Hinshaw Secular

High-quality literature for the school choir, junior or senior highThe text is provided by a student of the composer

A choice piece for the advanced choir

The immortal Gershwin piece is given a new twist by Robert Gage: conductor, educator, editor, and master arranger.

This moderately difficult piece for college or community choir with words by Elinor Wylie is like a serene walk through newly fallen snow.

With words and music by the composer, the beautiful melody found in this piece heightens the sentiments we all feel when making music together, great for community choirs or any adult choir

A fairly easy secular piece containing nice counterpoint written for three-part choir (adults and/or children), with piano four-hands, string bass, trumpet, and percussion. From the Accent On Youth se...

Based on a text by Robert Burns, this lovely setting for SAB voices would work for skilled junior high or high school choir

One of the finest graduation anthems to come out in a long time, this is another hit by Lantz and Parker written for mixed voices and an energetic accompaniment.

Another great secular text, Green and Crescenz have set these beautiful words to a brilliant melody accompanied by piano. Drawing a correlation between nature and all of humanity, this SAB piece would...

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...

Traditionally a love song, this air from Northumbria is written for treble voices (SSA) accompanied by piano. Arranged by Samuel Adler, a prolific composer and conductor, it is of medium-easy difficul...

Though occasionally expanding to four voices, this work is primarily two-part mixed. Linda Marcus and David Lantz have produced the perfect piece for a 'bluesy' spring concert (the piano really swings...

The text for these two companion pieces might provide an opportunity to do some teaching on the importance of proper punctuation. For a little comic relief, try this winner with your women's choir.

British composer Stuart McIntosh gives us this lovely partsong on a text by John Burroughs, it contains lovely solos for soprano and tenor.

Instumentation: Piano, Harp, Cello, and Flute (optional)

A terrific work for community choirs, this work for divisi chorus and piano is suitable for celebrating the joys of music!

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...

James Green and Valerie Crescenz team up once again for this marvelous secular inspirational work celebrating the arts and the creative spirit. Try it with junior high, high school, or adults as well.

For three-part treble voices, solo, and piano or harp, this lullaby works with all ages!

Michael Patterson sets this translation from the mixed voices with keyboard. Try the piece for commencement festivities or as a rousing concert work.

This is a memorial work for treble voices with piano and C instrument. From an anonymous text, the work is a moving crossover between the secular and sacred.

Andre Thomas is one of our most venerated choral conductors and composers. Here, he sets this text by American poet Langston Hughes for mixed voices with piano. Consider the work for Commencement or w...

Originally scored for three part mixed chorus (HMC1778), here Tom Shelton sets the Emily Dickinson text for SSA chorus and piano. Try it during American music month

Tom Shelton is a master writer for young voices and this work for three-part treble chorus with piano and optional wind chimes is no exception.

Looking for a Scottish folksong arranged for SATB voices? Try this beautiful tune on a Robert Burns text arranged for chorus and piano by Jerry Ulrich, a pronunciation guide is included.