Works for Chorus
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Windy Nights (2009), for two-part children's treble chorus (with piano accompaniment and optional recorder descant). Text by Robert Louis Stevenson (public domain). To be premiered by the 2009-2010 Fairfax County Sixth-Grade All-County Chorus in April 2010. See the News page for more information.
World premiere by the 2009-2010 Fairfax County Sixth-Grade All-County Chorus, April 24, 2010, under the direction of Dr. Lynnel Joy Jenkins, conductor. See the News page for more information. Duration 2'30".
Flood (2008), for two-part children's treble chorus (with piano accompaniment). Original text by Hithem Shaw, student at Daniels Run Elementary School, selected as the winning text of the Poetry in Music competition.
- RM MP3 concert program
- Commissioned and performed by the Treble Chorus of the Fairfax Choral Society, Fairfax, VA, directed by Caroline Desmond. Recorded at Annandale United Methodist Church, Annadale, VA, at the Fairfax Choral Society Youth Choruses' Poetry of Music concert, 03/13/08. Duration 3'30".
Four Haiku (2007), for mixed SATB chorus (a cappella). Texts by Issa, Buson and Basho, all translated and copyright Robert Hass.
- I. Spring: RM score excerpt
- II. Summer: RM score excerpt
- III. Fall: RM score excerpt
- IV. Winter: RM score excerpt
- Commissioned and performed by the Vancouver Chamber Choir, British Columbia, Canada, directed by Jon Washburn.
The Story of Hollywood (2006), a short opera for children in two acts. Libretto written and music composed by a group of talented third- and fourth-grade students from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School (PS 122), Baltimore, MD, under the auspices of the Baltimore Opera Company's "Create and Produce" educational/outreach program.
Click for more information: "The Story of Hollywood" libretto, program from the performances.
- RM score excerpt
- Introductory and closing comments by Assistant Principal Bargit Ramsundar; preceding comments by Russell Nadel; Russell Nadel, piano; Ms. Yozmin Draper, Principal Sandra Graves, James Harp, Phyllis Lloyd, and Tara Francke, principal faciliators. Recorded in the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School auditorium, 05/25/06. Total duration (with commentary) 28'30"; opera duration ca. 17'00".
Music Shall Lift Us Up (2006), canon for three voices.
Canon for three voices (2005).
- RM score
- Level II students of the Walden School Teacher Training Institute, Dublin, NH. Duration 2'00".
Four Psalms (2001-2002), for mixed SATB chorus (a cappella). Texts from the Scottish Psalter of 1650.
- Psalm 23: RM MP3 score excerpt
- First Prize (University Division), 2003 Vancouver Chamber Choir Young Composers' Competition
- Selected for reading, recording and repertoire, 2002 Baltimore Choral Arts Society Student Composer Project
- Psalm 100: RM score excerpt
- Psalm 121 (for SSA women's chorus and soprano, mezzo-soprano and alto soloists): RM score excerpt
- Psalm 130: RM score excerpt
- Russell Nadel, conductor; singers from the Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD; Caitlin Donovan, Cara Rogers and Cynthia Charbeaneau, soloists. Total duration 7'30".
In Youth Is Pleasure (2001), for SABar children's chorus (with piano accompaniment). Text by Robert Wever.
Sanctus (2000), for mixed SATB chorus (a cappella) and tenor soloist.
Second Prize (Secondary Division), 2001 Vancouver Chamber Choir Young Composers' Competition
Selected for reading and recording, 2001 Baltimore Choral Arts Society Student Composer Project