UCLA Music Library

Unaccompanied piece for SATB choir, based on Psalm 96, verses 1, 11-13.

What the Swallows Did is from the short story of the same name by Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888). The text is the man’s farewell to the swallows whom he had grown fond of after a summer spent together. 

The music paints the words, falling in couplets and imitating flight in rising patterns. The piece can be sung by three women’s voices, or with doubling up to 12 voices

An Evening Prayer (2018)

For male sextet (2 Altos; 2 Tenors; Baritone; Bass), a cappella, 3’50”

Text: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Piece for male sextet (2 altos, 2 tenors, baritone, bass). Text by Emily Brönte.

For 2-part children’s choir, SATB adult choir, flute/piccolo, double bass, two percussionists and piano. Text by Robert Browning.

An unaccompanied piece for SATB choir on tanka by Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902).

Unaccompanied piece for SATB choir on a poem by Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672).

Ages of Ages is for SATB a capella choir. It is inspired by text taken from the medieval Old Hispanic chant, León 8, fol. 273:

Et non deficiet ex te vir qui compleat voluntatem meam;

and León 8, fol. 88v:

Gloria et honor patri et filio et spiritui sancto et nunc and semper et in saecula saeculorum.

An English translation is used for this piece.

After an introduction in the style of a trumpet voluntary, the ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’ enters quietly. The next melody is ‘America The Beautiful’, placed over running patterns in the left hand.  It is between the phrases of ‘America The Beautiful’ that the service melodies are interspersed: 'Off We Go' [Air Force], ‘Anchors Aweigh’ [Navy], ‘The Army Goes Rolling Along’ [Army], ‘The Marine’s Hymn’ [Marine Corps]. The piece finishes with ‘Taps’ rising in the bass against ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’ in the treble.