Thou Art My God (spliced excerpts)
SSA Children's Choir, and Organ

Composed by Timothy Max. Performed by the Ko'olauloa Children's Chorus and select members of the BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir. Conducted by Esther Macy. 
Duration: 5:44

This recording is the April 2008 premier of Thou Art My God which was commissioned for the Ko'olauloa Children's Chorus of Laie, Hawaii. Later in that same program, the children were joined by a four-part adult choir for a glorious encore as represented in these spliced excerpts.

This work is composed from the text of Psalms 118. 

Thou Art My God
SATB Choir & Orchestra

Composed by Timothy Max. Conducted by Denzil Kumar.
Duration: 5:51

The following video is a recording of Thou Art My God, a piece originally commissioned by the Ko'olauloa Children's Chorus of Laie, Hawaii for three part choir and organ. The piece debuted in April of 2008 and was well received. It has since been arrange for four-part choir (SATB) and full orchestra, as shown in this video. 

Lord, When Thy Spirit's Love We Feel
SATB a capella Choir

Words and Music by Timothy Max. Performed by Allison Shamrell, Carrie Warner, Jeff Shirts, Jeremy Borgia, and Jonathon Riley at the Dominus Flevit Church at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
Duration: 2:41

This four-part hymn was written in 2003 as my family and I drove across the United States. I sat in the back of the car slowly editing the words and crafting the harmonies. Upon arriving home, I was surprised when I sat down at the piano and discovered I had stumbled on to some very delightful and unique harmonies. 

The Army of Helaman
Choir, Organ, and Percussion

Words and music composed by Janice Kapp Perry. Arranged by Timothy Max. Peformed by a BYU-Hawaii Community Choir. Conducted by Denzil Kumar. 
Duration: 3:41

Arranged for a BYU-Hawaii Community choir, the following piece is an arrangement of a children's song published in the LDS Church's Children's Songbook. Originally written for piano, this anthem was converted for six-part choir, three hands at the organ, and percussion. 

To see the original pre-arranged song, click here. 

I Know That My Redeemer Lives
SSAATTBB Choir, Organ, & Percussion

Words by Samuel Medley, music by Lewis D. Edwards. Arranged by Timothy Max. Performed by the BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir. Conducted by Michael Belnap. 
Duration 5:25

A beloved Mormon hymn, this powerful arrangement features an 80-voice student choir from all over the world. This piece increases in intensity to the end, with shimmering men's choir sections, high soprano descants, and a glorious finale with percussion. 

To see the original, pre-arranged hymn, click here. 

EMBRAER 120 Pre-Taxi Announcement
SSA Choir with minus track

Composed by Timothy Max. Performed by a choir of singing Flight attendants for their Flight Attendant School graduation ceremony.
Duration: 3 minutes

While training to be a flight attendant, I had trouble memorizing a required announcement. I decided to write a song to help me better learn the words and thankfully, I passed the required oral exam. A few weeks later, we found out that we would be having a graduation ceremony after flight attendant training ended so we decided to pull together a choir of 15 voices to perform this song, the Embraer 120 Pre-Taxi Announcement. 

Video courtesy of Jane Putnam. 

BYU-Hawaii 2007 Concert Choir Tour - China

In 2007, I participated in a four week tour to China & Mongolia with the Brigham Young University-Hawaii Concert Choir. As part of the tour, one of my compositions, Ubi Caritas, was performed. This video is a 28 minute documentary of our experience. It also contains one-on-one interviews about Ubi Caritas. (Scroll to 9:38)



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