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Timothy Michael Powell

COMMISSIONS AND CUSTOM SCORES

To contact Timothy Michael Powell
for custom scores for choir, orchestra, stage, film, or gaming
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The 150 Project
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The 150 Project endeavors to complete compositions
​of the entire Book of Psalms...that's right, all 150!

Psalm 126: The Gifts of God
​A song for Thanksgiving
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Psalm 25: I Lift My Soul
A song for general worship
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The Gifts of God and I Lift My Soul are free to use and distribute for use in worship only.
Include "Copyright 2015 Timothy Michael Powell; ASCAP; Used by Permission"
There are three levels available for commission
Level ONE
$150
A hymn or song of praise, consisting of lyrics, chords, easy piano accompaniment, and melody

Ideal for individual gifts for birthdays, Christmas, memorials, or Church worship needs

Level TWO
$1500
An anthem-length work for choir (SATB, SAB, SSA/T, 2-part, or unison) and piano
Perfect for church, school and university choirs, All-District, County, or State festivals, or convention performances

Level THREE
$1500 per minute of music for a major choral work with orchestra
Appropriate for choral consortiums, large-scale symphonic collaborations, and institutional anniversary celebrations

To join The 150 Project or for more information,
​please click
here


COMPLETED COMMISSIONS
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Spring 2022
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Shakespeare's The Tempest, incidental music
Solo voice, piano, orchestral background tracks
Commissioned for the Oglethorpe University Theatre Department, Matt Huff, director

Listen to the music on Soundcloud
INQUIRE ABOUT LICENSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR PRODUCTION HERE
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​Fall 2020
The Gift to Sing
SATB Choir, piano
Commissioned for Georgia Music Educators Association District VII High School Mixed Honor Chorus
Text by James Weldon Johnson
AVAILABLE FROM HAL LEONARD on the HENRY LECK CREATING ARTISTRY CHORAL SERIES
​Spring 2020
Beyond the Mountains: A Cloudlands Benediction
SAB Choir, unaccompanied
Commissioned for the unforgettable 2020 graduating class of
Dade County High School Chorus, Trenton, GA - by their teacher, Gabrielle Haston. 

Includes a beautiful Old Irish Blessing
​COMING SOON FROM MUSICSPOKE
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August 2019
Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem  
Major work for SATB choir, soprano solo, orchestra

CHORAL CONSORTIUM INCLUDES: Charleston Southern University Concert Singers, Charleston, SC - Dustin Ousley, director; The Cherokee Chorale, Canton, GA - Scott Martin, director; Mat-Su Community Chorus, Palmer, AK - Amber Sumner, director; Creekview High School Choir, Canton, GA - Scott Martin, director; First United Methodist Church of Union County Sanctuary Choir, Blairsville, GA - Jeff Bauman, director; Martin Methodist College Choir, Pulaski, TN - Jennifer Adam, director; McKendree United Methodist Church, Lawrenceville, GA - Nada Long, director; North Idaho College Choral Union, Coeur d'Alene, ID - Maximiano Mendez, director; Royston First United Methodist Church, Royston, GA - Karen Smith, director; Scottsdale Community College Choir, Scottsdale, AZ - Adam Stich, director; Shallowford Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA - Emily Floyd, director; South Dakota School of Mines and Technology - University Choir, Rapid City, SD - Matthew Bumbach, director; St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Parish Choir, Kansas City, Missouri - Thomas R. Vozzella, director; St. James United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA - Michael Ervin, director; The Choral Society of Northeast Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA - Alan Baker, director; University of South Carolina - Aiken Concert Choir, Aiken, SC - Joel Scraper, director
COMING SOON FROM MUSICSPOKE
If you are interested in a performance, please contact me here 
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​August 2019
Angel Band
Major Work for SATB choir, soprano and tenor solo, orchestra
Commissioned by Leesville UMC, SC in Honor of Carrie Crose and the Univ. of South Carolina - Aiken Choirs - Dr. Joel Scraper, director
Advent/Christmas major work for sacred ensembles
A collaboration with Tim Sharp
AVAILABLE FROM GENTRY PUBLICATIONS
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​The Feet of God (As Three Marys Tell)
Spring 2019
3 Art Songs for Soprano and piano, with text by Ted Scoggins

Commissioned by and written for Dr. Tina Milhorn Stallard, with support of an University of South Carolina Creative & Performing Arts Grant
for MSR-Classics - Independent Classical Record Label
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With a Banjo on My Knee
Summer 2018
SSA choir, piano, bluegrass band
Commissioned for the 25th Anniversary of the Crystal Children's Choir, Cupertino, CA - Karl Chang and Jenny Chiang, Directors

a collaboration with Tim Sharp, available in the Henry Leck "Creating Artistry" Choral Series
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A World Without Boundaries
November 2017
SATB choir, symphonic orchestra
Commissioned for the 15th Anniversary of ProMusica Arizona, Phoenix, AZ - Dr. Adam Stich, Music Director
Texts about space exploration by Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Christa McAuliffe, John Muir, and Timothy Michael Powell
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Billy Boy
December 2017
SAB or SATB choir, piano, and optional bluegrass band
Commissioned by the Riverside Middle School Chorus, Pendleton, SC - Nikki Hudspeth Belch, Director
Recorded by Salt Lake Choral Artists on their album Dear Appalachia: Come Away to the Skies
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Be Thou My Vision
Spring 2016
SATB, keyboard, flute with soprano solo
Commissioned for the 2017 ACDA National Convention "One in Song" Hymn Festival
Premiered by Sounding Light and Cantorei - Tom Trenney, conductor
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Melodious Sonnet: A Colonial American Mass
Spring 2016
SATB choir, unaccompanied
Commissioned by A&M United Methodist Church, College Station, TX - Lawrence Abernathy, Director of Music Ministry; The John S. Davidson Fine Arts School Chorale - Philip Streetman, director 
Premiered at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland for the 100th Anniversary of the 1916 Irish Rising
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Dear Appalachia: Songs for My Mountain Home
Spring 2016
SATB choir, bluegrass band
Commissioned by the John S. Davidson Fine Arts School Chorale, Augusta, GA - Philip Streetman, director; ProMusica Arizona, Phoenix AZ - Dr. Adam Stich, conductor; Tulsa Oratorio Chorus, Tulsa, OK - Dr. Tim Sharp, conductor - with joint world premieres in Augusta, GA; Dublin, Ireland; Phoenix, AZ; Tulsa, OK; Pulaski, TN; Carnegie Hall, NYC
Recorded by Salt Lake Choral Artists on their album Dear Appalachia: Come Away to the Skies
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SINGularity (in Bb)
Spring 2015
SATB choir, unaccompanied
Commissioned by The University of New Orleans Chorale - Dr. Caroline Carson, Director
Text by Walt Whitman
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Who Was and Is and Is to Come
Summer 2013
SAB choir, piano, and handbells
Commissioned for and premiered by the "Middler Choir" at the 2013 "New Heaven and New Earth" Montreat Music and Worship Conference
​Presbyterian Association of Musicians Choral Series, MorningStar
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Saint George and the Dragon
Spring 2013
SAB choir, piano, solo violin
Commissioned by DCINY for World Premiere at Lincoln Center, NYC 
Text by Charles Anthony Silvestri
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Incarnatio Mysteria
Spring 2011
SATB and 2-part choir, symphonic orchestra, with soprano solo​
Commissioned by DCINY for World Premiere at Lincoln Center, NYC 
Symphonic Advent work in Latin utilizing passages from the Gospel of John, the Gospel of Thomas, and various motet texts
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O Magnum Mysterium (from Incarnatio Mysteria)
Fall 2009
SATB (with optional 2-part choir), harp/piano with optional strings or symphonic orchestra
Commissioned by the Walsh University Chorale - Dr. Britt Cooper, director
Premiered at the 2009 Walsh University Christmas Festival
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Wedding Mass (Symphonic Version)
Spring 2008
SATB, piano, organ, symphonic orchestra, with soprano solo
Symphonic Version commissioned by DCINY for World Premiere at Carnegie Hall, NYC 
Companion movement, When Love is Found, written for my wedding and premiered July 2, 2005
Meet and Right It Is to Sing
Fall 2007
SATB unaccompanied
Commissioned by the Music and Fine Arts Ministries at Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church and the Department of Sacred Music at Lee College (Baytown, TX)
Premiered by the Lee College Chorale at the All Saints celebration of the 300th Anniversary of Charles Wesley's birth, celebrated on November 3, 2007 

Shall I Lift Up My Eyes
Spring 2005
SATB, piano, oboe
Commissioned by the Worship Choir of First Presbyterian Church, Milledgeville, GA - Dr. Caroline Carson, director
A setting of Psalm 121

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