emersoneads

September 8, 2026 Emerson Eads’s recording review of Donald Nally and The Crossing’s recent recording, Rigwreck, featuring the music of Gabriel Jackson, appears in the October 2026 issue of ACDA’s Choral Journal. Read the review and listen to the recording below.

September 6, 2026 Black Wolf: A Passion Cantata, by Emerson Eads with a libretto by David Hunsaker, was named a Finalist and Honorable Mention in The American Prize for Large Choral Works (2026). Commissioned by William Todd Hunt and The Orpheus Project, Black Wolf was premiered in Juneau, Alaska, in 2021. The performance featured Vox Borealis and the Amalga Chamber Orchestra, conducted by William Todd Hunt, with Sara Radke Brown serving as Chorus Master and librettist David Hunsaker as...

August 25, 2026 Medium voice setting of this great hymn for violin, cello, piano, published by North Star Music! Originally written for my wife Abbie when she was music director of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Seattle.