An American Requiem

2022
/
Choral
Purchase Score
duration

45 minutes

instrumentation

SATB Soloists, Choir, Organ

premiered by

Kunstuniversität Graz

commissioned by

Convent Avenue Baptist Church

An American Requiem

An American Requiem is a setting of the traditional Requiem text in English. The work fuses various styles from Gospel and Pop to Serialism and Baroque Fugue to offer a message of hope and salvation in times of pain and darkness. It was first composed in 2016 after a series of mass shootings swept the USA. In 2021 it was revised and excerpts were premiered in a virtual choir performance dedicated to the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2022 the complete work was premiered live by students of the University for Performing Arts Graz under the direction of the composer in the breathtaking Herz Jesu Kirche.

Contact me for more information about this work
contact