New Publications

The world premiere of Let No Silence Linger by Daniel E Gawthrop has been given in Greenville, SC by the Herring Chamber Ensemble under the direction of Bingham L Vick and the score is available for purchase from Subito Music. This SATB work is scored for a cappella voices and will require a confident group […]

Discover the unique composition “The Lord is My Shepherd,” crafted for an SATB chorus featuring a soprano and alto duet. This piece invites listeners to meditate on the profound meaning of Jesus as the Shepherd. To learn more about this work, please visit the Video Library page at www.beautifulstar.com. 

Hi! I’m so proud to share with you the world premiere of my new choral work ‘Comme Une Rose’ freshly performed by the University of Louisville Cardinal Singers. Conductor: Dr. Kent Hatteberg. February 21, 2025, Kentucky. ‘Comme Une Rose’ is set for a cappella SATB choir (divisi) with French lyrics. Performance Time: 5’05. Listen to […]

Liturgical Readings for April 27th, 2025, list Psalm 150 as an option.  IF you like to program anthems based on the Psalms, and IF you have a moderately capable choir, and IF you are willing to conduct a mixed meter piece, please look at my original setting of Psalm 150.  Here’s a link to J.W. […]

The Christian Virtual Hymnal Lite is a scaled down version of the Christian Virtual Hymnal 20K. The Christian Virtual Hymnal Lite provides transposable, customizable, searchable sheet music and MIDI for 20,000 hymns and shape note hymns. No CCLI license required. Transpose to any key, resize and easily reformat, delete/re-order verses. Search for hymns via tune, […]

Friends, as 2025 begins there are a half dozen choral pieces from my pen awaiting a public premiere. E.g., a shape-note setting commissioned for private performance, an ironic love poem commissioned for an anniversary, a choral transcription of a timely art song, an exciting submission composed for a competition but not selected. So we could […]