Ruth Watson Henderson

This text comes from the Dakota people who address God as Grandfather and this a cappella work by Ruth Watson Henderson is prayerful, strong and full of passion. With large, low drum.

A setting of The Creation by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) from his collection of poetic sermons, “God's Trombones,” this work is in keeping with the style of the poem, flowing freely t...

Ruth Watson Henderson has set a wonderful secular winter text using a harmonic language that is accessible to a very good high school choir but worthy of a fine adult ensemble as well.

In this piece we are told of the manner in which things described by the Passionate Shepherd will be changed with the passing of time; only if youth and love prevail will the nymph accept the shepherd...

Ruth Watson Henderson's arrangement of this traditional Irish blessing is perfect for your children's choir or Jr. high choir.

This simple, yet beautiful arrangement is perfect for a children's choirFrom our Jean Ashworth Bartle series

by Ruth Watson Henderson

by Ruth Watson Henderson

arr. Ruth Watson Henderson

Intrada for solo trumpet is a piece that is suitable as a Prelude for a church service or an opening number for a solo recital. The accompaniment can be played on a piano or an organ. There is some gr...

In this familiar lullaby from the Jean Ashworth Bartle Series, Isaac Watts compares our babes to baby Jesus in the manger

Recommended by master teacher Jean Ashworth Bartle, this work for three-part treble voices by Canadian composer Ruth Watson Henderson is based on a set of riddles. One part of the chorus sings the rid...

This piece was written for a choral festival where numerous choirs were present. Here, each choir represents a different animal or insect in the poem and sings a verse assigned to its own melody. The...

Oxford Music from Canada is a new series of choral pieces by significant Canadian composers that reflect the themes and texts of Canada. for SATB choir, upper voice choir, and organ. The composer skil...

The path of love is not always sunlit. In Shades of Love, the music expresses a variety of emotions brought on by diverse stages of love: ecstasy, tenderness, bitterness, wistfulness, eternal devotion...

While the sopranos convey the text of the first half of Remember, the lower three voices softly echo the words 'remember me” like fleeting glimpses of past memories. The harmonic implications are rath...

The tune for Annabel Lee is an original one, but is treated as a folk song.The path of love is not always sunlit. In Shades of Love, the music expresses a variety of emotions brought on by diverse sta...

The woman depicted in She Walks in Beauty elicits expressions of tender and gentle endearment from the poet. To accompany words like 'sweet,' 'pure,' 'soft,' 'eloquent,' the music flows gently, uninte...

In When We Two Parted, the bitterness felt by the poet when he thinks of his lost love is expressed musical in several ways.The path of love is not always sunlit. In Shades of Love, the music expresse...

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love is a light-hearted song in 6/8 time in which the shepherd describes to his love the many pleasures they will enjoy in a idyllic, pastoral setting if she will come a...

Commissioned by the CBC and the choir of the church of St. Andrew and St. Paul in Montreal, Ruth has set the evocative Christmas text of Eliza Hewitt. The text is both majestic and intimate and the mu...

Canadian composer Ruth Watson Henderson is effective in writing both small and extended works. This seven-minute work for mixed chorus (div.) Organ is a winner for advent and Christmas. Also works as...

Written for and dedicated to the Toronto Children's Choir, legendary Canadian composer Ruth Watson Henderson has constructed a piece that incorporates all levels of a broad based Community Children's...