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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.

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Dedication: for Rachel Laurin

Commission: Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Publisher: free download

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"

Op. 772Rite I Eucharist (2008) for Congregation and Keyboard2 min.
  • Sanctus
  • Agnus Dei

Dedication: for Matthew Burt

Op. 771Madrigal (2008) for Piano3.5 min.

Dedication: for Jeff

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 770Now That You See the Night (2008) for Soprano and Harpsichord4.5 min.

Text by Joyce Carol Oates, Sarah White, and Wallace Stevens

  • On This Morning of Grief (for Joyce Carol Oates on her 70th birthday)
  • Yucca on White Sands
  • Sonatina to Hans Christian (for Jeff and Katharine)

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Publisher: free download

Op. 769Where All the Ladders Start (2008) for Trumpet and Vibraphone4 min.

Dedication: for Louis Ranger

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 768Unfolding the Gates of Dawn (2008) for Guitar3 min.

Dedication: for Aaron Larget-Caplan

Commission: Commissioned by Aaron Larget-Caplan

Publisher: American Composers Alliance in "Nights Transfigured"

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. 766Storrow Drive (2008) Hymn Tune (87 87 87 with refrain)

“Once You Called the Stars to Being”, John Core

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

Op. 765It Is I! (2008) for Unison (opt. 2-part) Treble Chorus and Organ2.5 min.

Text by Melito of Sardis, adp. by the composer

Blair Singers; Hazel Somerville, conductor

Dedication: for Tim Knight

Commission: Commissioned by St. James Music Press

Publisher: St. James Music Press

Op. 764Quintet for Bassoon and Strings (2005-08) for Bassoon and String Quartet13 min.

Roman Mesina, bassoon; Zwiebel Quartet

Dedication: for Klaus Heymann

Commission: Commissioned by The Commission Project

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 763Fanfare for DGF (2008) for Orchestra
2+Picc.2.2.2/4.2.2.1/timp.2perc/strings		0.5 min.

Dedication: for Drew Gilpin Faust on her inauguration as the 28th president of Harvard University

Commission: Commissioned by the Harvard Band Foundation

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 762Enchanted Tracings (Piano Concerto No. 2) (2008) for Solo Piano and Wind Ensemble
2+Picc.2+Eh.2+Bcl.2+Cbn/4.3.2.1/timp.2perc		15 min.
  • Murky Waters
  • The Forgotten
  • Casting Infinity

Dedication: for Walter Simmons, a hero for the cause of American music

Commission: Commissioned for Donna Amato, piano, the Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble, Denis Colwell, conductor; Keith Kirchoff, piano, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, Thomas G. Everett, Mark Olson, conductors; and Nora Skuta, piano, the Slovak Radio Symphony Winds, Kirk Trevor, conductor

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 760Mountain Toccata (2008) for Piano3 min.

Dedication: for Jeffrey Grossman

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. 758Autumn Songs (2008) for Trumpet and Piano10 min.
  • Daybreak Colors
  • Prairie Journey
  • Corn Dance
  • Vision at Twilight

Dedication: for Michael Ewald

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 757Little Recorder Book (2008) for Alto (Treble) Recorder8.5 min.
  • Caprice
  • Song
  • Recitative
  • Intermezzo
  • Lament
  • Caprice II

Dedication: for John Turner

Commission: Commissioned for John Turner

Publisher: Forsyth Brothers Ltd. in "Pieces for Solo Recorder, Vol. 5"

Op. 756Virelai (2008) for Violin2 min.

Dedication: for Gabriela Díaz

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 755New Dawn (2008) for Piano2 min.

Dedication: in memory of John Monroe Holtman

Publisher: Musik Fabrik in "Three Piano Pieces"

Op. 754Bear Mountain Fragments (2008) for Piano6 min.

Dedication: for William Bland

Commission: Commissioned by RASPTA

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 753Lingering, Lonely Callings (2004-05) for Voice and Piano20 min.

Text by Elizabeth Kirschner

Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Jeffrey Grossman, piano

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 752Estampie (2008) for Two Violins3.5 min.

Piotry Szewczyk and Andy Bruck/Max Huls, violin

Dedication: for Larry and Evelyn

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

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. 750Pittsburgh Rhapsody (2008) for Brass Band11 min.
  • Tributaries
  • Memorial Song
  • Bridges to the Sky

Dedication: in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with support from the Pittsburgh 250 Community Connections Committee

Commission: Commissioned by the River City Brass Band, Denis Colwell, music director

Publisher: Musik Fabrik