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Choral Music

During the pandemic, we were able to keep choral music alive: ANGELICA WOMEN’S CHAMBER CHOIR, Marie Caruso, Artistic Director performed “Once, I Knew a Fine Song,” my setting of Stephen Crane’s poem.

From 2017-19, I was Composer-in-Residence for Charis Chamber Voices, under the direction of Art Sjögren, conductor.

I c0mposed a setting of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “Pied Beauty” for Charis Chamber Voices

During my residency, I had the opportunity to write settings of British and America poets, including Emily Dickinson.

My setting of the Emily Dickinson poem for mixed a cappella chorus, performed by Charis Chamber Voices, Arthur Sjögren, conductor. Recorded live at Bedford Presbyterian Church, May 6, 2017.

During the pandemic, when it was not safe to band together in a chorus, the Flanagan family premiered “Somewhere a Star is Shining,” my Christmas song for SST voices and original text, accompanied by piano. Lisa and Terence Duncan Flanagan, sopranos; Terence J. Flanagan, tenor and piano.