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Home > Compositions > Choral

Choral

» A DuBose Heyward Triptych (Text: DuBose Heyward) (2000-2001) 15’30″

A Choral Suite for SSAATTBB chorus, cappella
1.
Silences
2.
Landbound
3.
Dusk
To order…

 

» All My Heart This Night Rejoices (Text: Paul Gerhardt) (1972) 2’00″

SATB and organ
To order…

 

Alleluia Dialogues (Text: Alleluia) (1990) 4’00″

Motet for Double SATB Choir and 4 Bells (ad lib)
To order…
- appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music

 

» Arise in Beauty (Text: Angier Brock) (2010) 7’00”

Anthem for SATB Chorus and Organ
To order…

 

Ave Maria (Text: Traditional Latin) (2004) 4’30″

Motet for SATB Chorus (divisi), a cappella
To order…
- appears on the CD – The World’s Desire

 

» Ave Verum Corpus (Hail, True Body) (Text: Traditional) (2010) 4’00″

SATB (div.), a cappella
To order…

 

» Ave Verum (1998) 5’00″

Motet for SSAA, a cappella
To order…

 

Break Away! (Text: Alicia Carpenter) (1983) 5’00″

SATB and piano
♦TP
To order…
- appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music

 

» Brief Mass (Text: The Ordinary of the Mass) (1993) 15’00″

SATB (divisi), a cappella
I.
Kyrie
II.
Gloria
III.
Credo
IV.
Sanctus
V.
Agnus Dei
♦RHL
To order…
- appears on the CD – American Music from St. Thomas
- appears on the CD – Dan Locklair: Choral Music

 

» A Celtic Invocation (Text: Traditional) (1978) 2’00″

SA or TB and organ or piano
To order…

 

» “changing perceptions” & EPITAPH (1987) 14’00″

SATB and piano
I.
what do we know about life (Carol Adler)
II.
A.M.H. (Christine Teale Howes)
III.
Grief Poem (Joy Kogawa)
IV.
High Flight (John Gillespie Magee, Jr.)
V.
like the river that passes away (Carol Adler)
EPITAPH
NOTE: EPITAPH (Grave inscription) may be performed after “changing perceptions” if desired, but this is optional.
♦HL
To order…
- appears on the CD – Dan Locklair: Choral Music

 

A Christmas Carol (Text: G.K. Chesterton) (1981) 2’00″

SATB, a cappella
♦RHL
To order…
- appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music

 

» A Christmas Pair (Text: Christine Teale Howes) (1989) 7’00″

SATB and organ
I.
Down to the Roots of the World
II.
Lumen de Lumine
Each movement published separately
♦WL
To order…

 

» The Columbus Madrigals (Text: Alicia Carpenter) (1991) 29’00″

Three theatrical choral pieces for treble voices with optional speaking parts.
I. They Say; II. The Voyage; III. Into Your Hands (Last Words)
To order…

 

» Cradle Song (Text: Traditional German) (1979) 3’00″

SATB, a cappella
To order…

 

Create in Me a Clean Heart (Text: Psalm 51) (1980) 4’00″

Anthem for SATB and organ
♦P
To order…
- appears on the CD – My Spirit Sang All Day…

 

New » Creator of the Stars of Night (Text: Ninth century. Translation by John Mason Neale) (2011) 6’00″

An Advent Anthem for SATB Chorus & Organ

 

» DESCANTS to Traditional Hymns (2007-2008)

Thirty-seven descants based on traditional hymns
To order…

 

» Desires (Text: Traditional Celtic) (1978) 3’00″

SSA and organ or piano
To order…

 

Dona Nobis Pacem (Text: The Mass) (1985) 5’00″

SATB, a cappella
To order…
- appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music

 

En Natus Est Emanuel (1999) 3’30″

Christmas Motet for SSAATTBB and SA, a cappella
To order…

 

» Festival Setting of Wake Forest University Alma Mater (1983)

Audience, brass, organ, percussion

 

For Amber Waves (Text: Katherine Lee Bates) (1993) 4’30″

A Spatial Choral Piece for Five SATB choirs, a cappella
♦BH
To order…
- appears on the CD – Dan Locklair: Choral Music

 

» The Force of Habit (1978) 8’00″

Treble voices and piano
I. The Elephant or The Force of Habit (A.E. Housman); II. Animals (Walt Whitman); III. I Dunno (Anonymous); IV. How Doth the Little Crocodile (Lewis Carroll); V. The Reason for the Pelican (John Ciardi)
♦RHL
To order…

 

Freedom (Text: Maya Angelou) (2000) 4’00″

TTBB and piano
To order…

 

From East to West (Text: Coelius Sedulius, tr. Ellerton/Ulery) (2003) 5’00″

A Christmas Anthem for SATB chorus and organ
To order…
- appears on the CD – From East to West

 

From East to West (Text: Coelius Sedulius, tr. Ellerton/Ulery) (2003/2005) 5’00″

A Christmas Anthem for SATB chorus, brass quintet, timpani and organ
To order…

 

The Gates of Morning (Text: C. Earl Leininger) (2006) 5′ 00″

A secular choral piece for SATB Chorus, Oboe and Piano
To order…

 

The Gift of Music (Text: Fred Chappell) (2004) 5′ 00″

SSA, piano
To order…

 

Gloria (Text: Traditional Latin) (1998) 12’00″

SATB, divisi, brass octet and percussion
To order…

 

» Grace (Text: Traditional Celtic) (1978) 2’30″

SATB, a cappella
To order…

 

» Holy Canticles (Text: Traditional) (1996) 20’00″

A Suite of Three Canticles for SSAATTBB choir, a cappella
1.
Magnificat
2.
Nunc dimittis
3.
Te Deum laudamus
♦RHL
To order…
- appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music

 

» Hymn to Christ (Text: John of Damascus) (1987) 2’00″

SATB, a cappella

 

» In Praise to Easter (Text: The Book of Common Prayer) (1973) 15’00″

Cantata for SATB, brass quartet and organ
To order…

 

In the Cross of Christ (Text: John Bowring), 2006 2′ 00″

An Anthem for SATB Chorus (divisi), a cappella
To order…

 

In the Sight of God (Text: The First Letter of Peter: Ch. 2, vs. 2-5) 2009 3′ 30″

An Anthem for SATB Chorus, a cappella
To order…

 

Instant Culture(Text: Alicia Carpenter) (1985) 13’30″

A Choral Drama for SATB, Soloists and Piano
To order…
- appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music

 

» The Isaiah Canticles (2005) 9’00″

SATB (divisi), a cappella
1.
Surely it is God
2.
Seek the Lord
3.
Arise, Shine
To order…

 

» Jubilate Deo (Text: Psalm 100) (1979/1996 revised) 6’00″

SATB, brass quartet, organ, percussion
To order…

 

Let the People Sing! (Text: Fred Pratt Green) (1989) 3’30″

SATB and organ with finger cymbals (ad lib)
To order…

 

» The Lilacs Bloomed (Text: Walt Whitman) (2009) 8’00″

A Choral Triptych for SATB Chorus and Piano
based on Walt Whitman’s “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”
1.
“…I mourned”
2.
“…fallen star”
3.
“…a miracle”
To order…

 

» The Lone, Wild Bird (Text: Henry R. McFadyen) (1979) 3’00″

Unison and organ
♦GIA
To order…

 

The Lord Bless You and Keep You (Text: Numbers 6:24-26) (2008) 1′ 30″

Anthem for SATB chorus, a cappella, with treble soloist (or C Trumpet)

 

Lord Jesus, Think on Me (Text: Synesius of Cyrene) (2006) 3′ 00″

An Anthem for SATB Chorus and Organ
To order…

 

Magnificat and
Nunc Dimittis
(Montréal) (1999) 8′ 30″

SATB (divisi) and organ
To order…

 

» Mass Setting (1981)

Unison and organ

 

» Missa Brevis, “The Brass Mass” (1985/87) 33’00″

SATB (divisi) and brass quintet
I. Prelude-Kyrie-Fanfare/Processional; II. Gloria; III. Credo; IV. Sanctus; V. Agnus Dei and Dona Nobis Pacem
2tpt, hn, tmb, tba
To order…

 

» O God of Earth and Altar (Text: G.K. Chesterton) (1975) 5’00″

SATB and organ
To order…

 

O Sacrum Convivium [O Sacred Banquet] (Text: Traditional Latin) (1999) 2’30″
(Contains an English singing text)

Motet for SATB, a cappella
To order…

 

O Sing to the Lord a New Song (Psalm 96) (2003) 5’00″

Anthem for SATB chorus and piano
To order…

 

» O Vos Omnes (1998) 4’30″

Motet for TTBB, a cappella
To order…

 

» On Cats (1978) 10’00″

SATB and piano
I. The Lion (Vachel Lindsay)
II. Cat (J.R.R. Tolkien) (S/B soli)
III.The Mysterious Cat (Vachel Lindsay)
IV. December Cats (Mark Van Doren) (a cappella)
V.
How to Tell a Tiger (John Ciardi)
♦RHL
To order…
- appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music

 

Pater Noster [Our Father] (Text: Traditional Latin) (2000) 3’00″
(Contains an English singing text)

Motet for SSAATTBB chorus, a cappella
To order…
- appears on the CD – American Music from St. Thomas
- appears on the CD – Pater Noster, The Choir of The Abbey School, Tewkesbury, UK
- appears on the CD – My Spirit Sang All Day…, The Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham
- appears on the CD – Music for a Grand Space, Cathedral Choral Society

 

» Poems ‘N Pairs (1994)

A Set of Two Choral Cycles for Children’s Voices and Piano based on children’s poetry from around the world
Cycle I 6’00″
1A. Awaken
1B. (Untitled)
2A. An Enchanted Garden
2B.
Dancing

Cycle II 6’15″
1A. Breeze
1B. Witches
2A.

Slave of the Moon
2B. Sleep and Dreams
♦BH
To order…

 

» Prayer of Supplication and Thanksgiving (Text: A Short Book of Common Prayer) (1972) 5’00″

SATB and organ
To order…

 

Proclaim the Lord (Text: Bible) (1985) 3’00″

SATB, a cappella
To order…
- appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music

 

Remembrance (Text: Matthew 5: 3-12), 2006 5′ 00″

A choral piece for SATB chorus, organ and optional trumpet
To order…

 

» Shepherds Rejoice (Text: The Sacred Harp [1860]) (1999) 5’00″

Two Christmas Anthems based on texts and tunes from The Sacred Harp (1860)
SATB, a cappella
1.
Shepherds, Rejoice!
2.
Christ was Born in Bethlehem
To order Shepherds, Rejoice!…
To order Christ was Born in Bethlehem…

 

Stirring the Silence (Text: Fred Chappell) (2006) 7’00″

Divided SATB Chorus, Children’s Voices (opt.) and String Orchestra
To order…

 

Tapestries (Text: Rabinranath Tagore) (1982) 4’00″

SATB, 4 handbells and piano
To order…
- appears on the CD – Dan Locklair: Choral Music

 

Te Deum Laudamus: You are God (1997) 7’30″

Anthem for SATB choir, soloists (SATB) and organ
To order…

 

» Thanksgiving (Text: Psalm 65 vs. 6-13) (2008) 4’00″

Anthem for SATB Chorus & Organ
To order…

 

The Texture of Creation (Text: Martha W. Lentz) (1983) 5’00″

SATB, brass quintet, organ and percussion
To order…

 

» Three Christmas Motets (Text: Liber usualis) (1993) 6’15″

SATB (divisi), a cappella
I.
Quem Vidistis Pastores Dicite
II.
O Magnum Mysterium
III.
Hodie Christus Natus Est
♦RHL
To order…
- appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music
- appears on the CD – Chantez Noel, Atlanta Singers

 

» Three Short Anthems (1972/80) 6’00″

SATB, a cappella
I. Introitus (Bible); II. God be in My Head (Sarum Primen, 1558); III. At the Name of Jesus (Caroline Noel)

 

» Treble Woes (Text: Edmond Kapp) (1978) 1’15″

Unison and piano
To order…

 

» (the trees) (Text: A.R. Ammons) (1992) 6’30″

Four-movement (a cappella) cycle from Windswept (the trees)
II.
Recovery
IV.
Still Frame
VI.
Wiring
VIII.
Ubi Caritas [Where Affection and Love Abide] (Text: Traditional Latin) (2003) 4’00″
(Contains an English singing text)

A Motet for Unison Voices & Organ
To order…

 

Venite (O Come, Let Us Sing) (Text: The Book of Common Prayer)
(1997) 5’30″

SSA, piano, bells (ad lib.)
To order…

 

» Verses of Peace (Text: Traditional Latin verses) (2002)

A Motet for SATB Chorus and Keyboard Accompaniment
To order…

 

» Windswept (the trees) (Text: A.R. Ammons) (1992) 25’00″

A Choral Cycle in Nine Movements for SATB, Woodwind Quintet and Piano
I.
Windy Morning with a Little Sleet
II.
Recovery
III.
March Song
IV.
Still Frame
V.
Interference
VI.
Wiring
VII.
Bay Bank
VIII.
Shading Flight In
IX.
In the Wind My Rescue Is
1.1.1.1/1.0.0.0/pno
To order…
- appears on the CD – Dan Locklair: Choral Music

 

New » WINTER (from the forgottens) (Text: Clinton Scollard, Arlo Bates, Mary Mapes Dodge, John Shaw) (2011) 15’00″

A Four-movement Choral Cycle for SATB, SSAA, TTBB Choruses and Piano
1. A Bell (SATB)
2. A Winter Twilight (SSAA)
3. The Stars (TTBB)
4. Sleighing Song (SATB)
(N.B. Movements may also be purchased separately.)
To order…

 

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