Composers' Gallery

The Society for Universal Sacred Music commissions new works with the intention of increasing the repertoire of universal sacred music that celebrates the unconditional and eternal love of God for us all. These new works are premiered at our concerts and festivals, and are then made available for further performances elsewhere.

In addition to the commissioned composers, a few other composers are periodically invited to present their works that fall within the scope of our mission.

2008 Festival - Commissioned Composers' Bios

Ms. Judith Lang Zaimont
 Ms. Judith Lang Zaimont
 (The Spirit Moves in Me)
John D. White
 John D. White
 (The Divine Image)
William Thomas KcKinley
 William Thomas McKinley
 (In the Beginning)
Anatoly Korolov
 Anatoly Korolyov
 (On the Threshold)
Ms. Sungji Hong
 Ms. Sungji Hong
 (The Lord is My Shepherd)
Johannes Somary
 Johannes Somary
 (The Prodigal Son)
Roger Davidson
 Roger Davidson
 (Alleluia)
Deepak Kumar Pareek
 Deepak Kumar Pareek
 (A Musical Meditation for World Unity)
Maya Raviv
 Maya Raviv
 (Echad)
 

2006 Festival - Commissioned Composers

Chan Ka Nin
Chan Ka Nin
(To God of All Nations)
Stephen Cohn
Stephen Cohn
(The Family of God)
Kim Cunio
Kim Cunio
(Mandala for Dawn)
Julie Dolphin
Julie Dolphin Woods
(A Prose Sonnet)
Laurent Mettraux
Laurent Mettraux
Plus près de toi que tu ne l’es toi-même
(“Closer to You Than You Are to It Yourself”)
Nicholas Ng
Nicholas Ng
(The Great Invocation)
Maya Raviv
Maya Raviv Echad
(“One”)
J. Mark Scearce
J. Mark Scearce
(God Picks Up the Reed-Flute World)
Roop Verma
Roop Verma
(Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra)
 

2006 Festival - Special Guest Composers

Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck
(Earth Is Our Mother)
Kim Cunio
Kim Cunio
(The Thread of Life)
Deepak Kumar Pareek
Deepak Kumar Pareek
(Peace Mantra)
 

2005 Festival - Commissioned Composers

Charles Bestor
Charles L. Bestor
(The Peaceable Kingdom)
Cheri Chuang
Cheri Chuang
(In Aure Dei)
Robert S. Cohen
Robert S. Cohen
(Three Spirituals)
Tina Davidson
Tina Davidson
(Tu Autem, Domine)
Ann Gebuhr
Ann Gebuhr
(Pax Vobiscum)
Thomas Oboe Lee
Thomas Oboe Lee Mechthild von Magdeburg (Minnelieder an Got)
Eduardo Andrés Malachevsky
Eduardo Andrés Malachevsky
He Comes
(Cycle of 3 choral songs to poems of Rabindranath Tagore)
Rebecca Oswald
Rebecca Oswald
(Reciprocity)

2005 Festival - Special Guest Composers

Deepak Kumar Pareek
Deepak Kumar Pareek
(Songs of Kabir)
Kinnar Kumar Seen
Kinnar Kumar Seen Raga Kalyan & Raga Mishra Bhairavi

2004 Commissioned Composers

Nancy Bloomer Deussen
Nancy Bloomer Deussen
(The Message)
Sharon Farber
Sharon Farber
(Ashkina)
Nicholas David Liebman
Nicholas David Liebman
(O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The LORD)
Joshua Penman
Joshua Penman
(Becoming)

2003 Commissioned Composers

Katy Taylor & Amy Fradon
Katy Taylor & Amy Fradon
(Chalice of God)