Bega, the least of bells, murmurs its prayer "God around me, God above me, God to guard me, God to love me." Commissioned by Ithaca College for their annual composition competition, this piece requires an

Choral ensembles always find such joy in singing music by a composer who truly understands the voice and the choral art. With logical voice leadings in and out of thorny places, creative use of independent

Rarely, if ever, have the words and music of this folk song been so beautifully merged that both love and despair are both heard and felt. A wonderful baritone solo opens and closes the piece, and the

This spiritual original uses three 19th-century melodies: the shape-note hymn The Promised Land and two Appalachian fiddle tunes, Santa Anna's Retreat and The Temperance Reel.

This is a simple and repetitive composition. The use of repetition is deliberate as we examine our patterns of behavior through Megan Levad's poetry. If you are looking for a piece that explores the human

From the Gounod opera "Faust." Here, young Valentin's heartfelt prayer abounds with conflicting emotions, offering singers an opportunity to consider the devotional yet enthusiastic text and operatic style

This artistic a cappella arrangement of the traditional spiritual is best described as light, fast, strong, and accented. Each of the voice parts carries the melodic ideas at different times, creating extra

Commissioned by the professional choir EXIGENCE and using the famous Maya Angelou text The Caged Bird, here is a concert setting that explores various tonalities and will challenge even the

In Shakespeare's play The Tempest, Caliban is a character who is half human and half monster. In spite of his wild personality he nonetheless delivers the beautiful lines found in this text as if

Sara Teasdale's poem melds the natural world and the personal world in ways that still resonate today. A reflective a cappella opening gives way to an energetic and syncopated groove that is well suited to

Composed in the Afro-Puerto Rican bomba style, one of the oldest musical traditions of Puerto Rico, this song of hope comes with an invitation to free ourselves of hate and prejudice. The music is pattern

The poetry, in the form of a chant, traces the journey of a droplet of rain and supposes that we might join on that journey. The music uses "hocketing," where one voice fills in the rests left by another

Here is a traditional Lakota lullaby sung by mothers to their young boys. The Lakota language has become nearly extinct, but composer/arranger Linthicum-Blackhorse has made it his life's work to bring the

This beautiful Swedish folk hymn Tryggare Kan Ingen Var is beautifully set in a hymn style for the concert stage. The SATB divisi a cappella setting allows for subtle changes between verses and

This original composition, created for the Dale Warland Singers, is perfect for accomplished choirs. With both a piano and a guitar accompaniment included, choirs without access to a classical guitar player

Far from a typical Christmas work, this searching, insightful text illuminates the sacrifice that God already understood when He sent the baby Jesus to earth. Illustrating the emotions of the text, the