New Publications

I’m proud to share that Letters to a Young Conductor: Thoughts on Music and Life is now available on Apple Books. I wrote this with a younger version of myself in mind. Over four sections, “Mindset,” “In Rehearsal,” “In Concert,” and “Building A Career,” I offer the advice I wish I had listened to when […]

“Singing, God Gives Me a Melody” was first heard in coffeehouses in the 70’s. It’s taken a little time but this beautiful song of praise is finally catching on with choirs today. Enjoy! Available at Cypress Choral Music https://cypresschoral.com/composers/harris-loewen/singing-life-gives-me-a-melody/

“The Red Wheelbarrow,” an innovative environmental/imagist poem I first read as a teenager, struck me as an alluring and joyful means to immerse in a commission by Austin’s Inversion Ensemble for their Planet Home project. The score blossomed during a fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, a pastoral setting that nurtured embracing […]

Handel’s Messiah Re-Voiced for Three-Part MEN’S VOICES (T.T.B) and Small Chamber Ensemble Four of Handel’s inspiring choruses from “MESSIAH” are here re-voiced to be delightfully rendered with Men’s Voices alone and a small contingent of orchestral instruments (Violin, Trumpet & Trombone, or any other reasonable substitutes such as Clarinet, Cello or Bassoon) to give the […]

For years, choral directors have been asking me whether I have anything with a Jewish theme they can use for the holiday season. Well… turns out that an old girlfriend of mine recently became a Rabbi and wrote me a wonderful lyric about the history and meaning of Hanukkah. Set in a very accessible & […]

PLANNING A MAJOR WORK FOR NEXT SEASON? Beethoven’s beautiful Mass in C, Op. 86 is the perfect for community choruses, volunteer groups, and good high school groups wanting to do major works for chorus and orchestra: not nearly as formidable as Missa Solemnis, but with plenty of Beethoven vigor and personality. Creative Spirit Music Publisher […]