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• An Irish Blessing
• Patriotic
• Sacred Choral:

Secular Choral (alphabetical)

• Away Delights, John Fletcher (0:49) SATB a cappella arrangement

• 5 Beatles Songs SATB or TB; jazz vocal style
  1. With a Little Help From My Friends
  2. Norwegian Wood
  3. You've Got To Hide You're Love Away
  4. We Can Work It Out
  5. Day Tripper
• Between the Lines (3:11) SATB divisi; for jazz choir

• 5 Cantos Sureños with poet Alurista; (20 min) SATB, pfte; a very dynamic & poignant statement about Latin/South America, in English and Spanish (lyrics in collaboration with poet Alurista); commissioned by the Ventura Master Chorale; recording available.
  1. llueve, llueve, mójame score p.1
  2. on the beach score p1
  3. Dambidú score p1
     (excerpt)

     Jorgeluís score p1

     Bajo las Estrellas score p1 p2
  #5 "Bajo las Estrellas" is available separately.

  I also arranged this work to be paired on a concert with Stravinsky's "Les Noces": for SATB Choir with 4 pianos!

• Can't Get Her Out of My Mind for 5 or 6-voice vocal jazz ensemble, a cappella, with or w/o vocal percussion. A hip chart inspired by hearing M-Pact live in concert at the Baked Potato, LA, September, 2005. score p1-2

• 5 Yiddish Folk Lider (ca 15') TTBB a cappella (piano edition now available: see below under Yiddish Suite); for The Mendelssohn Club, Missoula, Montana; set
  1. Bay dem Shtetl Shteyt a Shtibl The only examples at present are the a cappella version posted above. score p1
  2. Az Men Fort Kayn Sevastopol score p1
  3. Tum Balalaika! score p1
  4. Ikh Bin a 'Border' bay Mayn Vayb score p1
  5. Oyfn Oyvn Zitst a Meydl score p1

• Glorious Gate (6:45) SATB, pfte; extremely challenging!; glorious coda! score p1-4

• I Dream'd in a Dream SATB divisi a cappella score p1
• I Hear America Singing (1:27) score p1 ; score p6 ; Play
• I Want to Be Free (ca 4 min) SATB, pfte; ideal for High School choirs! score p1

• An Irish Blessing (ca 2:20) SSA(A); nice harmonies, very singable; for school, university, community choirs; moderately challenging; could be used for a concert, as an encore, as a Benediction Response, or for a special occasion.
  score p1; English, Irish (+ translation) and IPA.

• Love Is! for SATB and Baritone solo; new age/pop/gospel style. This song is terrific as an anthem, or as a concert piece. score p1-2

• Mahlerzeit Appetite! (4') Banquet rap presentation; the puns abound!

• The Modern Man I Sing! (Walt Whitman) (ca 13') SATB divisi, piano, 2 synths, timpani; three dynamite (& challenging) pieces!
  1. I. The Modern Man I Sing! score p1-4
  2. II. Paumanok Chant
  3. III. I Dream'd in a Dream (SATB divisi a cappella; an exquisite piece which is sometimes performed separately;) score p1
  4. IV. The Expanse -- instrumental interlude for 2 trumpets, pfte, organ and timpani score p1-2
  5. V. One Hour to Madness and Joy! score p1-4

• Ode on a Grecian Urn (John Keats) (3:29) SSSAAA Women's Chorus a cappella; dedicated to the Seoul Ladies Singers score p1-4

• PCH (ca 4 min); SATB Vocal Jazz chart - hot stuff!, a cappella score p1-2
  Also available for SATB with Jazz Band (call).

• Peace, Love, Hope, Joy SATB a cappella; a simple yet elegant setting of these words, repeated over and over as a mantra as the harmonies evolve. The piece evokes peace and warmth through its very substance. score p1-2

• Say, “Hey!” a dynamic, fun, jazzy, tongue-in-cheek spoof. For quasi gospel-style leader and antiphonal unison chorus, with pfte accompaniment (occas. divisi); feasible and appealing for school choruses! score p1-2

• Some Day I'll Show You (Johnny and Jenny), ca 6', 2- part w/ pfte (occas. divisi), suitable for high school; a poignant story about reconciliation of youth in the quandary of adolescence. Written for the 2004 California ACDA Choral Composition Competition.

• Sound the Clarion, Thomas Campion (0:33) SATB a cappella arrangement; straightforward, like a madrigal.

• Splendid Sun, Walt Whitman (4:45) SATB (divisi), pfte; challenging; brilliant sounds written for the 2003 California ACDA Choral Composition Competition. score p1-2

• Star-Spangled Banner -- F. Scott Key; Arr. D. Stone. SATB a cappella in Bb (or Ab). Bb page 1, Bb page 2. Ab page 1, Ab page 2.
  
• Star-Spangled Banner SATB with piano accompaniment (grand!): Score
• Star-Spangled Banner Barbershop! Score

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• Unite and Conquer (SATB, pfte, guitar, perc) with Barry "Foz" Fasman and Margaret Dirolf.
• Walt Whitman Settings (1988) (set of 4) (ca 6:30) SATB a cappella; commissioned by Octani (vocal octet in Los Angeles); a very esciting, and usable set. Also available separately; modern yet accessible & aesthetically centered; recording available.
  1. I Hear America Singing (1:27) score p1 ; score p6 ; Play
  2. Beat! Beat! Drums! (2:04)
  3. I Dream'd in a Dream (1:44) score p1
  4. Hail the Poet! (1:22)
• We Are All One 2000 commission for Children's Chorus (occas. divisi), SATB Chorus, Bass solo, Sopr., Tenor, brief solos, piano (optional organ part); (5:30); (Full Score); Choral/children's part practice tape available). score p1-3
  The lyrics of this piece are still my Credo!
• We Shall Overcome SATB opt. organ/pfte; straightforward arrangement; public domain score

• Yiddish Suite TTBB and pianoforte; for the Mendelssohn Club of Missoula, Montana.
  A delightful collection of Yiddish folk songs set for Men's Chorus:
  examples of a cappella versions posted above: Yiddish Suite
  1. Tum Balalaika
  2. Bay dem Shtetl Shteyt a Shtibl
  3. Oyfn Oyvn Zitst a Meydl
  4. Az Men Fort Kayn Sevastopol
  5. Di Grine Kuzineg
  6. Ikh Bin a 'Border' bay Mayn Vayb
  7. Vi Ahin Zol Ikh Geyn?
  8. Arum dem Fayer

• You Are My Brother (ca 4:40) SATB, pfte. A heart-rending story about a boy growing up in Iraq in the '90s. Written for the 2005 California ACDA Choral Composition Competition.
  Lyrics; Score p.1; p. 8

• Brass:
  • Trumpet & pfte, and the new album "Export / Import,"
  • Dixieland Band
  • Trombone, Brass Quintet, etc.
  • Trumpet descants
• Choral:
  • Sacred and Liturgical (all denominations)
  • Secular Choral e.g. Dambidú
• Organ
• Orchestra e.g. T'kiah Fanfare
• Pianoforte
• Piano and Harmonica!
• Voice

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