This short choral piece is for two soprano's and organ/piano.

♫ In paradisum
© Priory Records PRCD 668

This short choral piece is for SATB unaccompanied.

♫ Lacrymosa
© Priory Records PRCD 877

Peace and Unity - texts drawn from a wide range of sources, with the compelling theme of the futility of conflict and the power of unity for mankind. Duration: 30 min. For SATB chorus and orchestra (small solo parts for singers from within the choir) orch: 2,1,2,1; 2,2,0,0; timp + 2 perc, harp and strings. Commissioned by Hinsdale Township High School District, Chicago, USA, first performed 23rd March 1999.

This six-movement work for SATB voices and orchestra celebrates the themes of peace and unity to produce music of beauty, power, compassion, and great poignancy. The choral writing contains semi-chorus and solo voices from within the choir, but no separate soloists are needed. Lux perpetua (Peace and Unity) contains:
01. Requiem aeternam
02. An army marches into war
03. Light looked down
04. At dawn the ridge emerges
05. Lord, make me an instrument
06. Et lux perpetua, luceat eis

This work combines the traditional Latin words of the requiem mass with contemporary poetry by Ryland Baldwin. Duration: 26 min. For SATB chorus, baritone solo, brass (4tpts, horn, 2 tbns, tuba), timpani, 2 perc and organ. Alternative orch: 2,2,2,2; 4,2,3,1; timp+2 perc, strings) Commissioned by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Oratorio Chorus, first performed March 2003.

In May 2003, Oratorio Chorus gave the world premiere of British composer Jonathan Willcocks's From darkness to light, a work commissioned for the chorus in honor of Ryland Andrew Baldwin by Dr. and Mrs. Charles Webb Miller. The cantata sets texts from the requiem mass as well as new poetry by chorus member Ryland Baldwin. As a veteran of the Korean War, Baldwin reflects on the horrors of war based on his own experiences in Korea and a visit to Belleau Wood, the World War I American cemetery and memorial in France.