Secular Choral Concert Music

This touching piece for choirs of all ages offers a wish for the world to find the hope, peace, and love that it needs. With easily learned memorable melodies and a bridge featuring hints of "star light,

Written to successfully lead your tenor-bass ensemble to an a cappella performance, this is the perfect set of songs for developing choirs. While one setting is in G major and the other in G minor, both are

Inspired by Amanda Gorman's poem The Hill We Must Climb, this piece reminds us that when we work together, we can be the light in our communities. Up-tempo and easily learned, your singers will

Using imagery to describe new beginnings as the earth slowly comes to life, this lovely original work offers the opportunity for tenor-bass choirs to sing with great emotion and feeling.

Here are two contrasting settings for the young tenor-bass choir that introduce foundational concepts to the beginning singer. They can be performed as a set or as stand-alone pieces and offer the option to

This piece hints of the drama of the sea with rolling and weaving melodies in the undulating piano accompaniment. Small vocal ranges and the effective use of unison, two-part harmonies, and a descant propel

This sweet and simple original song, with a lilting melody and folk-like harmonies, illustrates the impact of the relationships that we build throughout our lives. Optimistic about the future, the text

An original art song for developing tenor-bass ensemble, this lyrical work describes the image of a love so beautiful, she must be responsible for waking the dawn each morning. Carefully considered ranges

Based on the Edgar Albert Guest poem Compensation, the text of this original concert work asks us to consider what we would like to be able to say about our lives when we look back in our old age.

Berger set a clever Benjamin Franklin text in this vigorous and musically satisfying work. Beginning in unison, successive verses display a variety of choral textures that capture the rich sonorities of a

A wonderful piece for young emerging choirs that want to delve into a cappella singing but with the safety net of optional piano, this hopeful original text and pretty melody are the perfect combination.

A set of three songs specifically written and arranged to provide quality concert repertoire for unchanged male voices at the elementary or middle school level. Each song may be performed in unison, as a

A set of three songs composed specifically for young male singers whose voices are unchanged or are in the process of changing from the composer of Heroes and Vagabonds and other well-known solo

John Leavitt's simple setting of the beloved Song of Solomon text features haunting suspensions and warm choral sonorities. It may be performed a cappella, or with the optional piano accompaniment for a

This original composition sets the composer's own text celebrating freedom of expression and the music within each of us. Accompanied by hand drum and piano, the piece is an exciting and engaging sing

The romantic text of Robert Louis Stevenson's Over the Land Is April is set here for young men's voices. The keys in this a cappella and mostly homophonic arrangement fit both changed and unchanged

This piece uses a Walt Whitman text, his first poetic work following the death of President Abraham Lincoln, to portray in music Whitman's message of profound grief and challenge to resolve to carry on. A

Your singers will love rehearsing and performing this rhythmic celebration based on traditional African music. Layered vocal lines, call and response, and the vitality of the congas, claves and djembe will

E Pluribus Unum, "out of many, one," is the phrase on the Seal of the United States. Never codified by law, the phrase was considered a de facto motto of the United States until 1956. This strong

This 19th-century soldiers' song paints a humorous view of army life and will be a fun tongue-in-cheek novelty for a young male choir! Great staging and choreography adds a comedic touch to your next

This charming setting of John Parker's descriptive text of youthful love and admiration is laden with opportunities for musical expressiveness. Lyrical, range-accessible and sure to tug on the heartstrings

"I will meet you when the roses come again..." These nostalgic words form the touching refrain of this a cappella setting for male voices. Offering many opportunities to work on style, intonation and

Marked to be performed "boisterously," this original Michael Gray work in the style of a sea chantey is a true choral classic!