A canticle of praise (Te deum laudamus) for SATB choir unaccompanied

A canticle of praise (Te deum laudamus/You are God, we praise you) for SATB choir (with short optional solos), English translation by the International Consultation on English Texts (c) (1998).

The Auburn setting for upper voices (unison, SAA, SSAAA unaccompied)

The Auburn setting (Holy communion/Eucharist) for A Prayer Book for Australia or any Anglican/Episcopalian or similar service for upper voices (boys and/or women unison, SAA, SSAAA) (2004)

Sacred songs for soprano or mezzo-soprano unaccompanied

Sacred songs – 4 songs for soprano (D4-A5) or mezzo-soprano (C4-G5) unaccompanied to texts by Anon, Phineas Fletcher and Edmund Spenser (1995-2002).

Prayers for unaccompanied choir

Prayers for unaccompanied choir SATB (one brief S div in number 3) (1996-8). The immediate source for numbers 1, 2, 4 and 5 is An Australian Prayer Book (1978), but each has been used for much longer (earlier versions of 1 and 4 appear in the Book of Common Prayer (1662). 3 was adapted from

The Circling Year for unaccompanied choir SATB to SSAATTBB

This collection of anthems and solos, originally written between 1989 and 1995, traces the life of Jesus as celebrated in the Church’s year, using poems from Tudor and Stuart England. It can be presented as a (loose) cycle, or individual items or brackets can be selected. The title is taken from the English translation by

Love and Silence for choir SATB unaccompanied or with optional piano

Love and Silence – two songs (Love and I and Silence) for choir SATB unaccompanied or with optional piano (2003/2020), arranged from the songs for baritone and piano to words by Norman Anderson. Norman was my great-uncle. He was a minister in the Congregational and Uniting Churches of Australia. His hobbies included painting, woodwork and

Choral

Secular concert * Love and Silence – SATB unaccompanied or with optional piano. Published by Wirripang Pty Ltd in 2023.* Narnian Suite – TB with trumpet, cello, timpani and bass drum Anthems and hymns (liturgical or concert) * A song of creation (“Bless the Lord, all works of the Lord”) – SSATB SATB SATB unaccompanied

Alleluya – SSAATTBB unaccompanied

Alleluya – SSAATTBB unaccompanied (1998/2000/2020). This work was published by Wirripang Pty Ltd in 2024. It was first performed by the Lutheran Choir of Chicago in March 1998. Other known performance by Coro Innominata of Sydney, Australia, conducted by David V Russell, in St Scholastica’s College Chapel, Glebe, on 13 Dec 1998.