List of Works
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OPERA/DRAMATIC WORKS
4: a musical drama in response to the four girls killed in Birmingham AL in 1963
for SATB solo voices, female choir, and chamber orchestra 55 min [2010]
(Text: Lucille Clifton, Amiri Baraka, Waring Cuney, Donald Jeffrey Hayes)
A NEW SONG a cantata using original text by the compose about the nature of music
for SATTBB choir and early music orchestra. 17 min. [2022]
AMERICAN LAMENTATION an oratorio engaging the history of slavery in the NYC area and its connection to the Episcopal Church. Reflection and Reconciliation. For Choir, Soprano and Tenor soloists, and orchestra. 45 min. [2023]
video: https://youtu.be/N9vCy1vTjEs
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
PUSH for orchestra 20 min. [2022]
https://beta.prx.org/stories/522239
AQUA for chamber Orchestra 20 min. [2024]
SUBWAVES for orchestra 8 min. [2023]
FLYING FISH for orchestra 15 min [2016]
FLYING FISH for chamber orchestra 15 min. [2016] https://www.dropbox.com/s/8zi1rwbvav2xn4t/13%20Flying%20Fish.mp3?dl=0
BIORHYTHM for large orchestra divided in two 25 min [1997]
BLEUE 3 movements for strings, brass, and percussion 15 min [1997] https://www.dropbox.com/s/1oqldjdxsj1xtnz/Bleue.mp3?dl=0
ORCHESTRAL STUDY #1 for chamber orchestra 6 min [1988]
MESSAGES for chamber orchestra 13 min [2008] https://www.dropbox.com/s/twfzhpw149gmd0d/01%20Messages%20from%20_Seeking_.m4a?dl=0
THE PEOPLE COULD FLY for solo violin, narrator, and string orchestra 15 min [2004]
AUROREAN AIR for string orchestra 5 min [2014]
JUBA For Strings for string orchestra 9 min [2017]
A CAPPELLA CHORAL WORKS
SLOWLY for SATB choir and SSA Children’s Chorus Text by Serhy Zhadan10.5 min. [2022] https://www.dropbox.com/s/2e9swkitjfbibd4/Slowly%20Premiere%2012-4-22.mp3?dl=0
WASH ME THROUGHLY for SATB choir 5.5 min. [2022] https://youtu.be/5i1QMTC8ERM?t=2166
BLESS THE LORD for SATB choir 5 min. [2022]
MARTYRS (two versions) for SATB choir 9 min. [2021] https://youtu.be/0ORa995juGwv
VOICES LIVE FOREVER for SATB choir (Text by Sylvanus Weston) 4 min. [2020]
NIGRA SUM for SATB choir [2018]
BOND MUSIC for Children's Chorus and Adult Amplified Octet Chorus [2015] https://www.dropbox.com/s/xlh8jsc65lmmmq0/05%20Bond%20Music.mp3?dl=0
GIVEN SOUND (text by Pauline Kaldas) for SSATB choir 6 min [2007]
See-A-Dot Music Publishing: https://www.seeadot.com/store#!/Given-Sound/c/124471034/sort=normal
O DAEDALUS FLY AWAY HOME (text by Robert Hayden) for SATB choir and SS children’s choir 9 min [2006]
VISIONS OF GLORY for SATB choir 4 min [2004]
MY HEART HATH TRUSTED IN GOD (text: gradual for Trinity 11) for SATB choir 4 min [2003] https://youtu.be/QSMm5YpB3uo
ASHES (text: excerpts from Psalm 102) for SATB choir and SATB semi chorus 7 min [2002] https://www.dropbox.com/s/w1w5qdxgsx9smwn/01%20Ashes.mp3?dl=0
THE GENTLEST THING (chapter 43 of the tao te ching) for SATB choir 4 min [2001]
Published by See-A-Dot Publishing
https://www.seeadot.com/store#!/The-Gentlest-Thing/c/154714513/sort=normal
MESSE ANCIENNE (kyrie, sanctus, benedictus, and agnus dei) for SATB choir 9 min [2000]
(Kyrie https://www.dropbox.com/s/fqqvb4h0o3341o3/13%20Messe%20Ancienne%20Kyrie.mp3?dl=0)
VISIONS OF ST. CECILIA for SATB choir 5 min [1999]
O SING UNTO THE LORD A NEW SONG for SSS choir 4 min [1997]
HEAR MY PRAYER, O LORD double SATB choir 7 min [1994]
ET VIDI COELUM NOVUM for SATB choir 6 min [1992]
PRECES and RESPONSES for SATB choir 6 min [2009] https://www.dropbox.com/s/o25a3rfw4110eqe/Preces.wav?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aqb7hys6f4chznm/Responses.wav?dl=0
DELIVER ME, O LORD (text: gradual for passion sunday) for SATB choir 1.5 min [1998]
ACCOMPANIED CHOIR
Love Takes (text: Trevor Weston) for SATB choir and organ 6 min.[2024]
Lauda (text: Angelo Geter - Praise) for Baritone solo, SATB choir and organ 7 min. [2023]
Review https://bostonclassicalreview.com/2024/03/seraphim-explores-a-heartening-range-of-joy-and-praise/
SYLVAN SOUNDS (text: The Clearing by Patrick Phillips) for SATB choir and piano [2015]
https://www.dropbox.com/s/et4aepes7w14gvf/Sylvan%20Sounds%201.mp3?dl=0
ANGELIC MESSENGER for SATB choir and trumpet. A Christmas anthem. 3 min [2015]
TRUTH TONES (text: St. Augustine and Paul Laurence Dunbar) for SSA children’s choir and cello 3 min [2008] https://www.dropbox.com/s/3c84k70hygle455/04%20Truth%20Tones.mp3?dl=0
PSALM MEMORIES for SATB choir, oboe, harp, and organ 6 min [2008] https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ll77tgeaoowwt7/01%20Psalm%20Memories.m4a?dl=0
MA’AT MUSINGS (text: Ancient Egyptian pyramid texts) 4 movements for SATB choir and two percussionists 20 min [2005]
SPRING CLOUDS (text: Su Shunqin 11th cent.) for SAB choir and piano 5 min [2003] https://www.dropbox.com/s/513fdrqk5se6q5g/01%20Spring%20Clouds.mp3?dl=0
RIVERS OF LIVING WATER for SATB choir and organ 4 min [2003] published by Oxford University Press https://global.oup.com/academic/product/rivers-of-living-water-9780193560765?facet_narrowbypubdate_facet=This%20Month&lang=de&cc=gb
MAGNIFICAT and NUNC DIMITTIS for SATB choir and organ 7 min [2001] (magnificat https://youtu.be/HrDl6c43Sto)
(nunc https://youtu.be/nbnjKhkN0wU)
IN THEE, O LORD (text: gradual for Trinity 5) for SATB choir and organ 2 min [1998] https://www.dropbox.com/s/mo7onc5oz2fbxux/01%20In%20Thee%2C%20O%20Lord.mp3?dl=0
PERUSAL SCORES - CHORAL MUSIC
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
A NEW SONG A cantata for SAT soloists and SATTBB choir and baroque orchestra. Text by Trevor Weston. Composed in response to J. S. Bach Cantata 201. 20 min. [2022] https://www.acisproductions.com/washington-bach-weston-myths-contested
GRIOT LEGACIES (using a 1960 Alan Lomax recording of a spiritual and Lord, How Come Me here, There is a Balm and I Got Shoes) for SS children’s choir, SATB adult choir, and orchestra 19 min [2014]
(mvt i: run to Jesus https://www.dropbox.com/s/dpgofrqglu3a3i1/mvt%201%20Griot%20Legacies%20Run%20to%20Jesus.mp3?dl=0)
PATHS OF PEACE (text: Jupiter Hammon) for SATB choir and chamber orchestra 10 min [2012]
MARY’S VERSES Magnificat with Marian text reflections for SATB choir, three soprano soloists, string orchestra, and harp 9 min [2005]
THREE MOODS (Text: Carol Ann Davis and Garrett Doherty) for SATB choir and orchestra 16 min [2004]
(mvt III cenotaph: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1jgib61qtn0qhd3/03%20Cenotaph.mp3?dl=0)
SOLO VOCAL WORKS
RAINBOWS AND BUTTERFLIES for tenor voice and electric guitar. 5.5 min. [2021]
STARS (text: Robert Hayden) 5 movements for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. 14 min, [2020] https://youtu.be/ch4xIeAPXjs?t=293
COMFORT SONGS (text: Patrick Phillips) 3 songs for soprano and piano 10 min [2014]
WATER SONGS (text: Bryan Penberthy) 3 movements for soprano, percussion and cello 13 min [2011]
LIFE GOES (text: Lewis Alexander) 6 haikus for soprano, flute, clarinet, percussion, harp, and cello 25 min [2006]
LOVE SENSES (text: excerpts from the Song of Songs) 4 movements for soprano and organ 18 min [2002]
SONGS OF THE ANONYMOUS LOVER (text: 14th anonymous french songs) 3 songs for soprano, viola and cello 10 min [2001]
I WALK (text: Trevor Weston) for mezzo-soprano and piano 4 min [2000]
EVENING SONGS (text by African American Poets from Charleston, SC) 5 songs for baritone and piano 10 min [2001]
THE MASK (text: Paul Laurence Dunbar) for baritone and piano 3 min [1999]
VARIAL for baritone and piano 2 min [1999]
WADE IN THE WATER arr. for baritone and piano 2.5 min[1993]
THERE IS A BALM IN GILEAD arr. for baritone and piano 3 min [1993]
MARY HAD A BABY arr. for baritone and piano 3 min [1993]
LADY LOVE for tenor, oboe, clarinet, violin, and cello 4 min [1989]
O MARIA (text: medieval conductus) for countertenor and viol consort (or string quartet or piano) 8.5 min [2015]
CHAMBER WORKS
BAJAN COROMANTEES for wind quintet, string quartet, and piano 20 min. [2024]
RAINBOWS AND BUTTERFLIES for Bang on a Can All-Stars (fl, cl, hn, trb, e.gtr, vc, cb) 5.5 min. [2022] https://youtu.be/Ntu4Eu-XRvo
DIG IT for Bang on a Can All-Stars (cl/B.cl, e. gtr, mar/drm set, pno, vc, db. 6 min. [2019] https://youtu.be/e3wJQLJFsl4
PINKSTER KINGS (based on 17 and 18th century history of the New Netherland Settlement NY) for narrator, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion 15 min,
A.N.S. (A New Sound) for flute and marimba 7 min. [2019]
A.N.S. (A New Sound) for flute and piano 7 min. [2021] https://youtu.be/S9fuld0T4Wk
JUBA for string quartet 9 min [2017]
BLOOM for string trio 3 min [2013]
FLUTE COMMUTE for flute ensemble 4 min [2013] https://www.dropbox.com/s/amih51l2g06v43d/Flute%20Commute.mp3?dl=0
FUDO MYOO for string quartet 7 min [2012]
ARMA LUCIS (based on advent chants: ad te domino and te lucis ante dominum) for 2 trumpets and organ 8 min [2012]
MESSAGES for flute, bassoon, trumpet in B flat, and string quartet 13 min [2012]
DITTY RAM 3 movements for 2 oboes and English horn 10 min [2009]
SIRENS for cello and trombone 9 min [2007]
LEGACY WORKS 3 spiritual arrangements for clarinet, violin, viola, and cello 10 min [2014]
VERVE MUSIC for flute, oboe, and cello 15 min [2004]
FANFARE FOR CHANGES for two trumpets 3 min [2003]
ROUGE for string quartet 5 min [2003]
IMAGES for piano trio 14 min [2003]
BREATHE for harmonium and accordion 7 min [2002]
SUITE BIMSHIRE for piano quintet 15 min [2000]
AC’S TURNING for brass quintet 5 min [2000]
FANFARE for string ensemble 4 min [1996]
SPRING CHANGES for double bass and piano 5 min [1995]
REMEMBRANCE for clarinet then piano 4.5 min [1993]
STREAMS 3 movements for flute, clarinet, viola, cello, piano, and percussion 17 min [1990-1992]
MUSIC FOR BRASS QUINTET 4 min [1990]
SOLO INSTRUMENTAL WORKS
NOTRE DAME AU MILIEU DE L’EAU ET DU CIEL for solo violin 6 min. [2021]
A FANTASY ON AMERICA for solo piano 5.5 min. [2021]
NUT: GODDESS OF THE NIGHT for carillon 7 min [2019] https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Wmd6AqdHSxP5qL0HWInGL9CXKA6elS_/view?usp=drive_link
A FANTASY ON AMERICA for piano 5 min [2021]
WAFTING CLOUDS for solo piano 4:30 min [2019]
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xcl5eapbgwf7sek/1%20-%20Wafting%20Clouds.mp4?dl=0
ZED, SIX, SIX, ONE, ONE, ONE, TWO for solo piano 4:30 min [2017]
SHAPE SHIFTER for violoncello 8 min [2011] https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/cms-on-screen/performance-archive/2020/weston-shape-shifter-the-angry-bluesman-for-cello/
EURYTHMY VARIATIONS for piano 6 min [2007]
POOLS OF LIVING WATER for organ 4 min [2004] https://youtu.be/Re2SxgB9SbM
NEW BLUES FOR TJ for solo piano 2:30 min [2003]
ARISE MY LOVE from LOVE SENSES for organ 3 min [2002] https://youtu.be/YemWKM8J3HQ
A FOUNTAIN OF GARDENS from Love Senses for organ 4 min [2002] https://www.dropbox.com/s/a5nbzcm5kh76dsr/A%20fountain%20of%20gardens.mp3?dl=0
VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY ELLIE for organ 4 min [2002] https://youtu.be/yyN-ADrutU0
KNELL for piano 3 min [2002]
MEME LA LUNE DEVIENT TRISTE DE TEMPS EN TEMPS for piano 5 min [1998]
A SHEPHERD’S VOYAGE for piano 3 min [1996]
RIP-CALL for violoncello 3 min [1991]
ARIOSO for violoncello 4 min [1995]
THEATER and FILM
INCIDENTAL MUSIC TO SLEEP STUDY Drew University Theatre Department production 50 min [2010]
INCIDENTAL MUSIC TO METAMORPHOSES by Mary Zimmerman
Produced at the College of Charleston Theatre Department midi realization 50 min [2005]
Original music for the short film Search by Brad Jayne 22 min [2006]
ARRANGEMENTS
Concerto in One Movement- Florence Price New Black Music Repertory Ensemble 18 min [2011]
Reconstructed the orchestra score for the concerto commissioned by The Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College
“Freedom” for Ranky Tanky and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra [2020]
“Stand by Me” for Ranky Tanky and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra [2020]
“In the Giving” Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir [2007]
“O come, o come Emanuel” Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir 4 min [2002]
“The Greatest Gift” Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir 4 min [2002]
“Here’s to Life” Lee Pringle/ Charleston Symphony Orchestra Pops[2001]
“Why Should I Care?” Lee Pringle/ Charleston Symphony Orchestra Pops [2002]
“Christmas is Jesus Christ” Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir 6 min [2001]