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Mass a6 op. 147

dedication: to Graham Hair and Scottish Voices

commissioned: Scottish Voices

instrumentation: Three Sopranos and Three Mezzo-Soprano soloists

date of composition: 2017

duration: ca. 15 minutes

text: traditional Latin Mass

Kyrie
Gloria
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Communion

Once to Every Soul and Nation op. 144

commissioned: Paul Cienniwa for the women’s voices of the First Church Boston choir
text: Russell Lowell (18th century)
instrumentation: SSA women’s choir (or as SSA soloists)
first performance: April 2017, First Church Boston (available on YouTube)

Serenade no. 5 op. 141

dedication: To Peter Cokinias

date of composition: arranged for clarinet choir based upon the Madrigals, “A Cry Against the Twilight”

instrumentation: cl. in eb, 2 cls. in Bb, bass cl., contralto cl.

performance time: ca. 12

first performance: December 2017 Berklee College of Music

movements:
1. Overture
2. Double Mirror Canon
3. Waltz
4. Adagio
5. Arioso Recitative
6. Finale

Newtown Variations

dedication: for David Wallace. “Written in memory of the 26 people killed in Newtown, CT. in 2013”
date of composition: 2016
first performance: September 20, 2017 David Wallace-viola, Larry Bell-piano, Berklee College of Music

Water Music, op. 137

A song cycle for based on poetry by Langston Hughes
dedication: To Phil Lima
instrumentation: baritone voice, double bass, and piano
date of composition: 2016
publisher: Casa Rustica Publications
first performance: January 25, 2017 NEC’s Williams Hall
Philip Lima, Mark Poiniatowski, and Larry Bell

Songs:
1. Catch
2. April Rain Song
3. Sea Calm
4. Jaime
5. Sea Charm
6. Sailor
7. Long Trip
8. My Loves
9. The Negro Speaks of Rivers