Classical Music

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...

Written for the California Junior High All-State Honor Choir, this piece sets a motivational text by the composer on the theme of embracing new opportunities and, using the metaphor of a river, encour...

Setting a text by the contemporary writer and librettist Jennifer Thorp, this upbeat work is instantly catchy. Using vibrant language,Cacao tells a story from the perspective of the cacao seed from wh...

Wanderlust reflects on friendships and the desire to explore, both literally and figuratively. Ideal for children's choir, it features a memorable melody and nostalgic harmonies against the backdrop o...

TaReKiTa is a refreshing concert piece that effortlessly fuses the Hindustani (North Indian) and Western classical music styles. The composer's scats are combined with a fast triple metre, vocal slide...

This set of three captivating pieces is designed to introduce choirs to the Hindi language. 'Sŭnāō' translates as 'have me listen', but is closer in meaning to 'tell me' or 'sing for me'. The first so...

Setting Christina Rossetti's poem A Song of Flight, this uplifting piece is a celebration of freedom, action, and courage. Its flowing lyrical lines are paired with a supportive and driving accompanim...

for SSAA and piano. My Own Design is a three-movement work about self-discovery, living with purpose, and finding joy in life's unfolding journey. Gimon embellishes her dynamic and accessible musical...

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...

Your Echo Around Me celebrates the enduring influence of music educators, whose work resonates in their students' adult lives, as evoked by a memorable lilting melody that passes between the voice par...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem in D minor (KV 626), an emblematic work of the sacred repertoire, remains one of the best-known compositions in the history of classical music. Completed after Mozart...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem in D minor (KV 626), an emblematic work of the sacred repertoire, remains one of the best-known compositions in the history of classical music. Completed after Mozart...

Details: 9 women's voices and 3 instruments

Details: nine women's voices

Heather Dohollau's poetry always ventures to the border of words and silence. A native of Wales but having lived in France since 1950, Heather Dohollau (1925-2013) had found, through the confrontation...

Details: three female voices and instrumental ensemble (fl., cl., vibra., acc., vl. and vlc.)

Betsy Jolas: Enfantillages (Choral-Female accompanied)

Autres chants' (Other songs) is a cycle of five lieder for 3-part women's choir and obligato piano, by which I mean that the piano takes part in the musical development following the tradition of the...