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Commissioned by the Los Angeles-based group Tonality and their director Dr. Alexander Lloyd Blake. Tonality is a professional performance ensemble dedicated to promoting peace, unity, and social justice

The Curse is written for two-part men's chorus. After a slow mysterious opening, it opens up into a fast hemiola rhythm. Don't let that time signature scare you—this piece is incredibly singable and

A rousing rendition of the traditional spiritual scored for treble voices. Instrumentation includes notated fiddle and bass parts as well as chord symbols for banjo and guitar. Additional instruments such

A setting of an original text for SATB chorus and piano. The music draws on Gospel and jazz idioms and longs for a peace that seems all too absent in the world. The context is made more poignant by the

Fairy Song was written when I stumbled across this lovely text by Louisa May Alcott-- who is most well-known for authoring the classic book, "Little Women." I loved the imagery in the poem, and was

Sara Teasdale’s Barter provides the text for "For Loveliness", composed for SATB chorus, piano, and cello.

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A choral anthem for SAB voices, piano, and optional violin, that was written with small church ensembles in mind. This piece would be fitting for Lent/Holy Week services or as a general anthem during the

This simple partner song can be performed in SA or TB register, and is well suited to late elementary, JH/MS and high school beginners. It may be performed at pitch or an octave down with middle schoolers.

A humorous set of miniatures with texts penned by children ages 4-9, these novel works were commissioned for the California High School SATB All-State Choir.

This set of miniature

At its core, In Her Image is a celebration of sisterhood as well as an exploration of individuality within a collective. Mirroring the text, written by poet Lauren Peat, and the journey of

With a text about perseverance, and percussion to drive this unaccompanied work, Keep Going is a great fit for treble choruses, women's choruses and advanced youth choruses. Premiered (virtually) by the

An a cappella choral work for double chorus (Choir I/SSAATTBB and Choir II/SATB)), written in the style of a concert spiritual. Originally commissioned for the American Spirituals' Ensemble (Dr. Everett

The traditional spiritual text arranged freely with new melodic, harmonic and rhythmic ideas throughout. Ostinatos occur in all voices, and while there is some rhythmic complexity, the repetition makes this

Sometimes, when lightning strikes, time slows to a crawl and allows you to be witness to each millisecond. In the world of art music, Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem, Love's Philosophy is most known

Movement 4 from Ave Maris Stella (2021) for Piffaro, the Renaissance Band and Variant 6 (SSATTB), arr. for SSA and harp, for the iSing Girlchoir, Jennah Delp, director. 4'30". From a Marian hymn, c. 8th

"No fairy tale here" tells of the extraordinary writing and artistry of Ida B. Wells and how she fought racism and oppression through literature. This musical setting for treble voices with piano and

Setting the words of the prophet Jeremiah (6th century B.C.) as he sat weeping over the ruined city of Jerusalem, this work is a dramatic expression of grief and anger penned by the composer shortly after

Set for tenor and bass voices, the text is intended to inspire and encourage singers to look inside themselves for strength. It empowers singers to believe they are and will always be enough just as they

An original text and folk-like tune ("fauxlk"?) set for SATB or TBB voices.

While on tour in Sweden in the summer of 2017, the Allegro Con Brio singers were introduced to this folk song. The haunting melody and its structure provide flexibility to create what works for your choir

We Are the Storm features three North American Indian melodies (Zuni, Chickasaw & Ojibway) and offers a message about peaceful human solidarity. Lyrics are by Charles Anthony Silvestri. We