Robin Dinda

Robin Dinda, composer

DMA, FAGO, ASCAP

                                      
  Publications

 Most of Robin Dinda's publications are available from Wayne Leupold Editions:

www.wayneleupold.com

Italian Hymn (organ) in The Organist's Companion, June,  1987,       

   C. P. P. Belwin DMO 00047                                                                                                                               

Trumpet Voluntary (organ) in The Organist's Companion, Aug., 1988,                              

  C. P. P. Belwin  DMM 00054                           

Trumpet Tune (organ) in The Organist's Companion, July, 1989,

  C. P. P. Belwin  DMM 00060                                                                                                                                       

Autumn Showers (carillon), 1990,  The University of Michigan

To Him Who Loves Us, op. 1 (SATB chorus & organ), 1990, 

  Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 100013

Wondrous Love (organ) in The Organist's Companion,  May, 1990,

  C. P. P. Belwin  DMM 00065                                                                                                                                       

Victory (organ) in The Organist's Companion, Mar., 1991,

  C. P. P. Belwin  TOC 00070                                                                                                                    

Pastorella (organ) in The Organist's Companion, Nov., 1991,

  C. P. P. Belwin  TOC 00074                                                                                                                             

Five Pieces in  Contemporary Notation  (organ) in The Syracuse Collection,    

 1991, Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 600011   

I Was Glad, Op. 2  (SATB chorus & organ;  optional handbells and  band),      

  1992, Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 100017                                                           

Prayer of St. Francis,  op. 3  (SAB chorus & organ, optional treble instrument),   

  1993, Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 200001                                                                                        

    "A beautiful setting of the profound prayer, 'different' but conventional.  The

     parts are not difficult, and reflect the basic simplicity of the text.  Convenient

     page turns make a separate instrumental part unnecessary.  The organ part is

     cued for the C instrument and written so that nothing need be changed to

     play its part, thus performance without it is perfectly valid and complete. 

     True SAB music (rather than an edition of something originally in four parts),

     and some lovely writing.  Good for St. Francis Day or general occasions.  A

     fine piece by an up-and-coming American composer."  - The Journal of

     The Association of Anglican Musicians

Prayer of St. Francis,  Op. 3a   (SATB version of above), 1994,  

  Wayne Leupold Editions  WL10002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Two Settings of  "Forest Green"  (organ) in  The Organist's Companion, Nov., 1994    

 TOC 00092                                                                                                                                            

Hornpipe (organ) in First Organ Book ,1995, Wayne Leupold Editions 60005

                                                                                                                                                                                                 WL                                                                                               

Septimi Tempi, op. 4  (brass quintet and organ), 1995, 

  Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 400003                                                                                                                                     

     "This lively one-movement work is filled with scalar movement exuding joy

      and is moderately easy!" - The American Organist

      "... all fun and frolic ..." - Pipedreams  

Seasonal Hymn Preludes, Volume I: Advent (organ, 15 pieces), 1995, 

  Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 600048

  video performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VriNuB53jdg

    "This excellent volume includes settings of every major Advent hymn ...

    Dinda shows what an imaginative composer can do with purposely limited

    resources: though much of the music is more interesting than many such

    chorale preludes..., several are in only two parts, and even the louder

    pieces would not require a large instrument.  With well-known tunes in

    excellent settings, it is the best chorale prelude collection I have seen in

    quite awhile.  And, with fifteen pieces included, a good value for the

    money."  - The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians

Deo Gracias (organ),  July,  1996   The Organist's Companion TOC 9604

Nocturne  (brass quintet and organ), 1996,  Robin Dinda

  contact:  robin@robindinda.com

 score and audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmUSsePM9XY

Seasonal Hymn Preludes, Volume II: Christmas, Part 1, op. 7 (organ, 11 pieces),       1996, Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 600075       

    "This composer brings a freshness to each setting through his use of canonic

   techniques, syncopation, and jazzy rhythmic qualities.  Of special interest

   should be the setting of 'Angels We Have Heard on High'.  The third section

   of this partita uses interesting harmonies and syncopation to bring a smile to

   the listener's face.  The last two pieces in this set are rousing scherzo-like

   works that will have your congregation asking for more.  This volume

   contains pieces that range from easy to moderate." - The Diapason   

Max Cat Rag,  op. 6  (organ duo), 1997, Wayne Leupold Editions   WL 700029

    "A perfect program ice-breaker or encore, a definite crowd-pleaser.  All you

   need is another set of talented hands and good rhythm."  - OHS catalog

         video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yshSA0EhSzc

Seasonal Hymn Preludes Volume III:  Christmas,  part 2, op. 8 (organ,  12  pieces),  

  1997,  Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 600098

Bear One Another's  Burdens, op. 9 (SATB chorus, unaccompanied),  1998,  

   Wayne Leupold Editions   WL 100040

Take My Life and Let It Be, op. 10 (SATB chorus & organ), 1998, 

  Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 100041

Seasonal Hymn Preludes Volume IV: Christmas,  part 3, op. 11 (organ, 13 pieces), 

   1998, Wayne Leupold Editions   WL  600098                                                                                                                                    

Nibs and Nobs, Rag for Organ, Op. 12 (organ), 2000,  

  Wayne Leupold Editions,  WL  700027                 

  video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKmajbu0s- 8                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (organ), 2000, in Discover the Organ;

    Modern Keyboard Technique,  Level 2, Wayne Leupold Editions, WL600085

Seasonal Hymn Preludes Volume V: Epiphany, Op. 13 (organ, 12 pieces), 2000,    

    Wayne Leupold Editions   WL 600134

   video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVSUxgqI04&t=932s

Ev'ry  Time I Feel the Spirit, Op. 14 (organ), 2002,  

  Wayne Leupold Editions  WL  600159                                                                                                                                                                

Suite Ayla, op. 15 (organ), 2002,  Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 600152

Dinosauria,  op 16  (narrator & organ, verses by Robin Dinda), 2002, 

   Wayne Leupold Editions WL 600151         

Joy to the World,  Sacred Suite  (Meditation & Rondo) in Bb Major (organ),      

  2002,  In Discover the Organ; Basic Organ Repertoire, Level 3A,

  Wayne Leupold Editions WL 600073

Ripples, Matins, Joy to the World, Of the Father’s Love Begotten (organ), in        

    Discover the Organ; Modern Keyboard Technique, Level 3A, 2002, 

    Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 600086                                                                            

Twilight Reverie; Little Jazz Prelude; Bipolar Order (organ) 2002, in      

  Discover the Organ; Modern Keyboard Technique, Level 3B   

  Wayne Leupold Editions   WL 600161                                                                                                                                                                                                     

 Charlie Dog Blues, op. 17  (organ duo), 2004, Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 700034

   video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkZ78_KCs0U 

Seasonal Hymn Preludes Volume VI: Lent, Holy Week, op. 18 (organ, 12 pieces),         

   2004  Wayne Leupold Editions WL 600179                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   "Four of these twelve hymn settings are for manuals only. Many feature hymn

    tunes with either baroque-style counterpoint or romantic-style chordal

    accompaniments, along with a blues arrangement of  “Were You There” and

    a passacaglia on the Passion Chorale. A welcome addition to Dinda’s

    series."  - Reformed Worship

Kiara Pig Jig, op. 19 (organ duo), 2006,  Wayne Leupold Editions   WL 700042                                                                               

    Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoDzAkjwhus

Santa Got a Tummy Tuck, op. 20 (SATB chorus), 2006,  

  Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 100063          

  Santa deals with his midlife crisis in this parody of "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas"

   Video (TTBB): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9-4wZZdch4

Autumn Showers (carillon) (New printing of 1990 publication), 2006,

   Guild of Carillonneurs in North America  2006-C8        

Santa Got a Tummy Tuck, op. 20a (TTBB chorus), 2007,  

  Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 100063a      

   Video (TTBB): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9-4wZZdch4    

Were You There? (keyboard), 2007, in The Keyboardist’s Year, Jan., 2007     

  Wayne Leupold Editions WL 630002                                                                                        

Easter Hymn (keyboard), in The Keyboardist’s Year, Mar., 2007

    Wayne Leupold Editions   WL 630003                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

The Five Fingers; Once to Every Man and Nation; Musette; Holy, Holy, Holy;        

   O filii et filiae;  Ah, Dearest Jesus; March; Emerald Green;  Hornpipe (reprint);

   (organ), 2007, in First Organ Book, second edition  Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 600053    

 Nicea (organ), in The Keyboardist's Year, May, 2007, Wayne Leupold Editions WL630004                                                                                                                                                                                                              Keyboard                                                                                                    May, 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Ein’ Feste Burg, (keyboard), in The Keyboardist's Year,  September, 2007,                          

    Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 630006                                                                                               

 Wondrous Love  (keyboard), in The Keyboardist’s Year, January, 2008          

     Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 630008                                                                                                                            

Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit (keyboard), in The Keyboardist’s Year, May, 2008,    

   Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 630010                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Go, Tell It on the Mountain (keyboard), in The Keyboardist’s Year, November, 2008,      

   Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 630013                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Seasonal Hymn Preludes, Vol. 7: Easter & Easter Season, Op. 21 (organ, 13 pieces),

    2008, Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 600145

 Why the Chimes Rang, op. 22 (organ and narrator), 2008, 

   Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 600107     

  "The story is a winner, and Robin Dinda has worked out an excellent presentation...The  

  whole is cleverly bound together, with just the right amount of music and story, and it's

  not too long, so there's no danger of the children losing interest.  What a perfect vehicle to

 introduce your Sunday school children to the organ."  - The American Organist, July, 2009 

Just As I Am (keyboard), in The Organist’s Companion, January, 2010,

    Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 620028                                                            

Kiya Pup Strut, op. 23 (organ), 2010,  Wayne Leupold Editions   WL 700048

     video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Gsm2kHVDg

Overture to The Barber of Seville (transcription for organ duo), 2010,

    Wayne Leupold Editions  WL 700049    

  "This will make a real hit on any recital.  Organists and laymen will be bowled

  over hearing this on the  organ.  It is exquisitely arranged to prevent bruising,

  and independent parts are not difficult - just very fast.  In lieu of registration, the

  orchestral instrumentation is indicated so the players can adapt it to whatever organ

  they are working with."  - The American Organist, January, 2011

Wondrous Love  (keyboard), in The Organist’s Companion, January, 2011

   Wayne Leupold Editions    WL620033                                                                                                

This Little Light of Mine, Variations on an American Spiritual, Op. 24  (organ),      

     In The Greensboro Collection, 2011 Wayne Leupold Editions   WL600266

Organ Concerto #1, op. 25 (organ and string orchestra), 2011,  Wayne Leupold Editions

    Written for the 2011 Region IV AGO convention in Greensboro, NC.

    Full score and live performance may be experienced on YouTube here

Kremser (We Gather Together) (keyboard), in The Organist’s Companion, September,

   2011 Wayne Leupold Editions  WL620038                      

Casey at the Bat, op. 26 (organ and narrator), 2012, Wayne Leupold Editions   WL600277

   Winning composition in the 2012 Kotzschmar Centennial Competition for Organ

   Demonstrators.  Composed for the centenary of the Kotzschmar Organ, Merrill

   Auditorium, City Hall, Portland, Maine.                                                                                                                                 

   "Dinda blended the chromatically rising figures heard at any major-league stadium,

   the musical descriptions of the action such as a theater organ would provide for a silent

   movie, and a clever set of variations on Take Me out to the Ball Game... It seems safe to

   predict that this piece will have an appreciative audience anywhere there are diehard

   sports fans - which is to say, anywhere in the U.S."  - The Boston Musical Intelligencer,

  Aug, 24, 2012

Lobe den Herren (Praise to the Lord, the Almighty) (keyboard), in The Organist’s         

   Companion, March, 2012   Wayne Leupold Editions  WL620041             

Variations on Yankee Doodle (keyboard), in The Organist’s Companion, July, 2012  

    Wayne Leupold Editions   WL620043   

I’m Goin’-a Sing (Keyboard), in The Organist’s Companion, May, 2013

   Wayne Leupold Editions    WL620048

Seasonal Hymn Preludes, Vol. 8,  Pentecost and Ascension, op. 27  (organ, 11 pieces), 2014,

  Wayne Leupold Editions  WL600281

  Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Lmnqnyh0k&t=122s

It's All about the Dog, op. 28 (organ duo), 2014, Wayne Leupold Editions, WL700051

O Come, O Come Emmanuel   Keyboard, 2014, in The Organist’s Companion,

    November, 2014     Wayne Leupold Editions  WL620057

Concertino No. 1, for organ and string quartet, 2015, Robin Dinda

   Contact: rwdinda@verizon.net

   Live performance with score: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fcoz2RicTI

The Harmonious Blacksmith, op. 29 (organ duo), 2016, Wayne Leupold Editions, WL700053

The Liberty Bell March (J. P. Sousa, arranged for organ duo), 2016, Wayne Leupold Editions,

   WL700054

Flute Toot  (organ), 2018, in The Organist’s Companion, May, 2018

  Wayne Leupold Editions  WL620072

Ride on! Ride on in Majesty (organ), 2018, in The Organist's Companion, March, 2018

     Wayne Leupold Editions WL620077

Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise (organ), 2018, in The Organist's Companion, May, 2018

    Wayne Leupold Editions WL627008

Materna (organ), 2018, in The Organist's Companion, July, 2018

   Wayne Leupold Editions WL620079

Seasonal Hymn Preludes, Vol. 9, Trinity and Trinity Season,  op. 30 (organ, 10 pieces),     2018, Wayne Leupold Editions, WL600318

Kremser (organ), 2018, in The Organist's Companion, September, 2018

   Wayne Leupold Editions

Hymn to Joy (organ), 2019, in The Organist's Companion, January, 2019

   Wayne Leupold Editions, WL 620082

Tumpet Melody  (organ), 2019, in The Organist's Companion, July, 2019

   Wayne Leupold Editions, WL620085    

 Seasonal Hymn Preludes, vol. 10, op. 31: Thanksgiving (organ, 8 pieces),

   Leupold Editions LE600336

Seasonal Hymn Preludes, vol. 11, op. 32 : All Saints/Christ the King (organ, 10 pieces)

   2020, Leupold Editions LE6000341

 

 The Halloween Ball, op. 33 (organ & narrator; verses by Robin Dinda)

   2020, Leupold Editions LE600344

  

A Visit from St. Nicholas (organ and narrator), pending, Wayne Leupold Editions    

 Come, You Lofty, Come, You Lowly (SAB chorus & keyboard)

   2020The Sacred Music Press 10/5439S-2

Robin Dinda's organ duos (works for four hands and four feet) have become standard repertory and have been performed and recorded by numerous organists worldwide. 

Seasonal Hymn Preludes is a long-term project that will conclude at around 15-17 total volumes. Currently it stands at eleven volumes containing a total of 127 preludes, emerging as one of the largest and most significant hymn prelude collections by a living composer.  The pieces in each volume are arranged according to difficulty so the performer can turn to the part of each volume that best matches the available practice time (or sight-reading ability!) The colorful covers match the color of the liturgical season.