Dearest Choral Friends – I am incredibly excited to announce an upcoming collaboration between myself and celebrated poet Charles Anthony Silvestri!  This new work will center around the theme of light –starlight, firelight, and inner light– in both English and Latin.  The piece will be suitable for either secular or sacred settings and will be accessible for any established high school, community or collegiate choir.  We would like to invite you and your choir to be a part of the birth of this new work by joining a commissioning consortium.  The cost will be $250, with a hope to provide an affordable experience for any choir’s budget.  In return you will be able to program the piece on your own programs as part of a larger premiere in Spring 2026 or participate in the grand premiere with me, at CARNEGIE HALL in June 2026! Help us by sharing this information to reach as many colleagues as possible. Wouldn’t it be cool if each region and state could be represented!?  Let us know if you have an interest in participating in this exciting collaboration by filling out the form to the right, and I will send you more detailed information, including the full text, in an email.  Here’s a sneak peek! 

                        May we be starlight shining in darkness,

                        Light of the sun in glorious day.

                        May we feel magic glowing in hearthfire,

                        Warming the heart when winter is grey.

                        And may we enlighten, brighten the spirit,

                        An inner fire burning our shadows away.