Stephen Hatfield

Run Children Run is based on a field yell, from the days when the slaves sang as they worked, both to keep the work rolling, and to send each other messages of support and solidarity.

Each movement of this mass incorporates folk melodies from a different country. The moods and the tempi of the originals have been altered; melodies have been unraveled, spliced together and persuaded...

Contains seven Irish and nine Newfoundland folk songs.

In this irresistible Brazilian song setting, vocal lines imitate percussion patterns to create a truly infectious groove.

Nukapianguaq presents Inuit music in a choral setting that remains as faithful as possible to the aesthetics of the original tradition.

There's a certain kind of lousy mood that often comes with a holiday. This piece is in honor of that loust mood.

This piece is known in a variety of melodies and dialects in the Ukranian oral tradition.

The mood and texture of this piece is simple, limpid, and serene: the peace that passes understanding. Every line in every voice, no matter how understated, is of melodic interest and emotional import...

Contains seven Irish and nine Newfoundland folk songs.

This piece and its prayer of 'save me' can be approached from a perspective of simplicity and serenity, or of deepest anxiety. The intention is that for all of the anxious undercurrents in the song, i...

This arrangement explores the Caribbean sty;e known as “Afro-Cuban”: independent melodic lines with strong rhythmic pulses are superimposed to build up textures that are both rich and tran...