Choral Sheet Music

Written in response to the 2003 war in Afghanistan, this haunting a cappella work is based on an original plainchant. Using only the words 'dona nobis' as the text, the melody weaves effortlessly thro...

This a cappella Advent motet, with a text taken from the Gospel of Luke known as the 'Annunciation,' uses long, legato, intense lines to describe the birth of the baby Jesus. With divisi in all voice...

Dominick Argento is noted for his lyricism, refined sense of language and impeccable craft to the extent that few contemporary composers can match. This work, a rhapsody for mixed chorus a cappella wa...

Voices, written in memory of Fenno Heath (1926-2008) who served as the conductor of the Yale Glee Club for almost 40 years, is based on a poem by Greek poet Cavafy, best known for his poetic recreatio...

Constructed primarily in homophonic form, this setting of the Rossetti poem results in a poignant plea for resurrected life and spirit. Composer Helvey has dedicated this anthem to Woodhaven, a not-fo...

Ned Rorem has been described as 'the world's best composer of art songs,' and compelling works for chorus affirm this descritpion. 'Psalm 110' was written for director Joseph Ohrt and the Central Buck...

This amazing work, premiered by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, director, is a contrast of homophonic refrains against polyphonic verses. Beginning with the austere Sacred Harp tune 'He...

This enduring gospel favorite is set with a straight-forward first verse and chorus. The next two verses combine traditional bluegrass vocal style with counterpoint and fugue, resulting in a crescendo...

Sing Me a Song is one of the more popular Italian canzonetta of the late 16th Century. Similar to the madrigal with a secular text, the canzonetta is less serious with bright melodies and up-beat, dan...

The strong, bold character of this short piece is immediately evident in the unison exclamations of the opening fanfare. An imitative section follows with each voice singing an independent melody, yet...

Setting a prose text penned by Helen Keller in her 'The Open Door,' composer and conductor Andrea Ramsey has created a sensitive yet powerful new work exploring 'All that we love deeply becomes part o...

This four movement Missa Brevis is full of multicultural influences with deep roots in the dance. Drawing from Bulgarian rhythm and melodic, Turkish finger cymbals, mandolin figures of bluegrass waltz...

Initially a contour variation (in minor key) of a well-known hymn setting, this descriptive motet-like anthem offers a wide range of contrasts, from early phrasal points of imitation, climactic aggres...

This piece is the anthem for MosaiK', a choral festival in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. One of the festival's guiding principals is the inclusion of the culture and music of both national languages,...

First-Prize Winner of the 2012 Yale Glee Club Emerging Composers Competition.

Written in the style of 19th century Shaker music, this new composition by Wayland Rogers uses claps and foot stomps along with energetic music to capture the sense of movement that is essential to th...

This five movement work for SATB choir is based on five different Native American peoples. The sequence starts with 'Falling,' a lullaby, and ends with 'Rising,' an image of spirits gently swaying on...

The composer states:'Nightfall is an incantatory piece inspired by how light changes at the end of a day: the adding and subtracting of colours and shadow; the slowly building and diminishing dynamics...

This beautiful text by Metaphysical poet John Donne brings a poignant message that as long as you keep what is most loved in your heart, you are never truly parted. This lovely idea is held together b...

This beautiful text by contemporary poet Annie Finch is a love song describing the most beautiful and intimate images of love - 'warm hands,' 'gentlest sounds, touches and hours'. The text is set apar...

Margery Agrell's poem recalls 'faint light' and 'soft winds' and provides a reflective and soothing view of nature in this SATB piece for a cappella mixed voices. The close harmonies produce a lush ye...

Written for Jeffrey Douma and the Yale Glee Club, Stephen Feigenbaum has created a piece that is at the same time classically contemporary and jazzy, light-hearted and sad, insightful and fully transp...

Beginning with two main thematic ideas that are developed throughout the work: a 2-note gentle, lilting motive and a 4-note lyrical theme that travels throughout the voices, this 7 minute piece for a...