Choral

This South African folksong is quite simple to learn and quite effective in performance, with the parts entering gradually and then taken away. Intended as a morning ceremonial song, it may be sung a...

This unaccompanied choral work for mixed voices draws the audience into a world of deep emotion, rich harmony and vivid imagery. Drawing upon the subconscious bond between mother and child, the work e...

This unaccompanied choral work for mixed voices draws the audience into a world of deep emotion, rich harmony and vivid imagery. Drawing upon the subconscious bond between mother and child, the work e...

This brief latin motet was written in 1943 as a contribution to a Festschriften in honor of the sixtieth birthday of the president of G. Schirmer, Inc. A limited run of three hundred copies was printe...

Samuel Barber created this arrangement while he was conducting the Madrigal Choir at the Curtis Institute. His editorial markings and interpretations have been meticulously recreated for this immensel...

Augusta Read Thomas's The Rewaking for SATB choir a cappella. The original version of The Rewaking (TTBB) was commissioned by the Cornell University Glee Club, ScottTucker, Director, in honour of Con...

Here is a sturdy setting of a Sacred Harp tune that is ideal for a concert or set of American music. Intended to be sung with a direct, clear and bright vocal style and a steady and intense underlying...

This beloved American folk lullaby incorporates the repeated word hush-a-bye throughout the arrangement, creating a sweet and calming effect as the melody weaves in and out between the different vocal...

This beloved American folk lullaby incorporates the repeated word hush-a-bye throughout the arrangement, creating a sweet and calming effect as the melody weaves in and out between the different vocal...

With a special connection to the poetry of Langston Hughes, Kirke Mechem has written a new, a cappella spiritual. Opening with a musical statement by a soprano soloist, the soloist is featured through...

Jon Washburn has crafted a lush and dramatic setting of this traditional Japanese folksong. Using the choir as a traditional Japanese stringed folk instrument, Jon sets the mood with a gentle vocal ac...

Jon Washburn has crafted a lush and dramatic setting of this traditional Japanese folksong. Using the choir as a traditional Japanese stringed folk instrument, Jon sets the mood with a gentle vocal ac...

THE GIFT WAS CREATED WITH THE LONG, WARM REVERB OF A CATHEDRAL IN MIND. THE REQURED THE COMPOSER TO CREATE SPACES IN THE MUSIC WHICH LEAVE ROOM FOR ECHOING RESONANCE. IT IS DREAMLIKE AND IMPRESSIONIST...

Commissioned to honor a marriage celebration, this text by the early 20th-century poet, Amy Lowell, speaks to love and commitment. But the title is enigmatic (no sprigs of resemary are mentioned in th...

Reflections from composer Jameson Marvin on a love that is quiet and secure as a result of a life well lived and well loved. And even after many years together, the excitement of a love that can still...

Setting the Wendell Berry To My Mother but incorporating it for his parents, Joshua Shank portrays the sense of wandering and confusion in the early sections of his music but ultimately finds the reve...

Setting the Wendell Berry To My Mother but incorporating it for his parents, Joshua Shank portrays the sense of wandering and confusion in the early sections of his music but ultimately finds the reve...

Using the sturdy but lilting Shaker tune, Jeffrey Douma has crafted a beautiful a cappella setting appropriate for any good high school or college choir. With a text that is as important today as it w...

Using the sturdy but lilting Shaker tune, Jeffrey Douma has crafted a beautiful a cappella setting appropriate for any good high school or college choir. With a text that is as important today as it w...

Though it sounds very much like a folk song, Lorena was actually composed in 1856. It became extremely popular during the Civil War, when it was a favorite of both Confederate and Union soldiers who l...

Though it sounds very much like a folk song, Lorena was actually composed in 1856. It became extremely popular during the Civil War, when it was a favorite of both Confederate and Union soldiers who l...

This arrangement of the beloved folk song was first premiered by the Yale Glee Club in the fall of 2006, and has since become an audience favorite. Probably referring to the Red River that flows north...

This arrangement of the beloved folk song was first premiered by the Yale Glee Club in the fall of 2006, and has since become an audience favorite. Probably referring to the Red River that flows north...

These three choral vignettes are inspired by the whimsical poetry of Emily Dickinson. All three pieces require a free play of fancy and imagination. Using extended, aleatoric passages, non-metrical an...

Long, legato lines and shifting tonal centers describe this setting by Matthew Emery of this famous James Joyce poem. Speaking of the power of both love and music and how they intertwine and collide,...