Jeffrey Bernstein

Jeffrey Bernstein is a California-based composer, conductor, pianist and educator. He is founding director of the Pasadena Master Chorale and artistic director of the Los Angeles Daiku and was for eleven years director of choral music at Occidental College. Bernstein holds music degrees from Harvard, Yale and UCLA. He has led choirs on fourteen tours of four continents and traveled extensively as a guest conductor, directing choirs and orchestras in Europe, Japan and throughout this country.

Recently premiered works include Dreams of Japan with the Tokushima Symphony, Fukushima Requiem with the Los Angeles Daiku Orchestra, and The Human Journey, commissioned and premiered by the L.A. Choral Lab.

Bernstein performs solo concerts of improvised piano music has released three piano albums: PianoJournals (2012), Clear Mind Calm Water (2015) and The Desert House (2015). A committed educator and strong advocate for children, Bernstein maintains a private studio and is on staff at the Pasadena Waldorf School, where he creates improvised piano music for young people.

Choral Music by Jeffrey Bernstein

Title/Info
21st Century 23rd Psalm for mixed choir and piano by Jeffrey Bernstein • 3'50"

Await Light for mixed choir and piano by Jeffrey Bernstein • 4'25"

Be Thou My Vision for mixed choir a cappella by Jeffrey Bernstein • 2'

California (equal voice version) for 2-part chorus of equal voices and piano by Jeffrey Bernstein • 3'	An original song the lovingly evokes images of the Golden State.
An original song the lovingly evokes images of the Golden State.
California (S/A version) for 2-part treble chorus and piano by Jeffrey Bernstein • 2'50"	An original song about the Golden State.
An original song about the Golden State.
Circumnavigation of the World for Mixed Choir and Horn by Jeffrey Bernstein • 5'

Elegy On The Death Of Leonard Bernstein for mixed choir a cappella by Jeffrey Bernstein • 1'30"

Hamabe No Uta for mixed choir and piano by Jeffrey Bernstein • 2'30"

Kojo No Tsuki for mixed choir and piano by Jeffrey Bernstein •

Loch Lomond for mixed choir a cappella by Jeffrey Bernstein • 4'

O Holy Night for mixed choir and piano by Jeffrey Bernstein • 4'50"

O Waly Waly for mixed chorus and piano by Jeffrey Bernstein • 3:30

Pablo Neruda In Love for mixed choir and piano by Jeffrey Bernstein • 7'25"

Sakura for mixed choir and piano by Jeffrey Bernstein • 2'45"

Shenandoah for mixed choir and piano by Jeffrey Bernstein • 2'55"

Silent Night for mixed choir a cappella by Jeffrey Bernstein • 2'40"

The Elm At The Crossroads for mixed choir a cappella by Jeffrey Bernstein • 4'50"

The Garden of Love for mixed choir and piano by Jeffrey Bernstein • 5'	A setting of William Blake’s poem “The Garden of Love”, from Songs of Experience.
A setting of William Blake’s poem “The Garden of Love”, from Songs of Experience.
The Human Journey for SATB divided choir, piano, cello and timpani by Jeffrey Bernstein • 12'

Tonight I Can Write for mixed choir a cappella by Jeffrey Bernstein • 5'

Twilight Of The Year for SAB Choir and Piano by Jeffrey Bernstein • 3'

Wayfarin’ Stranger for lower voices a cappella by Jeffrey Bernstein • 3'	TTB American folksong arrangement
TTB American folksong arrangement

Music for Solo Voice by Jeffrey Bernstein


The Banishment Of Rhyme And Reason for solo voices and piano by Jeffrey Bernstein

Music for other instruments by Jeffrey Bernstein


Phoenix by Jeffrey Bernstein • 10'