Sara Teasdale

If there ever was a piece that describes a text in song, this is it. Sara Teasdale's descriptive words about the clouds become sound in this exquisite composition. Accompanied by piano and celesta, a...

A lovely poem by Sara Teasdale inspired this new composition by Thomas Juneau. Perfect for young womens choirs at the middle school and high school levels. A nice melody with accessible part-writing a...

This carol is one of the pieces that were produced during a full weekend of group composition with Anna Lapwood and the Pembroke College Girls’ Choir, a process with which they had experimented previo...

Set to words by Sara Teasdale, this gentle Christmas carol follows kings, shepherds, wise men, and angels as they bring gifts to the newborn child. Dominique Le Gendre’s warm harmonies and lyrical wri...

Capturing both the wonder and the joy and optimism of winter. Words and music of possibility and energy of life in motion. Unlike many of Sara Teasdale's poems which struggle with depression, here she...

Setting the text by the late American Lyric poet Sara Teasdale, this musical setting uses blurred textures and unusual harmonies as an attempt to enhance the profound beauty in Teasdale's poignant dep...