Partitions pour Chœur mixte (SATB)

Winner of the 1989 Christmas carol competition held on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion (a live radio variety show from Minnesota), this original a cappella carol can be used for both conce...

This a cappella Advent motet, with a text taken from the Gospel of Luke known as the 'Annunciation,' uses long, legato, intense lines to describe the birth of the baby Jesus. With divisi in all voice...

Dominick Argento is noted for his lyricism, refined sense of language and impeccable craft to the extent that few contemporary composers can match. This work, a rhapsody for mixed chorus a cappella wa...

Constructed primarily in homophonic form, this setting of the Rossetti poem results in a poignant plea for resurrected life and spirit. Composer Helvey has dedicated this anthem to Woodhaven, a not-fo...

Ned Rorem has been described as 'the world's best composer of art songs,' and compelling works for chorus affirm this descritpion. 'Psalm 110' was written for director Joseph Ohrt and the Central Buck...

Ubi Caritas--commissioned by the Cathedral Church of St. George (Kingston, Ontario), Dr. Mark G. Sirett, Organist and Music Director, in celebration of its Bicentennial May, 1992--is characterized by...

Arranged by Jim Papoulis and Francisco J. Núñez for the Young People's Chorus of New York City to sing on NBC's Today Show. This a cappella treatment is playful and full of energy. An accessible addit...

Arranged by Jim Papoulis and Francisco J. Núñez for the Young People's Chorus of New York City, this fresh and original sound will surely appeal to anyone who loves the sights, sounds and colors of th...

Written to be sung at the Rockfeller Center tree lighting ceremony, the arrangers have created an upbeat rendition of this familiar carol that is instantly appealing. Like the other arrangements in th...

The strong, bold character of this short piece is immediately evident in the unison exclamations of the opening fanfare. An imitative section follows with each voice singing an independent melody, yet...

Setting a prose text penned by Helen Keller in her 'The Open Door,' composer and conductor Andrea Ramsey has created a sensitive yet powerful new work exploring 'All that we love deeply becomes part o...

Initially a contour variation (in minor key) of a well-known hymn setting, this descriptive motet-like anthem offers a wide range of contrasts, from early phrasal points of imitation, climactic aggres...

This piece is the anthem for MosaiK', a choral festival in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. One of the festival's guiding principals is the inclusion of the culture and music of both national languages,...

Setting the early morning scene on Christmas morning, James Lavino uses subtle dissonances and gentle resolutions to signify both the anticipation and the apprehension that accompanied the hours befor...

Written in the style of 19th century Shaker music, this new composition by Wayland Rogers uses claps and foot stomps along with energetic music to capture the sense of movement that is essential to th...

This five movement work for SATB choir is based on five different Native American peoples. The sequence starts with 'Falling,' a lullaby, and ends with 'Rising,' an image of spirits gently swaying on...

This beautiful text by Metaphysical poet John Donne brings a poignant message that as long as you keep what is most loved in your heart, you are never truly parted. This lovely idea is held together b...

This beautiful text by contemporary poet Annie Finch is a love song describing the most beautiful and intimate images of love - 'warm hands,' 'gentlest sounds, touches and hours'. The text is set apar...

Margery Agrell's poem recalls 'faint light' and 'soft winds' and provides a reflective and soothing view of nature in this SATB piece for a cappella mixed voices. The close harmonies produce a lush ye...

Written for Jeffrey Douma and the Yale Glee Club, Stephen Feigenbaum has created a piece that is at the same time classically contemporary and jazzy, light hearted and sad, insightful and fully transp...

Beginning with two main thematic ideas that are developed throughout the work: a 2-note gentle, lilting motive and a 4-note lyrical theme that travels throughout the voices, this 7 minute piece for a...

This lyrical Christmas anthem is composed in three sections with the opening section built on a melody passed among voices. The middle section is slower and the final section features the basses singi...

Das jüdische Lichterfest Hanukkah feiert den Triumph des Lichtes über die Dunkelheit, der Reinheit über die Verfälschung, der Spiritualität über die Materialität. Das Stück fängt dieses Gefühl der Fre...