This lovely setting of the well-known melody uses the traditional Latin "Agnus Dei" text. Lots of teaching opportunities can be found in this Baroque work, beautifully adapted for choirs. Wonderful!

With a text based on Psalm 150, this a cappella anthem uses spiritual, jazz, and gospel elements. After a contemplative opening, the music shifts to upbeat and declamatory as the basses lay down an ostinato

Poet Angelina Weld Grimke was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Here she describes the dawning of a new day, a text captured by the composer in colorful and descriptive writing.

If you are looking for a dramatic concert/festival work, be sure to look at this one! The glory of music is treated with great depth and musical-textual imagery in this deeply moving selection, which offers

Harriet Prescott Spofford's poem describes a young woman who discovers a bold new world of thrilling beauty when she ventures beyond her familiar walls. Accompanied by piano and optional violin, cello,

Commissioned for a premiere performance at the Texas Music Educators Association 2000 convention, Joseph Martin's Come to the Music is alive and electric with driving rhythm, memorable melodies,

Here is a lively and energetic selection from Bulgaria. With an asymmetrical meter and some nice cluster chords, this traditional folk song also includes hand clapping for a rhythmic piece that is both

A long-time favorite on the festival circuit, this dynamic, exciting, joyous selection surpasses the ordinary! Syncopated rhythms and changing meters, combined with a sizzling piano part, make this a

This is truly a song that needs no introduction. Quoting America the Beautiful, this stunning arrangement of the Irving Berlin standard begins with a flourish before settling into the seldom-heard

Capturing the importance of the Eloise Greenfield poem and the dramatic story of Harriet Tubman's life, this original work also includes the spirituals If I Got My Ticket and Go

Used in the film "Slumdog Millionaire," here is a wonderful fusion of Indian rhythms and scales with American pop styles and instrumentation. Excellent program notes offer guidance for the Bollywood style,

With a joyful and serene text by Bengali poet, composer, and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore, this expressive work for mixed choir with piano and string quintet is a musical journey through lyricism and

This contemporary spiritual boasts a rich history as a song of liberation and has been dubbed the unofficial "Black American National Anthem." This engaging arrangement opens with a powerful unison before

Experience a captivating new melody to Silent Night as hints of the timeless Christmas carol STILLE NACHT are interwoven throughout. Graceful choral parts capture the tenderness of the beloved

Although primarily known as an opera composer, Galuppi contributed a steady output of sacred music. In this edition, the original figured bass has been fully realized in the piano accompaniment, but the

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 traditional spiritual carries in its essence the longing for peace and rest. The bittersweet spirit is front and center in this arrangement enhanced by sensitive part writing, an optional solo, and a