Secular Choral

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America the Beautiful for SATB choir a cappella or with optional accompaniment

This new, original setting of America the Beautiful reflects a wide range of emotions including drama, passion, and tenderness. Although the melody and harmonies are new, there are deliberate echoes of the well-known hymn by Samuel A. Ward.


Endymion for SATB or SSAA choir and piano or string orchestra

This is a setting of the Oscar Wilde poem “Endymion” based on a story from Greek mythology of a beautiful shepherd boy who captures the affection of the moon goddess, Selene.


If We Were A Movie for SSAA voices a cappella with optional body percussion

An SSAA a cappella arrangement of the super catchy song If We Were A Movie from Disney’s Hannah Montana.


The Only Exception for SSA choir and piano

An arrangement of the beautiful song, The Only Exception, from Paramore’s 2009 album, Brand New Eyes.


Someone To Watch Over Me for SSAA choir, a cappella

My arrangement of the Gershwin classic for SSAA voices a cappella. It remains faithful to the standard version with a few tweaks of my own.


Sonnet 73 for SSA choir and piano

This is a setting of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 for treble voices (SSA) and piano. “That time of year thou mayst in me behold…”


Three Northumbrian Folk Songs for SSA choir, a cappella

These are arrangements of three folk songs from the northeastern region of England: The Water of Tyne, Bonny at Morn, & Bobby Shaftoe. They may be sung as a set or individually.