Intermediate Classical Music of the Modern Age Sheet Music

This piece was written for my daughter Olivia, who is a music teacher, singer and choir director. The humorous poem is by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), famous for his children's book Alice in Wonderland....

This piece was written for my daughter Olivia, who is a music teacher, singer and choir director. The humorous poem is by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), famous for his children's book Alice in Wonderland....

Composed for unaccompanied mixed choir by Melissa Dunphy with text by Dora Sigerson Shorter, I am the World is an exciting, pulsating and affirming piece building to a thrilling vocal ending. Commissi...

Nocturne is composed by Jocelyn Hagen for SATB (divisi) and French horn. Using a text by regular collaborator Todd Boss, this piece gently unfurls as a clock ticks through the night. Premiered by VOCE...

Seven Short Prayers sets texts by Jane Austen and Samuel Johnson and can either be performed as one 14-5-minute work or as individual movements. The seven prayers are: A Prayer for a New Year (Samuel...

When Dr Bernie Sherlock approached me to commission a setting of W B Yeats poem for New Dublin Voices, Iʼm ashamed to say that I wasnʼt familiar with his work But it gave me a fantastic opportunity to...

With a hauntingly beautiful original text, The Sunrise Will Come is the perfect piece to showcase lyrical delivery and phrasing. The song's minor key paired with the hopeful lyric creates a sense of f...

This liveley arrangement for unaccompanied SATB chorus of Stephen Foster's CAMPTOWN RACES has been completed by Walter Watson.

The Lullaby from 'The Unicorns' arose from an opera libretto I commissioned from John Heath-Stubbs (1918-2006) in the late 1960s. In his story two unicorns are discovered in a remote part of Africa....

The Willow Lullaby is a song about memory and loss, when what was once lush and alive loses its leaves. This is a lovely selection for mixed choirs looking for emotional expression and interesting har...

The poetry of Hyun Ok Cho is beautifully set here by Korean composer Hyun Kook. The song speaks to the essence of longing through metaphors of red spider lily flowers and the stillness they hold. This...

Written first nearly 2000 years ago, this text offers a new and unique way of understanding love. Rich harmonies underlay a beautiful melodic structure. This work is well suited for high school and ab...

The lyrics of Sudraba Meness (or 'Silver Moon') compare the moon and its phases to the passage of time and our own reflection of life's journey. Can be sung in Latvian or English. Originally performed...

Sweeping melodic lines and simple yet at times unexpected harmonies envelop this dramatic work by Z. Randall Stroope. Textually and musically for more advanced groups, Abandon sculpts the beautiful Ri...

The beautiful poem, written by Charles Anthony Silvestri during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, is set here by composer Brent Wells. The evocative music captures overarching feelings of longing,...

Snowscape paints the picture of a gentle snowfall and how it changes the landscape. Douglas Mason has set the poem with beautiful and purposeful harmonies and with attention to a comelling melodic lin...

Estonian composer Pärt Uusberg has crafted a lovely and meditative piece that speaks to the calm of a winter night. Beautiful and simple, with opportunities for creating interest through staging.

Dos Palabras is a harmonically rich setting of a text by early 20th century Argentinian poet Alfonsina Storni. The imagery of young lovers under the moonlight is brought to life by composer Josh Rodri...

Modeled after the spirit and purpose - and in homage to - Bach’s keyboard inventions, the Inventions for Choir deal with the five fingers of a pianist’s hand. Each finger receives a different imaginat...