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Sara Teasdale's poem contrasts the familiar stories of shepherds and magi with the priorities of a sleepy newborn. The poet gathers pilgrims from the north, south, east, and heaven above; they converge on

This setting of the Appalachian song reflects the change in text that appeared in the 2000 movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," where this tune was used for the baptism scene. Fun to sing, with great

A humorous musical PSA about concert etiquette written in the style of a Gilbert and Sullivan patter song. Fun to sing, and your audience will appreciate the reminder to silence their cell phones and pagers

This arrangement of the American folk hymn is inspired by the shape note or Sacred Harp tradition, marked by the placing of the melody in the inner voice, the tendency toward open fifth sonorities, and an

A clever a cappella medley of three jigs with a rich historical heritage: The Swallow's Tail; Morrison's Jig and The Irish Washerwoman. The fiddle part is split between the two upper

A dazzling a cappella version of this favorite Christmas song as performed by the a cappella group Dare to Breathe. With plenty of jing-a-jings, clever moving parts and lots of fun, this will be a standout

A setting of a Civil Rights-era standard with driving piano and simple, direct vocal arrangement with lots of unison singing. Accessible for choirs of any level and any age and a great cross-curricular

A fun and witty collection of twelve original rounds to sing and share with friends and choristers of all singing abilities. Soulful, silly, meditative, boisterous, spooky, and poetic – use as

The text for this piece comes from an autobiographical essay by Kent Meyers, who grew up on a farm in southern Minnesota. The piece is a meditation on the effects, both physical and psychological, of

Seinn O comes from the Gaelic tradition of "mouth music," a style of vocal music intended to accompany dancing. Mouth music appears in every Gaelic culture in the world, from Ireland to Cape Breton

This piece evokes an air of deep contentment and friendship at day’s end. The words are from a scene from "The Merchant of Venice," during which two lovers are strolling through the evening, enjoying

The metaphor of darkness is immediately evocative and also indefinite; a listener could take it to depict a stepping into the unknown, fear, loss, death, or literal darkness. In this setting, the soloist

A 19th-century spiritual re-consecrated by Pete Seeger and The Weavers as the best known anthem for the American Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Arranged to be sung on the march, this version begins

Here is a vigorous spiritual from the Georgia Sea Islands, traditionally sung on New Year's Eve but can be programmed at any time of year. In an a cappella setting for mixed choir and featured soloist(s),