Recent Compositions and Commissions

 

2012

Antiphon, Lament, and Exaltation (Piano, violin, and clarinet)

Premiered March 25, 2012 by Dan Mattix, Katie Mattix, and Luke Lusk

 

2011

The Wind Among the Reeds:  Songs to poems by Yeats (Song cycle, Voice + piano)

Wrote and co-wrote several songs with Thornfield, including “Lucien,” “Dinosaur,” and “Love is Home.”

 

2010

“The Savior’s Carol” (SATB + piano + cello)

Premiered December 16, 2010 by Holy Trinity Church at “Christmas On The Town.”

“Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me” (congregational hymn)

Seek The Lord, You Saints, Adore Him (Hymn by Peter Vanderwall, arr. for orchestra).

Performed February 1 & 5, 2010 by Moody Bible Institute Combined Ensembles; Broadcast on Moody Radio.

Vanity Fair (SSAATTBB + solos acapella)

 

2009

Mistress of the World (Madame Bubble’s Song) (TTBB + soprano solo)

Performed January 2010 by UnMasked productions. Rita Mock, soprano. Recorded for video promo.

Away In a Manger (SATB + solo violin).

Premiered December 18, 2009 by the choir of Holy Trinity Church at “Christmas on the Town.” Joan Allison, conductor; Wendy Benner, violin.

O Thou Loving One (SSAATTBB acapella + tenor solo). Text by John Bunyan.

Who Would True Valor See (SATB acapella + baritone solo). Text by John Bunyan.

 

2008

Give Me Jesus (Soprano + piano)

Lead, Kindly Light (Congregational Hymn)

Recorded June 2008 by Carrie Pazdziora on her CD …a look inside… Arr. for Soprano, piano, guitar.

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (New setting of congregational hymn text)

I See a Little Child (Tenor + piano). Text by George MacDonald.

Performed June 8, 2008 in Sunday service at Holy Trinity Church, Chicago, IL.

 

2007

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (SSAATTBB Acapella)

Premiered December 2007 by Northwoods Baptist Church Choir, Northwoods, FL.

Angels We Have Heard on High (SATB Acapella).

Premiered December 2007 by Northwoods Baptist Church Choir, Northwoods, FL.

What Child is This (SATB acapella with Soprano soloist)

Premiered December 2007 by Northwoods Baptist Church Choir, Northwoods, FL. Rita Mock, soprano.

Mick McGuire (Irish traditional song, arranged for TTBB and piano.) Published by Alliance (AMP-0792).

Premiered May 2007 in Belfast by the Moody Men’s Collegiate Choir, H. E. Singley, conductor.

  June 2008 – Accepted for publication by Alliance (AMP-0792).

Stretto-Fantasie on “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (Chamber orchestra).

Premiered March 16, 2007 by the East Wisconsin Ensemble.

Three Hymns for Chamber Orchestra (2 flutes, Vln I II, Vla, Vlc, Piano, 2 Trumpets)

1. Power of the Cross

2. In Christ Alone

3. Wonderful, Merciful Savior

Premiered June 16, 2007 at Josiah Rocke / Danielle Brecht wedding.

Room at the Manger (Chorus and instrumental ensemble)

Performed December 7, 2007 at “Christmas on the Town,” Holy Trinity Church, Chicago.

Sir Festus Burke (Thurlough O’Carolan, arr. for piano solo)

Premiered August 17, 2007 in John Pazdziora / Rebecca Steere wedding; performed by Samuel Steere.

She Moved Through the Fair (Irish traditional, arr. for piano solo)

Premiered August 17, 2007 in John Pazdziora / Rebecca Steere wedding; performed by Samuel Steere.

 

2006

Love Seeketh Not Its Own (Piano solo)

Performed November 19, 2005 in Katie Kaczrowski / Dan Gesell wedding. Eric Pazdziora, piano.

Song for Carrie (Soprano, Baritone, Piano, Violin)

Performed July 22, 2006 – Brittany McCleary, soprano; Corey Wolfe, Baritone; Lynwood Winslow, piano; Hannah Lane, violin.

Reflections (Violin + Piano)

Performed July 22, 2006 – Lynwood Winslow, piano; Hannah Lane, violin.

Bittersweet (music by Carrie Harrell Pazdziora, arr. for violin and piano)

Performed July 22, 2006 – Lynwood Winslow, piano; Hannah Lane, violin.

Waking Up Alone (Original film score by Kathryn Hodges, arranged and orchestrated. String Quartet + Piano.)

Recorded May 6, 2007. Eric Pazdziora, conductor.

 

2005

Clocks (Original film score, piano and electronic media)

O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing (SATB, violin, flute, piano)

Premiered April 14, 2005.  Kara Montie, violin;Nathan Thomas, flute; Dan Mattix, piano;Michelle Lynch, conductor.

Three Breton Dances (String quartet)

Premiered April 14, 2005. Katherine Roy, violin; Katie Brestel, violin; Melissa Doussard, viola; Steven Danan, cello

Glass-Colored Roses: Nine Watercolor Sketches for Piano (Piano solo)

            Premiered April 14, 2005. Jonathan Kotulski, piano.

Wandering Songs: Four Irish Poems by Padraic Colum (Soprano, Violin, Violoncello, Piano)

1. The Wonder of All Wandering
2. Red Rowan Berry (Morag’s Song)
3. When Sleep Would Settle On Me
4. The Edge of Day

Premiered April 14, 2005. Heather Cummins, Soprano; Amy Lemon, Piano; Katherine Roy, Violin; Steven Danan, Cello

The Return (SATB with Organ)

Premiered April 14, 2005. Brent Stutzman, Organ; Michelle Lynch, Conductor.

Veni, Sancte Spiritus (SATB with organ)

Premiered April 14, 2005. Brent Stutzman, Organ; Michelle Lynch, Conductor.

O, Could I Speak the Matchless Worth (SATB with organ)

Premiered April 14, 2005. Brent Stutzman, Organ; Michelle Lynch, Conductor.

Performed May 18, 2008 by North Park Covenant Church Choir, Chicago, IL.

Gloria Patri (SATB with organ)

Premiered April 14, 2005. Brent Stutzman, Organ; Michelle Lynch, Conductor.
Performed May 18, 2008 by North Park Covenant Church Choir, Chicago, IL.

Three Reflections: Poems by Peter McIntyre (Baritone voice and piano)
1. Missing the Point
2. A Buried Savior
3. At the Re-creation

Premiered February 18, 2005 at Peter McIntyre’s senior voice recital.

Performed April 14, 2005. Peter McIntyre, Baritone; Alan Tripp, Piano.

Recorded June 2006 on Moody Bible Institute Music Department CD Sound Decisions.

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Organ, Clarinet, Two Violins)

Amazing Love (Organ, Clarinet, Two Violins)

Delusions of Grandeur (Piano solo)

 

2004

“Let the Nations Praise” (Original short film score)

November 2004 Commissioned and recorded for a video project by Avant Ministries.

Sing to the Lord (SATB + piano.) Text by Carrie Martin.

Premiered July 2004 by Crystal Lake Evangelical Free Church choir.

Fanfare: Cum Laetitia Magna (Full orchestra)

February 8, 2004 –Selected as a winner in the DuPage Symphony Orchestra’s “Fanfare For Our Fiftieth” contest. Premiered by the DuPage Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Schubert, music director and conductor.

In Christ Alone (Hymn by Keith Getty / Stuart Townend, arr. for SATB, Piano, Organ, Rhythm section)

February 2004 –Commissioned and performed by the Moody Chorale, including a performance during Founder’s Week, broadcast on national radio.

Venite Adoremus (arr. for Piano, C Instruments, children’s chorus)

Performed December 2003 in children’s Christmas program, Chicago International EFC.

2003

Echoes from the Cross (Violin/Piano)

Premiered May 2, 2003 - Øystein Torp, violin, Colby Bardin, piano

Fantasie-Rondo on “Duke Street” (String quartet)

Premiered May 2, 2003 - Øystein Torp, violin; Michael O’Gieblyn, violin; Dan Mattix, viola; Mark Rico, cello

Phantastes: Seven Songs from a Story by George MacDonald (Soprano/Baritone, Piano)

Premiered May 2, 2003 - Charles Huff, baritone; Virginia Glinski, soprano; Mona Coalter, piano

By Faith in Christ I Walk With God (SATB acapella)

Premiered May 2, 2003 Choral ensemble; Brooke Baldwin, director

Gloria Patri (SATB with piano)

Premiered May 2, 2003 - Choral ensemble; Brooke Baldwin, director; Charissa Lillard, piano

Who Would Imagine a King (Arr. for orchestra)

Performed December 5-6, 2003 in Moody Bible Institute’s 49th annual “Candlelight Carols” program; the performance was broadcast nationally on the Moody Broadcasting network.

The Matchmaker: Music for the Play

Recorded March 2003 – Used as incidental music in MBI student production of Thornton Wilder’s “The Matchmaker.”

2002

Here is Love (SATB with piano)

Performed May 12, 2002 by the choir of the North Platte Berean Church, North Platte, Nebraska.

1999

What Will You Say? (Christmas musical drama)

Performed December 12, 1999 by the youth of the Community Church of Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

 

 

For information about any of these scores, or to commission a composition for your own event, please contact the composer.