Collegiate Repertoire

This work uses five adapted sacred texts celebrating love, life and joy. The opening music sets the text from Isaiah, "The whole earth is at rest and is quiet," and the final music bursts forth with "For ye

This is the third in a series of works by the composer for chorus and marimba. While the others explore virtuostic capabilities or extroverted exuberance, this work is concerned instead with the narrative

This is the latest in an a cappella series going back three decades where the texts have been taken from Shakespeare's plays. Come Unto These Yellow Sands is a gentle invitation to the listener, at

Exploring the sound world of Northern India while setting the words of Bengali poet Tagore, here is a stylistic work suitable for any advanced or community choir. The English translation is the poet's own

This a cappella setting of a traditional Irish blessing uses soft dissonances and free-flowing counterpoint to speak of those who give support in times of trial. The occasional divisi voicing creates a

Jointly commissioned by a consortium of choruses to benefit the programs and services of Chorus America, this socially conscience work merges a Christina Rossetti text with words from choir students in

The sensation of a young child looking up at the gently falling snow is captured beautifully in this new arrangement. Lush harmonic progressions and wonderful chord clusters at the cadence point anchor this

This beautiful Wendell Berry poem sets a mood of quiet and serenity and this piece captures this same mood through the music using lovely harmonic moments to draw both the singer and the listener in. The

The spirit of exuberance should be the guiding inspiration for the choir and the instrumentalists when performing this excerpt from Whitman's famous A Song of Joys. Here the cello expresses

Written for and premiered by Nashirah: The Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia, this poem, in Yiddish, by Sima Faitelson is full of power, loss, and the pain that accompanies loss. This incredibly

With a Portuguese text and rhythms in the popular Brazilian groove known as Capoeira, this song of celebration begins with all voice parts emulating rhythm instruments utilizing elements of contemporary a

Moved by the horrific Orlando nightclub mass shooting in June of 2016, Ellingboe set this poem to music as an outpouring of grief, yet also of hope, that all is not lost and that, indeed, "this is a good

With long sections of aleatoric sounds, a viola scordatura and a text filled with duality of imagery, this is an anthem for the advanced and adventurous choir. The viola (or cello) is not an accompaniment

This beautiful Latin text describes the journey of the Magi as they follow the star to Bethlehem. This journey is depicted musically using modern and non-Western harmonies to establish a mood of mystical

Arranged by the music director and arranger for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, this bright and brilliant arrangement of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen sparkles and jumps off the stage as if it

Composer Shawn Crouch uses poet and Iraqi war veteran Brian Turner's visceral images of war, but emphasizes the lyrical qualities and changing colors of the poem to create long, emotional musical lines.

This jaunty little work is based on a text from Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, one of his earliest comedies, and is musically set using many different sounds, articulations and effects. The

This setting of the Christina Rossetti poem is a wonderful teaching piece! The melodic line in the opening section evokes feelings of beauty, loss and remembrance; the middle section paints a picture of

This minute-and-a-half work is joyous, enthusiastic and full of expression. We Dance! is a whirlwind ride for any chorus, full of agile rhythms, lots of words and great positive emotions. A