Although this is an original work, the words, which simulate a tribal language, give it a world-music feeling. In fact, the chant-like character of the piece almost makes you feel as though you are taking

Now in a second edition, this a cappella setting of Agnus Dei from the major work "The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass" is rich with lush harmonies that breathe new life into an oft-set text. This work

From the Grammy-nominated work The Lost Birds, this simple melody inspired by children's songs is a setting of Sara Teasdale's poem "In the End." Showcasing her signature pairing of nihilism

Often translated as "times gone by" or "days long ago," this is a song of friendship and goodwill. Traditionally associated with New Year's Eve festivities, this Scottish air is also appropriate as a

From Three Motets for Unaccompanied Choirs, this work for SSATBB voices is a strong contest/festival selection for mature choirs.

This marvelous poetry is by award-winning Canadian poet, Wendy Jean MacLean and is based on traditional and contemporary thought on the nativity, linking together both sacred and secular images of the

The opening musical number from the Disney animated feature "Frozen," this song is inspired by indigenous Saami and Norwegian culture, a combination of Saami yoiking and the Danish Christmas hymn Dejlig

With a text centered around divine love, and the depths of that love, the music is characterized by slow-moving cluster chords, soaring voice leading, and first inversion chords that give a feeling of

A beautiful arrangement that will challenge your ensemble with its divisi texture, stretched rhythms, and shifting tonalites. The solo section which opens the piece offers vocalists a chance to shine.

Now in a second edition, this unique blend of bluegrass instrumentation and the familiar text of Gloria lends a new - even fun - perspective to the Mass tradition. Newcomers to either the classical or

A banjo-like piano accompaniment and expressive fiddle stylings lend folk authenticity to this plaintive and moving choral setting of Stephen Foster's classic song. The text is set simply but fully, with

A collection of three early American folk hymns: Hallelujah, a six-part a cappella setting of the Sacred Harp tune; Angel Band, an eight-part a cappella setting of the beloved William

Royal Canadian Air Force pilot John Magee wrote his popular poem High Flight when he was 19 years old. In the poem, he describes the delirious feeling of wheeling and soaring, and an intimate

Emily Dickinson's poem on the fragility of nature, as well as our own hand in its destruction, finds an elegiac tone in this deeply melodic original work commissioned by Palo Alto High School.

This piece, based on Christina Rossetti's poem When I Am Dead, My Dearest, portrays death at its most indifferent - unnoticed, unheralded, unremembered. Despite this sense of finality, there is a

This is an evocative, folk-like setting of Yeats' poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree. The modal vocal writing is both simple and sophisticated and always expressive of the yearning in Yeats' words.

Featured at the 2018 St. Olaf College Christmas Festival, this is a beautiful and lush setting of the Howard Thurman text. It reminds us that Christmas is a time of light over darkness. The message in the

This gospel-infused, blues-influenced arrangement of the famous work by Alma Bazel Androzzo was written in honor of Dr. Anton Armstrong. A solo voice drives the work throughout, with the choir playing a

This song by Francis Smith Thomas, a close friend of the Martin Luther King, Jr. family, was inspired by the words of a woman who participated in the Montgomery bus boycott, a pivotal event in the civil

This choral classic sings vibrantly through rapid meter changes with a romantic text celebrating the joys of young love. It continues to be a favorite with contest and festival choirs.

Here is a work about light, which brings peace, hope, awareness, wholeness. The a cappella writing is descriptive and transparent with the independent lines, modern harmonies, clusters, dissonances and

A combination of Bluegrass and shapenote hymns create this energetic and fun anthem. The energetic and driving piano accompaniment, written for one piano four hands,  fills in and emulates all of the