Robert A Hawthorne
Composer

CURRENT COMMISSIONS:​

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Of All Things Beautiful And True

SSATB Choir and piano

• poem by Christine Tavares Mocha

• Valencia High School Concert Choir, Christine Tavares Mocha, Director

• Premiere set for December 2, 2026

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Untitled Piece

• SSA(T)B Choir and piano

• Poem by Robert Hawthorne with input from choir students

• Woodburn High School Choir, Luis Rivera, Director

• Premiere set for May 22, 2027

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COMMERCIALLY  PUBLISHED:

 

The Portland Psalter Volume I​

The Portland Psalter Volume II

• 199 responsorial Psalm settings for Liturgical Years ABC and all pastoral office and Easter Vigil 

• for cantor, choir and congregation use 

• published by Church Publishing, Inc, New York City

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The Cobbler's Rhyme

• SSA Choir and piano

• whimsical setting of text by Scottish poet George MacDonald

• SBMP 1869 published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing

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O Gracious Light (starts at 11:18)

• SATB Choir, a cappella

• text from the Book of Common Prayer, 1979, Rite II

• MSM 50-2878 set for release by MorningStar Music Publishers on November 2, 2026

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Shepherds Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep/People, Look East

• Unison Children's Choir,  piano and flute (starts at 42:25)

• an adventurous setting of a traditional Advent/Christmas Carol​​​

• set for release by MorningStar Music Publishers in 2027

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AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL:​

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Evening Service in A

• SATB Choir and organ

• Song of Mary​ (starts at 19:41)

• Song of Simeon (starts at 25:58)

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Grief Work

• a 12-minute, 5-movement work for SATB Choir, piano and cello

• collaboration with poet, Margaret Anne Kean

• Premiere set for April 13, 2027 by the Winthrop University Chamber Singers conducted by Dr. Jeremy Mims
  • Grief Burst In
  • The Axe
  • ​Rest

  • The Divide

  • Ripples​​

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A New Covenant

• SATB Choir, a cappella

• a setting of Jeremiah 31:31-34​​