Current Projects

  • På låven sitter nissen - Cantus (Trondheim, Norway), conductor Tove Ramlo-Ystad.

  • TBD - Urbandale High School (Urbandale, IA), conductor Ted Brimeyer.

  • TBD - Tim and Stacia Carroll Family

  • Burning Blue - Minnesota Valley Men’s Chorale (Apple Valley, MN), conductor Steven Boehlke.

  • Poesia - Key Chorale (Sarasota, FL), conductor Joseph Caulkins.

Large Work | Extended Projects

  • sea-change - TBD

  • Book of the Duchesse - TBA

Completed Projects

2023

  • Element of Blue - Penn High School (Mishawaka, IN), conductor Andrew Nemeth.

2022

  • One Day Soon - Waukee High School and Northwest Waukee High School (Waukee, IA), conductors Jeff Knutson and Jackson Daubitz.

  • When Music Sounds - Heidelberg University Concert Choir (Tiffin, OH), conductor Gregory Ramsdell.

2021

  • When Music Sounds - Heidelberg University Concert Choir (Tiffin, OH), conductor Gregory Ramsdell.

  • The Enchanted Sheepfold - Urbandale High School (Urbandale, IA), conductor Jonathan Edgeton.

  • Serenade - Kearney High School (Kearney, NE), conductor Clayton Moyer.

  • Music I heard - Brainerd High School A Cappella Choir (Brainerd, MN), conductor Brian Stubbs.

2020

  • Constellation - Urbandale High School (Urbandale, IA), conductor Jonathan Edgeton.

  • Let Us Say - International Music Camp — special anniversary commission (International Peace Gardens), conductor Eric Barnum.

  • O quam suávis est - University of Maine (Orono, ME), conductor Francis Vogt — special #acdamemory commission drawing winner.

  • The Final Sea - The Northern Lights Chorale (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN), conductor Bruce Phelps.

2019

  • Prairie Elegy - Staley High School & Liberty High School (Kansas City, MO), conductors Tracy Ressiguie & Brian Hartmann.

  • Where can I find Him? - Idaho Choral Consortium Commission, coordinator Seth McMullen.

  • Spirit Seeking Light and Beauty - Choral Arts (Seattle, WA), conductor Robert Bode.

  • The Rainbow | une vignette chorale - Penn High School (Mishawaka, IN), conductor Andrew Nemeth.

  • Jellyfish - Muskego High School (Muskego, WI), conductor Matt Wanner.

  • Already Soaring - Averill Park High School (Averill Park, NY), conductors Sarah Christy and Michael Blostein.

  • Yggdrasil - Cantus (Trondheim, Norway), conductor Tove Ramlo-Ystad.

  • Mist - Bellevue High School (Bellevue, WA), conductor Andrew Jacobson.

  • Blue Squills - Symphonic Chorale of Southwest Florida, conductor Trent Brown.

2018

  • Great Divide - de Profundis (Albuquerque, NM), conductor David Poole.

  • Rune - Amy Boers and Family (In honor of Dr. Geoffrey Boers 60th birthday).

  • Days Gone By - Northwest Chamber Choir (Seattle, WA), conductor Mark Kloepper.

  • Voyager - Bexley High School (Columbus, OH), conductor Amy Johnston Blosser.

  • Fall, sweet Music | un petit fantasme - 2017 ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) Women’s Choirs Consortium.

2017

  • one endlesse Day - Madison Choral Project (Madison, WI), conductor Albert Pinsonneault.

  • Last Lines - Iowa State University (Ames, IA), conductor Jim Rodde.

  • Death of the Ball Turret Gunner - Miami University Men's Glee Club (Oxford, OH), conductor Jeremy Jones.

  • I cannot hold thee close enough - Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY), conductor Christine Howlett.

  • Launching Into Space - Special consortium commission in collaboration with composer Timothy Takach.

  • the Morning of Eternity - Kamiak High School (Mulilteo, WA), conductor Nancy Jefferson.

  • Evensong - Troy University (Troy, AL), conductor Diane Orlofsky.

  • Psalm 84 - Magnum Chorum (Minneapolis, MN)

  • Mitzvah - University of Northwestern (St. Paul, MN), conductor Timothy Sawyer.

2016

  • The Snow Shower - Cantus (Trondheim, Norway), conductor Tove Ramlo-Ystad.

  • Winter - Madison Choral Project (Madison, WI), conductor Albert Pinsonneault.

  • Monna Innominata - Bob and Becky Demaree (Platteville, WI).

  • Wellspring - Utah Chamber Artists (Salt Lake City, UT), conductor Barlow Bradford.

  • A Thousand Red Birds (choral triptych) - Choral Arts (Seattle, WA), conductor Robert Bode.

    1. Grounded

    2. In the Silence

    3. A Thousand Red Birds

  • I Sing of the Northland - The Lake Shore Youth Choirs (Duluth, MN), conductor Bret Amundson.

  • Chartless (choral triptych) - The Choral Project (San José, CA), conductor Daniel Hughes.

    1. Chartless

    2. I Am the Wind

    3. Morning

  • Over The Ridge - Marist College (Poughkeepsie, NY), conductor Sarah Williams.

2015

  • The Universal - Cordus Mundi (Bucks County, PA), conductor Rick Rosen.

  • What is this light? - Staley High School (Kansas City, MO), conductor Tracy Ressiguie.

2014

  • Natum vidimus - Kentwood High School (Kentwood, WA), conductor Daisy Li Emans.

  • Summer's Ocean - Hebron High School (Carrollton, TX), conductor Rachel Forester.

  • The Beautiful Sing - Choral Arts Ensemble (Rochester, MN), conductor Rick Kvam.

  • Heaven Full of Stars - 2014 Advanced Women's Choir Consortium.

  • There is Sweet Music Here - EastShore Honor Choir (Bellevue, WA).

  • The Sunken City - University of Utah Chamber Choir (Salt Lake City, UT), conductor Barlow Bradford.

  • To Night - The Master Singers (Eau Claire, WI), conductor Gary Schwarthoff.

  • When All Was Young - Hood River Valley High School Chamber Choir (Hood River, OR), conductor Mark Steighner.

  • The Lie - UW Rock County Chamber Singers (Janesville, WI), conductor Bryson Mortenson.

2013

  • Heaven-Haven - Lawrence University Concert Choir (Appleton, WI), conductor Phillip Swan.

  • Everlasting Voices - Shawnee Mission East High School (Prairie Village, KS), conductor Ken Foley.

  • The Young Man's Song - 2013 Graphite Publishing Young Male Choir Consortium.

  • Chronologic - Choral Arts (Seattle, WA), conductor Robert Bode.

  • After Music- Matea Valley High School (Aurora, IL), conductors Nathan Bramstedt & Andrew Collins.

  • Moonlight Music - Winter Park High School (Winter Park, FL), conductor Matthew Swope.

  • The Bee Boy's Song - The St. John's Boys' Choir (Collegeville, MN), conductor André Haywood.

  • eikon - Colonial Church (Edina, MN), conductor Mark Stover.

  • Waiting for the Dawn - Eastern Mennonite High School (Harrisonburg, VA), conductor Jay Hartzler.

  • The Human Heart - UMKC Conservatory (Kansas City, MO), conductor Robert Bode.

2012

  • Remembered Light - Kantorei (Denver, CO), conductor Richard Larson.

  • Walk - Ames Chamber Artists (Ames, IA), conductor James Rodde.

  • Wrapped - Grand Junction High School (Grand Junction, CO), conductor Marcia Wieland.

  • Conflagration - Texas Music Educators Association (premiere ensemble: San Antonio Mastersingers, conductor John Silantien).

  • Healing Heart - Bexley High School (Columbus, OH), conductor Amy Johnston Blosser

2011

  • Corpus Christi - The Master Singers (Eau Claire, WI), conductor Gary Schwartzhoff.

  • Spark - Cantamus at Iowa State University (Ames, IA), conductor Kathleen Rodde.

  • Sing in Dark Times (choral triptych) - Choral Arts (Seattle, WA), conductor Robert Bode.

    1. The Hateful Crime

    2. Pigtail

    3. Yes

  • Waly Waly - Muskego High School (Muskego, WI), conductor Matt Wanner.

  • Take My Hand - Bellevue Christian High School (Bellevue, WA), conductor Andrew Jacobson.

2010

  • Carol of the Angels - Choral Arts (Seattle, WA), conductor Robert Bode.

  • The White Birds - Hopewell Valley Central High School (Pennington, NJ), conductor Brian Winnie.

  • Lotos - La Cañada High School (La Cañada, CA), conductor Jeff Brookey.

  • In Paradisum - Kevin Fenton (premiere ensemble: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL), conductor Kevin Fenton).

  • Confessions - Troy University (Troy, AL), conductor Diane Orlofsky.

  • I Come Singing! - Singing Statesman at UW Eau Claire (Eau Claire, WI), conductor Gary Schwartzhoff.

  • Light Mirrors - Jeremiah and Crystal Cawley.

  • Fair Ines - Iowa City High School (Iowa City, IA), conductor Greg Grove.

  • the Garden - Hopkins High School (Hopkins, MN), conductor Phillip Brown.

  • Love is enough - Bret Amundson et al.

  • Lo, I am with you always - Tanque Verde Lutheran Church (Tucson, AZ), conductor Timothy J. Campbell.

  • Psalm 95 - First Congregational Church (Eau Claire, WI), conductor Gary Schwartzhoff.

  • Flowers for the Altar - Coro Vocal Artists (Tucson, AZ), conductor Timothy J. Campbell.

  • 4 Responsorials - University of Washington Chamber Singers (Seattle, WA), conductor Geoffrey Boers.

  • Return! - Oklahoma Jr. High All-State Mixed Choir, conductor Steven Demorest.

2009

  • look up... - Minnesota Collegiate Honor Choir Festival, conductor Craig Jessop.

  • The Stars Stand Up in the Air - Youth Choral of Central MN, conductor Garrett Lathe.

  • Music in the Night - Magnolia Chorale (Seattle, WA), conductor Jean-Marie Kent.

  • Dawn - Choral Arts (Seattle, WA), conductor Robert Bode.

  • Across the Fields - University of Washington Chamber Singers (Seattle, WA), conductor Geoffrey Boers.

  • Psalm 67 - Ascension at University Presbyterian Church (Seattle, WA), conductor Eric Barnum.

2008

  • The Sounding Sea - Iowa State University (Ames, IA), conductor Jim Rodde.

  • The Wheel that Moves the Sun and Stars - Cathedral High School (St. Cloud, MN), conductor Bret Amundson.

2007

  • The Lady in the Water - Duluth East High School (Duluth, MN), conductor Jerome Upton.

  • There Was a Time - Choral Arts Ensemble (Rochester, MN), conductor Michael Culloton.

  • Afternoon on a Hill - ACDA of MN and Minnesota MEA, conductor Craig Arnold.

  • Inferno - VocalEssence (Minneapolis, MN), conductor Maria Guinand (Philip Brunelle).

2006

  • Venus' Lament - The Young New Yorker's Chorus (New York, NY), conductor Nathan Davis.

  • The Rose of Midnight (choral cycle) - Kantorei (Denver, CO), conductor Richard Larson.

    1. Christus factus est

    2. Tenebrae factae sunt

    3. Crucifixus

    4. The Rose of Midnight

    5. Adoramus te, Christe

    6. Surrexit pastor bonus

    7. O verbum Patris

  • XXV - Kantorei (Denver, CO), conductor Richard Larson.

2005

  • Domine, quis habitabit - The Rose Ensemble (St. Paul, MN), conductor Jorden Sramek.

  • The True Knowledge: Four Mystical Poems - Magnum Chorum (Edina, MN), conductor Eric Barnum (David Dickau).

    1. the Brier

    2. the Trees and the Master

    3. the Blade of Grass

    4. The True Knowledge

  • I sing of a Maiden - Kantorei (Denver, CO), conductor Richard Larson.

  • The Valley of Silence - Kantorei (Denver, CO), conductor Richard Larson.

2004

  • Hic est Martinus - The Rose Ensemble (St. Paul, MN), conductor Jordan Sramek.

  • Sweeter Still - Marcus and Miranda Aulie, (premiere ensemble: Bemidji State Alumni Chamber Singers, conductor Eric Barnum).

  • Two Dear Hearts - Nicholas and Katie Wayne, (premiere ensemble: MNSU Chamber Singers, conductor David Dickau).