This Christmas anthem for women’s voices evokes the stable and the shepherds’ field

This anthem is a joyous celebration of music and song. Although listed as SAB, there are many unison and two-part sections making it very accessible.

Inspired by Colossians 1:15 this anthem emphasizes that Christ is “the image of God, He is exactly like God.”

This joyous Easter anthem was inspired by Matthew 28:6. The words draw a parallel between the original Easter story and our response today. It closes with a fragment of the chorus of “Low in the Grave He Lay.”

This easy two-part anthem with its antiphonal flavor is an excellent choice for Advent or Christmas services.

This anthem is based on Micah 6:6-8. Verse 8 is the well-known, “What does the Lord require of you, but to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God?”

This poem is an ode to the season of autumn heralding wind and rain and the bright colors of the leaves. The composer enjoys some “word painting” including a hymn style when the text references such things as “blessing the farms” and “the farmer’s prayers.” The poet refers to an old German tradition that a prosperous harvest will find Emperor Charlemagne crossing a bridge of gold and giving a blessing to the land. The work begins with an ostinato pattern on the word “Autumn” in the men’s voices with the women’s rising above with the opening words of the poem. Then the voices exchange places. The composition closes quietly with the same ostinato pattern.

In this anthem a new tune seeks to portray the intensity of the familiar words.