Vocal/Choral Works

My last two posts (Part 1 and Part 2) have been analyzing the relationship between the text and music in

I wrote the poem that became the text for my vocal work “I Have a Star” around 1983-1984, later setting

The text for my vocal composition “I Have a Star” originated as a poem I had written around 1983-1984, while

In 1984, I was directing a small amateur mixed chorus in Atlanta, Georgia.  Wanting to take advantage of the opportunity

“Midway through life’s journey,” writes Dante at the beginning of the Inferno, “I found myself in a dark wood.”  The