John-Michael Albert, Selected Works, 1983-1998

Engineered by Kathy Biehl from original CDs and cassette tapes, March 2011

Disc One

01. “Mystic Lullaby,” Op. 9 (1983)
The Mike and Kathy Show, The Magic Music Makes, CD 1992

02. “My Heart Leaps Up,” Op. 20 (1989)
The Mike and Kathy Show, The Magic Music Makes, CD 1992

03. “A Season for Lovers,” Op. 21 (1990)
GALA Choruses festival IV Final Concert, cassette tape July 4, 1992

04. “Survivors (For the Children), Op. 22 (1991)
Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, Together in Harmony (premiere, October 1993) CD 1994

05. “The Magic Music Makes,” Op. 23b (1992)
Sixth National Women’s Choral Festival, cassette tape November 2, 1991

06. “Beauty Is Its Own Excuse (Emerson’s “The Rhodora”),” Op. 24 (1992)
The Mike and Kathy Show, The Magic Music Makes, CD 1992

07. “What Do They Do in Old S. A. When Christmas Rolls Around?,” Op. 39 (1993)
Gay Men’s Chorus of Houston, Christmas concert (premiere December 1993)

To Friends and To Life

08. “Dennis Dunwoody” (“Standing There Immured”),” Op. 14 (1987)
Gay Men’s Chorus of Houston, recording session at Lillie Duncan Recital Hall, Rice University, first take (no piano), March 4, 1995

09. “Jeff Cothran” (Tennyson’s “Ulysses”), Op. 27 (1992)
Gay Men’s Chorus of Houston, To Friends and To Life, CD 1995

10. “To Friends and To Life,” Op. 33 (1994)
Gay Men’s Chorus of Houston, To Friends and To Life, CD 1995

11. “Behold! How Good! (Psalm 133),” Op 11 (1986)
Gay Men’s Chorus of Houston, To Friends and To Life, CD 1995

Disc Two

01. “My Family, My Chorus, My Rhyme” (Pachelbel’s “Canon in D”), Op. 34 (1995)
(premiere) Edmonton Vocal Minority, (premiere, 1995).

02. “The Good Host’s Lament,” Op. 35 (1995)
(premiere) The Gay Men’s Chorus of Houston, Pride Concert (premiere, 1995).

03. “The Sorrow Tree,” Op. 38 (1996)
(premiere) The National Convention of Unitarian Universalist Musicians (premiere, 1996).

04. “The Story of ‘America the Beautiful’,” Op. 39 (1996)
The Lexington (KY) Men’s Chorus (premiere, 1996).

05. “The Familiar Shadow,” Op. 42 (1997)
An invited collection of artists, for the recording session (1997).

06. “My Journey of Pride,” Op. 44 (1998)
The small ensemble of The Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Seattle (premiere, 1998).

07. “To Friends and To Life,” Op. 33b, arranged for mixed chorus (1994)
Edmonton Vocal Minority (premiere of this arrangement, 1995).