Secular Choral Concert Music

Inspired by the Robert Hayden text, the beauty and simplicity of this poem and the message it carries are conveyed within this new setting.

Advanced choirs will enjoy the challenge of this eight-minute concert work. Four soloists are featured along with the mixed divisi a cappella texture. Unique choral elements, percussive techniques, effects,

The text is taken from the poem Patience by 19th-century British author and philosopher James Allen which explores the idea of coming to terms with the fierce struggles that attend our lives

This stunning choral texture for double choir explores sections of rhythmic polyphony interspersed with flowing chant-like melodies and declarative homophonic statements. Sung in Latin throughout on a text

Commissioned by the internationally acclaimed ensemble VOCES8, this beautiful a cappella selection sets a text by Charles Anthony Silvestri that speaks of the beauty and fragility of nature.

This joyous piece extols the virtues of making music and singing together. With English lyrics in a rhythmically challenging arrangement, this selection evokes images of fireworks in a true celebration of

This arrangement of the French art song by Ernest Chaussan is sung in the original French and is faithful to the elegant melody, rich harmonic framework, and the evocative piano accompaniment of the

This work is a choral fanfare brimming with excitement. Written for Elektra, this work uses a short excerpt from Walt Whitman's extended poem Proud Music of the Storm.

This work for chorus and chamber orchestra was premiered to acclaim by the Oakwood University Aeolians at the 2019 ACDA national conference. This work combines original material with spirituals and text by

The Ecchoing Green is the second movement from Diptych of Innocence and Light. One of Portugal's most prolific composers, Carrapatoso's artistry and brilliance is captured in this work for

This poem by William Blake in his collection Songs of Innocence is a celebration of the arrival of spring, exploring the harmony of man with the natural world. The setting introduces the piano

Using the theme of Longfellow's poem Snow-flakes, the poetic structure is reflected in the musical phrase structure, with the resolution withheld until the end of each stanza. The

This piece from the set Madrigals for the Seasons conjures up vivid images of autumn: the fading of summer flowers, the colors of the leaves, the browning of the fields. The musical setting is

This piece is a paean to the glories of summer. Images of nature are illuminated, climaxing in the splendor of God's sun: "His Caravan of Red." The setting strives to capture the pleasure of the

Paulo, an incarcerated youth in the Free Minds Book Club & Writing workshop, shares, through his poetry, his experience being in the courtroom to hear his sentencing. The composer sets the text

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

From the Gounod opera "Faust." Here, young Valentin's heartfelt prayer abounds with conflicting emotions, offering singers an opportunity to consider the devotional yet enthusiastic text and operatic style

With unyielding imagery William Orpen, by vocation a painter not a poet, portrays a muddy morass in  "The Church, Zillebeke, October 1918.” Mud clings and hinders, mires and confuses. Here

This piece is an exploration of sounds with the human voice in a language created by the composer. Inspired by his own poem, the setting captures the magical moments of a day's beginning and end through a

Evening Waterfall comes from a cycle of eleven a cappella choral pieces derived from “Early Moon,” a collection of poetry by Carl Sandburg. The images in these simple, direct lyrics

This is the eleventh movement of "The Sacred Veil", a twelve-movement work written with poet Charles Anthony Silvestri that chronicles the rich life of Tony and his late wife Julie and their journey through

This vocal arrangement of the classic Schubert song arranged for VOCES8 tells the terrifying tale of a young boy and his father being chased by the Erl King. Each voice has a chance to inhabit the

A setting of the famous Russian poem by Mikhail Lermontov, reflecting on the poignancy and beauty of nature. This six-minute work is in two parts, first using the original Russian text before being

This unique work tells the story of the Muse visiting an artist in a moment of divine inspiration in both text and sound. At times rhythmic and at times sustained and flowing, this is an incredibly dynamic