Secular Choral Concert Music

This bone-chilling waltz will leave audiences looking over their shoulders! Singers will love the opportunity to lean into the eerie world of Dolly in this achievable and darkly entertaining work. A perfect

Lightning strikes in the dark of night! A house in the Italian countryside appears and disappears in an instant. Take your audience and singers on a spellbinding journey that is as relentless as a building

This is an evocative, folk-like setting of Yeats' poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree. The modal vocal writing is both simple and sophisticated and always expressive of the yearning in Yeats' words.

"May you heal, may you be well again, may you be brave, may you be strong." This beautiful original choral with cello and piano accompaniment expresses this hope for all who have faced challenges in their

Highly rhythmic in both accompaniment and voices with independent vocal lines, this work simply radiates energy with a message of hope and empowerment: "To the stars through difficulties, look upward, move

Royal Canadian Air Force pilot John Magee wrote his popular poem High Flight when he was 19 years old. In the poem, he describes the delirious feeling of wheeling and soaring, and an intimate

Commissioned to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Eastman School of Music, this celebration of creativity is a recognition of the vision and commitment as well as the vulnerability that accompanies the

William Henry Davies' text is given a driving, rhythmic setting that encourages singer and listener alike to "sing out!" their songs of joy. The contrasting middle section is undergirded with rhythmic

This moving selection features a smoothly flowing harmonic texture that courses throughout the piece. Warm and enveloping, The Song You Loved will be the song you love singing, whether it be for

Originally composed for solo soprano, Whitacre has adapted the tender, whimsical setting of the iconic children's book by Margaret Wise Brown for mixed and treble choirs. The harmonic structure is

"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?" There are many beautiful moments in this lush setting of a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Expressive and substantive writing, this is a work that better

This imaginative setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem encourages the use of evocative bird and wind noises to capture the text's natural imagery. With a rhythmic a cappella texture, this selection

This second movement of Two Suffrage Songs is based on the spiritual Sit Down, Sister! The upbeat nature of the music reflects the energy and motivation of the strong women

This powerful message is about mustering the courage to leap from one stage of life into the next. Melodic lines are juxtaposed with a lively piano accompaniment creating bold expressiveness and strong

A soulful rendering of Rabindranath Tagore's poetic aphorism on faith, featuring blues-inflected solos, varied choral textures, and a dazzling final chord. A favorite of high school and college choirs, and

Omnia sol temperat, "the sun warms everything," comes from a verse of Latin found in Carmina Burana. The composer's English text speaks to the human need to anchor words of love and commitment in

In the midst of pain, of war, of brokenness... we choose love. We choose community. What better way to share this message than through powerful song...  and that's exactly what you'll find here. This

Let It Matter is an urgent call to deep listening across cultural divides, crafted with grit, tenacity and passion. Its pithy, emotionally layered lyrics are punctuated with edgy internal rhymes

Revolution is an uplifting and confident statement about empowerment, pursuing your dreams, and changing the world. The positive message in the lyrics points to a very bright future and a new

"Ah, weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease! The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee, asleep in the arms of the slow-swinging seas..." This charming poem by Rudyard Kipling is the

This gorgeous a cappella setting of John McCrae's text has been revoiced for six-part treble voices, and rereleased for the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Sustained cluster chords and

Embracing the hope that dreams may someday become a reality, this musical setting is actively stirring, with stunning harmonic and melodic moments. It seeks to capture that internal ecstasy and

Inspired by a cancer diagnosis, this piece offers hope and strength to all those affected by tragic circumstances in life. The message resonates as a declamation of the strength of a warrior bound and