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Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 10: Psalm 23   - English translation from the original Hebrew by Stanley M. Hoffman - alto solo,...

Choral Piece of the Day, Installation 9: The Writing of Autumn - Secular - SATB chorus and piano - 1999 - ECS Publishing Group Catalog...

Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 8: Psalm 1 - English translation from the original Hebrew by the composer - mezzo-soprano & tenor...

Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 7: Rain - Secular - English translation by Mark Elliott Shapiro of a Hebrew text by contemporary...

Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 5: Anim Zemiros, A Hymn of Glory. It is an original setting of a traditional Hebrew Shabbat prayer -...

[First posted online August 6, 2024] Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 5: The Scattered Leaves (a piece for Jewish Holocaust...

[First posted online August 5, 2024] Choral Piece of the Day - Installment 4: A Psalm Beyond the Silences (Jewish Holocaust remembrance -...

[First posted online August 5, 2024] Choral Piece of the Day - Installment 3: There Is a Name (dedication piece for the New England...

[First posted online August 5, 2024] Choral Piece of the Day - Installment 2: Veshameru (a piece for Shabbat - original setting of a...

[First posted online August 3, 2024] Choral Piece of the Day - Installment 1: Adon olam (God is the eternal one) (Hebrew - original...

Based on one of only several poems written by my mother, Jewish Holocaust survivor Rita Hoffman of blessed memory (1927–2018), Only from...

I wanted to make certain to have plenty of B sharp pitches present in my composition for the B# Chamber Trio! So, I wrote it in the key...

My brief musical composition, "Enigmatic Gavotte" for guitar solo, served as a brief, modal study for my "Enigmatic Dance Suite for...

Instrumental duet - 2023-2024. The original version of this piece was for melodica duet and is dedicated to David Bohn. This piece can be...

O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God...

God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her and guide her Through the night with the light from above. From the mountains to...

"As long as within our hearts The Jewish soul sings, As long as forward to the East To Zion, looks the eye – Our hope is not yet lost, It...

I just completed the first proof of a full score for an arranger/customer who is having his arrangement of a song performed by the San...

Two Scenes from the Lodz Ghetto - 1. At the Clothing Department (3:00); 2. To Get a Ration (9:00) - vocal soloists & piano or chamber...

My composition, A DREAM (ca. 5:00), has much in its favor. Links to the two scrolling scores appear at the end of this blog posting....