Asleep in a Blanket Spun of Energy (2019)

SATB mixed chorus a cappella or with electronic track
Text: We Are Returning Always by Margaret Noodin
Duration 4:15
Difficulty 3 (Advanced high school, collegiate or community chorus) Language — English and Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe)
Sheet music is available for purchase.
World premiere:
2-3 Mar 2019 Inversion Ensemble, Austin, Texas
Aug 2020 remote project video watch

Boy at Sea (2023)

TB and piano
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Tales of the Sea
Text: excerpts from a 1915 letter by Robert Inglis to the Commissioner of Pensions
Language — English
Duration about 5 minutes
Difficulty 2 (Advanced high school, collegiate or community chorus)
Sheet music is available for purchase.
World premiere:
8 Aug 2023 Inversion Coda, Austin, Texas watch

La ciudad sumergida (2020)

SSAA or SATB and nature soundtrack
Commissioned for Dr. Ramona Wis and the North Central College Women's Chorale
Text — an excerpt of the sonnet Río de la Plata en lluvia (1938) by Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni
Language — Spanish
Duration 3:00
Difficulty 3 (Advanced high school collegiate or community chorus)
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
Live world SATB premiere:
24 Oct 2021 Concordia University Choir with Dr. Joshua Chai — watch
Live world SSAA premiere:
20-23 Mar 2023 TUTTI 2024 Festival, Denison University, Granville, Ohio

Cochineal (2017)

SATB and electronic dance track by Walter Torres (BMI)
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Colors Harmonic
Text — a traditional recipe for dying alpaca wool with cochineal
Language — English, Aymara, Spanish, Quechua, Nahuatl
Duration 5:07
Difficulty 3 (Advanced high school collegiate or community chorus)
Sheet music is available for purchase.
World premiere:
10 Feb 2018 Inversion Ensemble in Cedar Park, Texas watch

Crying Out in the Wilderness (2008)

SATB chorus with pedal or lever harp
Text — Luke 3:2b-6 NRSV
Language — English
Duration 2:50
Difficulty 3 (Advanced high school collegiate or community chorus)
Sheet music is available for purchase here.
World premiere — 6 Dec 2009 Austin, Texas

Darkness as Light (2005, revised 2018)

SATB with pedal or lever harp or keyboard
Text — Psalm 139:7-12 NRSV
Duration 2:00
Difficulty 2 (High school)
Language — English
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
World premiere — 17 Aug 2005 Austin, Texas
Watch

Do Not Be Afraid, Mary (2004)

SATB with optional keyboard accompaniment
Text — annunciation scene, Luke 1:26-45
Language — English
Duration 1:40
Difficulty 2 (High school)
Sheet music is available for purchase here.
World premiere:
28 Nov 2004 Westminster Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas

Extinction (2022)

SATB (with some divisi) with optional soundscape
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Planet Home
Text — “An Extinction” by Kim Stafford 
Language — English
Duration 4:13 (may be longer with soundscape)
Difficulty 4 (Auditioned Chorus)
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
World premiere:
25-26 Feb 2023 Inversion Ensemble, Austin, Texas video

Fireflies (2019)

SATB mixed chorus, piano, and percussion
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Aether: Fire
Text — Fireflies by Margaret Noodin
Duration 3:40
Difficulty 4 (Auditioned chorus)
Language — English and Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe)
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
World premiere:
29 Feb-1 Mar 2020 Inversion Ensemble, Austin, Texas listen

For the Toad on the Kitchen Step (2021)

SATB mixed chorus, organ, and nature soundtrack
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Menagerie
Text — For the Toad on the Kitchen Step Kim Stafford
Language — English
Duration 4:50 minutes
Difficulty 3 (Advanced high school collegiate or community chorus)
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
Nature soundtrack is available here.
World premiere:
14 Nov 2021 Inversion Coda, Austin Texas watch

How Dare You (2020)

SATB mixed chorus, flute, and nature soundtrack
Text — young Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg’s memorable speech at the United Nations Climate Summit September 23, 2019
Language — English
Duration 4:17
Difficulty 2 (High school)
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
Nature soundtrack was recorded by the composer in the hill country of central Texas, summer of 2020 and is available here.
World premieres:
13 May 2021 Queens College Vocal Ensemble with flutist Adrienne Inglis under the direction of Prof. James John (remote online premiere)
28 Nov 2021 Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York (live premiere) watch

I Belong to You / Motherland (2022)

SATB chorus and string quartet
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for I Belong to You
Music by Adrienne Inglis (ASCAP), Robbie LaBanca, Trevor F. Shaw
Text by Greg Pak
Language — English
Duration 70 minutes
Difficulty 4 (Auditioned chorus)
Movements II, IV, VII part 2, IX, X by Adrienne Inglis (ASCAP)
World premiere:
25 Jun 2022 Inversion with Greg Pak, Austin, Texas watch

In Heaven and on Earth (2014)

SATB chorus with flute and pedal or lever harp
Text — Philippians 2:5-11 NRSV
Duration 5:00
Difficulty 3 (Advanced high school collegiate or community chorus)
Language — English
Sheet music is available for purchase.
World premiere:
28 Sep 2014 Westminster Presbyterian Church Choir with director Rick Colvin and Chaski Austin, Texas listen

Innocent Blood (2018)

Mezzo soprano solo, SATB, and flute/bass flute and organ
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for I, Too, Sing America
Text — A Contemplation of God: Massachusetts Bay 1692 by Catherine Colvin, transcribed court records from Salem, Massachusetts, and excerpts from Bay Psalm Book, pub. 1698
Language — English
Duration 20:00
Difficulty 4 (Auditioned chorus)
I. Massachusetts Bay
II. Examination of Mary Esty
III. Petition
IV. The Gallows
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
World premiere:
6-7 Oct 2018 Inversion Ensemble with mezzo soprano Page Stephens, Austin, Texas watch

Julian’s Hazelnut (2022)

SSA treble chorus and B flat clarinet (or SAB and Bb trumpet)
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Origins
Text — The Shewings of Julian of Norwich, Part 1 Lines 148-154 by Julian of Norwich (about 1343 - after 1416)
Language — Middle English (with Original Pronunciation from David Crystal)
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Da Capo’s Origins concert
Duration 4:44 minutes
Difficulty 4 (Auditioned Chorus)
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
World premiere:
21 Jan 2023 Inversion Ensemble and clarinetist Brendan Fairleigh Austin, Texas watch

Letters to Faith (2017)

SSAATTBB a cappella
Text — excerpts from letters written by the composer's grandparents to her aunt Faith
Language — English
Duration 7:30
Difficulty 5 (Challenging), easier version with piano coming soon
Movements:
I. The Sunshine of Your Smile
II. Music
III. Climbing Mountains
IV. Broiled Lobster
World premiere:
3 Jun 2017 Inversion Ensemble, Austin, Texas listen

La loba (2022)

SATB mixed chorus and electronically processed flute
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Electric Choir
Text — an excerpt from La loba (1916) by Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni (1892-1938)
Language — Spanish
Commissioned by Jonathan Riemer for Inversion Ensemble’s Electric Choir concert October 22, 2022
Duration 4:08 minutes
Difficulty 3 (Advanced high school, collegiate or community chorus)
Language — Spanish
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
Electronic patches or pre-recorded flute track available upon request.
World premiere:
22 Oct 2022 at 2 PM Inversion Ensemble and flutist Adrienne Inglis (world premiere) at KMFA Classical 89.5. watch

El mar (2020)

SATB mixed chorus and piano
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Aether: Water
Text: an excerpt from Frente al mar (1919) by Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni (1892-1938)
Language — Spanish
Duration 4:30
Difficulty 4 (Auditioned chorus)
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
World premieres:
29 Aug 2020 on YouTube by members of Inversion Ensemble and pianist Joseph Choi and released August 29, 2020 on the Aether: Water album (recorded video world premiere)
6 May 2022 San Francisco State University Chamber Singers with director David Xiques, San Francisco, California — watch (live premiere)
29 Oct 2023 University of Tennessee at Martin New Pacer Singers watch

Misa trinitaria (2003)

Treble voices, folk accompaniment, with optional soli TB
Duration about 23 minutes
Difficulty 2 (High school)
Language — Spanish
A six-movement Spanish language Latin American folk mass recorded by Chaski and Magnificat with director David Stevens on Chaski's CD, Viracocha (2005)
I. Entrada (auki auki)
II. Senor, ten piedad (vidala andina)
III. Gloria (huayño boliviano)
IV. Credo (merengue venezolano)
V. Santo (saya boliviana)
VI. Cordero de Dios (zamba argentina)
World premiere:
23 Oct 2005 Chaski and Magnificat Benefit for SafePlace Westminster Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas listen

Mother of All Things (2021)

Treble SAA chorus and pedal or lever harp or piano
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Fire and Ice
Text — an excerpt from Eurynome: The Mother of All Things as found in From Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths & Monsters by Nikita Gill
Commissioned for Inversion Ensemble Da Capo by Becky and Ted Mercado
Duration 3:30
Difficulty 3 (Advanced high school collegiate or community chorus)
Language — English
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
World premiere:
21-22 May 2022 Inversion Da Capo, Austin, Texas watch

Mycelia from the album Fossora by Björk (2023)

Arrangement SATB chorus and flute, oboe, clarinet in A, and bassoon
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for The Björk Songbook
Text — sound syllables that imitate Björk’s song
Language — none
Duration 2:01
Difficulty 4 (Auditioned chorus)
Sheet music may be available at some point.
World premiere:
27 and 28 Oct 2023 Density512 and Inversion Ensemble, Austin, Texas watch

On the Mystery of the Incarnation (2014)

SATB chorus and string orchestra, a setting of Denise Levertov's poem of the same name from A Door in the Hive (1989)
Duration 3:21
Difficulty 3 (Advanced high school collegiate or community chorus)
Language — English
World premiere:
6 Dec 2015 Westminster Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir, Austin, Texas

Os nace un Cordero (2021)

SATB chorus, pedal or lever harp, and piano
Commissioned by Chorus Austin for On a Winter’s Eve
Text — lines 1-4, 17-20 from “Pastores que veláis” by Santa Teresa de Jesús de Ávila, España 1515-1582
Duration 3:55
Difficulty 3 (Advanced high school collegiate or community chorus)
Language: Spanish
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
Listen on Soundcloud here.
World premiere:
18 Dec 2021 Chorus Austin, Austin, Texas —watch here.

The Other Side (2023)

SSSAA and vibraphone/percussion
Commissioned by VAMP Vocals for Between the Worlds
Text — adapted from essays by Robert Penfield Inglis (1913-2007) and used with permission from Jack’s family, and communications with the USS Thresher
Language — English
Duration — about 5-7 minutes
Difficulty 4 (Auditioned chorus)
Sheet music is available for purchase.
In memory of John “Jack” Penfield Inglis (1942-1963), who died in the USS Thresher disaster the day after his 21st birthday.
World premiere:
8-9 Sep 2023 at 7 PM VAMP Vocals’ Between the Worlds concert, KMFA 89.5 Studios, Austin, Texas watch

Oure Light in Oure Night (2020)

Voices and nature soundtrack for online remote choir performance using the video here
Text from The Shewings of Julian of Norwich
Duration 3:01
Difficulty 1 (Any voices)
Language — English
Sheet music available for free here and perusal.
A bilingual English/Spanish version is available for free here.
Purchase the sheet music here if you must, but know that I will donate all proceeds to The Nature Conservancy.
World premieres:
24 Aug 2020 Lewis and Clark College Summer Enrichment Choir Program, Portland OR (remote world premiere)
2 Nov 2020 North Central College Concert Choir of Naperville, Illinois (live remote)
1 Dec 2022 University of Washington Choirs, Seattle, Washington (live premiere) watch at 01:16:06

Precious Oil (2005)

SATB a cappella
Text — Psalm 133 from Marchiene Vroon Rienstra's Swallow's Nest: A Feminine Reading of the Psalms
Duration 2:10
Difficulty 2 (High school)
Language — English
World premiere:
12 Feb 2006 Westminster Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir, Austin, Texas

The Rage and Reconciliation of King Lear (2019)

SATB mixed chorus, bassoon, and piano
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Heroes and Monsters
Text — passages from Shakespeare’s King Lear with signature phrases of the Rev. Dr. Milton H. Riemer, featuring Original Pronunciation
Language — modern and Shakespearean English
Commissioned by Jonathan Riemer in memory of his father Rev. Dr. Milton Henry Riemer (1933-2018)
Duration 5:10
Difficulty 4 (Auditioned chorus)
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
The perusal score video is included on this YouTube playlist.
World premiere:
1-2 Jun 2019 Inversion Ensemble, Austin, Texas, listen

Salmo 140 (Psalm 140) (2001)

Text — Spanish-language scripture setting includes a congregational response
Difficulty 2 (High school)
Language — Spanish

Santo y Hosanna (2020)

SATB chamber chorus and piano
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for In Memoriam: A Modern Requiem
Text — Spanish mass text
Language — Spanish
Duration 3:04
Difficulty 3 (Advanced high school, collegiate, or community chorus)
Language — Spanish
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
World premiere:
28 May 2021 by Inversion, with director Trevor Shaw and pianist Michelle Schumann — watch (recorded premiere)
Please let me know if you present the live premiere!

Señora chichera (2022) — traditional Bolivian song arranged by Adrienne Inglis

SAB mixed chorus and piano
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Raise a Glass
Text — traditional folk song
Language — Spanish and Quechua (pronunciation guide included)
Duration 3:00
Difficulty 2 (High school)
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
World premiere:
5 Aug 2022 Inversion Coda, Austin, Texas watch

Shelter in Place (2021)

SSAATB mixed chorus and nature soundtrack
Text — Shelter in Place by Oregon's 2018-2020 Poet Laureate and Lewis & Clark College Associate Professor Kim Stafford
Duration 4:46
Difficulty 3 (Advanced high school collegiate or community chorus)
Language — English
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
Nature soundtrack is available here.
World premiere:
28 Apr 2021 Lewis and Clark College Spring Choral Concert, watch at 20:24 (remote premiere)
Please let me know if you present the live premiere!

El sol (2018)

SATB, cuatro (or guitar), and pedal or lever harp
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Perplexed Music
Text —Soneto XXXIII by Luis Martín de la Plaza (1577-1625) in the style of a Venezuelan joropo
Language — Spanish
Duration 2:40
Difficulty 4 (Auditioned chorus)
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
World premiere:
2-3 Jun 2018 Inversion Ensemble, Austin/Pflugerville, Texas listen

The Song of the Harp Seal (2019)

SSA and pedal or lever harp
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Aether: Earth
Text — The Song of the Harp Seal, the poem Inglis commissioned by Scottish author and poet Gillean McDougall
Duration 4-5 minutes
Difficulty 3 (Advanced high school collegiate or community chorus)
Language — English and Scots Gaelic
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
World premiere:
10-11 Aug 2019 Inversion Coda, Austin, Texas listen or watch

Stars Through the Rain (2022)

SAB with electronic track by Walter Torres (BMI)
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Star Stuff
Text — Stars Through the Rain by Kim Stafford
Language — English
Duration 3:40
Difficulty 2 (High school)
Language — English
Sheet music is available for purchase.
Electronic track available here on YouTube, or contact Adrienne.
World premiere:
11 Jun 2023 Inversion Nova’s inaugural concert, Austin, Texas watch

There Will Be Signs (2007)

SATB chorus, bombo, and pedal or lever harp
Text — Gospel of Luke 21:25-28 NRSV
Duration 2:44
Difficulty 2 (High school)
Language — English

Uma (2023)

SATB and string quartet with optional charango and sikus, composed in the style of a Bolivian huayño
Commissioned by Panoramic Voices for Folk Yeah!
Text — excerpts from the Aymara poem Uma (2002) by Pedro Humire Loredo (1935-2020) — used with permission
Duration — about 2’
Difficulty 2 (High school)
Sheet music is available here.
World premiere:
21 Oct 2023 Jester King — Brewery, Kitchen, Farm & Event Hall — 13187 Fitzhugh Rd, Austin, TX 78736
Panoramic Voices presents “Folk Yeah” with Invoke that includes two world premieres, Wari and Uma.

Wari (2023)

SATB and string quartet with optional charango, composed in the style of a Bolivian yaraví
Commissioned by Panoramic Voices for Folk Yeah!
Text — excerpts from the Aymara poem Uma (2002) by Pedro Humire Loredo (1935-2020) — used with permission
Language — Aymara (pronunciation guide included)
Duration — about 2’
Difficulty 2 (High school)
Sheet music is available here.
World premiere:
21 Oct 2023
Jester King — Brewery, Kitchen, Farm & Event Hall — Austin, Texas presented by Panoramic Voices and Invoke.

The Way We Meet (2024)

SSA (limited divisi) and piano
Commissioned by Inversion Da Capo for Inversion at the Library
Text — “The Way We Meet” by Margaret Noodin
Language — English with one Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) word
Duration — about 6:40
Difficulty 4 (Auditioned chorus)
NEW!! Sheet music available here.
World premiere:
13 Apr 2024 Inversion Da Capo with Da Capo Director Katrina Saporsantos presented the world premiere in Austin, Texas.
Watch video soon.

Whirligig (2023)

SAB mixed chorus with piano
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Zoology
Text — John Muir
Duration — 3:15
Difficulty — 2 (High school)
Sheet music available soon.
World premiere:
28 Jan 2024 at 4 PM
Inversion Nova presents Zoology at KMFA 89.5 Classical
41 Navasota St Austin, Texas 78702
Watch video soon.

Wren (2019)

SATB mixed chorus and flute
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Aether: Air
Text — Robert Macfarlane’s poem Wren
Language — English
Duration 2 minutes
Difficulty 4 (Auditioned chorus)
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
World premiere:
28-29 Sep 2019 Inversion Ensemble, Georgetown/Austin, Texas listen