Music is a pure creative act

I experience creating music as a deep need of the soul.

If I don’t compose, I feel incomplete, like something essential is missing. I must compose to find peace in my heart.

Of course, I would love for people to listen to and appreciate my music, but I need to create it even if it’s just for myself. It soothes the pain I feel in my soul when I don’t transform my feelings into new compositions.

What do you have to expect from my music?

When I compose, I strive diligently to transpose the images, thoughts, and feelings “hidden” within the text into the harmonies of my pieces.

In essence, you’ll encounter a blend of old-style descriptive and evocative music with a contemporary flavor.

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You can view and listen to my original scores on MusicSpoke or JW Pepper Music

My music library

A Leuconoe

for SATB choir and Piano
Text by Quintus Horatius Flaccus

Carpe diem ...I have been deeply inspired by the beautiful lyrics of Quintus Horatius Flaccus. I loved the melanchonic...

A riveder le stelle

for SATB a cappella choir
Text by Dante Alighieri

With this piece I tried to express my feelings of hope thinking about the end of all the bad moments of our...

Abbandonare il giorno

for SSATTB a cappella choir
Poem by Elisa Gastaldon

This composition is inspired by a deep and somewhat melancholic text by Elisa Gastaldon. It is a sweet and reflective...

Amazing Tales

for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by Giulio De Carlo

We'd love to sing, to run, to stay with people. Maybe we feel the winter in our heart, yet. I say, with all...

America

for Piano

This piano piece was written in memory of my great-grandfather, Maestro Riccardo De Carlo, who left Italy...

Angele Dei

for SATTBB a cappella choir
Text from Liturgy

This is a joyful and solemn version of the very famous prayer "Angele Dei". You can perform...

Angels we have heard on high

for SATB a cappella choir and two soloists
Text: Traditional French (English adaptation by James Chadwick)

At Midnight

for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by Sara Teasdale

The wonderful poem "At Midnight" by Sara Teasdale shows the true meaning of Life: nothing is ever ended and...

Ave Maria

for SSAA a cappella choir
Text from Liturgy

This is my version for female choir of the most famous prayer dedicated to the Holy Virgin Mary...

Ave Maria

for children's choir (SA) and Piano
Text from Liturgy

This simple composition aims to joyfully convey the sentiments associated with the famous Christian prayer...

Ave Maria gratïa plena

for double choir a cappella (SSA + SSATB)
Text from Laudario di Cortona n. 91 (excerpts from Lauda V)

Lauda V of the Laudario di Cortona (n. 91) has come to...

Ave Regina coelorum

for TTBB a cappella choir
Text from Liturgy

Ave Regina coelorum is a deep and sweet prayer dedicated to Mary, the mother of Christ...

Ave verum corpus

for SATB a cappella choir
Text from Liturgy

This is my setting of the famous prayer "Ave verum corpus". With this piece I want to convey the faith that so many...

Before the ice is in the pools

for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by Emily Dickinson

This composition interprets Emily Dickinson's poem with a focus on the sense of anticipation for what...

Brother

for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by William Blake

I composed this piece for my brother Raffaele’s 40th birthday, reflecting on our relationship which...

Burning lights

for Flute Orchesta

Official anthem of the Magna Graecia Flute Choir, commissioned by the late Maestro Sebastiano Valentino...

Cantate Domino

for SATB a cappella choir
Text from Liturgy

The piece is joyful and challenging and throught it I wanted to convey all my feelings of gratitude....

Crying soul

for String Quartet

This single-movement composition is characterized by its nervous, tense, and energetic...

Da mi basia mille

for SATB choir and Piano
Text by Gaius Valerius Catullus

I had my inspiration from one of the most famous poems of Catullus. It reflects on how fleeting our existence is....

De profundis

for SATB a cappella choir
Text from Psalm 130 (129)

This is my second musical setting of Psalm 130, a text I find profoundly inspiring. In this composition, I aimed...

De profundis

for SATB choir and piano
Text from Liturgy

The Redemption is the end of a dialogue that takes place in the De Profundis with God...

Deep Blue

for SATB choir and piano
Poem by Giulio De Carlo

The song speaks about the complicated relationship between man and God and tries to show...

Descendit de cælis

for SSATB a cappella choir
Text from Liturgy

To descend from the heavens means to abandon eternity and to encounter space-time...

Divino

for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by Elisa Gastaldon

A child, the mild wind, a bud ... small things that bring into themselves the force of the divine...

È una sorgente

for children's choir (SA) and Piano
Poem by Elisa Gastaldon

This composition, inspired by Elisa Gastaldon's text, conveys the joy and wonder of knowing oneself as...

Ecce Rex

for SATB a cappella choir
Text from Liturgy

This antiphon inaugurates the Novena of Christmas and presents Jesus as a King who carries...

Ecco viene Natale

for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by Elisa Gastaldon

The feast of Christmas brings with it feelings of intimate joy, which travels from the comet star.

Echi del Nord

for SATB choir, Piano and Flute
Mute chorus

I have composed this song for choir, piano and flute for my brother's wedding. The music tries...

Eternal life

for SATB a cappella choir
Text from Gospel of John

Jesus said to her: "I am the resurrection and the life.The one who believes in me will live, even though...

Eternity

for SATB choir and Piano
Poem by Emily Dickinson

As if the Sea should part And show a further Sea a And that a a further a and the Three But...

First snow

for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by Marianna De Carlo

First snow describes contrasting feelings arising from the sight of the first snow of the year...

Five short spacial movements

SATB/TTBB/SSAA and Strings
Mute chorus

Some time ago I composed five pieces for a competetion organized by Eric Whitacre and Spitfire Audio...

Flower crown

for Violin and Piano

This piece explores the relationship between two women: one young and one older. It reveals...

Flying in the night

for Alto Sax and Piano

This piece was inspired by a dream of flying swiftly over the city at night, initially constrained...

Forgotten

for SATB with divisi, accompained by piano and percussions
Poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri

For this piece I reflected on the countless individuals who have lived on this planet over the...

Hope is the thing with feathers

for SAB a cappella choir
Poem by Emily Dickinson

The power of the feeling of Hope meets the sweetness and depth of Emily Dickinson's thought. I tried to...

Il sol del sole

for children's choir (Unison) and Piano
Poem by Elisa Gastaldon

This piece is the result of a collaboration with the dear Elisa Gastaldon, who gifted me another extraordinary text...

In Paradisum

for Soprano Solo and Organ
Text from Liturgy

This is my musical setting of the antiphon from the Requiem Mass for soprano solo and organ. Inspired by...

Indigo vertigo

for SATB choir and Piano
Poem by Giulio De Carlo

The song is about the pain of all the people who lives a life that they don't feel as the...

Inno alla pace

for children's choir (Unison) and Piano
Poem by Elisa Gastaldon

This piece is born from a synergy of forces: starting from Elisa Gastaldon's text, I created a piece that is dark...

Into the Orange

for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by Giulio De Carlo

The song gives voice to my son, a nonverbal child suffering from an autistic spectrum disorder...

Jubilate Deo

for SATB a cappella choir
Text from Liturgy

This is a joyful and engaging sacred piece, suitable for a concert. It wants to convey the joy of living...

L’aquilone

for children's choir (SA) and Piano
Poem by Giulio De Carlo

La mia gattina Dafne

for children's choir (SA) and Piano
Poem by Maruska Mauro

The text of an owner in love with her kitten inspired this composition, which reflects on the simple things in life...

Lights of Hope

for TTBB a cappella choir
Poem by Santiago Veros

When pain and fatigue seem to take over, we must remember that the force of Hope is a powerful light...

Lullaby to my children

for SATB a cappella choir and Piano
Poem by Giulio De Carlo

This lullaby was composed for my children when they were young and is dedicated to all the children of...

My dear Life

for SATB with divisi, accompained by a string quartet
Poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri

The composition explores the power of life, revealing its warm light to someone who initially found it...

Nunc Dimittis

for SATB a cappella choir
Text from Liturgy

Simeon, according to the Gospel of Luke, "was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation...

O Adonai

for SSA a cappella choir
Text from Liturgy

O Adonai ("O Lord") is the second of the major antiphons of Advent, on whose text I wrote this...

O magnum mysterium

for SATB a cappella choir
Text from Liturgy

The mystery of an infinite God who becomes so small that he finds refuge in the womb...

O Sapientia

for SATB a cappella choir
Text from Liturgy

The first of the seven major antiphons of Advent, "O Sapientia", recognizes in Jesus the impersonation...

Oceani Nuovi

for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by Elisa Gastaldon

The words of the text accompany us in a journey that from the fallen stars of the sky leads us to...

On a Columnar Self

for TTBB a cappella choir
Poem by Emily Dickinson

I composed this piece titled "On a Columnar Self," inspired by Emily Dickinson's poem...

Reges Tharsis

for SATB choir, children's choir
and Brass Ensemble
Text from Psalm 71 (Vulgate)

This is my musical setting of Psalm 71 for mixed choir, children's choir, and brass ensemble. I aimed...

Regina coeli

for SSA a cappella choir
Text from Liturgy

This a piece for SSA. Because of the difficult historical moment, I was looking for something...

Rorate coeli desuper

for SATB a cappella choir
Text from Liturgy

In this piece, I aimed to convey the anticipation of salvation from above, expressing a heartfelt...

San Martino

for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by Giosuè Carducci

Transposition for mixed choir of the composition by Giosuè Carducci. Nature can be hostile...

Secret talks between two lonely hearts

(Emperor Xuanzong dreams
of meeting Yang Guifei)
for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by Marianna De Carlo

I started composing this piece after I discovered the wonderful tale of the Emperor Xuanzong...

She my nostalgia

for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by Giulio De Carlo

Can love be synonymous with nostalgia? Yes, if it represents the will to be at home, in the...

Sulle vie della Pace

for SATB choir, Children’s choir,
piano and optional string quartet
Text from Isaiah 2, 3-5

The text of the composition, an adaptation of a passage from the prophet Isaiah on the...

The hidden garden

for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by Giulio De Carlo

A person dissatisfied with his life wishes to be taken away by Music to wonderful worlds that he hopes will be...

Under the moon

for children's choir (SA) and Piano
Poem by Maruska Mauro

The journey of hope of a child fleeing his homeland on a boat to seek happiness elsewhere is told...

Violet dreams – Nekomata

for SATB choir and Piano
Non-sense poem by Giulio De Carlo

Have you ever heard about Nekomata? It is a “yōkai”, a supernatural being of Japanese culture. It looks like a...

Will there really be a morning?

for SSAATTBB a cappella choir
Poem by Emily Dickinson

This piece for SSAATTBB is inspired to the wonderful poem by Emily Dickinson. I have chosen...

Winter Stars

for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by Sara Teasdale

In ‘Winter Stars’ Teasdale speaks on themes of change, aging, and the universe. Through very...

You are all one in Christ Jesus

for SATB a cappella choir
Text from the Epistle to the Galatians

These wonderful words by Saint Paul inspired this piece of mine, that wants to sing all the human kind...

You my soul

for SATB a cappella choir
Poem by Sappho

Even if with a few words, Sappho is able to express all the strenght of the Love: the breath of the beloved...