A Cappella Choral Concert Selections

A call for help in a time of storm, this anonymous text from 19th-century London is beautifully set for a cappella mixed choir. "Heaven be my pilot amid this stormy sea ... grant me in that blest port where

This moving selection features a smoothly flowing harmonic texture that courses throughout the piece. Warm and enveloping, The Song You Loved will be the song you love singing, whether it be for

Two well-known chorales are scored for tenor-bass voices and optional piano accompaniment. Bach's Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light and Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow

A contemporary setting of a familiar Latin text, this concert work is ideal for your advanced ensemble. Melismatic lines contrast with strong harmonic moments in this Renaissance-style motet.

Beautiful a cappella harmonies paint the picture of the scenic, familiar text from Song of Solomon: "Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away, for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and

This upbeat choral setting of Psalm 96 is written in a modern style that is rhythmic and full of harmonic texture. With interesting harmonies and some lovely cluster chords, this piece is for more advanced

With a chant-like modern a cappella texture, this piece includes a simple text and beautiful phrasing that allows ensembles to focus on their ensemble blend. A warm and emotive piece.

Featuring a baritone solo, this piece in mixed meter has a Renaissance feel that expands into a divisi texture, including modern rhythms and sections of kneeling, floor patting, and stomping. In Latin

This warm and sentimental concert work features two soloists who also duet at the beginning and end, with a middle section that swells with joy. Including only the lyric "Alleluia," this piece allows the

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 selection for advanced tenor-bass choirs soars with enthusiasm and determination to its joyous conclusion, "Gaudium immensum! Amen!"

Loomis Creek tells the story of a 19th-century American pioneer with a dream to move west and start a new life by building a farm near a life-giving stream. The a cappella setting has a

"There's a better day a-coming" with an exciting a cappella arrangement of this traditional spiritual. With some divisi towards the end, this will both challenge and inspire your singers!

This poignant setting of a poem from William Blake's Songs of Innocence captures the sadness and sense of longing for lost childhood and innocence. 

This moving arrangement of a beloved spiritual speaks with authenticity. With deep rich harmonies and extended ranges, it will challenge and satisfy the mature ensemble. 

Based on a haunting English folk ballad, this is a wonderful venture into a cappella singing for middle school and less-experienced high school tenor-bass choirs. The Dorian melody is handed back and forth

Set for either a cappella mixed or treble voices, this work is exhilarating and powerful with a rhythmic drive that is most captivating for both singers and audience.

This a cappella setting of the well-known Sacred Harp hymn moves from simple to complex, beginning with the melody introduced by the tenors and basses, then moving to open harmonies and canonic sections

Characterized by lush harmonies within a predominately homophonice texture, this setting of a beautiful love poem by Lord Byron captures the feelings of the text beautifully within the music.

This arrangement of a simple Flemish Renaissance canon by Clemens non Papa for SSA voices and five handbells - which could be played by the singers - is typical of canons in that it sounds more complex than

In her timely original text, the composer bids us "to walk in the light together, on different paths, but in common cause; to bind into one our powers to overcome the sum of our flaws." This is a song much

Looking for a bright new "singing Valentine"? This is a flirty, delightful piece for a cappella voices - a perfect choral alternative to flowers and candy!

This joyous five-part madrigal for mixed voices by German Renaissance composer Johann Schein is a welcome addition to the body of  chamber choir literature. With the text in the original German, it is