David Evan Thomas

Wales is known as the 'Land of Song,' and its musical culture is celebrated in many outstanding hymns and folk songs. David Evan Thomas's beautiful arrangements of these three folk songs are a delight...

Psalm 23 is dedicated to the memory of Carolyn Argento (1930-2006).

A gentle piece, composed for the wedding of the composer's brother. An interesting composition which features the interplay between the flute and organ.

The Cavatina and Cabaletta format originated in the bel canto era as a showpiece for virtuosi. A short and lyrical arietta was followed by a quick section with fioratura, designed to show off the perf...

Light Upon the Water was composed as part of a 2013 Composer Fellowship from The McKnight Foundation, a program administered by the American Composers Forum. While Michael Dennis Browne's text is appr...

A Glimmering Girl is a lyrical setting of Yeats's The Song of Wandering Aengus. It was composed for the composer's friend Dr. Elizabeth Pauly and the Choir at Minneapolis Community and Technical Colle...

The text of Forever Toward You is a translation of a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 1926) from The Book of Monastic Life. Rilke's poem speaks of a desire to encounter the Creator-the You in the titl...

The singing of Dona nobis pacem is an annual holiday tradition at the Eastman School of Music. I wrote the Variations on Dona nobis pacem to play at a gathering of University of Rochester alumni in No...