Choral Works
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Asleep in a Blanket Spun of Energy (2019)
SATB mixed chorus
Dance with the moon and stars and nebulae with this mystical mixed chorus a cappella piece, Asleep in a Blanket Spun of Energy. The English and Anishinaabemowin text beautifully captures a glimpse into the natural and celestial wonders of the Ojibwe world. Laced with ethereal special effects, the music reflects a taste of the syncopated embellished singing, pentatonic melodies, steady drumbeat characteristic of Ojibwe music.
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
Be Drunk (2025)
SATB mixed chorus and piano
Does Be Drunk for mixed chorus and piano need a warning label about drinking alcohol? Or is it life advice from someone who fully enjoyed mid-nineteenth century Parisian pleasures? However we understand Charles Baudelaire’s poem “Enivrez-vous,” we see joyful and reckless abandon alongside the dark despair that crosses all class boundaries. The exaggerated, almost comical, melodrama in the music expresses the extremes of crushing martyrdom and delightful inebriation, all in a 3/4 waltz meter.
Commissioned by Beerthoven, Inc.
Text: Be Drunk (Enivrez-vous) by Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)
Duration 5:30
Difficulty — intermediate
Language — English translation from original French poem by Marc Tarabbia
Sheet music available for purchase here and for perusal here.
World premiere:
2 Aug 2025 Inversion Ensemble, Austin, Texas
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 that recounts the sea-faring adventures of the composer’s great-grandfather as a boy
Language — English
Duration about 5 minutes
Difficulty 2 (Advanced high school, collegiate or community chorus)
Sheet music is available for purchase or perusal.
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 that evokes a misty river in the rain and a city that looks submerged
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
"...the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’”
Language — English
Duration 2:50
Difficulty 3 (Advanced high school collegiate or community chorus)
Sheet music is available for purchase here and perusal 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
Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast. If I say, ‘Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me become night,’ even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you.
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
Darkness As Light was selected as a winner of the Memorial Episcopal Church of Baltimore, Maryland 2024-25 Call for Scores — listen to May 25, 2025 performance
Do Not Be Afraid, Mary (2004)
SATB with optional keyboard accompaniment
Text — Annunciation scene, Luke 1:26-45
Ideal as an anthem in the early part of the Advent season or as part of a musical telling of the Christmas story. It’s a Venezuelan joropo rhythm with typical Venezuelan choral voicing setting of the Annunciation scene when Mary learns that she will bear a son.
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
In Extinction, each of the three stanzas of the poem get distinct musical treatment: the first some text-painting and dissonance, the second rhythmic parts underpinning canonic melodic lines, the third a rich chorale. During my work on this piece, I happened to be traveling by train. The pitches of the train whistle snuck their way into the score as a dissonant chord. A nature soundscape may sometimes accompany this piece, although the tongue click sounds create a bit of their own aural ecosystem. Drawing attention to the unfolding catastrophe of mass extinction, Extinction hopes to inspire humans to action to prevent further loss of species biodiversity.
Language — English
Duration 4:13 (may be longer with soundscape)
Difficulty 4 (Auditioned Chorus)
Sheet music is available for purchase and perusal.
Participate in the cell phone soundscape here and scroll down to find the Participate buttons to use the Birds soundscape.
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
Fireflies evokes vivid imagery of Margaret Noodin’s bilingual poem Fireflies. Honoring the composer’s Ojibwe ancestors, the piece sets the poem’s English text including the Anishinaabemowin word for fireflies (Waawaatesiwag). Moments of musical and whispered aleatory capture visions of fireflies on a summer night. Colorful augmented sixth chords and lush harmonies kindle visions of love and nature amidst the dreamy mixolydian modality and lilting ¾ time.
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
This delightful intermediate-level nature-themed piece is fun to sing and put together with organ and nature soundtrack. It contrasts both the whimsical levity of the poem with the darker implications of humans’ impact on toads and their habitats. Colorful choral harmonies, grand organ gestures, delicate vocal effects, and the nature soundtrack create a soundscape that draws the audience into the toad’s world view.
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
Hope Splits Despair (2024)
SATB mixed chorus with alto solo, piano, percussion (drum set, ganzá, wind chimes, marimba), and nature soundtrack
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Fire, Water, and the Air We Breathe
Text — “Lessons from the Burn” by Kim Stafford about how a forest bravely begins to recover after the utter destruction and devastation by wildfire.
Language — English
Duration 6:30 minutes
Difficulty — Advanced
Sheet music is available for purchase here and perusal here.
Nature soundtrack is available here.
World premiere:
26-27 Oct 2024 Inversion, 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)
II. Big Vegetable Garden in the Front Yard perusal score video
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
One of the most powerful passages in scripture set to music! Good length for an anthem, interesting and idiomatic use of flute and harp, nice mix of beautiful melodic passages and crunchy bits.
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
A gripping, powerful narrative jumping off of the pages of 1692 court records, Innocent Blood tells the tragic story of the composer’s 8th great-grandmother, Mary Esty, who was falsely accused of witchcraft and hanged. Scored for mixed chorus with some divisi, mezzo-soprano solo, flute (with optional bass flute), and organ, the work calls for some staging and extended techniques to enhance the drama.
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)
Gorgeous sacred piece in Middle English for SSAA and Bb clarinet — perfect for Holy Week, Easter, Good Friday, Maundy Thursday, environmental, nature, mystical, contemplative concerts!
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 or SATB with piano
Text — excerpts from letters written by the composer's grandparents to her aunt Faith
Language — English
Duration 7:30
Difficulty — intermediate version SATB with piano available for purchase and perusal
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 (original version)
17 Aug 2024 Inversion Coda, Austin, Texas watch (revised for SATB+piano, perusal video score here)
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)
Fabulous feminist empowerment piece by a woman poet and woman composer!
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.
Guide for electronic processing settings here.
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)
This tango-inspired choral work in Spanish captures the angst and tragedy expressed in Alfonsina Storni’s poem "Frente al mar (By the Sea)". A touch of tango rhythm adds to the tension of unfulfilled hopes and the compelling seduction of the sea.
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) listen
VI. Cordero de Dios (zamba argentina)
World premiere:
23 Oct 2005 Chaski and Magnificat Benefit for SafePlace Westminster Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas listen or on YouTube
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
This vivid, exciting treble piece sets an excerpt from poetry by the celebrated Nikita Gill. Harp joins treble voices to crystallize a girl’s creation myth in which her bones, feet, fingers, and arms conjure her very own dancing, swirling universe. It includes a limited, accessible aleatoric section, and a couple of short vocal solos. Perfect for a treble choir with mostly lower voices.
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 program
Neurospicy Songsters on the Road to Bremen (2024)
SATB chorus, solo soprano, solo mezzo-soprano, solo tenor, solo bass, string quartet
Commissioned by Inversion Ensemble for Enchanted Forest
Text by Maureen Broy Papovich, based on the 1857 "The Tale of the Bremen Town Musicians" by the Brothers Grimm
This ground-breaking work turns the 1857 Brothers Grimm “The Tale of the Bremen Town Musicians” inside out. Instead of leaving their situations to escape the butcher knife, they discover that their particular neurodiverse and speech traits make them more suited for work in the concert hall rather than in the barnyard. Their journey to musical opportunities in Bremen finds the donkey, the dog, the cat, and the rooster engaged in song, obsessive practicing, singular focus on the road, and fruitful artistic companionship. The music includes several familiar melodies that reflect the animals’ blossoming confidence and skills. Their prowess wins over the threat they encountered deep in the forest. The music highlights the melodramatic narrative with exaggerated whimsy and profundity. Solo voices play the part of each animal, the chorus tells the story, and the string quartet does it all.
Language — English
Duration 15:30
Difficulty 4 (Auditioned chorus)
Sheet music available here.
World premiere:
6-7 Jun 2026 Inversion and Invoke, Austin, Texas watch here
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)
Beautiful accessible choral piece for Advent!
Duration 3:21
Difficulty — Intermediate
Language — English
Sheet music available here.
World premiere:
6 Dec 2015 Westminster Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir, Austin, Texas
Listen
Os nace un Cordero (Unto You a Lamb Is Born) (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
As angels announce the birth of Jesus to the shepherds, Teresa foreshadows Jesus’ crucifixion by referring to him as Cordero (Lamb). She also affirms Jesus as the fully human (hombre también junto) and fully divine son of the sovereign God (Hijo de Dios Soberano). The piece opens with angels approaching from a distance singing “pastores” (shepherds) followed by joyful choral couplets. Several dualities weave together representing the oneness of the human and divine: harp and piano; Venezuelan joropo rhythm derived from Spanish dance; sixteenth century text and twenty-first century music; and major and Phrygian modes. Spanning cultures, oceans, and centuries, this music exuberantly announces the celebrated birth of Christ.
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 during the 1963 implosion disaster that killed all 129 aboard.
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 is from The Shewings of Julian of Norwich, Part I LXXXIII lines 3362-3364: “Thus I saw and understode that our feith is oure light in our night, which light is God, our endless day.” The soundtrack of night sounds changing to dawn reflects the message of hope in Julian’s text.
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
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
Purchase the sheet music here.
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 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
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
A mix of dread and joy reflect the powerful text from the Gospel of Luke, with modal harmonies tumbled in with dissonances. The four-part choral setting suitable for Advent has no divisi and is accessible and satisfying for a high school or community choir. The Andean wooden bombo with a goat-skin head may be substituted with a tam tam or any kind of medium or large skin drum.
Sheet music is available for purchase here.
World premiere:
2 Dec 2007 Westminster Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas with harpist Shana Norton and bombista Emilio Torres
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
Walk With Light (2025)
SATB and small orchestra
SATB, organ, and congregation
SATB, piano, and congregation
Arranged from a larger work for Westminster Ensemble
Text — Rev. Dr. Milton Henry Riemer — used with permission
Language — English
Duration — about 2’
Difficulty 2 (High school)
Sheet music for SATB, organ, and congregation is available here.
World premiere:
1 Mar 2026 at 11 AM
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas. Watch here.
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)
Sheet music available here and perusal video score here
World premiere:
13 Apr 2024 Inversion Da Capo with Da Capo Director Katrina Saporsantos presented the world premiere in Austin, Texas.
Watch video here.
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 for purchase here and for perusal here.
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 here.
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