Secular Choral Concert Music

This is a rhythmic, contemporary gospel-style anthem featuring the words of Maya Angelou, charging all of us to take responsibility for making our communities safe, supportive, and just. Reinforced by a

Composed in honor of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing and protecting women's constitutional right to vote. With satirical lyrics, liberation and empowerment are the

This song of happiness and celebration of the human experience is set in a minor key. The harmonic language acknowledges that we can't have joy without recognizing its opposite. The undertones point out

If you say the name, you're prompted to learn the story. Promote inclusivity and awareness with Say Her Name, written specifically to highlight elements of the Kwanzaa ceremony. Featuring body

This musical setting of the Thomas Dekker poem employs warm, lush harmonic language along with a lovely lyrical treatment of this familiar bedtime poem. This wonderful addition to treble literature was

Leaping from leaf to leaf, shattering into gold, and scattering gems, light is at the center of our lives. It kisses our eyes, it sweetens our hearts, and it fills the world. This music explores the energy,

This beautiful and lamenting poem by French poet Charles Beaudelaire is captured in all of its sadness and intimacy allows treble choirs to flourish as they make this text their own. A detailed IPA and

In depicting the manic nature of this Shakespeare text, the music features numerous key changes and employs a variety of time signatures. The combination of the dramatic text along with the ever-shifting

This is a simple and repetitive composition. The use of repetition is deliberate as we examine our patterns of behavior through Megan Levad's poetry. If you are looking for a piece that explores the human

Brahms called his three Intermezzi, Op. 117, "three lullabies for my sorrows." The beautiful Scottish poem Lady Anne Bothwell's Lament fits the music like a glove, and the composer's two-part

The poetry, in the form of a chant, traces the journey of a droplet of rain and supposes that we might join on that journey. The music uses "hocketing," where one voice fills in the rests left by another

While this text is most famous for being set by Samuel Barber, this new setting offers a splendid new choice. This arrangement for piano, cello and women's choir is lush and distinct for its contemporary

Using the inscription on the statue that greets you as you enter Texas Woman's University, the message of this text is powerful and empowering. Singing of "making a path in a pathless wilderness" and

This beautiful arrangement, originally released as a pop tune in 1972, is both delicate and poignant and a terrific selection for an advanced treble choir. It is scored for four-part treble choir with piano

The Walt Whitman poem Song of Myself conveys both a sense of confidence and a spirit of adventure and is powerfully set in this treble voice arrangement. The text affirms our uniqueness as

This is a rousing anthem about the power of each person to make positive change with our actions: even the smallest but most committed of our convictions can lead to a better world, and it starts with the