New Publications

Please view and listen to my new arrangement of Three Fishers Went Sailing, based on the melody of the Victorian era parlour song by John Pyke Hullah (1812-1884) and text by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875).  Three Fishers Went Sailing is scored for SAB choir, piano, and cello.  The soaring melodies, memorable harmonic dissonances, rhythmic and metrical shifts, and thoughtful […]

America My Home is a patriotic song and anthem for the new millennium. It gained popularity after the attacks of September 11, 2001 and has been performed live at military and veterans events, other patriotic concerts, and heard on TV, commercial and Christian radio, and Armed Forces radio, to audiences totaling over one million. This […]

Three new songs for Remembrance Day programs: click on a title to listen to a quality recording while viewing the complete score   Soldier’s Cry – TTBB or SATB a cappella or SSA with piano   After the War – SATB or SSA with piano   And the Poppies Grow – SATB with piano   with […]

NOW AVAILABLE ON CD   Guideposts to Singing featuring The Manhattan Transfer members Cheryl Bentyne & Janis Siegel share voice lessons on the Women’s CD Alan Paul & Tim Hauser share their lessons with you on the Men’s CD Available through Deborah Wyatt

Hodie/Today on Earth was commissioned by Garrison Keillor and “A Prairie Home Companion” in 2012. Based on the 15th century antiphon Hodie Christus Natus Est, the piece is a joyful Christmas song. It was written for the DiGiallonardo Sisters and the All-Star Shoe Band, and received its premiere on ” A Prairie Home Companion” on […]

Chanukah Candle Blessing is an original SATB setting of the traditional Jewish prayer recited before lighting the menorah. Short, not difficult, and sung in Hebrew, this piece is appropriate for winter concerts and synagogue use. Click through to see the score and listen to an excerpt from a live performance.   http://www.swirlymusic.org/music/choral-music/bruce-lazarus-chanukah-candle-blessing/   Our growing […]