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Op. 828A Little Dance for Bill (2009) for Mechanical Piano5 min.

Yamaha Disklavier

Dedication: for William Bland

Publisher: Soundspells Productions

Op. 826The Better Part of Forever (2009) for Mechanical Piano11 min.

Yamaha Disklavier

Dedication: for Jan Swafford

Publisher: Soundspells Productions

Op. 825Three Canons for Mechanical Piano (2009) for Mechanical Piano3.75 min.

Yamaha Disklavier

Dedication: for Thomas Brodhead

Publisher: Soundspells Productions

Op. 824Triadic Legends (2009) for Mechanical Piano11 min.

Yamaha Disklavier

Dedication: for Kyle Gann

Publisher: Soundspells Productions

Op. 823Moon Dance (2009) for Soprano or Alto Saxophone3.5 min.

Paul Wehage, saxophone

Dedication: for Pei-fen

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 822Triolet (2009) for (Baroque) Violin, (Baroque) Oboe, Harpsichord3.5 min.
  • Prelude
  • Duo Aria
  • Gigue

Dedication: for Sarah Darling, on her birthday, September 29, 2009

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

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. 820Saro (2009) Hymn Tune (harmonization/12.11.11.11)

“The Lesson of the Olive Tree”, Mary Louise Bringle

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc. in "Into the Present Light: Hymn Tunes by Carson Cooman"

Op. 819Be Ye Wise (2009) for Baritone Solo, SATB Chorus, Organ3.5 min.

Text from the Bible: Matthew 10:16; Proverbs 2:10

William Drukett, baritone; Convivium Singers; Alexander Norman, conductor

Dedication: for Jennifer Lester

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

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 818A New Vision (2009) for Piano2 min.

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Dedication: for Holland Jancaitis, in memory of James Wallace Jancaitis

Publisher: free download

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. 816A Prayer Before Sleep (2009) for SSA Chorus and Flute2 min.

Text by Alexander Carmichael, adp.

Bella Voce Women's Chorus of Vermont; Laurel Ann Maurer, flute; Dawn O. Willis, conductor

Dedication: for Dawn Willis, the Bella Voce Women’s Chorus of Vermont, and Laurel Ann Maurer

Publisher: Santa Barbara Music Publishing

Op. 815A Roodsong Variation (2009) for Piano2 min.

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Dedication: for Carl, on his retirement

Publisher: free download

Op. 814Eternitie (2008) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied3 min.

Text by Robert Herrick

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for John Harbison on his 70th birthday

Commission: Commissioned for the Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 813Elegies (2009) for Two Horns6 min.
  • Song
  • Estampie
  • Prayer

Dedication: in memory of Hunter MacKenzie Pope

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 812Little Poppet (2009) for Trumpet2.25 min.

Dedication: for Colby

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 811Shawkemo Dreaming (2009) for String Orchestra5.25 min.

Dedication: for Robert Moran

Commission: Commissioned for the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 810In memoriam George Perle (2009) for Soprano and Piano2 min.

Text by Elizabeth Kirschner

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Dedication: for the New York Miniaturist Ensemble

Publisher: free download

Op. 809Call to Remembrance (2009) for SATB Chorus and Organ2.5 min.

Text from the Bible: Psalm 25:6-7

King's Chapel Choir; Heinrich Christensen, conductor

Dedication: for Heinrich Christensen

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

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 807Every Which Shining Way (2009) for Trumpet and Piano3.5 min.
  • Dawn
  • Sunset

Dedication: for Brian Shook

Commission: Commissioned by Brian Shook

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 806Lullaby (after Rameau) (2009) for Piano3.5 min.

Dedication: for Goldie, Marilyn, and George

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 805Songs from the City of Light (2009) for Voice and Piano19 min.

Text by Richard Leach

  • Wake Up
  • Make It Easy
  • Crayons (Stay Inside the Lines)
  • Summer in the City
  • Dancers
  • Second Act of Day
  • City of Light

Dedication: for Harry Lyn Huff

Op. 804An Angel Song (2009) for SATB Chorus and Cello4 min.

Text by Gwyneth Lewis

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor; James Williamson, cello

Dedication: for Hilary

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Op. 803Ascensions (2009) for SATB Chorus, Traverso, Baroque Violin, Viola da Gamba, Organ15 min.

Text by Jakob Balde (in Latin)

Cornell Chamber Singers; Le Petit Violons; Holland J. Jancaitis, conductor

Dedication: for the Cornell University Chamber Singers

Commission: Commissioned by the Cornell University Chamber Singers, Holland J. Jancaitis, director

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 802Coskata Dreaming (2008) for Bass Trombone and Piano6 min.

Dedication: for Jonathan Warburton

Commission: Commissioned by Jonathan Warburton

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 800The Revelations of Divine Love (Metaphors from Sea and Sky) (2009) for Soprano, Baritone, SATB Chorus, and Chamber Orchestra
0.0.0.0/1.1.0.0/1perc/strings		65 min.

Texts adapted from the writings of Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe (translated by Christopher M. Brunelle), Robert Herrick, and Elizabeth Kirschner

  • Sinfonia I (Brant Point)
  • Prologue (Harbor Mouth)
  • Invocation: Three Petitions
  • To Ever-loving God
  • The Blood from the Garland (Coatue)
  • Prayer
  • God in All Things (Polpis)
  • The Fiend (Surfside)
  • The Middle of the Heart (Madaket)
  • Three Heavens (Wauwinet)
  • All Shall Be Well
  • Secrets (Altar Rock)
  • The Path to Grace (Sankaty Head)
  • Eternitie
  • Endless Love (Hummock Pond)
  • It Is I (Miacomet)
  • Sinfonia II (Coskata)
  • In the Wake of Making (Great Point)

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

Commission: Commissioned by the Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 799The Shirt of Happiness (2008) Musical for Children
Chorus, Actors, Piano		40 min.

Book and Lyrics by Randy Northrup

Commission: Commissioned by Allendale Columbia School

Op. 798Big Blue House (2008) for Flugelhorn and Piano3 min.

Carol Hall, flugelhorn; Fenton Groden, piano

Dedication: for David Stock on the occasion of his retirement

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 797Festival Sanctus (2008) for SATB Chorus and Piano2.5 min.

Traditional Latin text and from the Book of Common Prayer

Aire Born Singers; Max Murphy, conductor

Dedication: for Judith Clurman

Publisher: The Sacred Music Press

Op. 796Chorale and Courante (2008) for Trumpet and Contrabass4.75 min.

Dedication: for Colby

Commission: Commissioned by Colby Cooman

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 795Chant of Healing Love (2008) Chant1.5 min.

Text by the composer

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Dedication: for Patty and Peter

Publisher: free download

Op. 794Sun Songs (2008) for Trumpet and Violin6.5 min.
  • Toccata
  • Canto
  • March and Hymn

Dedication: for Wesley and Shannon Nance

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 793Endless Night (2008) for English Horn6.5 min.

Dedication: for Toni Marie Marchioni

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 792Suite antique (2008) for Trumpet and Harpsichord9 min.
  • Estampie
  • Aria
  • Echo Gigue
  • Ground
  • Estampie da capo

Dedication: for John Wallace

Commission: Commissioned by Cavanagh Concerts

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 790Yellow I (2008) for Trumpet and Trombone2.25 min.

after “Lily Pond Summer”, painting by Loretta Yoder

Dedication: for Colby and Emily

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 789Credendum (2008) for Organ (pedal solo)2.5 min.

Dedication: for Rachel Laurin

Commission: Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Op. 788Eros (2008) for SATB Chorus and Piano2.5 min.

Text by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Composers' Choir; Daniel Shaw, conductor

Dedication: for Anne Watson Born and the First Unitarian Society in Newton, Massachusetts on its 160th anniversary

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

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 787Newton Antiphonies (2008) for Two or More Trumpets4 min.

Lily Shapiro, Chris Gekker, and Eileen Bedlington, trumpets

Dedication: for the First Unitarian Society in Newton, Massachusetts on its 160th anniversary

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 786Un regard éloigne (2008) for Flugelhorn and Cello3 min.

Dedication: pour Claude Lévi-Strauss en célébration de son centième anniversaire

Commission: Commissioned by Musik Fabrik in honor of Claude Lévi-Strauss’s 100th birthday

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 785Sonnets for Two Trumpets (2008) for Two Trumpets10 min.
  • Song (for Chris Gekker)
  • Dance (for Mark Boren)
  • Chorale (for Bruce Briney)
  • Estampie (for Colby Cooman)
  • Prayer (in memory of Michael Ewald)

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 784Nobadeer Dreaming (2008) for Flugelhorn3 min.

Dedication: for Colby

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 783Two Dawn Hymns (2008) for Cello and Piano9.5 min.
  • Spiritual
  • Saltarello

Dedication: for Aaron Kaplan

Commission: Commissioned by Colby Cooman

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 782Man Proposes, but God Disposes (2008) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied2 min.

Text by Thomas à Kempis

Cambridge Consonance; Jeffrey Grossman, conductor

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

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 781Miacomet Dreaming (2008) for Orchestra
2.2.2+Bcl.2/2.2.2.1/1perc/strings		6 min.

Dedication: for Loretta and Kyle

Commission: Commissioned by New Music Tomorrow

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 780The Sky Can Still Remember (2008) for SSAA Chorus and Organ3.5 min.

Text by Phillips Brooks

Bella Voce Women's Chorus of Vermont; Dawn O. Willis, conductor

Dedication: for Dawn Willis and the Bella Voce Women’s Chorus of Vermont

Commission: Commissioned by the Bella Voce Women’s Chorus of Vermont

Publisher: Amber Waves Music Publishing

Op. 777The Oda-Burns Mass (2008) for SATB Chorus, Violin, Percussion, Organ7.5 min.

Text from the Book of Common Prayer (Rite II)

Choir of Christ Episcopal Church, Portola Valley, California; Matthew F. Burt, conductor

Dedication: in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the ordination of John Oda-Burns to the Christian ministry

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

Op. 776Cavatina (2008) for Viola and Piano6 min.

Dedication: for Sarah Darling and Jeffrey Grossman / in memoriam Donald Erb

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 775Flying Machine (2008) for Orchestra
2+Picc.2+Eh.2+Bcl.2+Cbn/4.3.3.1/2perc.timp/hp.pno/strings		8 min.

Dedication: for James Yannatos

Commission: Commissioned by the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra in celebration of its 200th anniversary

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 774Madaket Dreaming (2008) for Piano6 min.

Dedication: for Max Lifchitz

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 773Conant (2008) Hymn Tune (10 9 10 5)

“Coming to This Place”, Mary Bittner

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc. in "Into the Present Light: Hymn Tunes by Carson Cooman"