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Compositions and Arrangements
For SATB Choir, handbells, and diverse instruments
Let Your Music Soar (2018)
An original piece for handbells, SATB choir, choirchimes, children’s choir and optional brass
approx. 5 minutes
Four Preludes for Handbells (2018)
Composed as workshop studies, these preludes may be taught by rote, in combination with music reading, and need not be performed together. It is preferable to double or triple with additional sets of bells or chimes.
Prelude No. 1 for 8 ringers (Bb3-Bb6), a “pentatonic fantasy”
Prelude No. 2 for 12 ringers (G3-D7), a ringer improvisation
Prelude No. 3 for 7 ringers + 5 ad lib ringers (G3-E7), a “pentatonic fantasy”
Prelude No. 4 for 11 ringers (G3-F7), a six-part canon
Amazing Grace (2018)
arranged for twelve handbells Bb4-C7 (6 ringers) plus optional singing bells
Where the Heart Dwells (2018)
With Stillness Comes the Dawn
Morning Light (Gladness of Heart)
Sanctuary
Brilliant Sun
Bells at Sunset
An original concert piece for five-octave handbell choir plus optional second handbell ensemble
Chime Fanfares (2017)
Three short pieces/studies for children’s handbell or chime choir (C5-C7)
I Lift My Lamp (2017)
inspired by “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus
Holding on to Hope
Ancient Lands
The Light Within
Beacon
Let My Light Shine
An original concert piece five for five-octave handbell choir (movements 2 and 5 are scored for two five-octave choirs, but piano may substitute for choir two)
Celebration (2017)
An original spacial study/piece for 15 ringers
approx. 4 minutes
Threads of Light: A Tapestry of African-American Spirituals
in three parts – Hope, Journey Glory (2016)
an extended concert work for SATB choir, soprano and baritone soloists, 5 octaves handbells (may be done with as few as 7 skilled ringers), trumpet, and upright bass,
with suggested readings of poetry by African-American poets
approx. 40 minutes of music, for a total of 60 minutes with readings and remarks
Threads of Light: Glory
The third part “Glory” is available separately, reworked (2018) for SATB, 5 octaves handbells (13 ringers), and harp
Let My Light Shine (2016)
a five-part canon anthem with optional boomwhackers or other percussion
Suite for Handbells (2016)
Fanfare
Prelude
Aeolian Harp
Cascade
Finale
for four octaves handbells (E4-G7) written for middle school handbell choir
Spring Alleluia (2015)
original anthem for children’s choir, choirchimes (15 notes from Bb4-G7), and two additional voices (such as adult choir, flexible voicing)
incorporates one verse of “The Lone, Wild Bird”
Ring Joyfully! (2008)
three hymns arranged for two octaves of choirchimes or handbells
Come Away to the Skies (2007)
anthem arranged for SATB and handbells or piano
Three Bach Pieces for Handbell Trio (2007)
Minuet in G major
Minuet in G minor
Musette in D major
Three famous Bach keyboard pieces arranged for handbell trio (5 octaves)