One of the greatest and most lasting gifts you can give your singers and your community is a new work for choir!
The process of collaborating to bring a new piece of music to life is an exciting and personalized journey. As a composer, I look forward to learning about you, your choir, and what kind of experience you are looking to bring to your students and your community through the commission process.
If you are interested in learning more about a commission, or to inquire about rates, timelines, and other details of the process, reach out. I would love to connect with you.
Commissions
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DESTROYER OF WORLDS, A Song of Little Boy in the Bomb Bay of the Enola Gay, August 6, 1945
Commissioned by the Timber Creek High School Choirs (Fort Worth, Texas). Text by Charles Anthony Silvestri.
Adrian Kirtley, Director
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Title TBD
Commissioned by the Tartan High School choirs,
James Borsky, Director
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Title TBD
TTB Choir
Commissioned by the South Carolina American Choral Director’s Association for the 2025 High School Tenor-Bass All-State Choir.
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Human-like
SATB Choir, A cappella, text by ChatGPT
Commissioned by the Nixa Choirs (Nixa, Missouri) for their performance at the 2024 Southwestern American Choral Director’s Association Conference.
Daniel Gutierrez, Director
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Never
TTBB Choir, A cappella, text by Winston Churchill
Commissioned by the Bridgeland High School Choirs (Cypress, Texas) for their performance at the Texas Music Educator’s Association Conference 2024.
Christopher Fiorini, Director
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Dolly Waits
SATB Choir, Accompanied, text by Juleigh Howard-Hobson
Commission Consortium:
Amanda Mitchell, Glendale High School (Glendale, Arizona)
Alex Kolster, Raytown High School (Raytown, Missouri)
Blake Richter, Nixa Junior High School (Nixa, Missouri)
Daniel Gutierrez, Nixa High School, Nixa Choirs (Nixa, Missouri)
David Haas, Vocal Artists of Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa)
Dustin McKinney, Kearney High School (Kearney, Missouri)
Joshua Donaldson, Emporia State University (Emporia, Kansas)
Lauren Vomund, Nixa Junior High School (Nixa, Missouri)
Lindsay Patten Murray, Habersham Central High School (Mt. Airy, Georgia)
Luke Tredinnick, Chaparral High School, Con Brio Choir (Parker, Colorado)
Ryan Main, Youth Chorus of Kansas City (Kansas City, Missouri) -
Home on the Range
SAB Choir, text by Brewster M. Higley
Commissioned by the Oregon Trail Middle School Choirs (Olathe, KS).
Beth Nelson, Director
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Il Lampo (The Lightning)
SSAB Choir, text by Giovanni Pascoli
Commissioned by Cranston High School East (Cranston, Rhode Island).
Emily Johnson, Director
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Better Be A Seed
SATB Choir, text by Rye Lanae Boothe
Commissioned for the fifth anniversary of the Black Tulip Chorale (St. Louis, Missouri).
Robert Stumpf, Director
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Legatum (Legacy)
2-Part Choir, text by Blake Richter
Commissioned by the Nixa Junior High Choirs (Nixa, Missouri) for the 2023 Missouri Music Educators Association Conference
Blake Richter, Director
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Singing, Bring Me
SATB Choir, text by Robert Bode
Commissioned by the Raytown South High School Choirs (Raytown, Missouri)
Gretchen Kemp, Director
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Inveniam Viam (Find a Way)
SATB Choir, text by Hannibal, ed. Ryan Main
Commissioned for the 2021 North Carolina All State Middle School Mixed Chorus
Ryan Main, Director
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The Endless, Rising Song
SATB choir, text by Robert Bode
Commissioned by the Nixa High School Choirs
Daniel Gutierrez, Director
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Home
SATB choir, text by Stephen Rew
Commissioned by the Trenton High School Choirs (Trenton, Missouri)
Tyler Busick, Director
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Into Belonging
SATB choir, text by Rye Lanae Boothe
Commissioned by Choral Spectrum (Kansas City, Missouri) for the 2021 GALA Festival
Dr. Michael Patch, Director
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The Future Now
SATB choir, text by Dr. Robert Bode
Commissioned by Platte County High School Choir (Platte County, Missouri) for the 2020 Missouri Music Educators Association Conference
Brian Von Glahn, Director
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A Part of Us
SATB choir, text by John Cool
Commissioned by the St. Joseph Community Chorus (St. Joseph, Missouri)
Jennifer Stammers, Director
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Be Who You Are
2-Part choir, text by Bethany Main
Commissioned by the Manchester Park Elementary School Special Chorus (Olathe, Kansas) for the 2020 Kansas Music Educators Association Conference
Bethany Main, Director
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Three Things
2-Part choir, text by Andrew Houston
Commissioned by Inman Intermediate School (Nixa, Missouri) for the 2020 Missouri Music Educators Association Conference
Blake Richter, Director
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The Birth of Music
SATB choir, text by Dr. Robert Bode
Commissioned by the Olathe East High School Choirs (Olathe, Kansas)
Baker Purdon, Director
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How Can I Face This World?
SATB choir, text by Dr. Robert Bode
Commissioned by the Kearney High School Chamber Choir (Kearney, Missouri) for the 2019 Missouri Music Educators Association Conference
Dustin McKinney, Director
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And For A Breath
SATB choir, text by Sara Teasdale
Commissioned by the Missouri Western State University Chamber Choir (St. Joseph, Missouri) for the 2018 Missouri Music Educators Association Conference
Dr. Elise Hepworth, Director
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I Saw A Child
SATB choir, text by Bette Milleson James
Commissioned for Reed Academy and the Reed Academy Singers (Springfield, Missouri) for the 2018 American Choral Director's Association Southwest Region Conference
Daniel Gutierrez, Director
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Go! Said The Star
SATB choir, text George Parsons Lathrop, ed. Ryan Main
Commissioned for the Raytown High School Camerata Choir (Raytown, Missouri) in honor of accompanist Brenda Yates
Alex Kolster, Director
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You Are Not Alone
SATB choir, text by Bette Milleson James
Commissioned for Reed Academy and the Reed Academy Singers (Springfield, Missouri), for the 2017 American Choral Director's Association National Conference
Daniel Gutierrez, Director