Secular Choral Concert Music

"'Tis a human thing, love, a holy thing, to love what death has touched." Medieval poet and philosopher Yehuda Halevi's profound text explores the risky nature of love. Ivory's musical setting is mysterious

Conceived during the 2020 COVID pandemic, this responsive work explores perseverance in the face of self-doubt alongside a wish to help others by reflecting the light they bring into the world, giving it a

Carter's magnificent, well-known setting of two Langston Hughes texts is now available in a beautiful new engraving. Quoting the traditional spiritual Keep Your Hand on the Gospel Plow, this

This gorgeous setting of an incredible text by Marisha Chamberlain emphasizes the importance of community and strength in difficult times.

The joyful, cascading introduction begins from a unison note, setting the tone for this setting of the famous Teasdale poem. Like a heartbeat, the rhythmic call and response between treble and tenor-bass is

The tarantella, meaning "spider dance," is a popular Italian dance with origins in the eleventh century from the villages of Tanto and Tarentum ("little spider"). Portions of Christopher

Combining texts by Hildegard of Bingen and Mother Teresa, this striking concert work for mixed choir with SAT semi-chorus is both emotive and lyrical. The main choir is accompanied by a small SAT ensemble

With modern dissonance and free tonality, this entire piece drives toward the last line of the Stacy Gnall poem: "big brother, I am catching up to you." One long, rhythmic race, this selection will be a

A powerful reflection on personal strength and resolve, this song blends poet Evelyn Dudley's Southern tenacity and hardy faith with composer Elizabeth Alexander's Appalachian roots and musical vision. The

"If you hold your hand closed, nothing good can come in. The open hand is blessed, for it gives in abundance, even as it receives." Full of a lovely divisi texture throughout, this is for more advanced

The dramatic third movement from "Illuminare" opens with the traditional Kyrie text in a somber, forebodingly ominous manner before exploding into a blast of fury as the Latin text turns to night and

This lush, award-winning work with soprano solo hauntingly sets Amy Lowell's "Listening" text in a harmonically lush manner. The piano accompaniment and French horn solo work in partnership with the choral

The lyrics for this work are by composer Frank Tichelli. In the opening liner notes he tells us that "the poem for the work is a meditation on time's ceaseless flow, elusiveness, ravages, and gifts." Scored

Whether at the advanced high school, college/university, community, or professional level, this piece will engage the hearts and minds of singers who take up the challenge. Commissioned by the American

This empowering piece for treble voices is rhythmic and full of color. Sometimes we need reassurances that it's okay to be who we are, and this challenging work will invigorate your singers with confidence

Illustrating the difficulties associated with finding a new way, specifically from the perspective of an Iranian American, this work expresses feelings of aspiration, optimism, and joy, even while still

An outstanding and challenging setting of the Christina Rossetti text, this selection crafted for The Aeolians flows with lush choral divisi harmonies that shimmer with delicious dissonance and some

This is a rich, intricately written work influenced by both American jazz vocal performance and the contrapuntal writing of Monteverdi, creating what the composer calls a "modern American

A previously unpublished choral work by Lennox Berkeley, written in 1943, sets words by John Donne in mixed meter for divisi choir. "I meant to send this heart in stead of mine, but oh, no man could hold

A whimsical, catchy piece, this is a fantastical story that alternates between comical moments and the profundity of youthful imagination. The hocketed harmonies and scale patterns are an opportunity for

This is an exquisite piece with text by the 13th-century Persian mystic known as Rumi. This arrangement is very still, pure, and possesses a quiet intensity. Slow-moving chords overlap and interweave

Sublime and otherworldly, this arrangement of the iconic song by Radiohead holds true to the original. Flowing and mysterious, tranquil yet pensive, this concert piece from VOCES8 is both simple and complex

The first Marguerite Brooks Commission for the National Collegiate Choral Association, this piece combines poems by Emily Dickinson and John Keats which speak beautifully to the subject of hope. The choral

An exciting concert work for tenor-bass choirs, this piece is conceived with driving, chant-like a cappella choral lines accompanied by notated body percussion and parts for shaker and drum(s). The text,