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Compositions

Choral Works

Christus factus est - SATB Chorus and Organ

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree - SATB Chorus

Kyrie - Unison Voices, Piano, and Optional Instruments


Love Came Down at Christmas - SATB Chorus

Many and Great (Dakota Tune) - SATB divisi Chorus

Mass in D (Kyrie, Gloria, Alleulia, Sanctus, Acclamations, Amen, Agnus Dei) - SATB Chorus
   for the 2011 New English Translation of the liturgical texts

Passages from Luke – SATB Chorus and Orchestra (or Piano Four-Hands)
            I.     "Peace to this house!"
            II.    "The child grew and became strong ..."
            III.    "The Messiah of God"


Psalm 23 - The Lord Is My Shepherd - SATB Chorus
   for the 2008 Chancel Choir of Evangelical United Methodist (EUM) Church, Racine, WI

Psalm 67 - Let All the Peoples Praise You - Two-Part Treble Voices, SAT Chorus, Keyboard, 2 Flutes, and Trombone
   Commissioned by St. Mary's Lutheran Church, Kenosha, WI, for their Elementary and Middle School Choirs

Psalm 96 - Sing to the Lord - Two-Part Treble Voices, Piano, Flute, and Trombone
   for St. Mary's 8th Annual Music Camp

Psalm 100 - SATB divisi Chorus and Piano
   for the 2009 Carthage Choir, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI

Psalm 148 - Praise the Lord - Two-Part Treble Voices, Piano, Flute, and Trombone
   for St. Mary's 6th Annual Music Camp

Psalm 150 -  Unison Treble Voices and Piano
   for St. Mary's 10th Annual Music Camp

Rejoice! Sing Praise! - SATB divisi Chorus and Organ
   Commissioned by Evangelical United Methodist (EUM) Church, Racine, WI, for their Chancel Choir

Service in B-flat - Congregation, Organ, SATB Chorus, Handbells, and Timpani

​Sevenfold Amen - SATB Chorus

The Windows - SATB divisi Chorus and Orchestra (or Piano)
   for the 2010 Carthage Choir, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI (Premiered at New Student Convocation)

​Turn our mourning into dancing - SATB Chorus, Flute, Handbells, and Keyboard
   Dedicated to Deacon Linda Schmidt and her ministry through music.

Organ Works

Praise to the Lord the Almighty - Organ

Processional - Organ and Percussion

Scherzo - Organ

Silent Night - Organ

​Variations on Vicar (Hope of the world) - Organ

We Three Kings - Organ


Arrangements

 
Fanfare on A Mighty Fortress (EIN FESTE BURG) - Brass Quartet and Organ
   for the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation

Ave Maria (F. Schubert/M. Luther) – Soprano and Baritone Soloists, Bowed Glockenspiel, and Marimba
   alternates phrases with Schubert's original and Luther's Ein feste Burg

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro moderato, BWV 1048 (J.S. Bach) - Saxophone Choir (SSSAAATTBB)

Cantate Domino (H. Praetorius) - Brass Choir (Double Quartet)

Christ is Born! (Includes: Mendelssohn, Adeste Fideles, Gloria) - Saxophone Quartet (AATB)*

Come down, O Love divine (Down Ampney) - Organ, Handbells, and Soprano Descant

Ding, Dong, Merrily on High - Saxophone Quintet (AATTB)*

Go, Tell It On the Mountain - Saxophone Trio (any 3) and Keyboard*

Invention No. 13 (J.S. Bach) - Soprano and Baritone Saxophone Duet

I Saw Three Ships & Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Saxophone Quintet (AATTB)*

Italian Hymn - SATB Chorus, Handbells, Trumpets, Timpani, and Organ
  For the retirement of Rev. Dean Francis, Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church of Evanston, Illinois
  Set to a new hymn text commissioned for the occasion by Thomas Troeger: “Come to God’s feast and find”


​Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning - Saxophone Quintet (AATTB)*

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms - Saxophone Quartet (AATB)

O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Brass/Saxophone Quintet*

O Little Town of Bethlehem & Away in a Manger - Saxophone Quintet (AATTB)*

Prepare the Royal Highway - Saxophone Quintet (AATTB)*

Silent Night - Organ Solo or Saxophone Quintet (AATTB/AAATB)*

A Suite of Baroque Carols - Saxophone Quintet (AATTB/SATTB)*

Toccata (C-M Widor) - Brass Quartet, Timpani, and Organ
   supplemental parts to the original version from Symphony No. 5, Op. 42, No. 1

We Three Kings - Organ Solo or Saxophone Quintet (AATTB)*
   organ version premiered by organist David Higgs at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA

Were You There  - Settings of Final Verse and Refrain in SSAA and SATB Settings
                                 - Wind Ensemble (Prelude to Good Friday) fl., ob., cl., a. sx., t. sx., hn., tbn., bs. cl., synth., pno
                       
* featured on the recording Rejoice! Rejoice!: Music for Advent and Christmas (2008)
              
Hymn Tunes and Chant:
 
CANTICUM NOVUM – With the breath of wind and seas
   composed as part the anthem "Turn our mourning into dancing"

GENESEE - A hymn of glory let us sing
   for the 2015 Installation of Reverend Dahn Dean Gandell

HELEN - When Jesus rose to a world made new
   harmonized for a 2013 hymn festival honoring Helen Kemp

PACEM IN TERRIS - While seeking refuge from the storms of life
   winner of the Notre Dame Children’s Choir’s 2016 Hymn Competition

Psalm 8 - G Major
Psalm 50 - F Major, Through-composed with antiphon
Psalm 103 - D Minor (used with Taizé antiphon)
Psalm 104 - D Major
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