Sarah Quartel

Prologue is the first movement from Sarah Quartel's Snow Angel, an evocative five-movement choral work which is a firm favourite with choirs across the world. The musical language is emotive and picto...

Presented here in an arrangement for upper-voices, this is a beautiful setting of an evocative poem by Emily Dickinson that explores the symbolization of hope as a bird. Quartel offers soaring melodic...

She Sang the Stars uses the lens of Elias Lönnrot's Finnish epic, the Kalevala, to explore the stages of womanhood. With all texts in English translation, the work's outer movements act as an introduc...

for SSAA and piano. En suenos sets Antonio Machado's poem 'Tal vez la mano, en suenos' on dreams as a space where memory, music, and truth meet. Evoking the vivid imagery in Machado's text, the expres...

for SSA and piano. Gentle yet joyful, We Thank You is an ode to the beaty of nature. Setting a text by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the music is warm, comforting, and flowing, with Quartel's characteristicall...

Voice on the Wind sets an inspiring text, written by the composer, about the empowerment of singing. With a catchy melody, imitative scat singing, and a driving hand drum accompaniment, this piece has...

I remember sets a text reflecting on the wonder of the natural world and the people who shape our lives. The stirring melody calls to mind the folksong tradition, and is underpinned by a gently flowin...

I remember sets a text reflecting on the wonder of the natural world and the people who shape our lives. The stirring melody calls to mind the folksong tradition, and is underpinned by a gently flowin...

Commissioned by the Treble Makers Women's Choir to celebrate both their 10th anniversary and the 150th anniversary of Canada, this secular work for upper voices sensitively sets Langston Hughes's poem...

Commissioned by the Treble Makers Women's Choir to celebrate both their 10th anniversary and the 150th anniversary of Canada, this secular work for upper voices sensitively sets Langston Hughes's poem...

This beautiful setting of a text by Ralph Waldo Emerson celebrates the universal presence of song, which can be found in places of beauty but also darkness. With memorable melodies and a flowing suppo...

This atmospheric setting of familiar words from Shakespeare's As You Like It is sprightly and uplifting, with singers being asked by the composer to perform with 'a bit of frost and a knowing smile'....

The Sarah Quartel Songbook brings together a selection of the composer's best-loved pieces for mixed voices, including favourites such as Sing, my Child, Voice on the Wind, and Swept Away. This is an...

This uplifting and affirmatory piece sets a text by the composer inspired by the reflections of the Northwest Girlchoir on what their choir means to them. A warm unison first verse and chorus is next...

resented here in an arrangement for SABar voices, this setting of words by Chief Dan George optimistically reminds us that there is still beauty to be found in times of trouble and that difficult days...

All the World with Joyful Sounds brings to life a text by Thomas Troeger that tells of angels, joyful singing, and the blessing of peace. While suitable for Christmas, this piece can also be performed...

This gentle yet joyful Christmas Carol sets a text that evokes imagery of Bethlehem at the time of Christ's birth: a land with olive trees and sheep on the hillside. The delicate and supportive piano...

Sarah Quartel brings a fresh take on a familiar fifteenth-century text in this enchanting carol. The dialogue between Mary and the infant Jesus is woven to a beguiling folk-like melody, in 6/8 metre,...

Quartel's arrangement of this well-known Irish carol is distinctly refreshing, characterized in part by its charming and sparkling piano part. The middle section offers an opportunity for both the cho...

Quartel's arrangement of this well-known Irish carol is distinctly refreshing, characterized in part by its charming and sparkling piano part. The middle section offers an opportunity for both the cho...

Sara Teasdale's poem about the three kings allows Sarah Quartel to create a haunting atmosphere in this folk-like carol for choir and piano. Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 6.

On this Silent Night perfectly conveys the magic and excitement of winter, conjuring images of warmth by the fireside while the weather outside closes in and giving a subtle nod to Franz Gruber's Sile...

Quartel's arrangement of the Huron Carol, renamed Iesous ahatonnia' to reflect its origins, sets new texts by Wendat poet Andrée Levesque Sioui and invites choirs and audiences to learn from the past...

This arrangement of Huron Carol, renamed Iesous ahatonnia' to reflect its origins, sets new texts by Wendat poet Andrée Levesque Sioui and invites us to learn from the past while working to shape a be...

Taken from Sanctum, a setting of the Requiem text for upper voices, 'Lux aeterna' features a simple and gentle melody, supported by a new piano part in this arrangement for solo voice. Also available...