The Moments Cycle (2019-20): SATB div. a cappella.

The Moments Cycle consists of 3 pieces that are settings of poems by e.e. cummings’ first collection of poetry, Tulips and Chimneys. The poems were selected to create an intertextual narrative that follows an imaginary pair of lovers at various points in their lives. The pieces can be performed individually or as a cycle. The entire cycle was awarded 3rd prize in the American Prize for Choral Composition Contest (2021).

  1. Moments (2019): 1st prize in Cerddorion’s Emerging Composer Competition (2020), 1st prize in Warren County Summer Music School’s Composer Competition 24-30yo division (2023), Finalist in the VOCES 8 Composer Competition (2023).

  2. your little voice (2019): Commissioned by Trevor Shaw and Inversion Ensemble as part of the Happy Composer Commissioning Project.

  3. Oaks and Roses (2020): 1st prize in Verdigris Ensemble’s ION Composer Competition, the Warren County Summer Music School Competition (2022) and 3rd prize in The Choral Project’s Composer Competition (2020-21).

World Premiere of Oaks and Roses given by Verdigris Ensemble (Sam Brukhman conducting) in November 2021, with choreography by Carrie Ruth Trumbo for Pegasus Contemporary Ballet.

Performance of Oaks and Roses by John Warren and the Syracuse Singers, starts at 22:55.