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BLACK WOLF: A Passion Cantata was selected as a National Finalist in the 2026 American Prize in Composition for Major Works. Created in collaboration with Alaskan screenwriter, author, and playwright Dave Hunsaker, Black Wolf: A Passion Cantata was premiered by the Orpheus Project in Juneau, Alaska, in February 2022. Here's an excerpt: Here was a writeup in the Juneau Empire about the cantata.

Assembled faculty for Birdsongs recording. From left to right: Emerson Eads, Abbie Eads, David Dillard, Yuko Kato, Chris Butler, Dick Kelley, Chris Walczak MUSIC AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE HERE Program note: Birdsongs was written for my wife, Abbie Eads, a cellist and conductor whose artistry, spirit, and love of birds have shaped my life immeasurably. The texts are drawn from the collected drawings and poems of children imprisoned in the Terezín Concentration Camp between 1942 a

Alaskan classical guitarist and DMA candidate at the University of Memphis, Andrew Manka, commissioned Emerson Eads to write a piece for choir and guitar. They both settled on the text by the legendary Alaskan poet, Robert Service, Breath is Enough. Breath is Enough had its world premiere at the University of Memphis at the beginning of this month with Andrew playing guitar. Concert poster for Andrew Manka's Doctoral Classical Guitar Recital

May 5, 2026 Emerson Eads article Empathy and Musical Dialogue in James Buonemani's Missa Miamiensis is published in the June/July issue of the American Choral Directors Association Choral Journal. You can listen to Missa Miamiensis here.