New Publications

New from the Royal School of Church Music Publications TIME TO DECLARE My Life in Church Music – Martin Neary In Time to Declare: My Life in Church Music, the distinguished organist and choral conductor Martin Neary offers an extraordinary journey through his life in music – a journey rich in artistry and personal and […]

A new edition of Choral Concepts, the landmark textbook by choral legend Donald Neuen, is here! Neuen—recipient of ACDA’s Robert Shaw Lifetime Achievement Award, former Director of Choral Activities at Eastman and UCLA, and assistant to Robert Shaw—brings nearly 70 years of experience to this invaluable text.  In the field of choral conducting and pedagogy, there is no other book to rival […]

Dear Olist Colleagues, I am very happy to announce that my one-man play, “MUSE of FIRE—Charles Bruck at the Monteux School in Maine,” about the man many considered America’s greatest (and most notorious) teacher of conducting, has been published by DelGatto Press. The volume includes the complete play script, with reviews, history and backstory, plus […]

I’m very pleased to share the recording from last month’s world premiere of PURPLE MARTINS, my new TTBB setting of the poem by Carl Sandburg, performed by Constellation Men’s Ensemble, who also commissioned the piece. A score video is available on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/BTEREHukqLI The video, recording, text and further information is available on my website […]

Discover this beautiful anthem focusing on God’s boundless mercy.  “God’s Great Mercy” is a choral composition for an SSAATTBB Chorus sung A cappella.  To learn more about this piece, please visit the Video Library page at https://www.beautifulstar.com/   

Hello Colleagues, I have been on this exchange for some time but never made a post. I’d like to introduce myself. I’m a composer with a long track record and I have a song that I think many folks would be interested to sing at this momentous time in our nation’s history.  “Immigrants” is a […]