the choral music of San Francisco-based composer Mark Winges probes deeply into the spiritual and sonic depths of the chorus.
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| Seasons Falling Through the Clouds (1992/93, rev. 2025) Mixed Chorus, Flute, Clarinet (bass), Viola, Cello 16' |
original version commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Singers, revised version commissioned by Volti and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. performances: June, 1993 and May, 1999 in San Francisco and Berkeley, CA. (original version) performances: March, 2026 in San Francisco and Berkeley, CA. (revised version) contact composer for performance material | ||
| 1. Blossom |  |
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| 2. Two Haiku | |
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| 3. Rain | |
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| 4. The Ground-Mist | |
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| 5. All Hallows | |
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| Words Cast Shadows (2023) Mixed Chorus 10' |
Comissioned by VOLTI. performances November 2023 in San Francisco and Walnut Creek; November 2023 in Oakland, Healdsburg and San Francisco contact composer for performance material | ||
| Sheep | |
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| A Blessing for Wedding | |
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| When Your Life Looks Back | |
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| Tomorrow’s Dream Not the Same (2019) Mixed Chorus 15' |
Comissioned by VOLTI. performances February, 2020 in San Francisco and Berkeley contact composer for performance material | ||
| Tomorrow's Dream (beginning) | |
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| Tomorrow's Dream (middle section) | |
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| Tomorrow's Dream (ending) | |
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| So Let Us (2018) Mixed Chorus 4' |
Comissioned by VOLTI. performances May 2019 in San Francisco contact composer for performance material | |
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| Letters (2016) Mixed Chorus and String Quartet 19' |
Co-Commissioned by The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and Volti. performances: October, 2016 in Berkeley and San Francisco, CA contact composer for performance material | ||
| Verba das Ventis | |
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| Intima Verba | |
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| Ex Verbis | |
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| Pandora’s Gift (2014) Treble Chorus and Mixed Chorus 35' |
commissioned by Volti. performance: May, 2015 in San Francisco; July, 2015 in Oakland, CA contact composer for performance material |  | |
| Dawn | |
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| Ticking Time | |
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| Weaving the Night (2013) Mixed Chorus 8' |
commissioned by Ecco of the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choirs. performance: June, 2015 in Oakland; December, 2015 in Oakland, CA contact composer for performance material | ||
| 1. Fog Dissolving Into Moon | |
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| 2. Moon-Dreams | |
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| 3. The Moonlight | |
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| All Night (2013) Mixed Chorus 12' |
Comissioned by VOLTI. performances November 2013 in San Francisco, Palo Alto and Berkeley contact composer for performance material | |
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| Canticles of Rumi (2011) Mixed Chorus 15' |
commissioned by Volti. performances: December 2011 in Mill Valley, Berkeley and San Francisco, CA March 2013 in Berkeley and San Francisco, CA available from Subito Music | ||
| 1. Where Everything Is Music | |
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| 2. Special Plates | |
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| 3. The Waterwheel | |
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| 4. Quietness | |
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| 5. A Wished-for Song | |
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| Luna, Nova Luna (2010) Treble Chorus and Mixed Chorus 17' |
Co-Commissioned by The Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir and Volti. performances: February and April, 2010 in San Francisco, Berkeley, Ross and Palo Alto, CA contact composer for performance material | ||
| 1. Procession I | |
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| 2. Welcome | |
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| 3. The Moon-Dance | |
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| 4. Nuntius Noctis | |
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| 5. Procession II | |
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| Where Everything Is Music (2009) Mixed Chorus 3' |
commissioned by Volti. performances: November, 2009 in Berkeley and San Francisco, CA | |
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| Missa Victimae Paschali (2009) Mixed Chorus, Organ 8' |
written for the St. Ignatius Motet Choir. performance: April 2009 in San Francisco contact composer for performance material | ||
| 1. Gloria | |
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| 2. Sanctus | |
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| 3. Agnus Dei | |
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| The Assembling Landscape (2008) Mixed Chorus 13' |
Comissioned by VOLTI. performances February 2009 in Berkeley and San Francisco contact composer for performance material | ||
| 1. simply / slightly slower | |
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| 2. driving | |
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| 3. calmly resolute | |
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| Missa Diapente (2008) Mixed Chorus 10' |
written for the St. Ignatius Schola. performances: October 2008 and May 2009 in San Francisco available from Subito Music | ||
| 1. Kyrie | |
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| 2. Gloria | |
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| 3. Sanctus | |
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| 4. Agnus Dei | |
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| pax penetralis (inner peace passing through) (2007) Mixed Chorus, String Orchestra 9' |
Comissioned by the San Francisco Choral Society. performances: November, 2007 in San Francisco available from Subito Music | |
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| Open the Book of What Happened (2005) Mixed Chorus 13' |
commissioned by VOLTI. performances: May 2006 and May 2007 in Berkeley and San Francisco contact composer for performance material | ||
| 1. with fleeting energy | |
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| 2. resigned / sprightly / very deliberate / resigned | |
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| 3. lightly hovering | |
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| Unbecoming: Songs for Dancing (2003) Mixed Chorus, Percussion (2 players) 34' |
commissioned by VOLTI. performances: June 2003 in Berkeley and San Francisco contact composer for performance material | ||
| Image and Motion: A Choral Symphony (2001) Mixed Chorus, Chamber Orchestra (111110002221) 35' |
written for VOLTI. performances: April 2004 in Berkeley and San Francisco contact composer for performance material | ||
| 1. Scherzo I | |
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| 2. Fantasy | |
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| 3. Scherzo II | |
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| 4. Finale: Mere Tones That Bind | |
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| Wishes Night (1999) Mixed Chorus 6' |
commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Singers. performances: May, 2000, March, 2002 in San Francisco and Berkeley, CA contact composer for performance material | |
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| Haiku Settings (1996) Mixed Chorus 14' |
commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Singers. performances: May, 1997 and May, 1998 in San Francisco and Berkeley, CA. contact composer for performance material | ||
| First Set | |
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| Second Set | |
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| Third Set | |
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| Freed From Words (1995) Mixed Chorus 9' |
commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Singers. performances: March, 1996, May, 1996 in San Francisco and Healdsburg, CA contact composer for performance material | |
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| Yoolis (1995) Mixed Chorus 7' |
commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Singers. performances: December, 1995, December, 2003, December, 2005 in San Francisco and Moraga, CA available from Subito Music | |
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Treble Choir | |||
| Spinning a DreamSong (2025) Treble Choir & Fixed Media Electronics 6' |
commissioned by the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir. premiere: March, 2026 in Berkeley, CA available from Swirly Music | |
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| Moonbook - Chapter 1: Moon Obsesses Me (2023) Treble Choir (optional piano) 3 1/2' |
commissioned by the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir. premiere: April, 2024 in Berkeley, CA available from Swirly Music | | |
| Last Ditch Fight of the Wish (2017) Treble Choir 9' |
Comissioned by the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir performances March, 2018 in Berkeley, June, 2018 in Denmark and Germany, May, 2019 in Oakland, June, 2019 in Finland and Estonia contact composer for performance material | |
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| Water Doesn’t Drown (2013) 3 Treble Choirs 16' |
commissioned by The Piedmont Choir. performance: March, 2013 in Oakland, CA. contact composer for performance material | ||
| 1. fog and a god | |
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| 2. going to water I | |
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| 3. pool is to wade | |
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| 4. going to water II | |
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| 5. streaming away | |
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| 6. going to water III | |
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| A Cricket Needs a Queen (2006) Treble Choir 3' |
commissioned by The Piedmont Choir - Ancora. performances: June, 2006 and January, 2007 in Oakland, CA contact composer for performance material | |
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| Moonbook - Chapter 6: The Moon-Dance (2002) Treble Choir 4' |
commissioned by Ancora. performances: June, 2003 in Oakland, CA, July, 2003 in Gorizia, Italy and Ljubljana, Slovenia, December, 2005 in San Francisco available from Subito Music | |
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| Moonbook - Chapter 7: The Oh of Moon and Piano (2000) Treble Choir, Piano 9' |
commissioned by the American Composers Forum and the NEA as part of Continental Harmony. performances: November and December, 2000 in Moraga and Oakland CA., March, 2001 in San Antonio, Texas (American Choral Director's Association National Convention), July, 2001 in Slovenia and Germany. contact composer for performance material | |
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| Moonbook - Chapter 5: The Moon-Welcome (1999) Treble Choir 6' |
co-commissioned by Voci Women's Chorus and Ancora Treble Choir. performances: May, 2000 (Voci) and November, 2000 (Ancora) in San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland and Moraga, CA. February, 2002 in Honolulu, HI (American Choral Director's Association Regional Convention), April, 2002 in Orinda, CA. contact composer for performance material | |
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| Moonbook - Chapter 4: The Moon-Meeting (1998) Treble Choir 5' |
commissioned by The Piedmont Children's Choir. performances: May and June, 1999 in Oakland, CA., July, 1999 in Newfoundland, Canada. contact composer for performance material | |
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| Give Us (1994) Treble Choir 4' |
commissioned by The Piedmont Children's Choir. performances: June, 1995 in Oakland, CA., July, 2003 in Oakland, CA., July, 2008 in Estonia, Latvia and Russia contact composer for performance material | |
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| Magic Strings (1992) Treble Choir, Piano 6' |
commissioned by The Piedmont Children's Choir. performances: 1992: Oakland, CA., Seattle, WA., Powell River, B.C., Canada; 1993: Seattle, WA., Anchorage, AK, Eastern Russia, 1998: Reno, NV., Miedzyzdroje, Poland, 2000: Linz, Austria (Choral Olympics), 2003: Ljubljana, Slovenia (ISCM World Music Days), 2006-07: China, Japan, Thailand, San Francisco, 2013: Austria, California. contact composer for performance material | |
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