The Sea is Calm Tonight
A contemplative and wistful setting of the opening of Matthew Arnold’s "Dover Beach” The polyphonic setting mirrors the relentless churning of the ocean, jumbles the text and creates new meaning.
O Magnum Mysterium
Sparkling dissonances and medieval inspired open harmonies express the yearning, longing, and magic of the Christmas season.
The Lamb
This intimate setting reflects the intimacy, delicacy and subtle strength of William Blake’s poem “The Lamb”. It is appropriate for performance by a two-part choir or two soloists.
The Return of Silence
The Return of Silence is an adaptation of a portion of the thirteenth century Roman de Silence by Heldris of Cornwall.
Music Like Water
A challenging work for double chorus inspired by water’s persistence and strength. A tiny stream of water finds a way through stone and tiny streams. Frozen, it can shatter solid rock; flowing, it can combine into powerful torrents, almost without warning.
Speed and Perfection
A setting of Jane Hirshfield's poem "Speed and Perfection" from her collection "Given Sugar, Given Salt. The music imitates the rushing of the night wind, and the flurry of leaves, while the harmonies evoke the sweetness of fruit.
You Put Apples to Your Lips
This setting of Jane Hirshfield’s “for a wedding on mount Tamalpais” relies on triadic and added tone harmonies with Lydian inflections to capture the brightness and ripeness of the poem’s sensual language.
Kubla Khan
A challenging work for chamber choir. This setting of Coleridge's famous poem "Kubla Khan" is packed with powerful fifth-based harmonies, clusters, augmented triads, and colorful word painting.
Tsuki ga dete/The Moon Rises
Inspired by moonlit walks on the beach below the bluffs on the UC Santa Barbara campus; the lap of the small waves against the sand, and the shimmering path of light from the moon on the water.
Ronda del Fuego
A setting of Gabriela Mistral’s poem of the same title, for intermediate level treble chorus.
