SAB and Three-Part Mixed Secular Concert Openers and Closers

Whether performed on risers, as a processional, or encircling the audience, this celebratory fanfare is the perfect opening number for concert or festival and is appropriate for use throughout the school

Walt Whitman's Song of the Open Road is the basis for this expansive and melodic original composition that is perfectly suited to the young chorus. Limited range melodies and chordal harmonies soar

An exuberant setting of a traditional Latin text that would make a dynamic concert or festival opener! Contemporary, syncopated choral harmonies, shifting meter and a driving piano accompaniment set the

Triumphant and energetic opening and closing sections fill this original work with syncopated momentum and brisk harmonic development. A contrasting middle section sings "Gaudeamus hodie" with lyrical lines

Here's a warm and heartfelt adaptation of traditional Irish and English blessing texts. A gentle yet rhythmic piano figure supports flowing vocal lines in this memorable closer or send-off song for young

Don't miss this elegant setting of the traditional Irish blessing! Beautifully melodic and singable, lyric vocal lines and a gently flowing accompaniment combine to make it an ideal closer for any

"Sing out a jubilant, joyful new song!" Latin text is interspersed with English text in this upbeat original that will make a dynamic concert opener or festival selection for developing choirs. A

Part vocalise, part warm-up, part novelty, part concert opener - all this and more in this flexibly fun piece! Explore a variety of vocal textures and articulations, all on nonsense syllables that layer and

Following up on Gilpin's Vox, here's another flexible, fun-to-sing original piece with so many uses! Set up as rondo, this perfect opener is part warm-up, part vocalise, and part novelty, with