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Text: Vince Gill

Voicing: SATB

Theme: Secular

Orchestration: SATB, piano, tenor solo

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Text: Traditional Gospel song from the 1920s United States

Voicing: SATB

Theme: Sacred

Orchestration: SATB, piano

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Text: Composer

Voicing: SATB

Theme: Sacred, secular, holiday, queer-specific

Orchestration: SATB, piano

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This was written shortly after a pastor at a church in Maiden, NC went on a viral rant of hate speech in 2012, where he invited children to the front of the church to join in the slanderous rant against LGBTQ people.

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Text: Christian Bible, Psalm 42 & 100

Voicing: SATB

Theme: Sacred

Orchestration: SATB, organ

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A rousing introit for a celebratory service. This was written for the White Bear Lake Chancel Choir (Minnesota).

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Text: Christian Bible, Psalm 121, adapted by composer

Voicing: SATB

Theme: Sacred

Orchestration: SATB, piano

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Commissioned by the 1st Baptist Church in Wadesboro, NC.

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Text: Dr. Brewster Higley (1876)

Voicing: SATB

Theme: Secular

Orchestration: SATB, piano

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Home on the Range is the state song of Kansas. That is where I’m form and I arranged this as a memorial gift to my dad after he passed on October 25 of 2021. He had come to live with me and my husband and died tragically exactly 2 weeks after moving in. Part of the healing process was writing this tribute. The Phoenix Boys Choir premiered the work.

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Text: Glenda Elliott

Voicing: SATB (TTBB and SSAA versions available)

Theme: Secular, queer-specific

Orchestration: SATB, piano, mezzo solo

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One evening in the fall of 2015, I was driving home from school and listening to NPR’s StoryCorps. A woman named Glenda began telling the story of how she and Lauree met at a time in American history when the love of two people of the same sex was not accepted by society. As the story unraveled, I genuinely felt Glenda’s love for Lauree. Glenda reveals that she and Lauree never got to have their happily ever after because Lauree was taken by cancer. Most stories would focus on that grief; however, Glenda tells, “I don’t regret at all, all the time we shared. It’s where I learned to love and to be loved.” The power of that story brought me to tears. Thank God it was dark.

I immediately started setting the transcription of her story to music. When I called Glenda to ask her permission, she graciously said yes. I said, “Thank you so much, because I already wrote it!” From that moment, Glenda and I have shared a great bond of friendship. After hearing its performance at the GALA Chorus Festival in Denver in 2016, Glenda gave me a huge hug and whispered in my ear, “Thank you. You brought Lauree back to me.” Glenda and I remain friends to this day.

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