Choral Works

• RING OUT, WILD BELLS
• MR. NOBODY
• TEACH ME, O LORD (with Minister or Spoken Voice)
• SEAWEED
• AWAKE, O SHEPHERDS
• DAYBREAK
• SONG OF THE BROOK
• LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, THE
• THE SQUIRREL, a novelty work for S.A.T.B., unaccompanied
• *BEHOLD THE FOWLS OF THE AIR (A cappella) (recorded by Music Library, Recording Vol. 6997, 2439 47th Ave., San Francisco, Ca)
• SAVE ME, O GOD
• UNTO THE, O LORD, DO I LIFT MY SOUL
• TRULY MY SOUL WAITETH UPON GOD
• MAKE HASTE OH GOD TO DELIVER ME (Wind Ensemble and S.A.T.B.), on rental from Carl Fischer, 62 Cooper Sq., New York, NY, 10023. S.A.T.B. parts (purchase only) available from Carl Fischer
• O GOD WHO HAST PREPARED OUR HEARTS
• FIVE AMENS
• THE BEATITUDES (also S.A.B.)
• HEAR MY CRY, O GOD (also S.A.B.)
• LORD, MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT OF THY PEACE (also S.A.B.)
• YE WATCHERS AND YE HOLY ONES (Piano, S.A.T.B., Congregation, Organ)
• THE MASK, PART I AND II MYSELF (Mixed voices, percussion, piano, solo voice) Commissioned by Ashland Middle School, Russ Otte, Director
• ANTIPHON (Organ)
• GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD (Organ)
• TIMELESS PEACE (mixed voices and organ or piano), words by Kurt Berentsen, a Christmas piece, time 4:15
• HEAR MY PRAYER, O LORD, AND ANSWER ME - PART I (mixed voices and organ or piano), to the memory of Bob Killian, Psalm 143, vs 1, 4, 6, and Isaiah, Chap. 14, vs 3; time 5:10
• I REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD - PART II (mixed voices and organ), to Dottie Killian and her family and friends, time 6:10
• COMFORT ME, O GOD (mixed voices: high men and women's voices and low men and women's voices with organ or piano), text by Jean Thompson Hill, original 10/5/84, revised 12/17/90
• THE NEW COLOSSUS (mixed voices and piano or organ), inscription for the Statue of Liberty - NY Harbor, 2/15/91
• FIVE SONGS For medium high voice with strings. Duration: 14 minutes Instrumentation: Std. Strings
• TEN PSALMS (voice, flute 1, 2, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, cello 1, 2, piano) (Piano accompaniment available)
  • O Lord, Rebuke Me Not in Thine Anger (Psalm 6)
  • The Earth Is the Lord's (Psalm 24)
  • O Lord, My God, In Thee Do I Put My Trust (Psalm 7)
  • I Will Praise Thee, O Lord (Psalm 9)
  • The Lord Is My Light (Psalm 27)
  • Blessed Is the Man (Psalm 1)
  • Arise, O Lord, Save Me (Psalm 3)
  • Show Me Thy Ways, O Lord (Psalm 25)
  • The Fool Hath Said in His Heart (Psalm 14)
  • Here, O Lord, When I Cry With My Voice (Psalm 27)
• MY SOUL YEARNS FOR THE IN THE NIGHT (For a chorus of mixed voice a cappella) Words from Isaiah. Duration: 6 minutes
• THE MOTH (S.A.T.B. and piano) A secular work based on an ancient Oriental poem
• JONATHAN BING (For a cappella chorus of mixed voices). Based on a poem by B. Curtis Brown. Novelty piece which could be acted out even in a formal choral concert. Characters: Jonathan Bing, a Soldier, and an Archbishop. Duration: 6 minutes
• COME NEAR, YE NATIONS (For a chorus of mixed voices - S.A.T.B. a cappella). Words taken from Isaiah. Duration: 8-9 minutes

• AUTUMN
• SONG OF THE BROOK
• LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, THE
• THREE LOVE SONGS (For women's voices and piano) - 1 - Worrisome; II - Summer Silence; III - Tides. Poems by Earl Jones Duration: 16 minutes
• O, MY LOVELY CHILD - for SSA and solo voice, published by Swan River Press.

• SNOWSTORM, THE
• TO THE CUCKOO
• LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, THE
• MIRROR (TTBB and piano). Set to a poem by Earl Jones. Duration: 6 minutes. Manuscript.

• JESU - An oratorio based entirely on the words of Jesus from the King James Version (Matthew) for mixed chorus, tenor, soprano, soloist, and chamber orchestra or piano. Duration: 55 minutes.
• SOLOMON - An oratorio with text adapted by Carolyn Butterfield and the composer from the King James Version of the Bible, for mixed chorus, solo quartet and full orchestra. Duration: 1 hour.

• THANKSGIVING SERVICE - A Cantata for solo quartet, mixed choir, brass, percussion and organ. Words from Governor William Bradford's "History of Plimoth Plantation". First Performance: San Francisco (A Union Thanksgiving Service, Congregation Emanuel and First Unitarian Church), 1967. Both churches commissioned the work. Duration: 30-60 minutes, depending on the length of the church service, as music is to be integrated within the service.
• NIGHTINGALES - for winds and mixed chorus. Words from the poem of the same title by English poet Robert Bridges. Duration: 10 minutes. Commissioned by San Francisco State University Choral Department, Dr. John Tegnell, conductor.
• *THREE PSALMS - for tenor and soprano solo with virtuosi brass quintet needed. (Recorded by the Los Angeles Brass Society Quintet, Avant, Vol. II, #1005, 6331 Quebec Dr., Hollywood, CA 90068).

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