Now accepting commissions for 2023!

Current and completed commissions:

Penderecki String Quartet (Other Names for Birds; premiere September 24, 2022 University of Lethbridge): https://www.ps4.ca

Iliana Matos, guitar: (recording project 2023) http://ilianamatos.com

Chinook Chamber Choir (Speak Gently, Love Whispers, SATB with piano and optional cello; premiere May 6, 2022): https://chs.lethsd.ab.ca

University of Lethbridge Singers, Janet Youngdahl director in collaboration, advised by Goldie Morgantaler for the use of Chava Rosenfarb’s poem “A Prayer” https://chavarosenfarb.com: Sweet Hour of Serenity, SSAATB; premiere March 2020 postponed to Fall 2023, recorded April 2021: https://soundcloud.com/lavinia-kell-parker/sweet-hour-of-serenity-ssaatb-uofl-singers-dr-janet-youngdahl?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

First Baptist Church of Lethbridge, The Christ Hymn, with text by Carol Heynen (premiere postponed until Good Friday 2023)

Mississippi College Singers, Dr. Mark Nabholz; PBS Festival of Lights through Mississippi Public Broadcasting, O Magnum Mysterium, Premiere 2019, Clinton, Mississippi: https://youtu.be/Veij-ULca8U https://music.mc.edu/ensembles/choir

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Chancel Choir, Lethbridge, Alberta: Little Drops of Water, 2019 for child soloist (or soprano) and SATB choir, cello, piano and optional congregation

St. Andrew’s United Methodist Choir, Charleston, SC: Sing Hope, TTBB with optional percussion, premiered June 17, 2018

The Parish Ringers, Charleston, SC: Carillon, 2017, for two octave Handbell Choir

Erskine College Choraleers, Due West, SC: various compositions 2012-2014 (composer in residence) including: I Thirst for the Living God, SSAATTB with soprano soloist, conductor Bill Diekhoff (Psalm 42 written for Anna Woodiwiss in support of Turquoise Mountain https://www.turquoisemountain.org/blog) and Soli Deo Gloria, SATB divisi with optional soloist, premiere Choraleers Italy Tour, Mark Nabholz directing) https://www.ecspublishing.com/catalog/product/view/sku/1.3619* https://www.erskine.edu/academics/majors/music/ensembles/

Due West ARP Church, Due West, SC: Love In Every Moment, SATB with organ, 2010

Tillman Bells, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina: Linda Dzuris, carillonneur: Crawford Road, (available for purchase from the Canadian Music Centre, https://cmccanada.org for carillon, 2009 https://soundcloud.com/lavinia-kell-parker/crawford-road/s-Kn9Kg?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing (available for purchase through the Canadian Music Centre)https://soundcloud.com/umcarillons/crawford-road-lkp?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Brockport First Baptist Church, May You Shine Like the Stars; Brockport, New York, “Brockport Midwinter Musicales” Concert Series, SATB, 2007

Musique Maintenant, Fondation des États-Unis, Paris, France: mezzo-soprano, violin, percussion “en cherchant mes souvenirs” 2002 https://soundcloud.com/lavinia-kell-parker/05-track-5?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Mendelssohn Youth Choir, and orchestra, Robert Cooper, Toronto Ontario: “Focus on Youth”, 2000: Visible Stars SSAATB, soprano soloist and orchestra https://soundcloud.com/lavinia-kell-parker/visible-stars?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing