Musical Theatre

Albums

The Call

Original Soundtrack (2024)

Composer & Performer

Turn Up The Dark

David Backshell (2023)

Keys / Synth

Codeine Dreams

David Backshell (2017)

Keys / Synth

Choral Arrangements

Hymns, Jazz arrangements

  • “We Turn To You” from Voices United 685 (2024) — Samba arrangement for piano + trumpet + bass

  • “For the Healing of the Nations” from Voices United 678 (2024) — Waltz Swing arrangement for piano + trumpet + bass

  • “As a Fire is Meant for Burning” from Voices United 578 (2024) — Afro-cuban arrangement for piano + trumpet + bass

Hymns, Instrumental Descants

  • “For All the Saints” from Voices United 705 (2024) — Trumpet

  • “God, As With Silent Hearts” from Voices United 527 (2024) — Trumpet

  • “Amazing Grace” from Voices United 266 (2024) — Trumpet

Sacred, Accompanied

  • “When The Beautiful Gates Unfold (2026) — S.A.T.B. with optional Tenor solo

  • “I Am An Earth Being” by Norman Habel (2023) — S.A.A.T.B.B. — poem set to “Morning Has Broken”

Secular, A Cappella

  • “Were You There” from an African Spiritual (2024) — S.A.T.B. with Soprano solo — commission by Trinity St. Paul United Church for Good Friday

  • “Down to the River to Pray” by Allison Krauss (2023) — S.A.T.B. with Soprano + Alto + Bass solos

Secular, Accompanied

  • “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel Like To Be Free” by Billy Taylor (2023) — S.A.T.B.

  • “Sympathy for the Devil” by Rolling Stones (2023) — S.A.T.B. with Alto + Tenor + Bass solos

  • “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables” by Claude-Michel Schönberg (2023) — S.A.T.B. with Tenor solo

  • “Roll Away Your Stone” by Mumford and Sons (2023) — S.A.T.B. with Tenor solo

  • “Into the Fire” by Bruce Springsteen (2023) — S.A.T.B.

  • “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen (2023) — S.A.T.B. with Bass solo

  • “Hurt” by Johnny Cash (2022) — S.A.T.B. with Bass solo

  • “Home” by Philip Phillips (2022) — S.S.A.T.B.

  • “Everything In Its Right Place” by Radiohead (2022) — S.A.T.B.

  • “Man in the Mirror” by Michael Jackson (2022) — S.A.A.T.B.B.