New Publications

http://www.wlp.jspaluch.com/13795.htm   Here’s a performance by the Harmonium Choral Society of Morristown, NJ, Anne Matlack, Director, from a December concert.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiMKon0G1Kc

New for men’s voices . . .    A new setting of a traditional poem, this work juxtaposes simple melodic beauty with a wider harmonic palette in the interior sections. These interior sections can be performed with the optional piano part, or a cappella. The use of the oboe, accents melodic fragments in a subtle […]

I am extremely proud to share my SATB work “When the Sun Comes After Rain” with text by Robert Louis Stevenson.  The score is published by Pavane Publishing (P1441), and is available on both JW Pepper and from Hal Leonard. http://www.jwpepper.com/When-the-Sun-Comes-After-Rain/10360809.item   Many thanks go to the University of British Columbia University Singers (Graeme Langager, conductor) […]

Looking for the perfect work to open your festival concert? Laudate Dominum is an invigorating work for SATB chorus and is perfect for teaching mixed-meter and choral phrasing. This jubilant setting offers a highly energetic perspective on a celebratory Latin text. Laudate Dominum runs the spectrum of musical expression, offering your advanced chorus the opportunity to express their […]

Last Sunday evening in St Patrick’s Church, Coleraine, there was the first performance of Philip Stopford’s new anthem FOR HE IS OUR PEACE. It is scored for piano and SATB choir with optional organ providing a string orchestra effect in the backgroud.    A YouTube video of the final rehearsal can been seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baRQu79wCpE   […]

Description   Early Summer – based on the poem Early Summer by Charles Harpur (1813-1868) – for SSA & Piano or SA & Piano   ‘Tis the early summer season, when the skies are clear and blue, When wide warm fields are glad with corn as green as ever grew, And upland growths of wattles engolden all […]