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Dear Directors and Friends: I was asked to write a piece as a surprise for a wonderful couple who was celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary.  I used the wonderful text of Elizabeth Barrett Browning “How do I Love Thee, Let me count the Ways”.  My church director was able to get a small group of […]

Get your favorite Graphite pieces TAX-FREE! Set up Graphite as a Vendor! First of all, what’s a vendor? Vendors are approved companies that you can do business with after formal approval from your organization. Once set up, schools and nonprofit organizations can purchase music from Graphite online and through emailed purchase orders tax-free! Like we […]

Graphite co-founder and composer Jocelyn Hagen has been interviewing some of the most fascinating and accomplished women composers in the field for her new Compose Like A Girl podcast. She and her team are in the final production stages and plan to release episodes in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!

C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective is holding auditions for all voiceparts on Thursday, Aug. 24 from 7-10PM, in Manhattan. The audition will consist of vocalizing for range and timbre, a prepared piece which will be e-mailed one week beforehand, rhythmic and melodic sight singing, and a blending exercise. C4 is a semi-professional new music choir, directed and operated collectively by its singing members. It is both a presenting ensemble and a workshop […]

The Brattleboro Concert Choir’s 2023-24 season is coming, and it’s going to be a thrilling one! We hope you will be interested in joining us. The Concert Choir rehearses 7-9 pm on Wednesday evenings at the Brattleboro Music Center in Brattleboro VT, and is currently seeking new members of every voice part for the upcoming […]

The Brattleboro (VT) Camerata, a small chamber choir focused on Renaissance-era and Renaissance-inspired music, is currently seeking new members of every voice part for its upcoming season – it especially invites BIPOC singers and singers of all gender identities to audition. Rehearsals are Mondays 6:30-8:30 pm at the Brattleboro Music Center, and starting on Monday, […]

This is a classic Acadian/Québecois Folk-Song and Dr. Sirett makes it really SPIN. The text of this song is based on a game of words. In the vernacular of colonial Quebec, the name “Moine /Monk” is given to a small toy called in France: “German Top / toupie d’Allemagne”. Apparently, the “Moine/Monk” is actually a […]

If you are interested in a meaningful, inspirational Chanukah song for your holiday concerts, please consider “There’s Something About Those Candles”. It sings of the universal hope to dispel the darkness and to make this world a better one. SATB/piano and TTB/piano and solo are available. Various performances can be seen by searching YouTube: “There’s […]

Masterworks Chorale is a Bay Area institution, bringing opportunities to sing the world’s greatest choral music with a finely tuned choir and orchestra to our community. We invite singers in all vocal ranges to audition. Like Masterworks rehearsals, our easy-on-the-ego audition process is designed to support singers in bringing out their best capabilities. Though much […]

My composition The Captain’s Daughter (On the Water) for mixed chorus and piano – a accessible, tonal setting of the poem by James T. Fields – now has a dramatic new version with orchestral accompaniment. Please watch and listen to the scrolling score video on my YouTube channel. The public domain poem appears below. The […]