5 0 – Y E A R A V E M A R I A P R O J E C T ( 2 0 0 5 – 2 0 5 4 )
This project began with Daniel’s first ever notated composition, Ave Maria – Mater Amabilis (2005) and it will continue for 50 years, with a new Ave Maria composed by Daniel each year until 2054. If you would like to learn more or participate in this project by commissioning/co-commissioning an Ave Maria, feel free to contact Daniel.
D I F F E R E N T S A M P L E S F R O M O V E R T H E Y E A R S :
2 0 2 3 — Ave Maria No. 20 – Mater Creatoris
Tenor soloist, SATB Choir, and Organ
Premiere: August 30-31, 2024, Demetrious Sampson Jr., tenor, Aquinas Ensemble, Yuri McCoy, Brady Knapp, cond., UST St. Basil Chapel, Houston, TX
2 0 2 3 — Ave Maria No. 19 – Causa Nostra Laetitia
SATB Choir with div.
Commissioned by Holy Rosary Church, Houston, TX
Premiere: December 9-10, 2023 Houston Chamber Choir, Villa de Matel, Houston, TX
2 0 2 2 — Ave Maria No. 18 – Королева Mиру “Queen of Peace” (in Ukrainian)
SATB Choir with div.
Commissioned by Mrs. Caryn Vukelich
Premiere: Ensemble Invocatio, Daniel Knaggs, cond., Garrison Church, Bydgoszcz, Poland
2 0 2 1 — Ave Maria No. 17 – Mater Divinae Providentiae
SSA choir
Commissioned by the Choir of Warsaw-Praga Cathedral, Paweł Łukaszewski, cond.
Premiere: October 10, 2021, Warsaw-Praga Cathedral, Warsaw, Poland
2 0 2 0 — Ave Maria No. 16 – Regina Peregrinum
SATB choir
Commissioned by Chorus Angelorum (20th Anniversary)
Premiere: Sept. 27, 2020 Our Lady of Walsingham Cathedral and Shrine, Houston, TX
2 0 1 9 — Ave Maria No. 15 – Domina Nostra Annuntiatione
SATB choir, divisi + soloists
Commissioned by Annunciation Catholic Church (150th Anniversary)
Premiere: April 25 & 27, 2019, Houston, TX
2 0 1 8 — Ave Maria No. 14 – Regina Angelorum
SATB choir
Commissioned by Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens, cond.
Premiere: Dec. 22 & 23 2018, Wells, UK
2 0 1 7 — Ave Maria No. 13 – Regina Caeli (After Guerrero)
SATB choir
Commissioned by the Yale Norfolk Festival Choral Workshop, Simon Carrington, director
Premiere: Aug. 2017, Litchfield, CT
2 0 1 6 — Ave Maria No. 12 – Porta Caeli
SATB choir
Commissioned by the Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson, cond.
Premiere: Dec. 10-11, 2016, Villa de Matel, Houston, TX
2 0 1 5 — Ave Maria No. 11 – Virgo Tepeyac
SATB choir, soprano soloist, bilingual English/Spanish
Commissioned by the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Premiere: National Association of Pastoral Musician’s 2016 National Conference, Jul. 13, 2016, Houston, TX
2 0 1 4 — Ave Maria No. 10 – Virgo Serena
SSATB choir, string orchestra
Commissioned by Nancy Menk, South Bend Chamber Singers
Premiere: Dec. 20, 2015, South Bend, IN
2 0 1 3 — Ave Maria No. 9 – Rosa Mystica
Soprano solo, SATB, organ
Commissioned by Anna Cavaliero, soprano.
Premiere: Oct. 6, 2013, Houston, TX
UK Premiere: Stephen Layton, Trinity College Choir, Cambridge, UK
2 0 1 2 — Ave Maria No. 8 – Mater Purissima
SATB a cappella
Commissioned by Father Gabriel Richard HS Madrigals
Premiere: May 2, 2012, Ann Arbor, MI
2 0 1 1 — Ave Maria No. 7 – Regina Familiæ
SATB a capella
Premiere: Jul. 2, 2013, Craig Hella Johnson, American Creator’s Chorus, Eugene, OR
2 0 1 0 — Ave Maria No. 6 – Mater Salvatoris
SATB a cappella
Premiere: TBA
2 0 0 9 — Ave Maria No. 5 – Mater Ecclesia
A cappella chant
Premiere: Jun. 17, 2012, Rovato, Italy
2 0 0 8 — Ave Maria No. 4 – (Zdrowas Maryjo) – Mater Dolorosa (in Polish)
Medium or high voice and piano
Premiere: Dec. 12, 2008, Bowling Green, OH
2 0 0 7 — Ave Maria No. 3 – (Je Vous Salue, Marie) Mater Admirabilis (in French)
SSAATTBB a cappella
Premiere: Apr. 11, 2008, Bowling Green, OH
2 0 0 6 — Ave Maria No. 2 – Mater Dei
High voice and piano
Premiere: May 12, 2009, Bowling Green, OH
2 0 0 5 — Ave Maria No. 1 – Mater Amabilis
Medium voice, cello, piano
Premiere: April 16, 2006, Ann Arbor, MI
