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How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place

Commissioned for the 100th anniversary of Lakewood Congregational Church, Lakewood, Ohio. The text is drawn both from Psalm 84 and two additional verses written by the late poet John Stirling Walker. The anthem features interludes based on the tune AURELIA (“The Church’s One Foundation”) by Samuel Wesley. The final verse includes the congregation singing this tune as a descant accompanying the original music. Duration: 7:00 Brass Quartet parts include: B-flat Trumpets I and II, Trombones I and II

An Alleluia Flourish : Piano/Choral Score

Commissioned by Classical Movements for an incredibly large ensemble of primarily “older” singers. Along with some brass, keyboard, and timpani, this work serves as a fun, fanfare-like, flourish-filled opener for a festive program. Just as the constraints in place for the aging voice play to the strengths of this unique ensemble, so do these simpler vocal requirements make this an ideal piece for student ensembles at both middle and high school levels. -Julian Wachner Duration: 2:35 Instrumental Parts include: F Horn, Trombone (substitue for Horn), Trumpet I and II in C and B-flat, TimpaniCommissioned by Classical Movements for an incredibly large ensemble of primarily “older” singers. Along with some brass, keyboard, and timpani, this work serves as a fun, fanfare-like, flourish-filled opener for a festive program. Just as the constraints in place for the aging voice play to the strengths of this unique ensemble, so do these simpler vocal requirements make this an ideal piece for student ensembles at both middle and high school levels. -Julian Wachner Duration: 2:35 Instrumental Parts include: F Horn, Trombone (substitue for Horn), Trumpet I and II in C and B-flat, Timpani

American Death Ballads

American Death Ballads was composed especially for tenor Brian Thorsett. We have been frequent collaborators since 2011, when he premiered the complete set of my Three Settings of W. B. Yeats for string quartet and tenor. At his urging, I transcribedand published my Three Poems of Christina Rossetti (originally for medium voice) for high voice, which he premiered at the San Francisco Conservatory in 2014. American Death Ballads was premiered by him at the San Francisco Conservatory, November 1,2015, with pianist John Churchwell, and at the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Conference in Chicago, July 10, 2016, with pianist Warren Jones.

American Death Ballads

American Death Ballads was composed especially for tenor Brian Thorsett. We have been frequent collaborators since 2011, when he premiered the complete set of my Three Settings of W. B. Yeats for string quartet and tenor. At his urging, I transcribedand published my Three Poems of Christina Rossetti (originally for medium voice) for high voice, which he premiered at the San Francisco Conservatory in 2014. American Death Ballads was premiered by him at the San Francisco Conservatory, November 1,2015, with pianist John Churchwell, and at the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Conference in Chicago, July 10, 2016, with pianist Warren Jones

Sojourn 3 : A Clarinet Solo

The B-flat clarinet version was commissioned by and dedicated to clarinetist Eugene Jones, was premiered by Mr. Jones on a concert of chamber music at East Tennessee University in Johnson City, Tennessee, on February 28, 2010. This solo is the third in a series of works by the composer titled “Sojourn” for solo instruments. The single-movement work utilizes a Silesian folk song from Schlesische Volkslieder (used in the hymn Fairest Lord Jesus) as its basis. The opening section features material in quasi-Stravinskian rhythm and meter alternating with material hinting strongly at the folk tune and its variants. Melodic material is gradually transformed to the area of D major asthe fantasy-like treatment of the folk tune begins. After a complete statement in D major, a free variation ensues, also in D major, but is interrupted just before its completion by material from the opening section. Melodic transformation back to the octatonic and hybrid pitch material follows and the piece ends with a showy ascending, then diving, flourish.