2026 - Works for Voice
Currently, “Six Songs for Soprano”, I have set poetry by Christina Rossetti for my voice students to learn this Fall. I hope to share live recordings soon. (A 7th poem is currently being set for SSA trio.) Written between August 15 - September 2, 2026.
2026 - Works for Choir
Mash-ups are fun! I’m 30% Ukrainian, but this piece is 50%.
Written in July 2026 for all Ukrainians facing evil and adversity, for my Zdepski cousins, and in honor of my great grandparents who came to the United States from rural areas near Lviv.
Слава Україні!
God’s Spirit, Our Living Water
(SATB)
5/25/26
generated with Cantāmus software
Preces and Responses
(SATB)
2/8/26
I am excited to hear this brought to life in Evensong services, especially by the Choir of Trinity Church, Wall St. on April 4, 2027. I will record and update this page accordingly!
2025
Wexford’s What Child is This
For Tenor Soloist, SSATB choir, and String Quartet
12/29/25, 9/23/26
Three Dove Songs
I Had a Dove (SSATBB) August, 2024
Two Doves on a Selfsame Branch (SATB, with SSAATTBB quasi-canon)
composed in May, 2025
Wood Dove (SSA)
Poetry is by John Keats, Christina Rossetti, and Hilda Conkling.
composed in August, 2024 and June, 2025
How Great Thou Art
Soprano and Tenor duet, with piano
Written in thanksgiving for the life of Rev. John Morrow.
Arranged and premiered for May 9, 2026
“Hope” is the Thing With Feathers (SAB, piano and harp)
Poetry by Emily Dickinson
Written for the Drew University Choirs and Merynda Adams, Harpist
Premiered April 30, 2026 in the Concert Hall, Drew University
Un Instrument de ta paix (SATB Choir and Bass-Baritone solo, a cappella)
The Prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, French
Latin Text by Giles of Assisi
composed August 21-25, 2025
Premiered May 31, 2026 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, NYC
Soon, Child (SATB)
text and music by Kristin Sands
composed in July 2025, in honor of my daughter, and my goddaughter with special needs.
generated with Cantãmus software
Token of a Covenant (SATB, a cappella)
Text is taken from the poetry of Felicia Hemans.
Dedicated to the Choir and Congregation of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New York City, a Reconciling in Christ (RIC) congregation since 1999, welcoming all persons in Christ’s name regardless of sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin, gender, class, or other possible exclusionary distinctions.
Composed in January, 2024
2024
Swingset Summers
for Soprano and Piano
Raising the Bar
Mud Pies
In the Grass
Words and Music by Kristin Sands
composed between 2023-2024
The Tide Came In
for Soprano and Piano
Words and Music by Kristin Sands
composed in January, 2023
2023
Sing With Me
Soprano duet, A cappella
Words and Music by Kristin Sands
composed in March, 2023
2022
Cast Your Cares (SATB)
composed 2022
(generated with Cantåmus software)
This is the first piece I sat down to compose at my computer, for about 4 hours, which prompted my husband asking “Is everything ok?” (Now, that’s a loaded question, isn’t it?) This piece came as a surprise to me. My only composition prior had been little musical doodles of silliness, theory class chord progressions, or counterpoint exercises. It had previously felt like a mathematical chore. Something changed in my brain. Possibly through my diagnosis with T1D and DKA in 2011 (when I had been tested for a stroke), or after two surgeries with general anesthesia in 2018. I don’t actually know, because I didn’t sit down to try to write until 2022. My sleep quality improved drastically between 2020 and 2022 with new insulin pump technology, and I gained hours of my time back from managing my disease. So, I tried, and this is what came out. And, it keeps coming. I actually fear that it could all disappear as suddenly as it came.
Works in Progress, Works seeking Permissions
Pursuing Wonder: Reflections and Refractions from Yerkes Observatory (SSAATTBB) - Rewrite of movement 1 now uses different text by Edgar Allen Poe, in the Public Domain - but it works!
The Velveteen Rabbit (For Chamber Orchestra, Choir, and Soloists) - Work in progress for summer 2026 on beyond. It’s coming along, and I’m really having fun with the process!
His Sheep Am I (SATB) arrangement - written in loving memory of my mother. On hold under “lock and key”, waiting for Public Domain release or legal permission to use Orien Johnson’s 1956 melody and text in a derivative work.