Choral Music

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Available from Colla Voce Music

AlleluiaSATB div.Original a cappella setting of the text featuring body percussion

Available from Imagine Music Publishing

Cantate DominoSATBOriginal a cappella setting of the text featuring 21st century harmonies and driving rhythms
JoshuaSATBA cappella arrangement of the traditional song
Little WheelSSAA cappella arrangement of the spiritual
Squirrel, SquirrelSAATB & fluteOriginal composition with text from a 19th century children’s poem

Available from ArrangeMe.com

A Ram Sam SamSATBA cappella arrangement of the traditional two-part canon with a newly composed ground bass
Body Percussion Canon4 partsOriginal body percussion composition.
(Premiered by the Easton Area HS Concert Choir.
Fiddle-de-DiddleSATB pianoArrangement that combines the folk songs “Hey Diddle, Diddle” & “Fiddle de Dee”. (Premiered by the Easton Area SD All-City Chorus.)
Mice on the RunSATBHumorous a cappella arrangement combining “Hickory Dickory Dock” and “Three Blind Mice”
Pax e concordiaSATBOriginal polyphonic setting combining the texts “Dona Nobis Pacem”, “Shalom Chaverim” and “Salaam Aleykum”. (Premiered by the Easton Area HS Chamber Singers 2015)
The Silent Choir (or “Who Was That Masked Choir?”)4-part choirHumorous original composition featuring body percussion. (Premiered by the Easton Area HS Concert Choir 2020. Recognized at the PMEA 2021 State Conference.)
Sloop John BSATBA cappella arrangement of the folk song. (Premiered by the Wandering Singers. Also performed by the Northampton Area HS Chorus.)
Oh, SusannaSATBA cappella arrangement of the Stephen Foster song featuring body percussion
Viva la MusicaSATBA cappella arrangement of the Michael Praetorius canon with a newly composed ground bass
We Wish You a Merry ChristmasSATBA humorous a cappella arrangement of the traditional song.
Yankee DoodleSATBA cappella arrangement of the folk song

Available from petedeshler.com

AfterglowSATB, tromboneOriginal setting of the poem by Helen Lowrie Marshall. (Commissioned by the Reverend Donald Brown & Jerusalem Western Salisbury Church.)
Agnus Dei
(from Mass for Jerusalem)
SATBOriginal a cappella, polyphonic composition. (Premiered by the Jerusalem Singers.)
America, the BeautifulSATB, piano and 3 trumpetsArrangement of the American Folk Song. (Premiered by the Easton Area SD All-City Chorus.)
BenedictionSATBOriginal a cappella composition featuring a quote from “Abide with Me”.
Cape Cod GirlsSATBArrangement of the folk song.
Chase the SquirrelSATB or SSAArrangement of the folk song that features a ground bass to accompany the round.
Fish of the SeaSATBArrangement of the Scottish folk song.
Going to BostonSATB or SAArrangement of the folk song.
I Believe in MusicSATB and rock bandOriginal setting of a text by Samantha Nuttall.
I Have Had SingingSATBOriginal a cappella composition featuring an original inspirational text.
Kyrie (from Mass for Jerusalem)SATBOriginal a cappella, polyphonic composition. (Premiered by the Jerusalem Singers.)


Lord, Make Us Instruments


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Original a cappella setting of the Francis of Assisi text. (Premiered by the Jerusalem Singers.)
O Dar Vaig Iss So FargneechetSATBOriginal arrangement of a traditional PA German melody. (Premiered by the Jerusalem Singers.)
Oh, ShenandoahSATB (opt. piano)Arrangement of the American folk song.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Black SheepSATBHumorous arrangement of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”, “Baa, Baa Black Sheep” and the ABC song.
Voices LostSATBOriginal composition inspired by the loss of live performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Premiered by the Easton Area HS Chamber Singers.)
We Choose the MoonSATB choir & recorded soundsOriginal composition using text from a speech by President J. F. Kennedy.