Folksongs Choral Music

Based on traditional Scottish folk poetry and tunes, this choral cycle of three songs traces a love story of one who must ultimately leave his beloved Scottish homeland. Set here for mixed divisi choir with

Quoting the famous lyrics by Joseph Brackett, this original setting of what we know as Simple Gifts utilizes a 10/8 and mixed meter with a colorful modern harmonic palette for both singers and

A high-energy Celtic setting of the familiar tune, this is a great closer for seasonal concerts.

An updated revisiting of the well-known Shaker song Simple Gifts expressing Shaker values of simplicity and humility, and reference is made to the love of dancing. This is a joyous song, either in

This well-known American Civil War tune gets a grand and wonderful treatment with a divisi choral texture, four-hand piano accompaniment, snare drum, and glockenspiel. The story marches through the years of

This is the fourth and final movement in the song cycle Appalachian Stories for choir with fiddle accompaniment. This final movement speaks to faith: the belief that a better world awaits us on the

Extracted from the larger four-movement work Appalachian Stories comes this rousing arrangement of the traditional American folk song. Set for mixed chorus with a fiddle accompaniment that ties the

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

Part of the Henry Leck Choral Series, this very artistic setting of an old folk/cowboy song is colorful. With some unexpected dissonances, an independent piano accompaniment and parts for violin and cello,

Written as part of a choral cycle, this Scottish folk song accompanied only by percussion has wonderful melodic lines, beautiful sonorities, and a tenor solo.  Technically challenging with mixed meters

Part of Donald Patriquin's World Music Suite.  The suite has six different octavos published for children's voices: Cabbage-Tree Hat; Taivas on Sininen; The Stuttering Lovers; Ach! Synku Synku;