The orca (killer whale) named Lolita was taken from British Columbian waters and ended up at an amusement park in Florida. This anthem is a timely reminder of our relationship to nature; an easy sing with solid harmonies and a poignant message. View score while you listen here
New Publications
New arrangement of “O come, O come Emmanuel for SATB voices and piano
I am offering my newest arrangement for free for a limited time and invite you all to have a look and listen. Thanks! http://www.stephensmusic.com/OCome.pdf
New SATB work by Emma Lou Diemer from Colla Voce Music
Take a mid-week break and spend some time getting to know this new setting of “Ring Out, Wild Bells” by Emma Lou Diemer. Scored for SATB divisi voices, Emma Lou has crafted a work that puts her own unique spin on the harmony-centered style of choral music that is so popular with today’s most prominant […]
“Snow Buntings,” a wintry new SSA work by Composer Diane Laura Rains
Fae by Nature Music’s Aviana Collection presents a new composition by Diane Laura Rains for Boychoir or other SSA choir, Hammered Dulcimer, Celesta, Bowed Psaltry, Sleigh Bells and Shruti Box. ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ Listen ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ On a crystal cold day in deep midwinter, when even the north wind’s icy tongue was silent and […]
The Return (Armistice Poems) now available with strings or brass
My composition The Return (Armistice Poems) commemorates the end of World War I with music that is both passionate and evocative of the “at-home” music of the early 20th century. Originally for SATB and piano, I now have versions available for accompanying forces of brass quintet and piano or string quintet and piano. For more […]