Sacred Choral: General

Op. 1105O Lord, Support Us (2015) for SATB Chorus and Organ2.75 min.

Text from the Book of Common Prayer

Harvard Choral Fellows; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: in memory of William Crout (1929–2015)

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 744O Love That Will Not Let Me Go (2007) for 2-part Chorus and Keyboard1.5 min.

Text by George Matheson

St. James Singers

Dedication: for Mark Schweizer

Commission: Commissioned by St. James Music Press

Publisher: St. James Music Press

Op. 871O quam mirabilis (2010) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied2.25 min.

Text by Hildegard von Bingen (in Latin)

Harvard Choral Fellows; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for Frank Ferko on his 60th birthday

Commission: Commissioned by the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1315Ocean of Light (2018) for SATB Chorus and Organ4 min.

Text by Phineas Fletcher

Dedication: for the 2019 Buffalo Niagara Northeast Regional Convention

Commission: Commissioned by the Buffalo Chapter of the American Guild of Organists

Publisher: The Sacred Music Press

Op. 323Oh, Were I Like a Feathered Dove (2001) for Unison Chorus (opt. divisi) and Organ2 min.

Text by Isaac Watts and Richard Leach

Dedication: for Andrew Paul Holman and the choir of Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge, Mass.

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

Op. 983One Love (2012) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied1.5 min.

Text from Bible and Benjamin Elijah Mays

Matthew Curtis/Choral Tracks LLC

Dedication: for the installation of the Rev. Jonathan L. Walton, The Memorial Church, Harvard University, November 11, 2012

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Op. 1354Out of Small Beginnings (2020) for SATB Chorus and Organ4 min.

Text by William Bradford

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor; David von Behren, organ

Dedication: Commissioned by The Church of the Pilgrimage, Plymouth, Massachusetts in honor of the Rev. Gary Marks, Pastor Emeritus, and in memory of the Rev. Prof. Peter J. Gomes (1942–2011), friend of the church and founding chairman of the Plymouth 400 Committee

Commission: Commissioned by The Church of the Pilgrimage, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 528Prayer of Julian of Norwich (2003) for SAB Chorus and Organ2 min.

Text by Julian of Norwich

Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London; Rupert Gough, conductor

Dedication: for Russell Schulz-Widmar

Commission: Commissioned by St. James Music Press

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 597Premat Mundus (2004) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied (with Tenor Solo)2 min.

Text by Girolamo Savonarola

Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London; Rupert Gough, conductor

Dedication: for Marguerite Brooks and the Yale Camerata

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Op. 664Psalm 66 (Be Joyful in God) (2005) for SATB Chorus and Organ3 min.

Text of Psalm 66:1–2a, 3–4, 7–8, 18a (BCP)

Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London; Rupert Gough, conductor

Dedication: for Holland J. Jancaitis and the choir of Battell Chapel, Yale University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1124Ruhiger Lobgesang (2015) for SATB Chorus and Keyboard Instrument2.75 min.

Text of Psalm 117:1–2 (Lutherbibel; in German)

The Composers' Choir, Daniel Shaw, conductor

Dedication: für Lothar Graap und den Ökumenischen Chor Schöneiche

Publisher: Strube Verlag in "Zwei Lobgesänge"

Op. 817Set Me As a Seal (2009) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied3 min.

Text from the Bible: Song of Songs 8:6a, 7a

Cambridge Consonance; Jeffrey Grossman, conductor

Dedication: for Matthew and Patrick, on their anniversary

Commission: Commissioned by the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts

Publisher: G. Schirmer

Op. 923Sunrise Alleluia (2011) for SATB Voices and Electronic Tape3 min.

Matthew Curtis/Choral Tracks LLC

Dedication: for Matthew Burt

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

Op. 839Surely It Is God Who Saves Me (2009) for SSATTB (6-part mixed) Chorus Unaccompanied2 min.

Text from the Bible: Isaiah 12:2-5

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for Rupert Gough and the Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 759Te Deum (2008) for 2-part Chorus and Organ5 min.

Text from the Book of Common Prayer (in English)

Convivium Singers; Alexander Norman, conductor

Dedication: for David Ashley White

Commission: Commissioned by the Association of Anglican Musicians

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 835That They May Rest (2009) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied3 min.

Text from the Bible: Revelation 14:13

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for the Back Cantata Vespers Choir of St. James Lutheran Church, Portland, Oregon and Nancy LeRoi Nickel, director of music / Commissioned by Lawrence R. Jordan in memory of his father, Kenneth L. Jordan (1928-2006)

Commission: Commissioned by St. James Lutheran Church, Portland, Oregon

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

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. 227The Eternal Dove (2000) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied2 min.

Text by Joseph Baumont

Matthew Curtis/Choral Tracks, LLC

Dedication: for Murray Forbes Somerville and the Harvard Morning Choir

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing in "Two Harvard Motets"

Op. 959The Evening Choir (2012) for SATB Chorus, SATB Soloists, Organ11 min.

Text by Jones Very

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: in memoriam Peter J. Gomes (1942–2011)

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1089The Guest House (2014) for SATB Chorus and Organ3.5 min.

Text by Rumi (trans. Coleman Barks) and the Bible (Matthew 25:35c, 40)

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for the installation of the Rev. Lucy A. Forster-Smith, The Memorial Church, Harvard University, October 12, 2014

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 686The Kingdom of Justice (2006) for Cantata for SATB Chorus, Soprano and Baritone Soloists, Trumpet, and Organ11 min.

Text adapted from the Bible by Matthew F. Burt

Dawn Farry, soprano; Andrew Chung, baritone; Christopher Wilhite, trumpet; Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Choir, San Jose, California; Michael Burroughs, conductor

Dedication: for Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, San Jose, California, in honor of Edna Pope

Commission: Commissioned by Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, San Jose, California

Publisher: St. James Music Press

Op. 489The Lamp of Charity (2003) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied (divisi)2.25 min.

Text from the Book of Common Prayer

Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London; Rupert Gough, conductor

Dedication: in honor of Dr. Murray Forbes Somerville and his ministry, 1990-2003

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Op. 737The Litany of Light (2007) for SATB Chorus, Baritone and Soprano Soloists, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ13 min.

Text by Elizabeth Kirschner

  • Meditation
  • Memory’s Torch
  • The Swift Seasons
  • The Sounds of Highest Praise

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: in celebration of its 75th anniversary (1932-2007) and dedicated to the Harvard University Choir, Edward Elwyn Jones, Gund University Organist and Choirmaster

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 843The Name Above All Names (2009) for SATB Chorus and Organ3 min.

Text from the Bible: Philippians 2:5-11

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for Christopher Uehlein

Commission: Commissioned by the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts

Publisher: Sacred Music Press (forthcoming 2018)

Op. 1316The Remembering Earth (2018) for SATB Chorus and Organ4.5 min.

Text by Elizabeth Kirschner

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for the Memorial Church at Harvard University, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1295The True Glory (2018) for SATB Chorus and Organ2.25 min.

Text by Francis Drake

Harvard Choral Fellows; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: in celebration of Lawrence S. Bacow as the 29th president of Harvard University

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Op. 381The Way, the Truth, the Life (2002) for SATB Chorus and Organ3 min.

Text by W. H. Auden

Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London; Rupert Gough, conductor

Dedication: in celebration and thanks for the ministry of Rev. Dr. Titus L. Presler as rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991-2002

Commission: Commissioned by St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Op. 821The Welcome News (2009) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied2.5 min.

Text from The Christian Poet, 1728, adp.

Cambridge Consonance; Jeffrey Grossman, conductor

Dedication: for Ed Broms

Commission: Commissioned by the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts

Op. 746There Is Much in the World (2007) for 2-part Treble Chorus and Keyboard1.75 min.

Text by the composer

St. James Singers

Dedication: for Gwyneth Walker

Commission: Commissioned by St. James Music Press

Publisher: St. James Music Press

Op. 1491They Remain (2022) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied1.5 min.

Text by Laurence Binyon

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for the 90th anniversary of the Memorial Church of Harvard University

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

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. 1116Treasury of Blessings (2015) for SATB Chorus, Hand Drum, and Cello3 min.

Text from the Orthodox Trisagion Prayers

Dedication: in gratitude for the ministry of the Rev. Donald J. Schell as Interim Rector (2014–15)

Commission: Commissioned by the parish of Christ Episcopal Church, Portola Valley and Woodside, California

Op. 884Truly the Light Is Sweet (2010) for SATB Chorus and Organ3.5 min.

Text from the Bible: Ecclesiastes 11:7, 9

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: in celebration of the restoration of Appleton Chapel, The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 940Veni Sancte Spiritus (2011) for SATTB Chorus Unaccompanied7 min.

Traditional text (in Latin)

Matthew Curtis/Choral Tracks LLC

Dedication: in memoriam Lew Wallace

Commission: Commissioned by Musica Spei and Trobairitz

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1308What Is Good (2018) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied2.5 min.

Text from the Bible: Micah 6:8

Harvard Choral Fellows; Thomas Sheehan, conductor

Dedication: for the inauguration of Lawrence S. Bacow as the 29th president of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Commission: Commissioned by Harvard University

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 1368What Is Holy? (2020) for SATB Chorus and Organ6 min.

King’s Chapel Choir; Heinrich Christensen, director and organ

Dedication: for Heinrich Christensen’s 20th anniversary as Organist and Music Director, King’s Chapel, Boston

Commission: Commissioned by King’s Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts in celebration of Heinrich Christensen’s 20th anniversary as Organist and Music Director (2000–2020)

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 740When the Perfect Comes (2007) for SATB Chorus and Organ2.75 min.

Text adapted from the Bible by Matthew F. Burt

Harvard University Choir and Alumni; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for Peter J. Gomes in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of his ordination to the ministry, 1968–2008

Commission: Commissioned by Peter J. Gomes

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 873Wherein Our Blessings Stand (2010) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied1.75 min.

Text by John Cotton

Harvard Choral Fellows; Carson Cooman, conductor

Dedication: in memory of Richard W. Paine (1924-2010)

Commission: Commissioned by the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts

Op. 644cWindswept Skies, Swirling Seas (2005) for SATB Chorus and Organ3 min.

Text by Mary Louise Bringle

Convivium Singers; Alexander Norman, conductor

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Dedication: in celebration and thanks for the ministry of Peggy Krewson as Director of Music, First Congregational Church, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Commission: Commissioned by First Congregational Church, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Publisher: free download

Op. 1018Witnesses to Love (2013) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied1.5 min.

Text by Linda Simmons

Matthew Curtis/Choral Tracks LLC

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Dedication: for Diane Lehman and the Meeting House Choir, Unitarian Universalist Church, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Publisher: free download

Op. 908Wondrous Love (2011) for SATB Chorus and Piano3.75 min.

setting of the tune WONDROUS LOVE from W. Walker’s Southern Harmony

Text attributed to William Means

Matthew Curtis/Choral Tracks LLC

Dedication: for Taylor Lewis Guthrie and John Blair Hartman III on their wedding day, March 26, 2011

Commission: Commissioned by Christian Lane

Publisher: St. James Music Press

Op. 509Your Hands, O Lord, in Days of Old (2003) for 2-part Chorus and Keyboard2.75 min.

Text by Edward H. Plumptre

St. James Singers

Dedication: for Mark Schweizer

Commission: Commissioned by William Fletcher

Publisher: St. James Music Press