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Choral Director for the New Line Cinema production of The Nativity Story (theatrical release 2006; DVD 2007)

Consultant on documentary film about Kurt Gerron, Prisoner of Paradise. Alliance Atlantic Films (Academy Award® nomination, 2004)

Music Director/Composer/Arranger for the Family Channel's Home and Family Show Christmas Special (Christmas Story segment, 1996)

Composer (with Michael Lloyd and John D'Andrea) for Scotti Bros. Production of The Iron Triangle (theatrical release, 1988; Video, 1989)

Arranger/Conductor for Air Supply and The Tonight Show Orchestra on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1987)

Music Director/Composer/Arranger for Fox Channel's A Beverly Hills Christmas with Jimmy Stewart (1987)

Choral Director for the BBC documentary, Roy Harris: A Life in Music (1980)

RECENT PREMIERES

Pirke Avot, commissioned by the family of Karl Josephy. Premiered on 22 November 2009 at Congregation Ner Tamid in Palos Verdes Estates. Performed by the Los Angeles Zimriyah Chorale, Lauren Buckley (soprano) and Cantor Samuel Radwine.

Music for the Blue Rose, commissioned by Wilbur Richardson. Premiered at the University of Southern California on 1 November 2009.

Fantasia for Flute and Piano, commissioned by Jack Lachter for the August 2008 Beverly Hills International Music Festival
Susan Greenberg, flute
Valeria Morgovsky, piano.

Three Sexton Songs

(Anne Struggles with the Downward Slide)

St. Paul's Music Festival in Worcester, MA in June 2008
Emily May, soprano.

In My Craft or Sullen Art

(text by Dylan Thomas)
Performed February 2008 by the Frost Women's Chorale at the University of Miami, conducted by Coreen Duffy.

Harpsichord Concerto

Premiered February 2007 in Amarillo, Texas by members of the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra
David Lowe, harpsichord.

RECENT COMMISSIONS

Mother of God for women's chorus and piano, commissioned for the University of Southern California Thornton Orianna Choir.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Choral Music in the Nineteenth Century (Amadeus Press, 2008)

Dvořák's Saint Ludmila: Genesis, Premiere, and Aftermath

(American Choral Review, Winter/Spring 2006)

RECENT MUSIC PUBLICATIONS

Pirke Avot, for Cantor, mixed chorus and Baroque ensemble, published by Emerson Music, 2010.

Nativities, for soloists, mixed chorus,organ and orchestra, published by Emerson Music, 2010.

Valley of Bones, for speaker, mixed chorus, congretation and organ. Published by ECS Publishing 2009.

Mother and Child, for mezzo and baritone soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra, published by Emerson Music, 2008.

Three Contemplations on Southern Folk Hymns, for organ, published by ECS Publishing, 2008.

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, for baritone solo, mixed chorus and organ. Published by National Music Company 2006. (Distributed by Emerson Music)

RECENT RECORDINGS

Christmas, consultant on Kimberly Locke's (American Idol) 2007 Holiday album.

The Nativity Story, choral conductor (New Line Cinema, 2006)

Max Helfman: Die Naye Hagode, conductor (Naxos American Classics, 2006)

RECENT REVIEWS WRITTEN

"Gurrelieder" in the Walt Disney Hall, a review of the Los Angeles Philharmonic performance at ACDA Convention.

(American Choral Review, Summer/Fall 2005)

PHOTOS FROM THE ARCHIVE 

§ During the Beverly Hills International Music Festival's Voices of Hollywood concert showcasing the entertainment industry’s top composers: (l-r) Gernot Wolfgang, Bruce Babcock, Gregory Cherninsky, Aaron Zigman, Nick Strimple, Bruce Broughton, and Don Davis, 2006.

(Photo by Annamaria DeSanto)