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This expressive setting of text from Much Ado About Nothing showcases skilful word painting throughout, while poignant melodies are contrasted with uplifting passages to tell the stirring story of hea...

This heartworming setting of words from A Midsummer Night's Dream features all the hallmarks of Quartel's signature style, with uplifting melodies and a supportive, accessible piano accompaniment. Ori...

From the collection Anthems for SA and Men, 'Fill your hearts with joy and gladness' is an uplifting anthem by Sarah Quartel, scored for SA & men with organ/piano. With text by Timothy Dudley-Smith, t...

From the collection Love Songs, 'At April' sets a text by American activist Angelina Weld Grimké. Scored for SATB and piano, and featuring a driving accompaniment, this piece is a wild dance of spring...

From the collection Love Songs, 'Clinging' explores a woman's experiences of losing love, both past and present. Scored for SATB and piano, its use of discords creates a sense of poignancy while the o...

From the collection Love Songs, 'Looking at each other' sets a text by renowned poet Muriel Rukeyser. Scored for SATB and piano, this piece uses paired voices and parallel thirds to explore the image...

From the collection Love Songs, 'Dirty No Gooder Blues' is a raucous composition which pays homage to world-renowned blues singer and lyricist Bessie Smith. Scored for SATB and piano, it features Smit...

This arrangement of a traditional American spiritual conjures a deep fervency, belying its simple appearance. The opening instruction is 'With hushed awe', and that encapsulates perfectly the gentle r...

The three-movement Music of the Stars offers an enlightening commentary on music's power to console and uplift in challenging times. Characterful string writing accompanies engaging vocal lines, with...

This heartfelt setting of words by the composer, with lush harmonies, moments of dynamic intensity, and an overriding sense of awe, would make an ideal centrepiece for a Christmas or Epiphany concert...

Ian Crawford breathes new life into this traditional American tune by employing a bluegrass-inspired style, jaunty syncopations, and an upbeat tempo. This flexible arrangement is accommodating and idi...

A haunting depiction of the 'magic made by melody . . . Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep', from a poem by Elizabeth Bishop. Instrumental parts for the original version (SATB and strings) are av...

This work was written around 1940, placing it near the beginning of a series of Clarke's late compositions. It both looks forward to her lean, linear, avowedly modern conceptions and backwards to work...

Through a compilation of texts, this life-affirming work explores our fractured relationship with the natural world and nature's capacity for renewal. Dudley has crafted a compelling dialogue between...

Come Back Like the Sea sets a Sara Teasdale poem that uses the metaphor of the ocean's tide to symbolize life's ups and downs. The music captures the sea imagery and sense of yearning with a captivati...

This optimistic piece is characterized by catchy, singable melodies and a syncopated rhythmic drive in the vocal and piano writing. The text was co-written by the composer and the vocal percussionist...

Setting vivid poems by Kate Wakeling, this work is a powerful exploration of the theme of ice. The lively first movement depicts the bustling frost fairs of 1684, with repeated patterns imitating the...

Presented here in an arrangement for SABar voices, this setting of words by Chief Dan George optimistically reminds us that there is still beauty to be found in times of trouble and that difficult day...

This upbeat work sets a text by the Malaysian singer Bihzhu celebrating the collective excitement in exploring the unknown. The supportive piano accompaniment brings a hint of the Malaysian soundworld...

S. solo) and piano. Written for the California Junior High All-State Honor Choir, this piece sets a motivational text by the composer on the theme of embracing new opportunities and, using the metapho...

In this beautiful setting of words by the composer, based on a quote by Brian Palmer, singers are encouraged to listen to the sounds and people around them in order to learn and grow: 'one act of love...

Euvre en trois mouvements, avec un solo de soprano dans le deuxième mouvement Explore les thèmes du chagrin, de la perte et de l'espoir d'un avenir meilleur Textes de Sarojini Naidu et Seán Street Ré...

In this poignant three-movement work, McDowall sets texts by Indian political activist and poet Sarojini Naidu and frequent collaborator Seán Street. With the exquisite beauty of birdsong at its heart...

The Pasture is a setting of a poem by Robert Frost. The fresh imagery of the pasture, the clear water, and the leaves is painted with devices borrowed from folk music: dotted rhythms and grace notes i...