How Dear to Me

How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place

The text of How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place is taken from Psalm 84:1–4 (NIV). The piece is an attempt to portray the beauty of the heavenly place where our Lord dwells. It is so lovely that the “soul yearns, even faints” to be in presence of the Lord. The opening statement returns near the middle of the piece and then again at the end. The climax comes at “O Lord Almighty, my King and my God,” followed by the worship of those dwelling in God’s house. Written for and premiered by From Age to Age in the spring of 2019 as part of their Made in Minnesota concerts. Duration: 4:30

How Far Is It To Bethlehem?

How Good It Is to Sing Praises

O How Glorious

The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd

The text is Sir Walter Raleigh's response to The Passionate Shepherd by Christopher Marlowe. The two poems are worlds apart in philosophical viewpoints. The Passionate Shepherd is all about promises, promises, and more promises of constant daily joys in the sharing of love, almost to the point of frenzy. In contrast, The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd is serene and philosophically realistic, yet it seems to yearn for the idealism of the shepherd’s promises. The music is written in both a lighthearted and frenzied manner so as to deliver on the moods of the text. Duration: 3:12 Flute part included.

How Firm a Foundation

How Blest are They

How It Thrills Us

How Blest the Man

Mother to Son

Mother to Son is based on the powerful poem by Langston Hughes. The mother (voice) is a strong woman, one who has persevered and is still climbing, still surviving: "Well, son, I'll tell you: / Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." -Gwyneth WalkerDuration: 3:45

How Could a Swaddled Babe?

To Meet a Flower

Poet Emily Dickinson loved writing about nature and wrote many poems about flowers, three of which are celebrated in this song cycle. Flowers of various descriptions and personalities are included in this colorful collection, one of two song cycles in which composer Juliana Hall has set Dickinson’s flower poems to music.

The Rose Led Us to Our Eyes

The Rose Led Us to Our Eyes is a setting of a text by poet Ghalib (1797 1869) as adapted by the composer. The music is relatively uncomplicated and mellifluous.

Psalm 133 : How Wonderful It Is

O How Glorious Is the Kingdom

Intoned by a chord cluster on bells (only four bells are required) or keyboard, a soloist or several voices chant the first phrase (the piece can be sing in either English or Latin). The intensity grows each time the text reappears. The 4-part sections convey a sense of earthly longing for a time when true unity will be realized. The anthem concludes with a quiet statement of the opening text.

How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place

How Excellent thy Name, O Lord

Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming

Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming

O How Amiable Are Thy Dwellings

How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place

Commissioned for the 100th anniversary of Lakewood Congregational Church, Lakewood, Ohio. The text is drawn both from Psalm 84 and two additional verses written by the late poet John Stirling Walker. The anthem features interludes based on the tune AURELIA (“The Church’s One Foundation”) by Samuel Wesley. The final verse includes the congregation singing this tune as a descant accompanying the original music. Duration: 7:00 Brass Quartet parts include: B-flat Trumpets I and II, Trombones I and II

Garden Party: How Like a Man

How Can I Keep from Singing?

Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming