Grace Coberly

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Written for the composer's choir, this song is a letter to loved ones expressing the joy of good memories and the sadness of leaving one another. Perfect for graduation, end-of-year concerts, or any time of year, this touching work features beautiful a cappella harmonies and a tender feel.

Homeland

SATB Octavo

Serene and soothing, this setting of William Butler Yeats' familiar text imagines a corner of the world untouched by fear and tragedy – a place so serenely beautiful that we might finally rest there. Tender a cappella harmonies, flowing melodic lines, and gradual dynamic changes beautifully paint the text and require sensitive singing, making this a welcome selection for more advanced choirs.

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

Using cluster chords, careful phrasing, and quotations from familiar tunes, this work offers catharsis and peace in a time of grief. Featuring rhythmic tension and polyphonic writing, the work exhibits the idea that grief comes in waves; it intertwines two different stories of loss: Burial of the Young Love by Waring Cuney and Eulogy for Maya by Grace Coberly.

Lay Your Flowers Down

SSAA Octavo

A song about overcoming feelings of loneliness and hopelessness that come at night, this Dorian melody and its simple harmonies are accessible yet full of many teaching moments. Perfect for young singers, this dreamy selection features a simple yet supportive piano accompaniment, a short a cappella section in canon, and a positive message about finding strength in yourself.

One Short Sleep

Two-Part Octavo or SA

Written specifically for the season of Lent, this set of preces and responses uses Mixolydian harmonies and offset rhythms to create a sense of instability and contemplative hope. The premiere took place at an Evensong service commemorating the life and work of the Anglican Communion's first female bishop, The Rt. Rev. Barbara Harris.

Preces and Responses

SATB Choir with Worship Leader Octavo

Composed in 2019, this setting of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" establishes and then rearranges its own original folk tune. Rather than drawing on the sweetness of Wordsworth's flowers, the piece accentuates the unearthly, almost magical energy one encounters when isolated in nature through which, if left unchecked, one's imagination might run wild.
 
Text by William Wordsworth

The Daffodils

SATB Full Score

"O Love That Will Not Let Me Go, is a moody, mystical, modal piece about placing trust in one's own faith. Written for the choir of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Natick, MA, it brings a fresh intensity to George Matheson's well-known hymn text.

Text by George Matheson

O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

"Little Things," commissioned by McGill Camerata, is a quiet celebration of contented love. The vocal lines are thoughtful and simple, the piano backdrop reminiscent of a music box in its delicate steadiness. An extension of Marion Strobel's original poem of the same name, the text daydreams about a sweet, tangible love, one to be shared with someone truly special: a partner, a family member, or a friend. This relationship, like many of our own, is defined by its day-to-day happenings  not the milestones and revelations, but the little things.

Little Things

"We Two in a Park at Night" was commissioned by Heritage Chorale. J. Wing's text describes a damp, chilly night in spring; this setting, using unstable harmonic shifts and occasional bird calls, brings that landscape to life.

Text by J. Wing, trans. Edward Powys Mathers

We Two in a Park at Night

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“I’ve been looking at the sky again” is a spinning mess of harmony, wonder, and unfinished thoughts. Using a simple two-chord progression and a few handfuls of jumbled polyphonic text, “I’ve been looking at the sky again” invites singers and listeners alike to look up and get lost in the miraculous bigness of the world.

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I've been looking at the sky again

SATB/Unison Full Score

"The Second Coming" is unstable, raging, and loud. One of Yeats' most well-known poems, the text warns of an apocalypse so terrible that even salvation from it would be a nightmare. This choral setting is a threat, full of whispers, tritones, chants, shrieks, and uncomfortable dissonance. Something monstrous looms in the background, smelling our fear and waiting to strike. Perhaps it is already here. 

Text by William Butler Yeats

The Second Coming

"Now I Can See" is the result of a year-long collaboration with my alma mater. Latin students wrote the text themselves and inspired many of my musical choices. The piece follows the narrator through infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood and explores the trials and blessings that come with each phase of life.

Text by Modern and Contemporary Poetry students

Now I Can See

SAB Octavo

I took my first music theory class as a high school junior; "Snow" was my final project. Although I hadn't imagined having it performed, my choir director at the time liked the piece enough to premiere it at our winter concert. Music had always meant the world to me, but after "Snow," I was hooked on writing. It was my first "real" piece  the first stepping-stone of my composition career.

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Snow

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