2023 ACDA Alliance Reading Session

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

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

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

This energetic original concert work makes for an ideal opening festival number for younger choirs. The meter shifts back and forth between 3/4 and 6/8 to give a nice sense of movement and drive, while the

A setting of the text by James Weldon Johnson, this lyrical concert work celebrates the gift of music: "With glad defiance in my throat, I pierce the darkness with a note, and sing."

"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 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

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.

Edited by Z. Randall Stroope, this work from contemporary Italian composer Giorgio Susana uses ideas and elements from chant. An accessible work for strong choral ensembles, this is lovely.

An intriguing and mysterious concert work that incorporates a variety of choral textures and colors. For the advanced SATB divisi a cappella choir (with body percussion) and Buffalo or Frame Drum.