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Local Forecast (text: Eleanor Aversa) for SSAA or SATB choir, 3’30” (2017). Commissioned by Amuse Singers.
Humorous story of a relationship in weather-themed imagery, with musical quotations from numerous weather-themed songs. Details
Two Superstitions: I. Knock on Wood II. Gesundheit! (text: Eleanor Aversa) for SATB choir, 3’00” (2013). Commissioned by San Francisco Choral Artists.
Humorous pieces. Details
Probably Helical (text: Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling) for SATB choir, 4’00” (2013). Commissioned and recorded by San Francisco Choral Artists.
A tribute to biologist Rosalind Franklin, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. The text is verbatim from Franklin and Gosling’s landmark article in Nature. Details
The Darkling Thrush (text: Thomas Hardy) for SSAATTBB or SATB choir, 6’00” (2012). Commissioned by San Francisco Choral Artists.
This setting presents the poem as is, then revisits the text from the point of view of the bird, incorporating melodies based on field recordings of thrushes. Details
Eyes Open (text: Kate Chopin and Eleanor Aversa) for SATB choir, 3’00” (2008)
First Prize Winner, 2009 San Francisco Choral Artists New Voices Competition; premiere by SFCA.
Based on a line from the novel The Awakening, cut into syllables and looped in the manner of electronic music. As the piece progresses, these fragments coalesce until suddenly the entire message becomes clear. Details
Sacred Music
Let Eternal Morning Rise (text: Mary A Lathbury) for SSATBB, 3’00 (2020)
Hymn setting using 6-voice imitative polyphony and contemporary, jazz-infused harmonies. Public domain text.
Litany of Divine Mercy (text: Fr. Peter John Cameron) for SATB, piano, cantor, and congregation 9’00”, also for unaccompanied SATB, 6’30” (2016)
A “Kyrie elison” melody alternates with Biblical texts describing Divine Mercy.
Please contact me to obtain a pdf score. This will be personally licensed: “Sheet music licensed to [your name / ensemble name]” on the score header.
Perusal scores are free.
Scores to be used at free concerts are free. (Must be an educational institution or ASCAP-licensed venue.)
For ticketed performances, ensemble copies are as follows:
| Piece length | Price per score |
| <2 minutes | 1.00 |
| 2-4 minutes | 1.40 |
| >4 minutes | 1.80 |
10% discount for >50 copies
20% discount for >75 copies