Boosey & Hawkes

Offering guidance through stages of spiritual awakening from respect for and service to all, Daniel Brewbaker captures the inspiration of the Rumi text in 'ecstatic' and energetic music for women's ch...

With a text by thirteenth century poet Meister Eckhart that speaks of the fall from and a return to grace, composer Brewbaker uses mostly homophonic writing with soft, contemporary harmonies to find t...

With a text from contemporary poet Scott Lounsbury that describes shared journeys, destiny and closure, this work delivers the powerful and emotional message that words alone cannot say to a life-long...

Based on a biblical text, 'And Miriam Sang' is a song of celebration following Israel's deliverance from Egypt through the Red Sea. It begins in a slow, chant-like manner, and soon shifts to an up-tem...

Simple, soaring descants, countermelodies, and rich harmonic textures provide a symphonic breadth to this second movement of 'Heavenly Home: Three American Songs' that encompasses the full, four-octav...

Chor (SSA), Solos ad lib. , Klavier und Schlagwerk (Djembe und Shaker) - swahili - englisch In the summers of 1988 and 1992, I had the honour and privilege of travelling to Kenya, East Africa. I spent...

, the composer creates an aural rainstorm that will be fun for your singers as they experience this vivid, musical word painting.

Composer Mark Sirett set the beautiful and evocative poem 'My Heart Soars” of Chief Dan George for a tribute concert to aboriginal cultures of the world. The concert was recognized by the Association...

'In a Railroad Station' verwandelt Sara Teasdales Text in ein musikalisches Gemälde. Die unerbittlich beschäftigte Klavierbegleitung ist dabei das 'schrille elektrische Licht' ('shrill electric light'...

The title is inspired by 'Tembandumba de la Quimbamba,' the main character of a poem by master Puerto Rican poet, Luis Pales Matos. The music, rhythmic and driving, alternates between chanting and sin...

The lyrical and evocative text of this work was collected amongst the Inuit of the northwest shore of Hudson Bay by Danish explorer and ethnologist, Knud Rasmussen. Composer Raminsh has crafted a work...

This beautiful Christmas text by George Herbert, and the same text used by Vaughn Williams in his 'Hodie', has a beautiful, pastoral quality (flocks, shepherds, pastures, streams). Composer Brunner us...

and is a beautiful mix of traditional metaphors and contemporary references that will engage your singers and audiences and make the miracle relevant and personal.

Originally written for treble voices, this musical setting of the William Blake text is equally exciting for mixed voices. An energetic, inventive and rhythmically vibrant work, your choir will explor...

Change My Name' is a series of melodic variations on the opening line of a spiritual more commonly known as 'If He Changed My Name.' Composer Stephen Hatfield has created an intense, grave, peaceful a...

Composer Mary Goetze states that the words and melody to I Sing 'sprang from within me' as she thought about the many directors and teachers who have dedicated their lives to children's choirs and mus...

Written for the Newham Young People's Chorus' Big Sing! in London, England, this inspirational work by David Brunner (text by Scott Lounsbury) carries the theme of finding one's voice, one's identity,...

This David Brunner work evolved from a project that involved middle, high school and college singers in a virtual choir environment. The text, with its strong rhythm and sturdy refrain, artfully captu...

This middle movement form Three Madrigals After Dowland is rhythmic, dissonant and angry, expressing a release from the pain of death. When paired with the other two 'Weep You No More' and 'Come, Heav...

Written as a dear friend lay dying at a young age, this movement, along with the other two from the set ('Weep You No More' and 'Burst Forth, My Tears') call on the singers to represent their deepest...

American choral legend, Robert Page, has set this classic Bernstein song cycle for three part treble choir. Leaving each of the five songs in their original keys, and without changing a single, origin...

Tongue twisters are fun for all ages. This setting of three includes: 'Mules' an enticing tango; 'Betty Botter's Butter' with stylistic hints of Gilbert and Sullivan, includes a canon with a mid-strea...

While John Adams was in attendance at the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, his wife Abigail was at home in Braintree, Massachusetts, running the farm, raising four children, and maintainin...