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Michael Douglas Mauldin is a writer member, and M. Mauldin a publisher member, of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), which licenses performances of his works (ASCAP, One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY 10023) www.ascap.com.

+A CHILD'S FANTASY ON "REVECY" (for the Albuquerque Boy Choir, which premiered it April 8, 1997 at the John Donald Robb Composers Symposium in Keller Hall at the University of New Mexico, with the composer conducting).

+A LITTLE MAGIC: Three Songs for Boys (for the Pacific Boychoir, Kevin Fox, Founder and Director, which first performed them September 26, 2007 at Illinois College in Jacksonville IL). Text: three poems by Peggy Pond Church.

+AMAZING GRACE (arranged for the Albuquerque Boy Choir, which premiered it March 19, 1994 at a joint concert with the Albuquerque Girl Choir).

+ARROW TO THE SUN (based on a Pueblo Indian legend as told in the book with the same title by Gerald McDermott, Penguin, Inc. The original piano/vocal score was written for Judy Mahoney and the Hubert Humphrey Elementary School Chorus, Albuquerque, which first performed it in 1989 at a school arts fair. The orchestrated version was for the Albuquerque Boy Choir, the Albuquerque Girl Choir and the Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra, which gave the premiere, conducted by Elliott Higgins on March 1 and March 8, 1982 in Albuquerque).

+BIST DU BEI MIR (Bach, arranged for the Albuquerque Boy Choir, the Albuquerque Girl Choir and the Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra, which gave the premiere, conducted by Elliott Higgins on March 1 and March 8, 1982 in Albuquerque).

+COLLECT (written for the Chancel Choir of the First Presbyterian Church, Topeka, Kansas, which premiered it December 3, 1978, directed by Richard Gayhart; the text was written for a Festival of the Singing Church by Kenneth L. Mauldin, the composer's father, senior pastor of the church).

+COME, HOLY SPIRIT (based on "Veni Creator Spiritus", plainsong, and arranged for the Albuquerque Boy Choir, which premiered it November 7, 1998 in Albuquerque, with the composer conducting).

+EARTHSONGS FOR CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA (commissioned by the Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program for an American music concert by the AYS and intergenerational civic choirs, conducted by Gabriel Gordon in UNM’s Popejoy Hall on January 30, 2010).

I. My Words Are Tied in One (Tenor Soloist and Combined Choirs)
(Text: Yokuts Indian Prayer and Ojibway Prayer)

My words are tied in one with the great mountains,
My words are tied in one with the great rocks, with the great trees,
In one with my body and my heart.
Grandfather, look at our brokenness.
We know that the human family has strayed from the sacred way.
O sacred one, teach us love and honor,
That we may heal the earth, and each other.
O Grandfather, we are the ones who must get back together, to walk in the sacred way.

II. The Dance of the Sun (Men)
(Text: Native American Song)

All winter long behind every thunder, guess what we heard.
Behind every thunder the song of a bird, a trumpeting bird.
All winter long beneath every snowing, guess what we saw.
Beneath every snowing a thaw and a growing, a greening and growing.
Where did we run beyond gate and guardsman? Guess if you can.
Beyond gate and guardsman, all winter long, we ran to the sun, the dance of the sun.

III. Our Mother the Earth (Alto Soloist, Children, Women)
(Text: Tewa Pueblo Prayer)

Our mother the earth, Our father the sky, your children we are.
With tired backs, we bring you the gifts that you love.
Then weave for us a garment of brightness.
May the warp be the white light of morning.
May the weft be the red light of evening.
May the fringes be the falling rain.
May the border be the standing rainbow.

IV. She Languishes (Bass Soloist and Adult Mixed Choir)
(Text: Isaiah 24 and Chinook Psalter)

The earth dries up. The earth dries up and withers.
The world languishes and withers.
The earth lies polluted under its inhabitants.
They have broken the lasting covenant.
The winds carry strange smells; this is a day of change.
Great ones above and below, bless us.

V. Exodus from Chaco (Boy Soprano and Children)
(Text: Michael Mauldin)

Always walking. Grandfather, where do we go?
And why do we leave our home?
Thirsty, I’m thirsty. Grandfather, when can we stop?
Why can’t we go back to our home?
You said our cities were great ones. You said our fathers were wise.
Why then can’t we go back to the center of the world?
Why then can’t we go back to our home?

VI. May All Creation Dance for You (all Soloists and Choirs)
(Text: Chinook Psalter, Pawnee Prayer, Yokuts Indian Prayer, Ojibway Prayer)

May all things move and be moved in me, and know and be known in me.
May all creation dance for you in me.
Eagle soaring, see the morning. See the new mysterious morning, the child of God and darkness.
My words are tied in one with the great rocks, with the great trees,
In one with my body and my heart.
O sacred one, teach us love and honor,
That we may heal the earth and each other.
O Grandfather, we are the ones who must get back together to walk in the sacred way.

+FANTASY ON "DIVINIUM MYSTERIUM" ( for the Albuquerque Boy Choir, which premiered it February 14, 1993 in Placitas, NM, with the composer conducting).

+FIESTA DE FE: FESTIVAL PIECE IN MUSIC AND DANCE (commissioned by the Synod of the Southwest of the United Presbyterian Church, combined choirs of which premiered it October 7, 1977 at the First Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque with organist Goodsell Slocum, pianist Michael Mauldin, First Presbyterian Church Handbell Ringers, dancers Sharon Pruitt et al, conducted by Donald Pettit).

+GRANDFATHER GREAT SPIRIT, for Men's Chorus and Pipe Organ (for De Profundis Men's Ensemble of Albuquerque, David Poole, Director, which premiered it, with organist James Rasmussen, at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Albuquerque, for the American Guild of Organists Convention, June 29, 2009).

+HIGH PLACES (not musically related to Mauldin's orchestral work with the same name, this was written for mid-school chorus, but was first performed by the women of the Washburn University Concert Choir, Directed by Floyd Hedberg, on a concert of Mauldin works in Topeka, Kansas).

+IN THE NEWNESS OF THIS MOMENT (commissioned by Las Placitas Presbyterian Church, which premiered it February 27, 1994 in Placitas, NM).

+INTRODUCTION OF THE CHILD TO THE COSMOS (written to commemorate the birth of the composer's first child, Kendall. The text, an adaptation of a poem of the Omaha Indian Tribe, was given to Mauldin by his good friend Robert Seufert before the birth. The piece was first performed November 18, 1983 by the Washburn University Concert Choir, conducted by Floyd Hedberg, at a concert of Mauldin's works in Topeka, Kansas. The work subsequently won first-place in a national competition, the Ninth Annual Ithaca College Choral Composition Contest and Festival, where it was performed November 14, 1987 in Ford Auditorium at Ithaca College by the Horseheads High School Choir, conducted by Chuck Griffeth).

+IT IS LOVE (commissioned by Frank Rimmer, for the choir at First Presbyterian Church in Denton, Texas, in loving memory of Elizabeth Rimmer. The text is by Ralph Waldo Emerson).

+KYRIE and GLORIA LAUDAMUS TE (commissioned by the Sangre de Cristo Chorale, which premiered it in Los Alamos, NM on March 14, 1998 and in Santa Fe, NM on March 15, 1998, directed by Sheldon Kalberg and accompanied by Cindy Little, in honor of the chorale's 20th anniversary).

+POSTSCRIPTS: Three Songs for Native Flute and Men’s Chorus (for De Profundis, A Cappella Men’s Ensemble of Albuquerque, David Poole, Director and James Pellerite, Native Flute, for the De Profundis concert, “Native Voices,” with special guest James Pellerite, on March 28/29, 2009 at Immanuel Presbyterian Church and St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Albuquerque).

+O GRACIOUS LIGHT (commissioned by the Ghost Ranch Choral Camp, Don Hermonat, Director, for its twentieth anniversary, dedicated to the composer's son, Kevin, and first performed by members of the camp, conducted by Robert Simpson, July 16, 1989 in Albuquerque).

+PRAYER OF MESAS, for Large Orchestra and Chorus (commissioned by the University of New Mexico and the city of Albuquerque for the UNM Centennial Celebration, during which it was premiered at the UNM Arena October 20, 1988 by the UNM Chorus and Orchestra, Harold Van Winkle, conductor).

+PRAYERS OF THE CHILDREN (commissioned by the New Mexico Music Educators Association for its 50th-Anniversary Celebration and premiered by the New Mexico All-State Symphony Orchestra and Mixed Chorus January 8, 1994 in Popejoy Hall, UNM).

+PROUD LIGHT SHINES ON THE MOUNTAINS, THE for concert band and chorus (commissioned by Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado for the Centennial Celebration of Mesa Verde National Park in 2006, and premiered by the FLC Concert Band and Concert and Chamber Choirs on March 24, 2006, conducted by Linda Mack).

+SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, COME (commissioned by St. John's United Methodist Church, Albuquerque New Mexico, Jose Daniel Flores, Director of Music Ministries, in honor of the church's fiftieth anniversary, and premiered by its choirs, handbells and brass on December 25, 2000).

+THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE (commissioned by the Protestant Chaplain Fund of Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, which premiered it May, 20, 1979).

+THIS IS THE GOOD NEWS (commissioned by First United Presbyterian Church, Albuquerque, for its Chancel Choir, which premiered it on Easter Sunday, 1982. The text is a confession of the United Presbyterian Church).

+TWO SONGS FOR ALL-AMERICAN KIDS (for the Albuquerque Boy Choir, which premiered it May 19, 1991 in Albuquerque, conducted by John Clark).

+WE ARE ONE, for Women's Chorus and Two Flutes (commissioned by the Santa Fe Women's Ensemble, which premiered it April 20, 25 and 27, 1997 in Santa Fe, directed by Linda Raney and accompanied by flutists Charly Drobeck and Nancy Laupheimer. The text is by Penny Raife Durant).

+WITH THIS CHILD: CHRISTMAS CANTATA FOR TREBLE VOICES AND HARP (with text by Lara Hill, the work was commissioned by the Santa Fe Women's Ensemble for its tenth anniversary, which premiered it December 13-16, 1990 in Santa Fe, conducted by Linda Raney and accompanied by Rosalind Simpson, harp).

+WORLD WORDS (dedicated to the Concert Choir of the Albuquerque Boy Choir, which premiered it under the direction of Edmund Torrez on May 17, 2003 in Albuquerque).