latest albums

A Christmas Carol (2021)

This innovative new album from the GRAMMY®-nominated Skylark Vocal Ensemble, under the direction of Matthew Guard, features acclaimed storyteller Sarah Walker and a new score from Benedict Sheehan based on traditional carols and folksongs. The music is treated as an integral narrative element, weaving through and around the story so that story and song become an inseparable whole.

“Spellbinding… glorious exultation… Skylark, Walker, and Sheehan make this most familiar and shop-worn tale seem as if it’s being heard anew” — Textura

Vespers (2021)

2022 AMERICAN PRIZE WINNER - Choral Conducting

Inspired by Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, Benedict Sheehan’s unique Vespers expands the genre of Eastern Orthodox choral music. Full-length Psalms and hymns are adorned with rich harmonies, all undergirded with a deep understanding of beauty, faith, and humanity.

“A masterpiece… It is not too early to add Benedict Sheehan to any list of choral composers and conductors to watch in the 21st century. There seems to be no limit to his melodic and harmonic inventiveness and his ability to use music as a medium for expressing spirituality or, if you prefer, strong emotional feelings grounded in intelligence and tradition” —ConcertoNet

Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (2020)

2022 GRAMMY® NOMINEE - Best Choral Performance

Benedict Sheehan’s Liturgy builds on the Slavic musical tradition to offer a 21st-century American take on a centuries-old sound world. Called “a new standard for excellence on the American choral landscape” (The Living Church Magazine), the Sheehan Liturgy is quickly becoming a staple piece of repertoire for choirs around the country.

“Sheehan has crafted a masterpiece which, while grounded in both the rich liturgical traditions of Russian Orthodoxy and the luminous Liturgy settings of Rachmaninoff, Gretchaninoff and others, speaks with a fresh and distinctive voice” —Craig Hella Johnson