Compositions: All
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Interpreting & Performing My Music
- Please follow metronome markings precisely! I do a great deal of listening to the music (using Finale playback) during the composition process, and these markings are very accurate indications of my intentions.
- Any notes tied over to 8th notes are to be held for the full added duration and cut off in the rest. I do not follow the British practice of cutting off on the tied-over note.
- The dynamic indications in my choral and organ music refer to the position of the Swell box, not to the amount of stops to be pulled. This explains why an indication for a hefty Swell registration might also be marked piano or pianissimo. If I intend for a gradual build-up or removal of stops, it will be indicated specifically in the score.
- "Baroque legato" indications mean that the articulation I would like is similar to the post Harold Vogel way of playing early music, including note values according to their placement in the measure (strong beats longer, weaker beats shorter, etc.) "Very legato" indicates an overlapped legato, similar to how one would play French and English music from the Romantic and post-Romantic periods.
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A
Adam Lay Ybounden
Text: Anonymous English Carol, 15th Century
SATB Choir and Organ
This anthem works well in a Lessons and Carols service as a response to the First Lesson. It's very effective (and easy!) and will save rehearsal time for other, more difficult, works.
Agnus Dei
From: Missa Mandatum
Text: Latin, from the Mass
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, a cappella
MorningStar Music
MSM-80-784
Agnus Dei/Cordero de Dios
From: Missa Guadalupe
Text: Spanish or Latin, from the Mass
Genre: Mass
Congregation, SATB Choir, opt. Descant, Keyboard, Guitar
Selah Publishing Co.
410-916
Alepun
"Mary rides the mountain pathway, alepun."
Text: Spanish Carol, tr. Eleanor Walker
Unison Treble Choir and Organ
This rhythmic and colorful setting of a charming Spanish carol will quickly become a favorite of your own children choristers, as it has of young singers in churches, schools, and community choruses across the USA.
"The excellent translation by Eleanor Walker and the rhythmic, driving accompaniment make this piece an excellent addition to any choir library." — Pastoral Music Notebook
All Glory, Laud, and Honor
"All glory, laud, and honor to you, Redeemer, King!"
Text: Theodulph of Orleans, tr. John Mason Neale
Tune: St. Theodulph, Melchior Teschner
Festive Processional on "All Glory, Laud, and Honor"
Congregation, SATB Choir (optional Children's Choir), Trumpet, and Organ
The introduction and interlude for trumpet and organ, as well as the choral setting of two stanzas of text not found in American hymnals, help make this hymn concertato a fresh and unique beginning of the services of Holy Week.
"This is a processional anthem of tremendous proportions, in high festive mode…Variety resides in every verse, and the whole is neatly packaged so that transitions work well and will not confuse the congregation." — Choral Journal
All Saints
"As grains of sand, as stars, as drops of dew"
Text: Christina Rossetti (1830–1894)
SATB Choir and Organ
This setting of one of Christina Rossetti's most profoundly-beautiful poems will quickly become a perennial favorite of choirs and congregations alike for celebrations of All Saints and All Souls, and other memorial liturgies throughout the year.
Alleluia! Heart and Voice to Heaven Raise
Text: Christopher Wordsworth
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani and Organ
Kessler Park Press
KPP 1002
Anchorage
We Are Ambassadors for Christ
Text: 2 Corinthians 5 & 6, para. Joel Martinson
Genre: Hymn Tune
Published in New Songs of Rejoicing, hymn 74
Selah Publishing Co.
Soft-cover: 125-010
ISBN 0-9622553-9-4
Spiral-bound: 125-011
Ancient of All Mysteries
Text: Frederick William Faber
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, ST Semi-Choruses, and Organ
Kessler Park Press
KPP 0811
And the Word Became Flesh
Text: John 1:14, 16
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, a cappella
Selah Publishing Co.
410-541
Antiphon and Praise
Text: George Herbert ("Let all the world in every corner sing" and "King of glorie, King of peace")
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, Opt. Solo Instrument and Organ
Kessler Park Press
KPP 1006
Appleton
When Music Wakes My Sleeping Heart
A Hymn Concertato on an Original Tune Appleton
Text: Delores Dufner, OSB
Congregation, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ. (May also be performed with one Trumpet and Organ.)
This hymn and setting make a great alternative to Pratt Green's When In Our Music God Is Glorified (Engleberg). Though the tune looks tricky, it's actually very easy to sing!
"Martinson's new hymn, When Music Wakes My Sleeping Heart, commissioned for the convention, was a particular highlight—full of majestic sweep and innovative harmonies." — The American Organist
Aria on a Chaconne for Organ
Genre: Organ Solo
Concordia Publishing House
97-6271
CPH music available from Kessler Park Press.
Aria on a Chaconne for Symphonic Band
Genre: Instrumental
Southern Music Company
Score and Parts: S771
Arise, My Love
Text: Song of Songs 2:10–12; 8:6–7
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, a cappella
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-385987-4
Printed music available through C. F. Peters Corporation.
Also published in the collection Weddings for Choirs.
Oxford University Press
ISBN 978-0-19-353265-6
Printed music available through C. F. Peters Corporation.
Arise, Shine!
Text: Isaiah 60:1–5, 6b
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir div. and Organ
MorningStar Music
MSM-50-2007
As Pants the Hart
Text: based on Psalm 42 by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady
Original Tune: Sebastian
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir and Organ
Kessler Park Press
KPP 0812
At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing
Tune: Salzburg
Genre: Festival Hymns
Congregation, Brass Quintet, Timpani and Organ
Kessler Park Press
KPP 0826 (In process)
Awake, Arise!
Text: Christopher Smart
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, a cappella
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-385979-3
Copies reprinted by Banks Music.
B
Bright Beams - Fantasy for Organ
Genre: Organ Solo
Available from Kessler Park Press
Bruern Abbey
This Is the Hour of Banquet and of Song
Text: Horatius Bonar
Genre: Hymn Tune
Published in New Songs of Rejoicing, hymn 154
Selah Publishing Co.
Soft-cover: 125-010
ISBN 0-9622553-9-4
Spiral-bound: 125-011
By All Your Saints
Text: Horatio Nelson, adapt. J.D. Godwin
Tune: Nyland (Finnish Folk Melody)
Genre: Choral
2-Part Mixed Choir and Organ
Augsburg Fortress
11-10300
Also published in Augsburg Easy Choirbook, Volume 2: Music for the Church Year
Includes this text as well as
We All Are One in Mission (Rusty Edwards)
ISBN 080067751X
C
Cántico para Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Canticle for Our Lady of Guadalupe
Text: Judith 13 (in Spanish; refrain opt. English)
Genre: Liturgical, Canticle
Cantor, Congregation, Unison Choir, and Organ
World Library Publications
008797
Christ Became Obedient unto Death
Text: Philippians 2:8–11
Genre: Choral
TBB Choir, a cappella
Kessler Park Press
KPP 0903
Christ Is Alive!
Tune: Truro
Genre: Festival Hymns
Congregation, Soprano Descant, Brass Quintet, Timpani and Organ
Kessler Park Press
KPP 0714
Christ Is Arisen
Text: English translations of Victimae Paschali Laudes and Christ ist erstanden
Genre: Festival Hymn, Liturgical, Choral
Tunes: Victimae Paschali Laudes and Christ ist erstanden
SATB Choir, Congregation, Brass Quintet, Timpani and Organ (or Two Organs and Timpani)
Kessler Park Press
KPP 0906
Christ Is Our Cornerstone
Text: Latin, c. 7th century, translated John Chandler (1806–1876)
SATB Choir and Organ
This anthem, appropriate for building dedications, saint's days, and feasts of Our Lord, is a great introduction to contemporary classical music style for choirs and organists of more modest skills to the most professional.
"Nine pages of beautiful music rich in rhythms, modulations and varied intervals." — Caecilia (France)
Christus factus est
From: Missa Mandatum
Text: Latin, Philippians 2:8–9
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, a cappella
MorningStar Music
MSM-80-309
Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord
Text: Psalms 95 & 96
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, SATB Soli, and Organ
Available from the composer
Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (The Call)
Text: George Herbert
Original Tune: Kessler Park
Genre: Hymn Tune
Published in New Songs of Rejoicing, hymn 126
Selah Publishing Co.
Soft-cover: 125-010
ISBN 0-9622553-9-4
Spiral-bound: 125-011
Come, O Blessed of My Father
Text: Matthew 25:31–46
Genre: Choral, Vocal
Baritone Solo, SATB Choir, and Organ
Available from the composer
Communion Service for the Incarnation
Missa puer natus est nobis
Text: Mass in English, Rite I
Genre: Masses & Canticles
SATB Choir and Organ
Trinitas
4578
Concertato on the Tune Hoff
Oh, Sing Jubilee to the Lord
Text: English and Norwegian, Ulrik V. Koren, trans. Lutheran Book of Worship 1978
Tune: Hoff, Erik C. Hoff
Genre: Festival Hymn, Choral
SATB Choir, Brass Quartet, Timpani, and Organ
Available from the composer
Concertato on the Tune Rushford
I Know that My Redeemer Lives
Text: Samuel Medley
This Day at Thy Creating Word
Text: William Walsham How
Tune: Rushford, Henry G. Ley
Genre: Festival Hymn, Choral
SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ
Selah Publishing Co.
Full score and parts: 425-832
Choral score: 425-831
Cycle of Light
Texts: Cycle of Light (Delores Dufner, OSB)
Shadows and Brightness (Susan Cherwien)
A Christmas Carol - In the Bleak Mid-Winter (Christina Rossetti)
Good Friday (Christina Rossetti)
Morning Has Broken (Eleanor Farjeon)
Children of the Heavenly Father (Caroline Sandell Berg - tr. William Olsen)
Song Cycle for Voice and Piano
Genre: Vocal
Oxford University Press
Medium-High Voice and Piano: ISBN 0-19-386105-4
Medium-Low Voice and Piano: ISBN 0-19-386185-2
Cycle of Peace
I. Choir - Grant Us Peace
Text: Hebrew Prayer
II. Interlude - Prayer for Peace
(Handbells alone)
III. Choir - Fierce the Force that Curled Cain's Fist
Text: Thomas Troeger
IV. Trio - And God Said
Text: Joel Martinson from various scriptures
V. Choir - Weary of All Trumpeting
Text: Martin Franzmann
VI. Interlude - Vision of Peace
(Handbells and Violin)
VII. Choir - O Day of Peace
Text: Carl P. Daw, Jr.
Genre: Choral, Instrumental, Large Work
SATB Choir, SB Soloists, Handbells (3 Octaves), and Violin
Available from the composer
D
Dallas Mass
Text: Mass in English, Rite II
Genre: Mass
Congregation, Choir (descants), Brass, and Organ
Available from the composer
E
Epithalamium Suite
Intrada, Pastorale and Fugue
Genre: Organ Solo
Concordia Publishing House, Music for a Sunday Morning, vol. 19
97-6536
Evening Music
I. Evening Music
Text: May Sarton
II. Since the Majority of Me
Text: Philip Larkin
III. Symptom Recital
Text: Dorothy Parker
IV. I Loved You First
Text: Christina Rossetti
V. Fall of the Evening Star
Text: Kenneth Patchen
Genre: Choral, Large Work
SATB Choir and oboe
Available from the composer
Evening Service for the Incarnation
Text: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (traditional version - Rite I)
Genre: Canticle
SATB Choir, SSB Soli, and Organ
Trinitas
4594
Evening Service (for Church of the Nativity)
Text: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (traditional version - Rite I)
Genre: Canticle
SATB Choir and Organ
Paraclete Press
PPM00228
Evening Service for Saint Mark's School
Text: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (traditional version - Rite I)
Genre: Canticle
SATB Choir div. and Organ
Paraclete Press
PPM 09626
Everyone Sang
Text: Siegfried Sassoon
Genre: Choral
Men's Chorus (TTBB) and Piano
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386399-5
F
Fantasy on "Twas in the Moon of Wintertime"
Genre: Instrumental
Oboe, English Horn, and Organ
Available from the composer
Festival Intrada
Processional for Anne
Organ Solo with optional Trumpet
A trumpet tune out of the David N. Johnson tradition, complete with fanfare and enough musical material to bear repetition in processions for all festival occasions. If you are tired of the 18th-century wedding marches, give this a look! See Postlude for a Festival Day for the companion piece to this work.
Festive Processional on "All Glory, Laud, and Honor"
Text: Theodulph of Orleans, tr. John Mason Neale
Tune: St. Theodulph, Melchior Teschner
Genre: Festival Hymn
Congregation, SATB Choir, Trumpet, and Organ
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386066-X
Five Holy Sonnets on texts of John Donne
I. I Am a Little World Made Cunningly
II. Oh, to Vex Me, Contraryes Meet in One
III. Thou Hast Made Me
IV. This Is My Playes Last Scene
V. At the Round Earth's Imagin'd Corners
Genre: Vocal
Tenor (opt. Soprano) and Piano
To be published by the composer
For God So Loved the World
Text: John 3:16–17
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, a cappella
Selah Publishing Co.
410-546
Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive
Text: Rosamond E. Herklots
Original Tune: Walnut Hill
Genre: Hymn Tune
Published in We Celebrate Supplement B
World Library Publications
Four Advent Introits on "Veni Emmanuel"
Text: Latin and English, tr. John Mason Neale
Genre: Choral
1. Veni, Emmanuel
SATB Choir and Semi-choruses, a cappella
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386591-2
2. Come, O Wisdom from on High
SATB Choir and Oboe
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386592-0
3. Come, O Rod of Jesse's Stem
SATB Choir, a cappella
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386593-9
4. Come, O Dayspring from on High
SATB Choir, Handbells, and Organ
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386594-7
The Friendly Beasts - Variations on a Christmas Carol
Text: Traditional Carol
Genre: Choral
Unison Treble Choir (opt. SA) and Organ, opt. Flute or Oboe
Choristers Guild
CGA 680
From My Heart Springs a Song
Text: Delores Dufner, OSB
Genre: Choral
SAB, opt. SATB, Choir and Organ (or Piano)
Paraclete Press
PPM00110
G
Give Thanks to the Lord
Text: Psalms 105 and 106
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir and Organ
Paraclete Press
PPM00509
Gloria
From: Missa Guadalupe
Text: Spanish and Latin
Genre: Mass
Congregation, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ
Selah Publishing Co.
Conductor's Score and Parts: 410-915
Choral Score: 410-914
God So Loved the World
From: the Cantata Salvation unto Us Has Come
Text: John 3:16–17
Genre: Choral
SA Choir and Organ
Out of print
Available from the composer
Grant Us Peace – An Essay for SATB Choir & Cello
Text: English translation of ancient Hebrew Prayer with verses from Isaiah
Genre: Choral, Instrumental
SATB Choir and Cello
Available from the composer
H
Hillcrest
Before the Earth Was Tossed in Space
Text: Rae E. Whitney
Genre: Hymn Tune
Published in New Songs of Rejoicing, hymn 76
Selah Publishing Co.
Soft-cover: 125-010
ISBN 0-9622553-9-4
Spiral-bound: 125-011
Hill Street
Jesus Calls Us
Text: Cecil Frances Alexander
Genre: Choral, Hymn Tune
SATB Choir, opt. Congregation, and Organ
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386063-5
Holy Spirit, Truth Divine
Text: Samuel Longfellow
Original Tune: Kessler Park
Genre: Hymn Tune
Published in New Songs of Rejoicing, hymn 41
Selah Publishing Co.
Soft-cover: 125-010
ISBN 0-9622553-9-4
Spiral-bound: 125-011
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling
Text: Psalm 84: 1-8, 10, 12
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir and Organ
To be published by the composer
I
I Know that My Redeemer Lives
Text: Samuel Medley
This Day at Thy Creating Word
Text: William Walsham How
Tune: Rushford, Henry G. Ley
Concertato on the tune Rushford
Genre: Festival Hymn, Choral
SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ
Selah Publishing Co.
Full score and parts: 425-832
Choral score: 425-831
I Will Exalt You, O God
Text: Psalm 145:1–12
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir and Organ
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386179-8
Incarnation Suite on "Puer natus est nobis"
Genre: Organ Solo
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386397-9
In the Bleak Mid-Winter
Text: Christina Rossetti
Tune: Cranham, Gustav Holst
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir div., a cappella
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386227-1
Intrada, Pastorale, and Fugue
Epithalamium Suite
Genre: Organ Solo
Concordia Publishing House, Music for a Sunday Morning, vol. 19
97-6536
J
Jesus Calls Us
Original Tune: Hill Street
Text: Cecil Frances Alexander
Genre: Choral, Hymn Tune
SATB Choir, opt. Congregation, and Organ
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386063-5
Joyful Steps
Terra Sancta, Holy Land
Text: Rae E. Whitney
Genre: Hymn Tune
Published in New Songs of Rejoicing, hymn 99
Selah Publishing Co.
Soft-cover: 125-010
ISBN 0-9622553-9-4
Spiral-bound: 125-011
Jubilate Deo
"O be joyful in the Lord, all you lands"
Text: Psalm 100
SATB Choir and Organ
The limited range and unison passages, along with a primarily homophonic texture accompanied by a rhythmic organ part, make even the most challenged choir sound at its best in this festive piece.
K
Kessler Park
Holy Spirit, Truth Divine
Text: Samuel Longfellow
Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (The Call)
Text: George Herbert
Genre: Hymn Tune
Published in New Songs of Rejoicing, hymns 41 and 126
Selah Publishing Co.
Soft-cover: 125-010
ISBN 0-9622553-9-4
Spiral-bound: 125-011
Kirkwood
We Celebrate the Legacy
Text: Cathy Yost (Text commissioned for this project)
Genre: Festival Hymn, Choral
Congregation, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ
Available from the composer
L
Laurel
Pervasive, Never-absent One
Text: Delores Dufner, OSB
Genre: Choral, Hymn Tune
SATB Choir, opt. Oboe, opt. Congregation, and Organ
Paraclete Press
PPM00208
Leaf from Leaf Christ Knows
Text: Christina Rossetti
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir and Organ
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386401-0
Let Us Then With Confidence
Text: Hebrews 4:16
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, a cappella
Selah Publishing Co.
410-569
Lions and Oxen
Text: Thomas Troeger
Genre: Choral
SA (opt. Unison) Choir, Oboe, and Organ
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386783-4
Litany for Organ
Genre: Organ Solo
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386398-7
Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending
Text: Charles Wesley
Tune: Helmsley, Thomas Augustus Arne
Genre: Festival Hymn
Congregation, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ
Oxford University Press
Choral score: ISBN 0-19-386414-2
Full score and parts: rental from the publisher
Lo, How a Rose Is Growing
Text: German, 15th Century, tr. Gracia Grindal
Tune: Es ist ein ros' entsprungen, Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1599
Genre: Choral
SAB (opt. 2-Part Mixed Voices) and Organ
Chantry Music/Augsburg Fortress
12-400003
Locus iste
Text: Antiphon for the dedication of a church (in Latin)
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir div., a cappella
Paraclete Press
PPM 09206
M
Mass for the Epiphany
Text: Mass in English, Rite II
Genre: Mass
Congregation, Choir (descants), Brass, and Organ
Available from the composer
Miriam's Dance
Organ Solo
Included in the AAGO examination repertoire for 2007, this fun, fast, and dervish-like organ work will challenge and delight even the most accomplished organist. Good luck!
Missa Canticum Novum
Genre: Mass
Congregation and Various Accompaniments
Augsburg Fortress
Published in Renewing Worship 6 as Provisional Setting A
(Various versions available from the publisher)
and in Evangelical Lutheran Worship, as Setting Nine
Hardcover Pew Edition: ISBN 0806656182
Missa Festa Dies
Text: Mass in English, Rite I
Genre: Mass
SATB Choir and Brass Quintet
Available from the composer
Missa Guadalupe
Text: Mass in English, Spanish and Latin
Genre: Mass
Congregation, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ
Selah Publishing Co.
Full/Organ Score: 410-910
Choral Score: 410-911
Congregation Card: 410-913
Instrumental Parts: 410-912
Also Published Separately:
Gloria
Selah Publishing Co.
Conductor's Score and Parts: 410-915
Choral Score: 410-914
Agnus Dei/Cordero de Dios
Selah Publishing Co.
Congregation, SATB Choir, opt. Descant, Keyboard, Guitar
410-916
Missa Mandatum
Text: Mass in Latin
Genre: Mass
Published Separately:
Kyrie
SATB Choir, a cappella
Available from the composer
Gloria
SATB Choir div., a cappella
Available from the composer
Sanctus – Benedictus qui venit
SATB Choir, a cappella
Available from the composer
Agnus Dei
SATB Choir, a cappella
MorningStar Music
MSM-80-784
Christus factus est
Text: Philippians 2:8-9
SATB Choir, a cappella
MorningStar Music
MSM-80-309
Decalogue
Text: English, Rite I
Cantor and SATB Choir, a cappella
Available from the composer
Missa puer natus est nobis
Communion Service for the Incarnation
Text: Mass in English, Rite I
Genre: Mass
SATB Choir and Organ
Trinitas
4578
Music for a Sunday Morning, vol. 19
Intrada, Pastorale, and Fugue
Epithalamium Suite
Genre: Organ Solo
Concordia Publishing House
97-6536
N
Now Thank We All Our God
Text: Martin Rinkhart, trans. Catherine Winkworth
Tune: Nun danket alle Gott, Johann Crüger
Genre: Festival Hymn
Congregation, opt, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ
Available from the composer
O
O Perfect Love
Text: Dorothy Gurney
Original Tune: Harvest Hill
Genre: Vocal
Solo Voice and Organ
Paraclete Press
PPM 09328
O Praise Ye the Lord!
Text: based on Psalms 148 and 150, Henry Williams Baker
Tune: Laudate Dominum, C. Hubert H. Parry
Genre: Festival Hymn
Congregation, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ
Oxford University Press
Choral score: ISBN 0-19-386416-9
Full score and parts: rental from the publisher
O Sing to the Lord a New Song
From: the Cantata Salvation unto Us Has Come
Text: Psalm 96:1–4
Genre: Choral
SSAA Choir and Organ
Paraclete Press
PPM 09710
O Spirit All-Embracing
Text: Delores Dufner, OSB
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir and Organ
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386087-2
Out of the Depths – Three Essays on a Chorale for Organ Solo
Tune: Aus tiefer not, Martin Luther
Genre: Organ Solo
To be published by the composer
Organum – A fantasy for two organs
Genre: Organ Duet (two instruments)
Available from the composer
P
Partita on "A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth"
Genre: Organ Solo
Paraclete Press
PPM 09207
Partita on "Christ Is Arisen"
Genre: Organ Solo
Paraclete Press
PPM 09513
Partita on Nettleton
Tune: Nettleton, Early American
Genre: Organ solo
I. Hymn
II. Variation
III. Duet
IV. Fugue
To be published by the composer
Passacaglia
Genre: Instrumental
Harp and Organ or Harp and String Orchestra
Lyra Music Company
Available editions:
Score
Harp and Organ
Harp Part
String Parts
Pervasive, Never-absent One
Text: Delores Dufner, OSB
Original Tune: Laurel
Genre: Festival Hymn
SATB Choir, opt. Oboe, opt. Congregation, and Organ
Paraclete Press
PPM00208
Postlude for a Festival Day
Organ Solo
This grand march in the full-fisted English tradition is the companion bookend of Festival Intrada, and makes a perfect ending for any service — festive or otherwise.
Psalm 15
Genre: Liturgical
Cantor, Congregation, 2-pt Mixed Voices, Oboe, and Organ
Selah Publishing Co.
421-015
Psalm 23
Genre: Liturgical
Cantor, Congregation, opt, 2-pt Mixed Voices, Flute, and Organ
Concordia Publishing House
97-6491
Psalm 30
Genre: Liturgical
SATB Choir, a cappella
Available from the composer
Psalm 33
Genre: Liturgical
Cantor, Congregation, and Organ
Published in We Celebrate, Supplement B
World Library Publications
Psalm 34
Genre: Liturgical
Cantor, Congregation, opt. 2-pt Mixed Voices, and Organ
Concordia Publishing House
97-6492
Psalm 85
Genre: Liturgical
Cantor, Congregation, Flute, and Organ
Concordia Publishing House
97-6587
Psalm 89
Genre: Liturgical
Cantor, opt. SATB Choir, Congregation, Oboe, and Organ
MorningStar Music
MSM-80-006
Psalm 92
Genre: Liturgical
Cantor, Congregation, and Organ
Published in We Celebrate, Supplement B
World Library Publications
Psalm 98
Genre: Liturgical, Choral
Cantor or SATB Choir, Congregation, Trumpet, and Organ
Concordia Publishing House
98-3225
Psalm 118
Genre: Liturgical, Choral
Congregation, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ
Optional cantor version with Congregation and Organ
Available from the composer
Psalm 126
Genre: Liturgical
SATB Choir, a cappella
Available from the composer
Psalm 150
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir and Organ
To be published by the composer
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Rejoice in the Lord Always
Text: Philippians 4:4–7
Genre: Choral
SAB Choir (opt. 2-Part Mixed Voices) and Organ
GIA Publications
G-4450
Rise Up, My Love
I. I Am the Rose of Sharon
Text: Song of Songs 7:11-13
II. By Night
Text: Song of Songs 3:1-5
III. Rise Up, My Love
Text: Song of Songs 2:10b-12; 13b; 8:6a, 7a
IV. The Garden
Text: Song of Songs 5:1; 6:2-3; 4:13-16
V. Come, My Beloved
Text: Song of Songs 7:11-13
Genre: Vocal
Song Cycle for High Voice and Piano
To be published by the composer
Rondeau Medievale
Genre: Organ Solo
Concordia Publishing House
97-6270
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Saint Rita Mass
Text: Mass in English, Rite II
Genre: Mass
Congregation, Cantor, and Organ
Available from the composer
Save Your People, O Lord
Text: Final portion of the Te Deum
Genre: Choral
SSATBB Choir, Children's Chorus, and Organ
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386413-4
Sortie
Genre: Organ Solo
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386272-7
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Terra Sancta, Holy Land
Original Tune: Joyful Steps
Text: Rae E. Whitney
Genre: Hymn Tune
Published in New Songs of Rejoicing, hymn 99
Selah Publishing Co.
Soft-cover: 125-010
ISBN 0-9622553-9-4
Spiral-bound: 125-011
The Invitation
"Come ye hither all"
Text: George Herbert (1593–1632)
SATB Choir and Organ
George Herbert's six-stanza poem, whose ideas are as fresh for the mission of the church in our own time as they were for his own 17th-century world, provides the text for this soaring anthem appropriate for Holy Communion, community, and inclusion: "Lord, I have invited all, and I shall still invite, still call to thee: for it seems but just and right in my sight, where is all, there all should be."
There Is No Rose
Text: Anonymous English Carol, 15th century
SATB Choir, a capella
This new take on one of the favorite texts for Christmas, is both my most widely-recorded piece, and one of the most frequently-performed of my works for SATB choir. If you have not sung it yet, you are missing out!
"Joel Martinson writes here for a competent choir. The vocal writing is very skillful…The style is tonal but reasonably challenging, and there is a nice plasticity of rhythm in the setting of the words…Recommended." — Music Teacher (UK)
This Day at Thy Creating Word
Text: William Walsham How
I Know that My Redeemer Lives
Text: Samuel Medley
Concertato on the tune Rushford
Tune: Rushford, Henry G. Ley
Genre: Festival Hymn, Choral
SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ
Selah Publishing Co.
Full score and parts: 425-832
Choral score: 425-831
This Is the Hour of Banquet and of Song
Text: Horatius Bonar
Original Tune: Bruern Abbey
Genre: Hymn Tune
Published in New Songs of Rejoicing, hymn 154
Selah Publishing Co.
Soft-cover: 125-010
ISBN 0-9622553-9-4
Spiral-bound: 125-011
Three Days Had Passed
Text: John Thornburg
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ
Paraclete Press
Choral score: PPM00212
Full score: TBD
Parts: TBD
To Hear the Angels Sing
Text: Edmund Sears ("It Came Upon the Midnight Clear")
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, div, a cappella
Available from the composer
Toccata à la Gigue
Genre: Organ Solo
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386273-5
Transfiguration
"We Have Come at Christ's Own Bidding"
Text: Carl P. Daw, Jr.
Unison with Soprano Descant and Organ
This best-selling octavo is a prime example of how successful a composition can be which fills a void in the corpus of liturgical repertoire. Carl Daw's text is perfect for all celebrations of the Transfiguration story, as well as for any "true worship" services of the twenty-first century Christian congregation.
"…The congregation sang the new tune very well. It is going to be a favorite very soon, and that's obvious. Thank you for writing 'Transfiguration' for us. I feel that it makes a special link between you and people of this parish." — Terence C. Roper
Triptych on "Salvation Unto Us Has Come"
From: the Cantata Salvation unto Us Has Come
Genre: Organ Solo
Paraclete Press
PPM 09421
Tuba Suite
Genre: Organ Solo
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386762-1
Tune Me, O Lord
Text: Christina Rossetti
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, a cappella
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386400-2
'Twas in the Year That King Uzziah Died
Text: G. Woodward
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, a cappella
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386396-0
A perfect addition to your next Advent Lessons and Carols service!
Twelve Organ Trios
Genre: Organ Solo
Paraclete Press
PPM 09702
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Unbounded God
Text: Carl P. Daw, Jr.
Original Tune: Saint James' New
Genre: Festival Hymn, Choral
Congregation, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ
Available from the composer
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Walnut Hill
Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive
Text: Rosamond E. Herklots
Genre: Hymn Tune
Published in We Celebrate Supplement B
World Library Publications
We All Are One in Mission
Text: Rusty Edwards
Tune: Nyland (Finnish Folk Melody)
Genre: Choral
2-Part Mixed Voices and Organ
Published in Augsburg Easy Choirbook, Volume 2: Music for the Church Year
Augsburg Fortress
Includes this text as well as
By All Your Saints Still Striving (Horatio Nelson adapt. J.D. Godwin)
ISBN 0-80067751X
We Are Ambassadors for Christ
Text: 2 Corinthians 5 & 6, para. Joel Martinson
Original Tune Anchorage
Genre: Hymn Tune
Published in New Songs of Rejoicing, hymn 74
Selah Publishing Co.
Soft-cover: 125-010
ISBN 0-9622553-9-4
Spiral-bound: 125-011
We Celebrate the Legacy
Text: Cathy Yost (Text commissioned for this project)
Original Tune: Kirkwood
Genre: Festival Hymn, Choral
Congregation, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ
Available from the composer
"We Have Come at Christ's Own Bidding"
Text: Carl P. Daw, Jr.
Unison with Soprano Descant and Organ
This best-selling octavo is a prime example of how successful a composition can be which fills a void in the corpus of liturgical repertoire. Carl Daw's text is perfect for all celebrations of the Transfiguration story, as well as for any "true worship" services of the twenty-first century Christian congregation.
"…The congregation sang the new tune very well. It is going to be a favorite very soon, and that's obvious. Thank you for writing 'Transfiguration' for us. I feel that it makes a special link between you and people of this parish." — Terence C. Roper
When Music Wakes My Sleeping Heart
A Hymn Concertato on an Original Tune Appleton
Text: Delores Dufner, OSB
Congregation, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ. (May also be performed with one Trumpet and Organ.)
This hymn and setting make a great alternative to Pratt Green's When In Our Music God Is Glorified (Engleberg). Though the tune looks tricky, it's actually very easy to sing!
"Martinson's new hymn, When Music Wakes My Sleeping Heart, commissioned for the convention, was a particular highlight—full of majestic sweep and innovative harmonies." — The American Organist
When the Morning Stars Together
Text: Albert Bayly
Genre: Choral
SATB Choir, Trumpet, and Organ
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386479-7
Wide, Wide In the Rose's Side
Text: Kenneth Patchen
SATB Choir with Soprano Solo, a cappella
"A novelty — a setting for church use of a text by a truly major modern American poet, in this case Kenneth Patchen. With no great performing or listening difficulties, this piece would be a pleasure to sing and to hear. Tender, sensitive writing, and the kind of modern composing congregations and audiences immediately appreciate and enjoy." — The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians