Selected Works

SELECTED WORKS

Art Songs

For My Mother – music/arrangement for soprano, baritone, cello, piano, with Ukrainian text

Aramaic Lord’s Prayer – music/arrangement for mezzo and cello, with transliterated Aramaic text

Language of a Rose – music/lyrics/arrangement for soprano, cello, piano

Qu’est-ce que c’est la vie? – music/French lyrics/arrangement for soprano, cello, piano

Susannah’s Lullaby – music/lyrics/arrangement for soprano and piano

Choral Pieces

Songs from the Heavens: 11-piece SATB song cycle with soprano, tenor, and baritone soloists in Ukrainian with transliterations; includes Beatitudes, Trisagion, Cherubic Hymn, Nicene Creed, Lord’s Prayer

Ode to Canada – music/lyrics/SATB arrangement in English, French, Ukrainian

Song for Abwoon – cantata for mezzo, cello soloist, SATB, chamber ensemble; music/arrangement/English lyrics based on Aramaic transliterations by Neil Douglas-Klotz

La chanson de ton Coeur – music/SATB with piano arrangement/French lyrics

Canada Forever Free – music/SSA and SSATB with piano arrangement/English and French lyrics

I Am My Home – music/SATB arrangement/lyrics

Child of the Manger – music/lyrics/SATB arrangement by John Gordon Armstrong

Water Canticle – music/lyrics/SATB arrangement by John Gordon Armstrong

Instrumental, Chamber, Orchestral Music

Faraway Star – solo carillon

Faraway Star – trio for flute, cello, piano

Faraway Star – trio for violin, cello, piano

My Father’s Land – trio for violin, cello, piano

I Am My Home – solo cello and orchestra

Solo Piano

Umori Suite: 10 short mood pieces for intermediate piano; includes Appasionatto, Determinato, Energico, Estroso, Luccicante, Pentito, Riflessivo, Sognante, Solenne, Speranzoso

Commercial Publications

Oceanna Music (now defunct)

Child of the Manger – music/lyrics/SATB arrangement by John Gordon Armstrong

Water Canticle – music/lyrics/SATB arrangement by John Gordon Armstrong

Canada Forever Free – music/SSA and SSATB with piano arrangement/English and French lyrics

Cypress Choral Music

Child of the Manger – music/lyrics/SATB arrangement by John Gordon Armstrong

Water Canticle – music/lyrics/SATB arrangement by John Gordon Armstrong

La chanson de ton Coeur – music/SATB with piano arrangement/French lyrics

I Am My Home – music/SATB arrangement/lyrics

CDs and Videos

SONGS OF INSPIRATION: A Feast of Canadian Choral Music – Produced by Cantata Singers of Ottawa, released December 2005

EMERGENCE – Produced by Joanna Estelle and PARMA Recordings (Boston), released May 2018 (https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6161/)

MOTO CELESTE – Produced by Trio Casals and PARMA Recordings (Boston), released January 2020, includes Faraway Star by Joanna Estelle (https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6266/)

MOTO FINALE – Produced by Trio Casals and PARMA Recordings (Boston), released December 2021, includes Bobby’s Song by Joanna Estelle (https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6388/);                                             also see YouTube video (https://youtu.be/Wxto5Sm6NdQ)

I Am My HOME – Video produced by Marta Milosevic-Brancovich, released August 2022 (https://youtu.be/ms539ODtTWk)