CHOIR + VOCAL ENSEMBLE

THAT WHICH IS BELOVED (2025) | Score

SATB (4’)
Text adapted by Scott Ordway after Pope Francis, Ali al-Khawas, and St. John of the Cross
Commissioned by DeSales University Schola Cantorum

RIGHTS (2024) | Score

SATB (5’), also available for TTBB
Text by Scott Ordway after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Commissioned by the Rutgers University Glee Club

THE END OF RAIN (Choral version, 2024) | Score

Symphonic work in nine movements; libretto by Scott Ordway
SATB, soprano solo, mezzo solo, baritone solo, 10 instruments, video (50’)
Commissioned by Roomful of Teeth and the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

THE OUTER EDGE OF YOUTH (2020) | Score | Libretto

Choral opera in two acts; libretto by Scott Ordway
Soprano solo, alto solo, SATB, 3 cellos, double bass (82’)
Commissioned by The Thirteen

TWENTY/TWENTY (2020) | Score

SATB (7’)
Text by Scott Ordway based on crowd-sourced words from 100 university students
Commissioned by Haverford, Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr, and Hamilton Colleges.

THREE KALEVALA SONGS (2014) | Score

SATB (7’)
Texts compiled and adapted by Scott Ordway from Finnish creation myths
Commissioned by Oratorio Chorale

YOU ARE MY BROTHER (2019) | Score

SATB, optional piano (5’)
Text by Scott Ordway after the Book of Genesis
Commissioned by The Thirteen

SSAA

NINE CHORALES AFTER INGEBORG BACHMANN (2025) | Score

SSAA, two violins (13’)
Text by Scott Ordway after Ingeborg Bachmann and Psalm 102
Commissioned by the Rutgers University Voorhees Choir and Stephanie Tubiolo

NORTH WOODS (2014) | Score

SSAA (13’)
Text by Scott Ordway, after Tacitus
Commissioned by the Lorelei Ensemble

BALTIC TREES (2018) | Score

SSAA or SATB (5’)
Commissioned by the New Hampshire All State Choir

Music adapted from the polyphonic “sutartines” tradition of northeastern Lithuania. Texts compiled and adapted by Scott Ordway from Lithuanian folk poetry on the mystical properties of trees.

DONA NOBIS PACEM (2010) | Score

SSAA (5’)
Commissioned by WordSong Boston for the Lorelei Ensemble

TTBB

RIGHTS (2024) | Score

TTBB (5’)
Also available for SATB
Text by Scott Ordway after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Commissioned by the Rutgers University Glee Club