Choral Music (I have many more titles than can be listed here, check my listings at SMP)

To obtain copies of any of my music please contact me by email at the address given on the 'contact-us' page, or visit Sheet Music Plus or SOUNZ  

Missa Brevis 

Unison men’s choir and organ, commissioned by St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral Sydney Australia in 2010 (Kyries, Sanctus/Benedictus, Agnus Dei)

Missa Brevis 

SSA choir and organ, using the English mass text. Modal and polyphonic with independent organ accompaniment. (Kyries, Sanctus/Benedictus, Agnus Dei)

Te Deum 

SATB choir and organ, composed for Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir Auckland New Zealand in 1985.

Three motets/anthems 

Commissioned by Trinity Episcopalian Church, Iowa city USA between 2009 – 2011.

Christ was made obedient 

SB choir and organ

O gracious light

SAB choir and organ

Touch the earth lightly

SATB choir and organ, text under separate copyright.

Te lucis ante terminum

SATB based on mode vii and commissioned by the collegiate choir of St Nicholas, Galway, Ireland

Unto thee O Lord

SATB with organ, commissioned by Christ Church, Southgate, London. Subsequently sung by the choir of Selwyn College Cambridge UK

A choral blessing

SATB with organ, composed for the Mill Hill School Foundation Chapel Choir

Three Christmas carols

all performed by college, community and church choirs in New Zealand, USA and UK.

All my heart

SATB choir with piano/organ accompaniment, winner of the Waikato New Zealand RSCM composition award 1996.

Christmas Bells

SAB choir with piano/organ accompaniment, composed for the carol service at St Mary's Anglican church, Stoke Newington, London UK in 2010. 

Prize winning entry in UK competition and now in the public domain.

Salus mundi

SATB choir, recorded in Wellington NZ on the Kiwi Pacific label by Professor Peter Godfrey in the 1980s.

A Psalm of Life

SAB choir with piano, using a text by H. W. Longfellow.

Veni Creator Spiritus

Mixed or single voice two part choir and piano/organ.

Bless the Lord O my soul

Double choir, commissioned by the Orlando Singers, Auckland New Zealand in the early 1990s.

Ave Maria

Double choir, first performed by the Bach Choir of Wellington New Zealand in 2006.

Jack-in-the-boat

Triple choir and assorted instruments, commissioned by professor Michael Dudman, Newcastle University Australia in 1993.

Cantata on How firm a foundation

Congregation, SATB choir, trumpet in Bb and organ, commissioned by 1^st Baptist Kalamazoo in 1998 to commemorate the installation of their new 54 stop pipe organ.

Hymn to St Peter

Congregation, timpani, SATB choir and organ, composed for St Peter’s Cathedral, Hamilton New Zealand in 1997

The Church’s Mission

Mixed choir, flute and hand drum, composed for the diocesan reception for the Archbishop of Canterbury in Hamilton New Zealand in 1997

Hymn settings and arrangements 

Festive Hymn (Kingsfold) 'I heard the voice of Jesus say'. SATB choir, organ and string orchestra. 

Commissioned by the First Baptist Church in America for their 375th anniversary celebrations (October 2013)

How firm a foundation

Unison congregation and organ, published online by Church Publishing Incorporated, music riteaway series, New York USA 

and available as a digital download through Cokesbury.

I’ll praise my maker while I’ve breath

Unison congregation with piano or organ accompaniment, an original tune to a text by Wesley.

I come with joy to meet my Lord

Congregation and treble voiced choir with either flute with piano, or organ accompaniment. Text under separate copyright.

Organ music

Psalm prelude Out of the deep

Alto solo and organ, dedicated to Thomas Wilson who first performed it at the Royal Academy of Music, London UK

Variations on Slane

Commissioned in 2010 by professor Marilyn Mason, Michigan University USA, published by MorningStar publishers Missouri in volume 7 of the Marilyn Mason Music Library.

Chorale with variations

On the traditional American folk hymn How firm a foundation. Dedicated to Andrew Hicks, music minister at Trinity Episcopal Church Iowa city USA. Available for download at SMP

Ten meditations

On public domain hymn tunes, some for manuals alone, others with pedal. A significant number of which are under a publishing agreement with 

Wayne Leupold publishing, North Carolina USA. All are currently available for download at SMP

Dialogue between sesquialtera and flute

Winner of the New Zealand Organists Association composition competition 1996. Available for download at SMP

Piano music

Three short pieces

Commissioned by the University of Waikato New Zealand in 1996.