A Cappella Choral Music
- A Clear Midnight for SATB chorus (text by Walt Whitman)
- Juke Box Love Song for SATB chorus (text by Langston Hughes)
- Hard Times, Come Again No More for SATB chorus (arrangement of Stephen Foster song)
- Hope is the thing with feathers for SATB chorus (text by Emily Dickinson)
- O viriditas digiti Dei for SSAA chorus (based on a chant by Hildegard von Bingen)
- Psalm 3 for SATB chorus
- Song of the Silenced for tenor, baritone and SATB chorus
- What wondrous love is this for TTBB chorus
- Other arrangements of existing music available upon request
Accompanied Choral Music
- As They Draw to a Close for SATB chorus, clarinet, alto saxophone, viola and piano (text by Walt Whitman)
- Ave Maria for SSAA chorus and piano
- Breathing Is Our Right for accompanied SAB chorus
- Let Me Not for SATB chorus, violin, and piano (text by Rabindranath Tagore)
- Let Me Not for TTBB chorus, violin, and piano (text by Rabindranath Tagore)
- Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace for TTBB chorus and djembe
- Psalm 47: Clap Your Hands for SATB chorus and 4-handed piano
- The Sage & The Soft Rain for TTBB chorus and piano (text by Walt Curtis)
- The Snowstorm Tango for TTBB chorus, piano, bass & drums
Choral Arrangements
- Blue Skies by Irving Berlin for TTBB voices, piano, upright bass, and drums
- Carol of the Bells by Peter Wilhousky for TTBB voices, piano, two violins, electric bass, and drums
- Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin and Sandy Chapin for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums
- Cool Yule by Steve Allen for TTBB voices, piano, upright bass, and drums
- Cowboy Take Me Away by Marty Seidel and Marcus Hummon for TTBB voices, piano, violin, electric bass, and drums
- Dear Santa (Bring Me A Man This Christmas) by Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums
- Don’t Speak as performed by No Doubt for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums
- Don’t Stand So Close to Me as performed by The Police for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums
- Facade from Jekkyl & Hyde for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums
- Gloria as performed by Laura Branigan, for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums (available through Tresóna)
- Goodbye Earl by Dennis Linde for TTBB voices, piano, violin, electric bass, and drums
- Grow As We Go by Ben Platt, Ben Abraham, and Alex Hope for TTBB voices, piano, and cello
- Hard Candy Christmas by Carol Hall for TTBB voices, violin, and drums
- He’s Stuck in the Chimney Again by Floyd Huddleston and Cy Coleman for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums
- Hello! from The Book of Mormon by Bobby Lopez, Matthew E. Stone & Trey Parker for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums (available through Tresóna)
- I Can’t Stand the Rain as performed by Ann Peebles for TTBB voices, electric bass, and drums
- I Know Where I’ve Been from Hairspray by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman for TTBB voices, electric bass, and drums (available through Tresóna)
- I Won’t Back Down by Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty for TTBB voices and piano
- Journey On from Ragtime for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums (available through Tresóna)
- Move On from Sunday in the Park with George for SAB voices, piano, and electric bass (available through Tresóna)
- Lost in the Wilderness from Children of Eden by Stephen Schwartz for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums (available through Tresóna)
- Many Moons as performed by Janelle Monae for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums
- Overwhelmed as performed by Royal and the Serpent for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums
- People Like Us as performed by Kelly Clarkson for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums
- Pinball Wizard as performed by The Who for TTBB voices, piano, electric guitar, electric bass, and drums
- Rain on Me as performed by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums
- Silver Bears, a parody of “Silver Bells” for TTBB voices, piano, and electric bass (available on personal request)
- Take Me Out as performed by Franz Ferdinand for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums
- Times Like These by Foo Fighters for TBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums
- Thinkin Bout You by Chris Breaux and Shea Taylor for TTBB voices, electric bass, and drums
- To Life from Fiddler on the Roof by Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums (available through Tresóna)
- Vivir Mi Vida by Sam Debbie, Bjoern Djupstroem, and Bilal Hajji for TTBB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums
- Will I Shut Up and Dance?, and mashup of Will I? from RENT and Shut Up and Dance as performed by Walk the Moon, for SATB voices, piano, electric bass, and drums (available through Tresóna)
- Winter Dreams (Brandon’s Song) by Kelly Clarkson, Ashley Arrison, and Aben Eubanks for TTBB voices and electric bass
Hymns and Sacred Songs
- Camina Conmigo (Walk With Me), a unison and 4-part hymn with piano accompaniment
- God Is Not Confined, a song for leader and congregation with piano accompaniment (conceived with Jennifer Jordan)
- God Is Still Creating, a song for SAT chorus and piano (based on a sermon by Chris Paige)
- God Is With Us, a unison song for leader and congregation with piano accompaniment
- God speaks to us in bird and song, a 4-part a cappella hymn (text by Joseph Johnson, 1888)
- How Great Thou Art, an arrangement for mezzo-soprano and piano
- I Will Wade, a song with piano accompaniment based on Luke 5
- Jesus Knows, a song with piano accompaniment (based on a sermon by Rev. Katie Aikins)
- May the blessing of rain be on you, a 4-part a cappella hymn (text based on a traditional Celtic blessing)
- Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace, a unison and 4-part hymn with piano accompaniment
- Oh, let us join the great refrain, a unison and 4-part hymn with piano accompaniment (text by Justin Yoder)
- Refine Us, a 4-part hymn with piano accompaniment
- Stand By Me: Hymns of Hope & Healing, singer-songwriter arrangements of hymns for piano, guitar and cello (or congregational use), including:
- O healing river (voice and piano), Hymnal: A Worship Book #372
- My life flows on (voice and cello), HWB #580
- Be thou my vision (voice, piano and cello), HWB #545
- Lord, thou hast searched me (SATB chorus, a cappella), HWB #556
- O thou, in whose presence (voice, piano and electric guitar), HWB #559
- My Shepherd will supply my need (voice, piano and cello), HWB #589
- Guide my feet (voice and piano), HWB #546
- Oh, have you not heard (voice and guitar), HWB #606
- When the storms of life are raging (voice and piano), HWB #558
- Abide with me (voice and piano), HWB #653
- Tear Down the Wall, a unison and 4-part hymn with piano accompaniment
- The Soil, a song with piano accompaniment (written with The BTS Center)
- Use Me, a song with piano accompaniment
- Welcome Song, a unison 4-part hymn with piano and cello accompaniment
Musical Theater Works
- Contradict This! A Birthday Funeral for Heroes (The Bearded Ladies Cabaret)
- The Best Sex I Never Had for voices, piano, cello, bass and drums (written with Jackie Soro)
- Too Much Space (The Manspreading Song) for voices, piano, bass and drums
- The Judge’s Song of Recusal for mezzo-soprano piano, bass and drums (lyrics by John Jarboe)
- Home of the Trojans, produced by Goshen College Theatre Department
- Get to Know You for three voices, a cappella
- I Guess You Could Call Her for voice, guitar and violin, viola, cello and string bass
- Mandatory Fun, produced by Arden Theatre Company
- A Place to Call Her Own for voices and ukulele
- Box Office for voices, piano and flute
- Commercial Break #1: WHYY for voices and piano
- Commercial Break #2: Lagunitas for voices and ukulele
- Extraordinary (Terry Knows My Name) for voices, piano and ukulele
- Fundamental Question (Don’t Have Kids) for voices and piano
- Here to Assist (ATTSM) for voice and piano
- Leap of Faith for three voices, a cappella
- Mandatory Fun for voices and ukulele
- No One (Showed Up for Antsypants) for voices, piano and clarinet
- The Long Schlep (No Trains Running) for voices, piano and clarinet
- When You’re Down (Fix Your Face) for voices and piano
- Romeo & Juliet, produced by Goshen Shakespeare Theatre
- Epilogue: A Glooming Peace for SATB chorus, a cappella
- Good Night, Good Night! for voices and piano
- Now Old Desire for voices and piano
- Romeo & Juliet (theme) for piano
- Two Households for SATB chorus, a cappella
- Rose: You Are Who You Eat, produced by John Jarboe & Emily Schreiner
- And Then Rose Said for voice (with harmony vocals), piano, and cello
- Dear Mom for voice, children’s choir and piano
- [Transgender Ancestors Project]
- Passage to India for voice, piano and cello
Works for Strings
- Carousel for string quartet
- Cascade for string quartet
- Gigue for cello
- In Paths Untrodden for cello
- neverod|doreven for string chamber orchestra
- Steeplechase for string quartet
- Tartuffe, programmatic music for string quartet
- To a Stranger for cello
- Ulysses for string quartet
Works for Solo Vocalists
- Gitanjali, a song cycle for mezzo-soprano, piano and flute (text by Rabindranath Tagore)
- 2. When thou commandest me to sing
- 7. My song has put off her adornments
- Rima VI and Rima X for mezzo-soprano and harp (text by Rubén Darío)
- Walt Whitman Song Cycle for soprano and piano (text by Walt Whitman)
- Forever for voice and piano
Other Works
- Bolero for piano
- Cocktail Songs for piano
- Dziadzi’s Song for clarinet
- Echo & Narcissus for flute
- My Shepherd will supply my need for flute and guitar
- No Going Back for clarinet
- Variation on a Folk Melody for violin and piano
- Music for dance, including compositions with percussion, cello, piano and voice
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