Gotta Go! is a humorous setting of a very funny poem by Andrea Dietrich about the need to... well.. pee. How many times have we felt that need and found ourselves way to far from somewhere to relieve ourselves. Well: this is piece is for you... actually everyone. A great performance by Charlie Kinnison and loaded with sound effects. You'll not only laugh, but might even laugh so hard you'll pee in your pants... oops!

Gotta Go! Solo, TTB & Piano

Setting of one of Christina Rossetti's most beautiful Christmastide poems for SATB chorus & piano.

USC Chamber Singers: "Sleep, Little Baby, Sleep" by Robert S. Cohen

A Choral work for SSAATB Choir and small ensemble (also available in a piano version) that uses vocal sound as it's text and imagines the journey into the great beyond.

Into the Light/Sleep Little Baby Sleep

Into the Light

Celebrate was written in honor of my later teacher, mentor and close friend Ron Nelson. The work for soloist, chorus brass & timpani emulates many of the characteristics of Ron's style melding it with my own. It's also available in a version for piano/organ.

Celebrate!

A setting of an Advent poem by Ronald W. Cadmus that uniquely focuses on the feeling of anticipation of the birth of Christ. Performed by the Grammy Award winning Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson, Artistic Director.

The Gift Of Advent Waiting

This is the SSAA choral setting of a wonderful poem by Ronald W. Cadmus about the birth of stars and looking to the beauty of the heavens to find inner peace. The performance by the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir is stunning.

Silent Stars SSAA & piano

Sunburst is a setting of a Ronald W. Cadmus poem about the Sun that is part of our Sun, Moon & Stars trilogy. The performance is by The Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir.

Sunburst! (COHEN)

Part of my Celestial Trilogy, this moving tribute to our celestial neighbor was inspired by Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" with a stunning text by Ronald W. Cadmus. Performed by the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir.

The Moon for SATB & piano

Powerful SATB & Piano setting of Ronald W. Cadmus' anthem about identity, love, self-worth and being able to live our lives without prejudice. An important message for a world in turmoil. Performed by the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir.

Safe Places of the Heart

Setting of a Ronald W. Cadmus poem about the power of music to touch our lives in positive ways. Performed by the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir.

Where Music Touches Spirit SATB & piano

Recording of the complete "Celestial Trilogy" (Sunburst, The Moon & Silent Stars) as performed by the Fargo-Moorhead Choral artists, Michael Culloton, conductor

Celestial Trilogy complete

a cappella choral setting of a Ronald W. Camus poem about the beauty and wonders of falling snow and how it can bring us bliss. Performed by the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir.

The Serenity of Snow SATB a cappella 2025

A cappella choral setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's serene and contemplative poem exploring the themes of love, memory, and the comforting presence of loved ones who have passed away.

Footsteps of Angels SATB a cappella

A setting for chorus & organ/piano of a Ronald W. cadmus sacred anthem 

Songs of Praise

A commission from Seton Hall University in association with the Americans Who Tell the truth project, this choral setting with a timely and passionate lyric about the importance of truth in our society is a rallying cry to take a stand to uphold the values on which our country was founded.

Truth Be Told

A rousing setting of Rabbi Nancy K. Bern's text about the history and meaning of Hanukkah for chorus, piano & optional clarinet. Available in several voicings through Beckenhorst Press as well as in a version for full orchestra.

Eight (The Story of Hanukkah) SATB, clairnet & piano lIve recording

Charpentier's Te Deum is a well-known and oft performed work with a striking instrumental prelude. Lyricist and Rev. Ronald Cadmus has recently set that instrumental prelude to lyrics which I have  arranged for chorus. Here is a recording by the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir.

Let Every Heart His Praises Sing

Tortoise Moon is a touching choral tribute to the late Galapagos Islands tortoise "Lonesome George" who gained fame as the last of his subspecies. The beautiful lyric by Ronald W. Cadmus employs celestial imagery to pay tribute to this unique reptile. This performance by the Carmel Pak U. Secondary School was a winner of the Hong Kong Secondary School Choral Festival and broadcast internationally on Hong Kong Radio.

Tortoise Moon

SATB & piano setting of a memory poem by late 19th Century Kentucky poet Madison Julius Cawein. The poem is about how loved ones of the part remain pristine and pure in our minds in spite of the advance of time.

Unknown Album

The Road Back SATB & piano

Three imagined scenes from the life of Bach for clarinet & percussion.

The Mysterious Transformation of Johann B.

The Mysterious Transformation of Johann B. - 3. Dancing with the Devil

SATB a cappella setting of a Nanci Bern poem about our quest for meaning

Night Cadence SATB

3rd movement of an SATB a cappella setting of a text by Maria V.S. Seigenthaler about the nature of faith.

3. I Know - Three Spirituals

2nd movement of an SATB a cappella setting of a text by Maria V.S. Seigenthaler about the nature of faith.

2. Do You Believe - Three Spirituals

1st movement of an SATB a cappella setting of a text by Maria V.S. Seigenthaler about the nature of faith.

1. I See - Three Spirituals

A cappella setting of poem by George William Russell

Live! At the Rainbow

Dusk

Original Cast recording of the 2000 Richard Rodgers Award winning musical.

13 - Walkin' To School

12 - Handy

07 - The Girl Next Door

06 - Barbecue

01 - Directions

Choral setting of Edgar Allan Poe's euphoric poem about the haunting beauty in the moon and evening star.

A Child's Evening Prayer SSA Midi

1st Movement from Galapagos Suite for solo marimba or marimba (4 hands)
inspired by a trip to the Galapagos Islands. Published by HoneyRock Music.

Robert S. Cohen

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