ca. 2 minutes
An arrangement of the powerful Easter tune Lasst uns erfreuen ("Let us rejoice") for pipe organ. Written for the postlude of the 2025 Easter Sunday services at Trinity Lutheran Church in Norman, Oklahoma.
ca. 3.5 minutes
An ambient arrangement of the timeless Christmas tune Stille Nacht ("Silent Night") for pipe organ. Written for the postlude of the 2024 Christmas Eve carols service at Trinity Lutheran Church in Norman, Oklahoma.
ca. 1.5 minutes
A fugue-like arrangement of my Chorale No. 1. Written for the postlude of the 2024 Reformation Sunday services at Trinity Lutheran Church in Norman, Oklahoma.
ca. 2.5 minutes
A meandering arrangement of the popular Christmas tune O Holy Night for pipe organ. Written for the offering voluntary of the 2023 Christmas Eve carols service at Trinity Lutheran Church in Norman, Oklahoma.
ca. 1.5 minutes
A fugue-like arrangement of the tune O dass ich tausend Zungen hätte (Dretzel), used with the hymn "By Grace I'm Saved" in the Lutheran Service Book. Written for the postlude of the 2023 Reformation Sunday services at Trinity Lutheran Church in Norman, Oklahoma.
ca. 5 minutes
The most solemn and joyful celebration of the Christian calendar is the period from Maundy Thursday through Holy Saturday. Worship services on these days or evenings are traditionally considered to be parts of a single extended liturgical event called The Triduum (Latin for "Three Days"). In the same manner, I wrote three voluntaries for organ that, together, form one single emotive arc through these Holy Days.
ca. 1.5 minutes
This chorale is comprised of the melody and harmony that first appeared in my orchestral work "Impetus." As I muse in the notes of that piece, the chorale tune came first, and my natural inclinations merely led me to writing a cinematic piece before I got around to writing down the four-part harmony for it.
ca. 3 minutes
With a title meaning "faithfulness" in Greek, this piece was written to solidify my plans to create a whole set of preludes based on the fruits of the Spirit. Like "Eiríni" before it, this work follows an ABA structure: a lyrical melody introduced at the beginning expresses doubt in the middle section before getting confirmed once more at the end.
ca. 3.5 minutes
With a title meaning "peace" in Greek, this piece was written in a time of struggle for a time of calm. A slow-moving melody in the upper voice is complemented by gently shifting harmonies in the lower voices, all of which is softened by all manner of suspensions inspired by the Baroque period. Though a darker passage of doubt comprises its middle section, the work returns to the peaceful materials from which it began.
Dedicated to my mother.
ca. 1 minute
A rather extensive chorale of majestic quality, this one was admittedly arbitrarily written to maintain my streak of a new chorale per year.
ca. 1 minute
A simplified arrangement of my choral piece "The Fear of the Lord." Someday, I hope to simplify the text from that work for this as well, creating a complete hymn more suitable for congregational singing.
ca. 1 minute
Though still without a formal text, I wrote this noble chorale with an album of sacred music in mind. It would tie in directly to the album title and mission statement - "For the Glory of God."
ca. 0.5 minutes
Another rather simple chorale meant for shorter hymn texts, this one delves into a more serious tone with its minor key and sentential structure.
ca. 2.5 minutes
2017 marked the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. This organ piece of Bachian style commemorates the occasion and attempts to capture some of the core ideals of the movement. The main theme is a chorale in G major that celebrates the positive repercussions of Luther's unwavering faith. The E minor bridge in between each restatement of the theme features elements of counterpoint and seeks to recall Luther's struggle against the Catholic Church. The piece's title, "Sola Fide," is Latin for "faith alone," one of Luther's central complaints that Catholic theology lacked.
ca. 0.5 minutes
This chorale, amongst the simplest of them all, follows the 77 77 structure to a tee, making it suitable for any texts sharing that structure.
ca. 0.5 minutes
The only one of my chorales to receive text so far, this first one from 2016 draws heavy inspiration from the hymn "Built on the Rock," sharing key signature, time signature, and structure.