CHORAL MUSIC

Advent Motets

Settings of the Latin Communion Propers for Advent

Type: Sacred
Movements: 4
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible
Duration: 13 min.
Composed: 2023
Catalogue No.: JR 26
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The Annunciation

Type: Sacred
Instrumentation: SATB, organ
Language: English
Text: Bible: Luke 1:26-38
Duration: 11 min.
Composed: 1992
Catalogue No.: JR 8
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  • Commissioned by the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, San Francisco

    Dedicated to John Balka


Christmas Motets

Communion Propers for the Season of Christmas

Type: Sacred
Movements: 9 motets
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible
Duration: 20 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 46
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Dicite pusillamines

Say to the Fearful Be Comforted

Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Is 35:4
Duration: 2 min.
Composed: 2023
Catalogue No.: JR 18
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Domine Dominus noster

Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Psalm VIII: 2ab
Duration: 2 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 43
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Dominus dabit

The Lord Will Show Kindness

Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Psalm LXXXIV: 13
Duration: 3 min.
Composed: 2023
Catalogue No.: JR 19
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Ego sum vitis

Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: John 15:5
Duration: 2.5 min.
Composed: 2003; revised 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 9
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Exulta filia Sion

Exult, O Daughter of Zion
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Zechariah 9:9
Duration: 2 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 39
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Fili, quid fecisti nobis

My son, why have you treated us so?
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Luke: 2 48, 49
Duration: 2 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 42
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Hubble

for Female Chorus
Type: Secular
Instrumentation: SSA Unaccompanied
Language: English
Librettist: Diana Manister
Duration: 3 min.
Composed: 2013
Catalogue No.: JR 5
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  • Commissioned by Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir
    Robert Geary, Artistic Director


In splendoribus sanctorum

Amidst the Splendors of the Heavenly Sanctuary
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Psalm 110:3
Duration: 2 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 38
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  • Communion proper for Midnight Mass (Christmas)


Jerusalem quae aedificatur

Jerusalem, Built As a City
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Psalm CXXII: 3-4
Duration: 3 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 29
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Jerusalem surge

Arise, O Jerusalem
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Bar 5:5; 4:36
Duration: 4 min.
Composed: 2023
Catalogue No.: JR 21
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Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley

Type: Sacred
Instrumentation: SATB + Piano
Language: English
Text: American Folk Hymn
Duration: 2.5 min.
Arranged: 1997
Catalogue No.: GIA4447
Publisher: GIA Publications, Inc.
Purchase at prestomusic.com
Audio Recording


Lenten Motets

Communion Propers for Ash Wednesday
through Passion (Palm) Sunday

Type: Sacred
Movements: 12 Motets
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible
Duration: 31 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 36
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Lutum fecit

The Lord Made Some Clay
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: John 9: 16, 11, 38
Duration: 2 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 28
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Mitte manum tuam

Stretch Forth Your Hand
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: John 20: 27
Duration: 2 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 48
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Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep

Type: Secular, Burial service
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: English
Text: Poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye
Duration: 5 min.
Submitted to CPDL: 2018
Catalogue No.: None assigned
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Audio Recording on CPDL: Premiere by the Oakland City Chorus

  • In memory of Denalda Siegrist and all the victims of the Oakland Ghostship tragedy, the piece is dedicated to Oakland City Chorus. Denalda was a member of that group. Clusters, aleatoric events, and traditional polyphony combine in this tribute. The principal theme is a musical version of the name Denalda (D E B A Bb D A). Duration 5 minutes.


Nemo te condemnavit

Woman, has no one condemned you?
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: John 8: 10-11
Duration: 2 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 33
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Omnes qui in Christo

Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Galatians 3:27
Duration: 2 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 45
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Oportet te fili gaudere

My Son, You Should Rejoice
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Luke 15: 32
Duration: 3 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 31
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Pascha nostrum

Communion proper for Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: I Corinthians 5: 7, 8
Duration: 3 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 47
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Passer invenit sibi domum

The Sparrow Has Found herself a Home
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Psalm LXXXIV: 3-4
Duration: 2.5 min.
Composed: 2023
Catalogue No.: JR 27
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Pater, si non potest

Father, If This Cup Cannot Pass Unless I Drink It
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Matthew 26: 42
Duration: 3 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 35
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Qui biberit aquam

Whosoever Drinks This Water
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: John 4: 13-14
Duration: 2 min.
Composed: 2023
Catalogue No.: JR 30
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Qui meditabitur in lege Domini

He Who Meditates Day and Night
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible (Psalm I, 2b, 3b)
Duration: 3 min.
Composed: 2023
Catalogue No.: JR 22
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Qui mihi ministrat

If One Would Serve Me, Let them Follow Me
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: John 12:26
Duration: 2.5 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 34
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Revelabitur gloria Domini

Communion Proper for Christmas Vigil
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Isaiah 40: 5
Duration: 2 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 37
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Scapulis suis

His Shoulders Will Overshadow You
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible (Psalm XC: 4-5)
Duration: 2 min.
Composed: 2023
Catalogue No.: JR 23
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  • Communion proper for Lent I


The Stars

Type: Secular, Sacred Song
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SSA.SSA.SSA + Piano
Language: English
Text: Traditional Passamaquoddy
Published: 2011
Catalogue No.: None assigned
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  • Scored for three SSA choirs and piano, Jerome Rothenberg gave me written permission to set this text in 2011, and must be credited as the translator.


Surrexit Dominus

Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Luke 24: 34
Duration: 2 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 49
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Tolle puerum

Take the Child and His Mother
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Matthew 2: 20
Duration: 2 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 41
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Videns Dominus

When the Lord saw the sisters of Lazarus
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: John: 11: 33, 35, 39, 43
Duration: 3 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 32
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Viderunt omnes

All the Ends of the Earth Have Seen
the Salvation Which Comes From Our God

Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Psalm XCVII: 3
Duration: 2.5 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 40
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Vidimus stellam

We Have Seen His Star
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Matthew 2:2
Duration: 2.5 min.
Composed: 2024
Catalogue No.: JR 44
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Visionem quam vidistis

The Vision That You Saw, Tell No One
Type: Sacred
Movements: 1
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible: Matthew 17:9
Duration: 3 min.
Composed: 2023
Catalogue No.: JR 24
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