Compositions & Arrangements
Note: the majority of these compositions/arrangements were either commissioned by—or created for the use of—school, community, or professional ensembles and individuals. Most of the published works are still available; the others may be obtained through the composer.
▼ Operas
Memoirs from the Holocaust (opera in one act/piano)
A Scholar Under Siege (opera in two acts/piano or orchestra)
► Published Compositions
A Chinese Springsong [Hinshaw—SSA, piano]
I Hear a Voice Calling for Me [Hinshaw—unison or 2–part voices, piano]
Jubilate Deo [Colla Voce—SSA, keyboard]
The Lighthouse [Colla Voce—SSA, solo treble, piano or orchestra]
(Poem by Longfellow; commissioned by the Boy Singers of Maine and the Portland [ME] Youth Symphony)
Sound clip Sheet Music
The Music in the Rainbow [C. F, Peters—SSA, piano]
(Poem by Henry van Dyke; commissioned by Sigma Alpha Iota International Women's Music Fraternity)
Sound clip Sheet Music
The Piper and the Child [Hinshaw—2-part treble, piano]
Three Hebrew Psalms [Belwin—unison, 2- and 3-part treble voices, piano]
Variations on a Theme by Beethoven [Alry Publications—solo flute]
► Published Arrangements
A La Nanita Nana [Hinshaw—SSA, piano]
America, The Beautiful [Colla Voce—SSA, piano]
Bay of Fundy [by Gordon Bok; Colla Voce—TBB, piano]
Come, Thou Fount of Ev'ry Blessing [Hinshaw—SATB, keyboard, optional brass quintet and handbells]
(Commissioned by the American Composers Forum/Rockefeller Brothers Fund "Faith Partners" Project)
Sound clip Sheet Music
Deep River [Hal Leonard—2-part treble voices, piano or orchestra]
Follow the Light [Hinshaw—Margaret Kirk; SSA, piano or orchestra]
The Heavens are Telling [Hinshaw—2-part treble voices, soloists, piano]
The Hills of Arirang [Hinshaw—2-part treble voices, piano or orchestra]
I Saw Three Ships [Hal Leonard—SSA, piano or orchestra]
Noche Buena/Silent Night [Hinshaw—2-part treble voices, piano]
Over My Head, I Hear Music [Hinshaw—SSA, piano]
The Rattlin' Bog [Hinshaw—2-part treble voices, piano]
Shenandoah [Hinshaw—2-part treble voices, piano or harp]
Summer Is a' Coming In [Hinshaw—SSA, piano]
The Steve Romanoff Songbook [Outer Green Records]
A Suite of Carols [Trillenium Music Co.; orchestra, optional chorus]
S'vivon [Hinshaw—SSA, piano]
► Sound Recordings
After Noon
Available from the Henderson Library, Georgia Southern University, (912-478-5115)
Holidays With Friends
Available from the Statesboro Regional Library, (912-764-1341)
Love In A New Key
Available from the Averitt Center for the Arts, (912-212-2787)
Classic Schooner Fare (orchestrations, co-produced)
► Commissioned Compositions
A Wildacres Triptych
(Flute Choir; Wildacres Flute Retreat, Little Switzerland, NC.)
Sound clip
Dances With Spiders
(Bsn., vln., vla., vcl.; Shelley Unger, Atlanta, GA)
Sound clip
Three Provocations
(Solo piano; Georgia Music Teachers Association)
Sound clip
That Man Is A Success
(TTBB, piano; The Georgia Institute of Technology)
Salute to Georgia Tech
(TTBB, piano; The Georgia Institute of Technology)
Wisdom Has Built Her House
(SATB, concert band; Statesboro [GA] High School)
O Lord, Our Lord
(SATB, keyboard; First Presbyterian Church, Statesboro, GA)
- A Prayer for Rain [SATB, keyboard]
- Have Ye Not Known? [SATB, keyboard]
- Holy Mystery, Sacred Sign [SATB, keyboard]
- The Glory of These Forty Days [SAB, vcl.]
- We Praise Thee, O God (Te Deum) [SATB, keyboard]
(These five compositions were commissioned by the American Composers Forum/Rockefeller Brothers Fund "Faith Partners" Project)
A Pandean Pilgrimage [Concert band; optional women's chorus]
Of Ancient Chants Surrounding [SATB, divisi, a cap.]
(Two poems by Walt Whitman; commissioned by Georgia Southern University Foundation)
Sound clip
Kent Island [MD] H.S. Alma Mater (Piano/vocal, band)
(Kent Island [MD] High School)
Carmen Fanfare [Trumpet trio]
(Bruce Hangen and P.O.R.T. Opera, Portland, ME)
► Commissioned Arrangements
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (TTBB, orchestra)
(Bruce Hangen/Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra)
Fantasia on Scottish Folk Tunes (Tin whistles or flute; string quintet)
(Tom Rowe for the album Whistle Up A Storm)
More info
Bluescape [String quartet]
(Magellan String Quartet, Augusta, GA)
A Spiritual Fantasy [String quartet]
(Magellan String Quartet, Augusta, GA)
Schooner Fare Selections [Orchestra, for Classic Schooner Fare album]
(Schooner Fare and the Portland Symphony Orchestra)
O Tannenbaum
(For Portland Symphony Orchestra and Boy Singers of Maine)
► Song Cycle
A Suite of Love and Marriage (The "Little Ring" Cycle) [soprano, piano]
(Commissioned by Drs. Sandra McClain Buller and Jeff Buller)
► Other Compositions and Arrangements
A Past and Perfect Life [M. Braz—jazz piano]
Selections from Die Fledermaus (SSA, piano)
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) [unison treble voices, orchestra]
Die Forelle (Schubert) [SSA, piano]
Rock of Ages (Maoz Tzur) [2-part treble, piano or orchestra]