Unapologetically queer.

In 2017, I was asked to become the next Composer in Residence with The Fourth Choir, a leading LGBT+ chamber choir in London, UK. This collaboration resulted in three meaningful commissions on themes of gender and sexuality - and helped me find my voice as a composer.

Since then, I’ve focused my work as a composer towards queer-themed music, including multiple choral works, song cycles, and instrumental pieces. These projects represent the most important and personally gratifying music that I have written, and the response from performers and listeners has been nothing short of incredible.

I invite you to listen to the works below, and get in touch if you’d like suggestions for your next concert!

“Years and years of singing in choirs about love not meant for me; never had I even imagined hearing such a moving piece in which I could see a shimmer of myself. Thank you for these happy tears - not only is it uplifting to see that our kind of love has a place in our beloved world of choral music, but it's also deeply touching to see you and Matthew Stepanic share some of the most heartwarming and purest moments that our kind of love has to offer.”

YouTube comment re: “a boy & a boy”


SATB Choir

  • SATB a cappella
    Text: Matthew Stepanic (b. 1990)
    Duration: 5 minutes
    Difficulty: 3/4
    What’s it about? A sweet love story between two men

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  • SATB a cappella
    Text: Richard Barnfield (1574-1620)
    Duration: 5 minutes
    Difficulty: 3/4
    What’s it about? A sacred reinterpretation of a gay Elizabethan sonnet

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  • SATB (divisi) a cappella
    Text: John Barton (b. 1957)
    Duration: 21 minutes
    Difficulty: 3/4
    What’s it about? A choral cycle on life, loss, and the support of our chosen families

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  • SATB and piano
    Text: David Ly
    Duration: 5 minutes
    Difficulty: 2/4
    What’s it about? Water as a metaphor for safety and sexuality

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  • SATB (divisi) a cappella
    Text: Adapted by the composer from contemporary sources
    Duration: 7 minutes
    Difficulty: 3/4
    What’s it about? The legalization of homosexuality in the UK

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  • SATB and Piano
    [also available for SSAA or TTBB]
    Text: Jay Hulme (b. 1997)
    Duration: 5 minutes
    Difficulty: 3/4
    What’s it about? Celebrating queer faith & unconditional love

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  • SATB (divisi) a cappella
    Text: Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
    Duration: 6.5 minutes
    Difficulty: 3/4
    What’s it about? Individuality, gender, and sexuality

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  • SSATB a cappella
    Text: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
    Duration: 3 minutes
    Difficulty: 3/4
    What’s it about? The youth and beauty of a male lover

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  • from “I am like many”
    SATB (divisi) a cappella
    Text: An anonymous letter from a gay man, read in UK Parliament in 1958
    Duration: 3 minutes
    Difficulty: 3/4
    What’s it about? Seeking tolerance and acceptance from lawmakers

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SSAA/TTBB Choir

  • SSAA or TTBB and Piano
    [also available for SATB]
    Text: Jay Hulme (b. 1997)
    Duration: 5 minutes
    Difficulty: 3/4
    What’s it about? Celebrating queer faith & unconditional love

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Solo Voice

  • Baritone and Piano
    Text: Matthew Stepanic (b. 1990)
    Duration: 14 minutes
    Difficulty: Medium
    What’s it about? Five queer love songs, charting a relationship through love and loss

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  • from “Still Running”

    Tenor (or Baritone) and Piano
    Text: Matthew Stepanic (b. 1990)
    Duration: 4 minutes
    Difficulty: Medium
    What’s it about? A nostalgic love song of indulgence and comfort

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  • Tenor (or Baritone) and Piano
    Text: Matthew Stepanic (b. 1990)
    Duration: 15 minutes
    Difficulty: Hard
    What’s it about? Six songs on contemporary queer issues, responding to the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting

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Instrumental

  • Alto Saxophone and Piano
    Duration: 7 minutes
    Difficulty: Hard
    What’s it about? Honouring and celebrating the resilience of the queer community


Want to add something unique to your next concert?

Contact me directly for suggestions, or consider commissioning a new work for the occasion! (I have so many ideas!)