregorio

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc. (forthcoming)

Op. 1164Jahreslosung 2017 (2016) 2-part Canon1.5 min.

Text of Ezekiel 36:26a (in German)

Matthew Curtis/Choral Tracks LLC

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Op. 909Kyrie (2011) for Unison Voices and Clarinet3 min.

Traditional text (in Latin)

Dedication: for David Schaap and Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Commission: Commissioned by Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 941Leap into Love (2011) 3-part Canon1.5 min.

Text by Mechthild of Magdeburg

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for George Llewelyn Forsythe-Jones on his birthday, November 30, 2011

Publisher: Santa Barbara Music Publishing in "Three Love Canons"

Op. 1363Legend of the Little Child (2020) for Unison Voices and Organ4 min.

Text by Euan Tait

Harvard University Choir (recorded in isolation)

Dedication: for the 111th Annual Christmas Carol Services of The Memorial Church, Harvard University, December 2020

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1257Missa in incerto tempore (The Davison Mass) (2018) for SATB Chorus, Men's Chorus, and Two Organs (opt. One Organ)20 min.

Text from the Ordinary of the Mass (Latin)

  • Kyrie
  • Gloria
  • Sanctus and Benedictus
  • Agnus Dei

Harvard Glee Club; All Saints’ Choir of Men and Boys; Andrew Sheranian and Thomas Sheehan, organs; Andrew Clark, conductor

Commission: Commissioned by the Harvard Glee Club

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1126Nowel: Owt of your slepe aryse (2015) for 3-part Voices (non-mixed) Unaccompanied2 min.

Text from the Selden Carol Book (in Middle English)

Lorelei Ensemble; Beth Willer, director

Dedication: for Beth Willer and Lorelei Ensemble

Op. 1008One Word (2013) 3-part Canon3 min.

Text attributed to Sophocles

Matthew Curtis/Choral Tracks LLC

Dedication: for Julia and Richard, on the occasion of their wedding, June 15, 2013

Publisher: Santa Barbara Music Publishing in "Three Love Canons"

Op. 877The Appleton Amens (2007-10) for 2-part Non-mixed Voices (SA or TB) and 4-part Voices Unaccompanied

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Dedication: for the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir

Publisher: free download

Op. 767The Appleton Motets (2008) for 2-part Voices (non-mixed) Unaccompanied10 min.

Text from the Bible

#1, 3–5: Cambridge Consonance; Jeffrey Grossman, conductor / #2: Matthew Curtis/Choral Tracks, LLC

Dedication: for Edward Elwyn Jones

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 988Three Psalm Monodies (2012) for Vocal/Choral Monody2 min.

Text from the Bible: from Psalm 96 and 119

Matthew Curtis/Choral Tracks LLC

Dedication: for Roger Lee Hall

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1167Verbum supernum prodiens (2016) for Voices (in three spatially-separated groups) and Organ3.5 min.

Text from Liturgia Horarum (in Latin)

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: in memoriam Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016)

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.