Choral Works
A Litany for Courage and the Seasons - for Chorus, Clarinet and Vibraphone. Premiered 4/88 by the University of Connecticut Concert Choir, Peter Bagley, conductor. Six Songs for Chorus, Clarinet and Vibraphone on Poems of Richard Beale. Commissioned by Robert Isgro and the Geneseo Chamber Singers.
City Tree - for SSAA Chorus and Harp. Premiered 5/73 by the State University of New York - Geneseo Women's Chorus. Women's chorus and harp - single movement, poem by William Matheson
Collected Chorale Settings - for SATB
Four Lullabies - for SA Chorus and Piano. With Barberi Paull
The Four Seasons - for SATB Chorus. With Barberi Paull
Hear My Prayer O Lord (Psalm 102) - for SATB Chorus and Piano. Written for 2-part choir, either men or women, and piano. This Psalm setting is energetic and joyful.
I Wake and Feel the Fell of Dark - for SATB Chorus. Premiered 5/77 by the State University of New York - Geneseo Chamber Singers, Robert Isgro, conductor. A dense and dark piece on a poem by the dense and dark English Catholic poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. His writing is soulful and compelling.
Mass (revised 2005) - for SATB Chorus, Boys Chorus, Soprano & Baritone soli, Organ, and Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Premiered 4/96 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Tucson, AZ, by the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, Gregg Hanson, conductor. A complete setting the Latin Mass, intercut with solo songs on poems of Richard Beale. Commissioned by a consortium headed by the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble/Gregg Hanson
Seven Lyrics From Sappho - for SATB Chorus. Written as an experiment while I was composing Quintet No. 1. Each morning as a warm-up, I would wit and write an entire brief choral movement, not getting up until the movement was finished. This is a nice little set of pieces, hardly ever performed, I don't know why.
The Hungry Heart - for SATB Chorus. Premiered 12/97 in Missoula, MT by the University of Montana Chamber Chorale, Gary Funk, conductor. Commissioned by the University of Montana Chamber Chorale
The Nameless Fear; or: The Unanswered Question Put Yet Another Way - for SATB Chorus, Speakers, Harpsichord, Guitars, Flute, Bassoon, Percussion. Premiered 3/73 by The State University of New York - Geneseo Chamber Singers, James Walker, conductor.
The One and Only Book of Madrigals - for SSATB, SATTB
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