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I’m pleased to find that the Chicago Temple Choir performed my setting of the traditional Jewish Sabbath prayer,“Veshameru” for baritone...

NEW! Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 16: FINAL INSTALLMENT OF PIECE OF THE DAY: "Four Songs for Soprano Solo" (2024) 1. Behold, the sun at twilight time (1a. Lament) 2. My Love  3. Place a Glass In my Hand 4. Say To the Young Man I composed "Four Songs for Soprano Solo" for a call for scores from the 15 Minutes of Fame Concert Series presented by Composers Voice/Vox Novus/Robert Voisey. The call for scores is for "arias" from four different soprano soloists. Sopran

Vocal(/Choral) Piece of the Day, Installment 15: "Mists" (Nebbie) Respighi/Hoffman, arr.; Medium Voice and Orchestra (or SATB Chorus and...

Vocal(/Choral) Piece of the Day , Installment 14: "Separazione"  (Parting); Italian Folk Song Edited, and Provided With Accompaniment by...

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 13: "the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls" for Voice, Piano, and Maraca; Text by...

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 13: "Yih'yu l'ratson" (May the words of my mouth) ; High or Low Voice and Keyboard (or...

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 12: "Veshameru" for  Baritone or Alto Solo & Organ, or for  Baritone or Alto Solo,...

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 11: "She Gave Him All Her Heart"  for Tenor or Baritone Solo (or SATB or TTBB Chorus)...

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 10: "The Scattered Leaves": a Piece for Jewish Holocaust Remembrance for Solo Voice...

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 9: "Is there a flower (whom" for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano (1980); Text by E. E. Cummings Today...

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 8: "Of All the Souls That Stand Create"  for Baritone and Piano (1984); Text by  Emily...

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 7: " Mi y'maleil" (Who can recount), a Chanukah Composition for Solo Voice (or SATB...

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 6: "An Easy Decision" for Mezzo-Soprano Solo (or Unison Chorus) and Piano (2006); Text...

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 6: "A Psalm Beyond the Silences"  for High Voice and Piano or Orchestra (1994), or Low Voice...

​Vocal(/Wind Ensemble) Composition of the Day, Installment 5: "Selections from 'The Song of Songs'",  Three Interconnected Songs for Male...

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 4: "Two Songs of Passion" for Baritone and Electronic Accompaniment (2022); 1. "Pears": Words...

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 3: "Twilight, Goodbye, Peace" for Low Voice, Low Flutes (Alto and Bass), and Piano (2016, 6:41)...

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 2: "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"  for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet (1985 -...

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 1: "Clay Hills" for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano (1994); Text by Jean Starr Untermeyer I composed...