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• An Idle Rhyme (2009) SSAATTBB, Piano. Premier 2009 - Westminster Choir College Convocation
• First Suite for Band (2009) Concert Band. Premier 2010 - Montgomery High School Wind Ensemble
• Grounds and Sculptures (2007) Brass Band. Premier 2008 - Princeton Brass Band
• For Love (2006) SATB, Piano Commissioned by Westminster Chapel Choir and Westminster Conservatory Youth Chorale. Premier 2007 - Chapel Choir and Conservatory Youth Chorale. Also performed by the Oratorio Society of Minnesota at the CMS National Conference, 2010
• Var.Zip (2006) Concert Band Commissioned by Montgomery High School. Premier 2007 - Montgomery High School Concert Band
• St. Cecilia’s Song (2006) SSAATTBB, Organ. Commissioned by the Westminster Community Chorus. Premier 2006 - Westminster Community Chorus
• The Echoing Green (2004) SSAA. Commissioned by the Westminster Conservatory Chorale, Premier 2005
• W.C.C. - Westminster Convocation Choralise (2004) SATB, Organ. Premier 2004 - Westminster Choir College Convocation
• Meditation (2004) String Orchestra. Premier 2005 - Westminster Community Orchestra. Brass Band arrangement (2006) premier 2006 - Princeton Brass Band. Also arranged for Organ (2004) and Trombone Quartet (2005)
• An Aerial Tour of Cape Cod and The Islands (2004) DVD. Premier showing 2004 - Westminster Choir College Colloquium
• Out to Sea (2004) Solo Trumpet and Trumpet Ensemble. Premier 2004 - University of Evansville Trumpet Ensemble
• The Little Vagabond (2003) TTBB, Piano. Premier 2003 - Lehigh Valley Gay Men’s Chorus. Recorded on “Slices” CD, LVGMC, 2004
• A Peculiar Loneliness (2002) SATB. Premier 2002 - Westminster Choir College Convocation. Published by Yelton Rhodes Music
• Psalm 121 -Esa Einai (2001) SATB, Piano. Commissioned by the Westminster Conservatory Chorale, Premier 2001. Published by Transcontinental Music Publications
• I’ll Be Home for Christmas (2001) Soprano, Piano. Commissioned by Jill Kunkel. Premier 2001
• Angels! (2001) Soprano, Piano. Commissioned by Jill Kunkel. Premier 2001
• O Holy Night (2001) Soprano, Piano, Optional Violin. Commissioned by Jill Kunkel. Premier 2001
• Who Will Love Me as I Am? (1999) TTBB, Flute, English Horn, Cello, Harp and Piano. Arrangement commissioned and performed by the Lehigh Valley Gay Men’s Chorus
• MMS March (1998): Band. Premier 1998 - Montgomery Middle School Band. Also performed by the Blawenburg Band several times during the summer of 1999
• Haneirot Halalu (1998): SATB, piano. Commissioned by the Westminster Conservatory Chorale, Premier 1998. Published by Transcontinental Music Publications. Arrangement with String Orchestra (2003), also published by TMP
• In the Bleak Midwinter (1997): TTBB. Commissioned by the New Jersey Gay Men’s Chorus, Premier 1998. Also performed by the Revielle Gay Men’s Chorus, Tucson, AZ, 1998. Published by Yelton Rhodes Music
• The Piping Song (1997): SATB, piano. Premier 1997 - Westminster Choir College Convocation. Also performed by the Westminster Conservatory Chorale, 1998. Published by Yelton Rhodes Music
• Blessed are Those (1994): SATB, piano. Premier 1997 - Montgomery United Methodist Church Choir. Published by Yelton Rhodes Music
• Sing to the Lord a Joyful Anthem (1994): SATB, piano. Premier 1994 - New Providence Presbyterian Church New Life Singers. Published by Yelton Rhodes Music
• A Mass for Our Time (1992): Chorus, orchestra and reader
• Thrills, Trills (1991): Flute and synthesizer
• Prelude, Fugue and Variation on "Vineyard Haven" (1991): Organ. Premier 1992 - Ronald A. Hemmel. Featured at the 2004 College Music Society conference - David Hatt, organist
• A Whitman Sampler (1991): Baritone and chamber orchestra. Premier 1995 - Elem Eley, Baritone, Westminster Community Orchestra
• Canons for Two Violins (1990). Premier 1991 - Ruo Tau Mao, Kurt Coble
• Sonata for Piano (1990). Premier 1992 - Sharon Mirchandani
• Acclamations (1990): Organ, percussion ensemble
• Elegy for Bb Trumpet (1989). Premier 1989 - Rebecca Polgar
• Prelude and Variations (1987): Electronic. Premier 1987 - Abi’s School of Dance and Performing Arts
• Change (1987): String quartet, percussion
• Quintet for Brass (1986). Premier 1986 - James Madison University Student Brass Quintet. Excellence in Composition award, Brass Chamber Music Forum, 2004
• Scherzo (1985): Bassoon. Premier 1985 - Laura Hunt
• Woodwind Quintet (1985)
• What on Earth (1983): TBB a cappella. Premier 1983 - Woodberry Forest School Choir. Also 1985 - Woodberry Forest School Choir (revised version)
• Piedmont Suite (Ballet, 1982): Flute, flugelhorn, piano, percussion. Premier 1982 - McGuffey Dance Company
• Psalm 111 (1981): TTBB, brass quartet, organ; also arranged for SATB, organ. Premier 1981 - Woodberry Forest School Choir. Published by Yelton Rhodes Music
• How Firm a Foundation (1980): SATB, keyboard. Premier 1980 - St. Thomas Episcopal Church Choir. Published by Yelton Rhodes Music
• Arise, My Love (1979): SSAATTBB a cappella. Premier 1979 - Caldwell/West Caldwell Summer Chorus. Also 1981 - North Jersey Regional Chorus. 1985 - Virginia Association of Independent Schools Festival Choir. 1987 - Madison Singers, James Madison University. 1999 - Westminster Conservatory Chorale

Ronald A. Hemmel is Composer, Organist, Professor of Composition and Theory at Westminster Choir College of Rider University.

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