Some of my choral compositions:
Each page, below, shares notes about the piece, the lyrics and an audio recording as well as the score (in pdf format), which may be downloaded. Scores are shared under a Creative Commons license.
NEWEST: This is the day the Lord has made – an anthem for SATB choir (with some divisi).
- Anthem of the Nails – an anthem inspired by the Service of the Nails.
- A Thanksgiving Mass for ordinary heroes – a short mass (missa brevis) or Kyrie-Gloria mass with a Kyrie and a Gloria set as three hymns inspired by the West Gallery tradition
- As we prepare – a simple anthem for communion services.
- John Chapter 1 verses 1 to 5 – the text interweaves older English translations (including words from the Authorised and the Revised Standard versions with those from more recent translations and paraphases).
- For today in Bethlehem – the shepherds hear the good news of the birth of Jesus (text in the present tense).
- Love came down at Christmas – a setting of words from the poem by Christina Rossetti.
- The animals went in two by two – an arrangement (for choir with congregational participation) of this traditional song written for a “Bring your cuddly toy to church Sunday”.
- We three kings of Orient are – a simple arrangement for tenor and bass voices.