Works Catalogue

Adam’s music spans sacred choral works and emotionally vivid chamber music - written for the voice, piano, and ensemble in both liturgical and concert settings.

Liturgical/Concert Choral Works

(SATB unless otherwise noted)

*Original text by the composer

^Available for premiere

• Choral Music

  • O Word Made Flesh of Mary (2026)

    SATB hymn for Communion procession (feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria feast)

    Duration: ~4:20

    • Status: Premiered in liturgy with St. Cyril’s Traditional Choir - Feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria (June 28, 2026), St. Cyril of Alexandria Parish, Houston

    • Based on original hymn text and tune by the composer. Written for liturgical use in the Feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria, emphasizing the mystery of the Incarnation and Marian theology of Theotokos.

  • Whence Comes This Rush of Wings (2025)

    For SA high school treble choir with piano accompaniment

    Duration: ~2:15

    • Status: Premiered with St. Francis Episcopal School - 12/11/2025

    • Based on Whence comes this rush of wings, with new introduction, harmonic treatment, and extensive accompaniment by the composer.

  • Ave Maria (2025)

    For SAB high school choir (a cappella)

    Duration: ~1:45

    • Status: Premiered with St. John XXIII College Preparatory High School - 3/25/2026

  • He Opened Not His Mouth (2025) ^*

    Passiontide SATB motet (large chorus and piano/organ edition and hymn edition)

    Duration:

    • Concert version: ~7:00

      • Status: Applications for performance are considered annually

    • Hymn version: 5:00

      • Status: Premiered with St. Cyril’s Traditional Choir - Palm Sunday 11 AM Mass - 3/29/2026

  • Magnificat (2025) ^

    SATB - large chorus, and piano

    Duration: ~6:30

    • Status: In preparation

  • Queen of High Heaven (2025)

    SATB large chorus ^

    Duration: ~2:45

    • Status: Applications for performance are considered annually

  • Anima Christi (2024)

    SATB chorus ^

    Duration: ~ 4:12

    • Status: Applications for performance are considered annually

  • Nunc Dimittis (2023)

    SATB chorus and piano

    Duration: ~ 4:00

    • Status: Recorded

  • Set Me as a Seal (2023)

    SSATB small ensemble arrangement

    Duration: ~ 3:30

    • Status: Recorded (self-produced)

  • The Lord Bless You and Keep You (2023)

    SATB chorus

    Duration: ~ 1:20

    • Status: Performed in liturgy

  • O Vos Omnes (2023)

    SATB chorus

    Duration: ~ 2:30

    • Status: Performed in liturgy

  • Be it Unto Me (2023)

    SATB large chorus (available in concert edition ^, abridged, and further abridged single-page edition^)

    Duration:

    • Concert version: ~7:00

      • Status: Applications for performance are considered annually

    • Abridged version: 5:00

      • Status: Performed in liturgy

    • Single-page version: ~1:30

      • Status: Applications for performance are considered annually

  • Salutations to the Sacred Heart (2022)

    SATB chorus

    Duration: ~ 3:45

    • Status: Performed in liturgy

  • Agnus Dei (2020)

    SSAATTBB chorus (octet)

    Duration: ~ 2:19

    • Status: Performed in liturgy, recorded via virtual choir.

• Hymns

  • Transform Our Hearts - Original hymn text and tune with descant*

  • Justice and Mercy - Original hymn text and tune*

• Psalm Settings (Logo(s)-Centric Psalms)

  • Psalm 104(Lord, Send Out Your Spirit) – Setting for Easter Vigil and Pentecost for cantor and piano

  • Psalm 42 (Like a Deer) – Setting for Easter Vigil for cantor and piano

  • Psalm 114 (I Will Walk in the Presence of God) – Setting for cantor and piano

  • Psalm 138 (In the Sight of the Angels) – Setting for cantor and piano

  • Psalm 54 (The Lord Upholds My Life) – Setting for cantor and piano

  • Psalm 30 (I Will Praise You Lord) – Setting for cantor and piano

  • Psalm 18 (I Love You Lord, My Strength) –Setting for two cantors and piano

  • Psalm 90 (Fill Us With Your Love, Oh Lord) – Setting for cantor and piano

  • Psalm 139(I Give You Thanks) – Setting for cantor and piano

• Solo Vocal Works

  • Sacred

    • You Are There (text based on Psalm 139) - solo soprano and Piano

    • The Christmas Rose (text: Cecil Day-Lewis) - solo soprano and Piano

    • Christmas Carol (text: Paul Laurence Dunbar) - solo soprano and Piano

  • Art Song

    • Blood and Water

      • Aunt Helen (text: T.S. Eliot)

      • Cousin Nancy (text: T.S. Eliot)

      • The Piano (text: D.H. Lawrence)

    • Rhapsody de Profundis

      • Alone (text: Edgar Allan Poe)

      • For John Clare (text: John Ashbery)

      • Invocation to Man Who Became the Body of History (text: Karol Wojtyla)

• Instrumental Works

  • Tarantella (solo piano)

  • Dialogues (Shakuhachi and piano)

  • Nocturne for Cello and Piano

  • “Espressivo” indeterminate work for large ensemble ^

  • Piano Trio in D minor

    • I. Allegro

    • II. Adagio Funebre

    • III. Andante - Allegro - Largo

  • 4 O’Clock Piano Suite

    • I. Chorale

    • II. Waiting

    • III. Surgery

• Arrangements & Editions

  (For church and concert use)

  • Eia Mater Fons Amoris (Paul Mealor)

    • Reduction for soprano and piano by Adam Vincent Clay (approved by the composer)

  • Traditional Be Thou My Vision (with melody from Here I Am, Lord)

    • Arrangement for solo piano by Adam Vincent Clay

  • An Die Musik (Schubert)

    • Version A: Soprano, Flute, and Piano

      • Version B: Two Sopranos, Baritone, Flute, and Piano