America the Beautiful

America the Beautiful. SSAA, piano, 4′. Arrangement of the Samuel A. Ward tune. Commissioned by the iSing Silicon Valley Girlchoir, Jennah Delp Somers, Artistic Director and Co-Founder. Published by ECS Music Publishing, Craig Hella Johnson Choral...

Bob Perkins, R.I.P.

[An edited version of this published in Broad Street Review 28 Jan 2025, “Remembering beloved WRTI jazz announcer Bob Perkins.”] Jazz broadcaster Bob Perkins, an announcer on radio station WRTI in Philadelphia for 25 years, died yesterday, January 19th. He...

Endless Morn of Light

https://youtu.be/Fu-AYQ300Lk?si=VU26MdazckygsVZu Endless Morn of Light. For six singers and viol consort, 20′. Commissioned by the Sylvan Consort of Viols and Variant 6 and premiered by them 14, 15, 16 Mar 2025 in Philadelphia, Wilmington DE and Bala Cynwyd PA....

Jesus Stood on the Shore

Jesus Stood on the Shore. SATB div, SATB Soloists, Organ, 20′. John 21:1–19. Commissioned by The Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Seattle, Washington, Michael Plagerman, Director of Sacred Music, for the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. Premiered there 28 Feb...