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Flying at Night, for mixed choir
Flying at Night was conceived during a time in which I had very intense writer's block while working on a Mass for a cappella choir. I woke up one night, bothered by my lack of inspiration, and began scouring the internet for poems on themes around night, hoping one would grab my attention. When I came across Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser's Flying at Night, I knew this was the text I was looking for. |
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Lux Aeterna, for mixed choir
In January of 2018, Dr. Robert Natter, Director of Choral Activities at the Sunderman Conservatory at Gettysburg College, approached me about writing a piece for their Spring 2018 Tour, he asked me to set the Lux Aeterna text, fitting with with the "Light and Darkness" part of their theme of Transitions. When I knew I was setting the Lux Aeterna text, I had decided that this needed to be a piece dedicated in memory Zach Misleh. Zach was a classmate of mine at DeMatha Catholic High School who tragically lost his life at the age of 19, in June of 2017. |
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Our Father, for mixed choir
The Our Father came to fruition because I one day realized, in the middle of a church service, that while there plenty of beautiful settings of the Lord's Prayer in Latin and in other languages, I hadn't heard many settings of the English text. I decided during the church service that Sunday morning that I would set the English text of the famous Christian prayer, Our Father. |
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Kyrie, for mixed choir
This piece for moderate-level choirs is a simple but beautiful setting of the Kyrie text from the Mass. Building on alternating themes, the piece develops into a climax in waves of sound, pulling back into a modal ending featuring the altos. |
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