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
Complete Score
Keyboard reductions may be used for rehearsal or performance as desired.

Recordings are posted with the individual motet scores.
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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
Complete Score
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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
Complete Score
Keyboard reductions may be used for rehearsal or performance as desired.

Recordings are posted with the individual motet scores.
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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
Complete Score + Recording
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Recorded in studio by the composer

Easter Motets

Communion Propers for the Season of Easter

Type: Sacred
Movements: 17 motets
Instrumentation: SATB
Language: Latin
Text: Bible
Duration: 42 min.
Composed: 2025
Catalogue No.: JR 61
Complete Score
Keyboard reductions may be used for rehearsal or performance as desired.

Recordings are posted with the individual motet scores.
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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
Complete Score
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  • Commissioned by Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir
    Robert Geary, Artistic Director

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

Keyboard reductions may be used for rehearsal or performance as desired.
Recordings are posted with the individual motet scores.
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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
Complete Score
Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki): View/Download
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.

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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