When I was a junior in college, my mother was fighting breast cancer and my way of coping with it was to write a choral piece for her. I wrote “Pour Toi, Mère” (For You, Mother) which premiered at my senior composition recital. A few years later, Kevin F...  moreWhen I was a junior in college, my mother was fighting breast cancer and my way of coping with it was to write a choral piece for her. I wrote “Pour Toi, Mère” (For You, Mother) which premiered at my senior composition recital. A few years later, Kevin Fenton programmed that piece for his choir at FSU. He shared with me his strong connection with the piece at a time when his sister-in-law, Peggy Fenton was also fighting breast cancer. Sadly, Peggy Fenton lost her fight with cancer in 2009. That same year Kevin contacted me and asked if I would write a piece in her memory for her husband and her two daughters. He shared with me a video of a presentation she did at the Mother’s Day banquet at her church, just a few days before her passing. The title of her presentation was “From Hats to Crown”. She shared stories about her life and the many relationship roles one plays: as a daughter, a sister, as a wife, a mother and a teacher. As she talked about each role she wore a different hat. She ended with a crown, shar...    less

DIVINE Chorale, GHANA - "ODO A ENNI KABEA" Composed by Emmanuel B. Darko (Inspector De Sanku-Man)

Omnia Sol (Let Your Heart Be Staid) Z. Randall Stroope Western High School Fort Lauderdale, FL US Select Women's Ensemble Brandon Monse, director Gary Stroh, piano Florida Vocal Association 2012 South State Choral Music Performance Assessmen...  moreOmnia Sol (Let Your Heart Be Staid) Z. Randall Stroope Western High School Fort Lauderdale, FL US Select Women's Ensemble Brandon Monse, director Gary Stroh, piano Florida Vocal Association 2012 South State Choral Music Performance Assessment Palm Beach Atlantic University West Palm Beach, FL May 2, 2012  

The University of Texas of the Permian Basin University Choir performs under the direction of Dr. Frank Eychaner, Director of Choral Studies. Wagner Nöel Performing Arts Center, Oct. 2017

Recording: Nathaniel Dett Chorale Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, Conductor. Kendrew Heriveaux, solo - - - ( Traducción al Español abajo ) - - - Score available at: http://sydneyguillaumemusic.com/portfolio-items/ayiti-1-lesklavaj - - - English Tr...  moreRecording: Nathaniel Dett Chorale Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, Conductor. Kendrew Heriveaux, solo - - - ( Traducción al Español abajo ) - - - Score available at: http://sydneyguillaumemusic.com/portfolio-items/ayiti-1-lesklavaj - - - English Translation: 1- Slavery I come from Africa, the land of my father. From the French, Hispanic and English ships, I landed in the Americas, the unfamiliar land. This is Haiti, this is my story. I come from Africa with my strong religion, With banbous, drums, with all my soul. Right when I debarked, the villains muted me. They swore a thousand times they would convert me. They did all they could to make me lose my mind, To forget my ancestors who are still in Africa. Thus I cut the chords with words of Liberty, Words of Equality, words of Dignity. I spent three hundred years under the chains of slavery; Night and day I struggled with work, Carrying loads on my head, loads on my shoulders, For others to rejoice in the metropolitan lands. Slave...    less

La Chorale CasaSawt sous la direction de son chef de chœur Adnane Matrone, chante lors de sa participation au dixième Symposium Mondial de chant choral à Séoul en 2014. "Khlili" est un chant arrangé par Adnane Matrone

The Cascadian Chorale, under the direction of Gary D. Cannon, perform "And the Wind," a choral setting by Greg Bartholomew of the poem by Fletcher LaVallee Bartholomew. For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com And the Wind There is an awe...  moreThe Cascadian Chorale, under the direction of Gary D. Cannon, perform "And the Wind," a choral setting by Greg Bartholomew of the poem by Fletcher LaVallee Bartholomew. For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com And the Wind There is an awesome beauty found in sailing Through black of night upon the open sea, Your vessel mauled by unseen waves and trailing Her phosphorescent wake, as steadily, She plows into the darkness, And the wind.  

The University Choir of Colorado Christian University, under the direction of Dr. Frank Eychaner, performs Consecrate the Place and Day by Lloyd Pfautsch

Recording of premiere performance October 2011 by Corpus Christi Chorale, conducted by Dr. Ross C. Bernhardt (composer and artistic director). The work sets a poem by Tom Barrett