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 (The Spirit Moves in Me) | John D. White (The Divine Image) |
William Thomas McKinley (In the Beginning) | Anatoly Korolyov (On the Threshold) |
Ms. Sungji Hong (The Lord is My Shepherd) | Johannes Somary (The Prodigal Son) |
Roger Davidson (Alleluia) | Deepak Kumar Pareek (A Musical Meditation for World Unity) |
Maya Raviv (Echad) | |
2006 Festival - Commissioned Composers | |
Chan Ka Nin (To God of All Nations) | |
Julie Dolphin Woods (A Prose Sonnet) | |
Laurent Mettraux Plus près de toi que tu ne l’es toi-même (“Closer to You Than You Are to It Yourself”) | |
Maya Raviv Echad (“One”) | J. Mark Scearce (God Picks Up the Reed-Flute World) |
Roop Verma (Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra) | |
2006 Festival - Special Guest Composers | |
Deepak Kumar Pareek (Peace Mantra) | |
2005 Festival - Commissioned Composers | |
Charles L. Bestor (The Peaceable Kingdom) | Cheri Chuang (In Aure Dei) |
Robert S. Cohen (Three Spirituals) | Tina Davidson (Tu Autem, Domine) |
Ann Gebuhr (Pax Vobiscum) | Thomas Oboe Lee Mechthild von Magdeburg (Minnelieder an Got) |
2005 Festival - Special Guest Composers | |
Deepak Kumar Pareek (Songs of Kabir) | Kinnar Kumar Seen Raga Kalyan & Raga Mishra Bhairavi |
2004 Commissioned Composers | |
Sharon Farber (Ashkina) | |
Nicholas David Liebman (O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The LORD) | Joshua Penman (Becoming) |
2003 Commissioned Composers | |
Katy Taylor & Amy Fradon (Chalice of God) | |







