Christopher Cooley began composing in 2008, and his Christmas piece, Il Canto della Rosa for soprano, piano, chorus, and orchestra, was premiered in Busseto, Italy that year.  Unsubdued, his second original choral piece, was premiered 

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in May 2011 by the Vanguard Voices in Detroit as the recipient of an Honorable Mention in the Vanguard Premieres Choral Composition Contest.  The Vanguard Voices also premiered his Christmas Blessing, which is now available for purchase from JW Pepper, and his Garden of Love, which is now available from PeerMusic, a division of Hal Leonard.  Click the videos below to listen.