New Publications

A new work is now available from composer Carson Cooman especially intended for university and school choirs to use at ceremonial occasions (e.g., commencement, convocation, baccalaureate service, etc.) The composer has heard many comments from choral directors expressing difficulty finding appropriate secular repertoire for such occasions. A new commission from Harvard University has allowed for […]

This is a new work of mine premiered May 12, 2011 at the San Francisco Conservatory. I would be interested in your thoughts and honest opinions. I know that there are many settings of Alleluia out there and so I am interested in knowing, from a choral conductors standpoint, if this piece has general appeal, […]

For university/professional choirs looking for a challenging and interesting piece for next season, please contact me for a perusal copy of my Missa Brevis Incheon, a concert missa commissioned by the world renowned Incheon City Chorale, Dr. Hak-won Yoon, artistic director. This a.c. SATB/div piece is about seventeen minutes long. It was successfully premiered in […]

If you are looking for something REALLY stunning, try Victor Paranjoti’s Kyrie Eleison. Strictly using the notes of the Purvikaliani Raga of the Carnatic (south Indian) style of music, but with 8 part harmony using only those notes, the harmony is among the most fascinating yet acceptable you are likely to hear. The words, of […]

Yelton Rhodes Music has just published two of my works.  One is a setting of Edward Lear’s “The Owl and the Pussycat” for SATB and guitar (or piano), and the other is my setting of translated sections of the prologue of the Kalevala, titled Kalevala Fragments.   Here are links to the YRM catalog for […]

The Chautauqua Chamber Singers under the direction of Rebecca Ryan premiered Daniel E. Gawthrop’s newly commissioned setting of the Lord Byron poem “She Walks in Beauty” in a concert Saturday evening, 14 May, 2011 in Jamestown, NY. This SATB work is suitable for concert use by high school, collegiate, chamber and professional ensembles and is […]