CHORAL ARRANGEMENTS
CHRISTMAS CAROLS
All Through the Night (1990)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
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Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
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A Virgin Most Pure (1989)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
Duration: 6’
Published by ECS, #7115
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
Duration: 6’
Published by ECS, #7115
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Baloo Loo, Lammy (1987)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1987
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Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1987
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Bring a Torch Jeanette, Isabella (1990)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
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Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
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Carol of the Bagpipers (1990)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
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Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
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Carol of the Birds (1986)
Scoring: satb solos & SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
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Scoring: satb solos & SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
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Come, Thou Long-expected Jesus (1987)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1987
Published by Gentry Publications, #JG2254
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1987
Published by Gentry Publications, #JG2254
Forest Green [O Little Town of Bethlehem] (1989)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
Duration: 3’
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Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
Duration: 3’
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Fum, Fum, Fum (1990)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
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Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
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God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (1990)
Scoring: soprano solo & SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
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Scoring: soprano solo & SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
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Good Christian Men, Rejoice (1989)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
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Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
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Greensleeves (1989)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
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Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (1986)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
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Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
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He Is Born, The Divine Christ Child (1986)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
Published by Concordia [OP, Available On Demand]
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
Published by Concordia [OP, Available On Demand]
How Far Is It to Bethlehem (1989)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
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Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
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I Saw Three Ships (1989)
Scoring: alto solo & SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
Duration: 2’
Published by ECS, #7115
Scoring: alto solo & SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
Duration: 2’
Published by ECS, #7115
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Let All Mortal Flesh/
The Sleep of the Infant Jesus (1986)
Scoring: soprano solo & SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
Duration: 4’
Published by Concordia [OP, Available On Demand]
The Sleep of the Infant Jesus (1986)
Scoring: soprano solo & SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
Duration: 4’
Published by Concordia [OP, Available On Demand]
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March of the Kings (1986)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
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Masters in This Hall (1986)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
Duration: 3’
Published by ECS, #7117
Recording: Carol of the Angels [Choral Arts Northwest]
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Noel, Noel, Noel (1989)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
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Now Has Christmas Come Again/Pat-a-pan
(1987)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
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(1987)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
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O Come, All Ye Faithful (1986)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
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Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
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O Come, O Come Emmanuel (1990)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
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On Christmas Night, All Christians Sing (Sussex Carol) (2012)
Scoring: SATB & piano 4-hands
Commissioned: Texas Lutheran University
Premiere: TLU Choir; Douglas Boyer, conductor
Seguin TX, December 2012
Duration: 3’
Published by Galaxy Music of ECS, #1.3483
Scoring: SATB & piano 4-hands
Commissioned: Texas Lutheran University
Premiere: TLU Choir; Douglas Boyer, conductor
Seguin TX, December 2012
Duration: 3’
Published by Galaxy Music of ECS, #1.3483
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Rise! [“Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow] (2016)
Scoring: SATB, alto sax and piano 4-hands
Commissioned: The University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory
Premiere: UMKC Singers, Robert Bode, conductor
UMKC, Kansas City MO, December 2016
Duration: 5’30”
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Scoring: SATB, alto sax and piano 4-hands
Commissioned: The University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory
Premiere: UMKC Singers, Robert Bode, conductor
UMKC, Kansas City MO, December 2016
Duration: 5’30”
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Shepherds! Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep (1987)
Scoring: satb solos & SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1987
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Scoring: satb solos & SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1987
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Silent Night (1987)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1987
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Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1987
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Star In the East [Brightest and Best] (1990)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
Duration: 2’
Published by ECS, #7777
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
Duration: 2’
Published by ECS, #7777
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Still, Still, Still (1990)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
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Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1990
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To Drive the Cold Winter Away (1987)
Scoring: satb solos & SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1987
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Scoring: satb solos & SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1987
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Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (1989)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
Duration: 2’
Published by ECS, #7114
Recording: Carol of the Angels [Choral Arts Northwest]
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1989
Duration: 2’
Published by ECS, #7114
Recording: Carol of the Angels [Choral Arts Northwest]
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What Is This Fragrance (1986)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
Published by Concordia [OP, Available On Demand]
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Market Street UMC, Winchester VA, December 1986
Published by Concordia [OP, Available On Demand]
SHAPE NOTE HYMNS
Bound Unto Canaan (2003)
1. Clamanda
2. Weeping Pilgrim
3. Help Me to Sing
Scoring: SSA
Commissioned: Georgia College and State University,
Premiere: GCSU Women’s Ensemble, Carlton Monroe, conductor
First Baptist Church, Milledgeville GA, March 2003
Duration: 7’30”
Published by Treble Clef Press, TC-251, 252, 253
1. Clamanda
2. Weeping Pilgrim
3. Help Me to Sing
Scoring: SSA
Commissioned: Georgia College and State University,
Premiere: GCSU Women’s Ensemble, Carlton Monroe, conductor
First Baptist Church, Milledgeville GA, March 2003
Duration: 7’30”
Published by Treble Clef Press, TC-251, 252, 253
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Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing [Warrenton] (1982)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, May 1982
Published by Gentry Publications #JG2254
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, May 1982
Published by Gentry Publications #JG2254
Home to Heaven (1984, Rev. 2018)
1. Holy Manna
2. Distress
3. Sweet Rivers
4. Evening Shade
5. The Morning Trumpet
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: The Emerald Ensemble, Gary Cannon, conductor
St. Stephens Episcopal Church, Seattle WA, February, 2019
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1. Holy Manna
2. Distress
3. Sweet Rivers
4. Evening Shade
5. The Morning Trumpet
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: The Emerald Ensemble, Gary Cannon, conductor
St. Stephens Episcopal Church, Seattle WA, February, 2019
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I Will Arise and Go to Jesus [Arise] (1982)
Scoring: tenor solo & SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, May 1982
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Scoring: tenor solo & SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, May 1982
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Jerusalem (1982)
Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, May 1982
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Scoring: SATB
Commissioned: Winchester Musica Viva
Premiere: Winchester Musica Viva; William Averitt, conductor
Braddock Street UMC, Winchester VA, May 1982
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Over Jordan (2011)
1.Wayfaring Stranger
2. Pisgah (When I Can Read My Title Clear)
3. Let Me Go
4. The Promised Land (On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand)
Scoring: SATB & piano 4-hands
Commissioned: Arts Chorale of Winchester
Premiere: Arts Chorale of Winchester, Michael Main, conductor
Armstrong Concert Hall, Winchester VA
Duration: 15’
Published by Walton, #WW1669
1.Wayfaring Stranger
2. Pisgah (When I Can Read My Title Clear)
3. Let Me Go
4. The Promised Land (On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand)
Scoring: SATB & piano 4-hands
Commissioned: Arts Chorale of Winchester
Premiere: Arts Chorale of Winchester, Michael Main, conductor
Armstrong Concert Hall, Winchester VA
Duration: 15’
Published by Walton, #WW1669
William Averitt - Playlist
5 Passion Hymns
[from Averitt St. Matthew Passion] (2014)
1.Supplication
2. Salisbury
3. Wondrous Love
4. Fulfillment
4a. Interlude (handbells)
5. Gently, Lord
Scoring: SATB & organ (optional handbells)
Organ Accompaniment Commissioned: Staunton Choral Society
Premiere: Staunton Choral Society, Jesse L. Ratcliffe, conductor
Duration:17’
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[from Averitt St. Matthew Passion] (2014)
1.Supplication
2. Salisbury
3. Wondrous Love
4. Fulfillment
4a. Interlude (handbells)
5. Gently, Lord
Scoring: SATB & organ (optional handbells)
Organ Accompaniment Commissioned: Staunton Choral Society
Premiere: Staunton Choral Society, Jesse L. Ratcliffe, conductor
Duration:17’
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FOLK SONGS & OTHERS
Ash Grove (2013)
Scoring: SATB & piano 4-hands
Commissioned: Texas Lutheran University
Premiere: TLU Choir; Douglas Boyer, conductor
Texas Spring Tour & Seguin TX, March 2013
Duration: 4’
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Scoring: SATB & piano 4-hands
Commissioned: Texas Lutheran University
Premiere: TLU Choir; Douglas Boyer, conductor
Texas Spring Tour & Seguin TX, March 2013
Duration: 4’
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Erie Canal (1990)
Scoring: soprano solo, unison children's chorus & piano
Commissioned: Blue Ridge Choristers
Premiere: Sue Marston Boyd, piano; Blue Ridge Choristers, Cora Ohl, conductor
Goodson Hall, Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester VA, April 1994
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Scoring: soprano solo, unison children's chorus & piano
Commissioned: Blue Ridge Choristers
Premiere: Sue Marston Boyd, piano; Blue Ridge Choristers, Cora Ohl, conductor
Goodson Hall, Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester VA, April 1994
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Slane (2013)
Scoring: SATB & piano 4-hands
Commissioned: Texas Lutheran University
Premiere: TLU Choir; Douglas Boyer, conductor
Texas Spring Tour & Seguin TX, March 2013
Duration: 4’
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Scoring: SATB & piano 4-hands
Commissioned: Texas Lutheran University
Premiere: TLU Choir; Douglas Boyer, conductor
Texas Spring Tour & Seguin TX, March 2013
Duration: 4’
Available from the Composer
William Averitt - Track