for TTBB voices, unaccompanied

text by Christina Rossetti

Bowling Green State University Choral Series
Santa Barbara Music Publishing, SBMP 1604

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In Dreams is a setting of the Christina Rossetti poem “Echo,” in which the poet remembers and mourns a lost love. Each of the three stanzas is bracketed by a set of bell-like chords, gradually building to a plea for the beloved to “Come back to me in dreams, that I may give / Pulse for pulse, breath for breath.”

Commissioned by the College of Musical Arts for the Bowling Green State University Men’s Chorus, Richard Schnipke, conductor.

A JW Pepper Editors’ Choice selection.

for TTBB chorus, organ, and oboe

text by Susan Palo Cherwien & Prudentius
music by ZMH, with DIVINUM MYSTERIUM

MorningStar Music, 50-2155

This lyrical, binary anthem for men’s voices juxtaposes a Susan Cherwien poem adapted from Titus 2:11-12 with a stanza of the beloved hymn Of the Father’s Love Begotten (DIVINUM MYSTERIUM). The oboe part may also be played on violin or other C instrument.

Commissioned by the Men’s Chorus of St. Lorenz Lutheran Church, Frankenmuth, MI.

for TTBB chorus, unaccompanied

Latin text from a 4th century blessing for musicians

MorningStar Music, 50-5216

A musical meditation on the relationship between singing and believing. A repeated, Taizé-like section in the middle of the work serves as accompaniment to spoken narration, which may include prayers, psalm verses, or quotations about music, faith, or belief.

Also available for SATB and SSAA voices.

Winner of the 2018 Choral Composition Fellowship from the Greater Columbus Arts Council and the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus.