Premiere: 07.02.2013, Oregon Bach Festival Composer’s Symposium, Eugene, OR, under Craig Hella Johnson, conductor, OBF American Creators’ Chorus.

Program Notes: Originally intended to be written for the Madrigal Singers at Father Gabriel Richard High School (where I taught Spanish for two years 2010-2012), as the composition developed, I began to sense it might be a bit tricky even for such a great choir. So instead, I wrote another for them (Mater Purissima, 2012) and I still dedicate this one to all the families at FGR as well as my own family and my “family” of friends throughout the world.

Listen to Ave Maria No. 7 “Regina Familiae” below (audio only):

Watch Ave Maria No. 7 “Regina Familiae” below:

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