A medieval Christmas poem and a cheerful setting combine to create a wonderful piece to celebrate the season. An energetic piano accompaniment allows for total independence in the voices, and the Celtic

With a text from Psalm 80:2, this a cappella piece is traditionally used on the third Sunday of Advent - the Gaudete or Rejoicing Sunday. The beginning quotes the "Alleluia" from the original chant, and

This unique, meditative setting of a text from Lauda Sion Salvatorem by St. Thomas Aquinas is lovely. It is suitable for both concert halls and worship services and is especially appropriate for

A gorgeous setting of the popular text from the Requiem Mass. The homophonic writing and the voice-leading make it accessible to advanced and professional ensembles.

A plaintive unaccompanied setting that captures the essence of the "Ave maris stella" text, this work is a rewarding challenge for advanced ensembles.

A very moving setting of the wrenching poem by Sara Teasdale set in a very modern a cappella style. Divisi occurs in all parts. Free tonality, beautiful moving cluster cadences, and mixed meters throughout

Here is a sensitive, touching a cappella setting of a text from Matthew. "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find..." This is brief, consisting of only one verse on two pages of music, so it

This a cappella original rings with energy and joy for Christmas. Ripe with antiphonal qualities, the piece opens with a brief fanfare and proceeds through several meter changes to an exciting conclusion.

Using Carl Sandburg's poems Summer Stars; Stars, Songs, Faces and Stars as the text, this arrangement, set for younger voices, brings the poems to life. Mixing traditional harmonies, free

High school choral director, Jonathan Adams, has composed a number of beautiful a cappella pieces. This setting of Ecclesiastes 3:11 contains those yummy suspensions and cadences that choirs yearn for. A