Intermediate Classical Music of the Modern Age Sheet Music

Sea Fever is the first of Five Sea Songs by Daniel Brinsmead. The poem speaks of a sailor being mysteriously drawn to the sea, and the composer's delighful treatment brings all of the imagery to life....

Mari Rayakan! (Let’s Celebrate!) is a captivating composition that invites us to embrace the new day with exuberant jubilation as the sun rises and joy returns. A chant-like call opens to a rhythmic o...

Featuring the poem Everyone Sang by Siegfried Sassoon, written shortly after the end of World War I, Armistice 1918 is a celebratory work stemming from themes of victory and revolution. Challenging ye...

Originally written for the Singing Girls of Texas, Till Meyn's original secular Latin text and coordinating composition shines with beauty and sophistication. Speaking of the journey of life and the i...

Meon Hu-il uses a poem by leading Korean poet So-Wol Kim (1902-1934) that expresses deep feelings of longing. A soaring piano accompaniment adds to the beauty and drama of this lovely work for SSA cho...

The Firebird is a three-movement work for treble choir created to celebrate growth and transformation. It traces the journey of the Firebird from its quiet longing for freedom to its eventual triumpha...

The moving words, 'As long as we live, we remember them' frame this highly melodic and touching song. We Remember Them is a highly-achievable work for SSAA chorus and piano and will be a beautiful add...

A lyrical and moving work that empowers singers to find their inner worth. The text by Faith Zimmer compares the constellation Orion to the strength that we can find in times of trial.

To love anyone is to risk the loss of that love. Poet Yehuda Halevi calls this a "human thing, a holy thing." Sean Ivory's musical setting is mysterious and steady, and captures the "painful joy" of t...

This important work tells the story of Japanese imperialism in Korea when Japanese were marginalized and incarcerated for being part of an independence movement. The Marketplace is a testament to the...

This work paints a picture of a winter landscape at dusk tied to the thougts of one solemnly reflecting on themes of war, mourning, and the appreciation of motherhood and birth. A new and different ta...

A bridge can serve as a wonderful metaphor—connection and understanding in a world where misunderstanding is pervasive, grace and empathy in a world so quick to judge. In Be the Bridge, the choir invi...

Emily Dickinson’s succinct, deep reflections on life in her poem I had no time to hate inform the musical language of Ellen Gilson-Voth in this setting for choir. The singers and pianist act as co-sto...

What is poetry? Poetry is you. Based on a poem by Spanish poet Gustavo Adolfo, this love song is expressed by composer Sammy Strent through a playful setting for treble choir. Can be performed unaccom...

Sunrise tells the real-life story of the composer sitting on his roof and watching the sun rise one morning during the 2020 pandemic. The text and the music both convey the peace and hopethat can be f...

Sean Ivory's musical setting of Naomi Shihab Nye's heartfelt poem explores themes of compassion and human connection. Ivory's thoughtful composition enhances the reflective nature of Nye's words, maki...

This appealing motet for SATB choir and organ accompaniment was written in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Although the prevailing mood of the gently flowing music is lyrical, with an atmosphere of l...

She Will Transform You is a colourful and vibrant work that draws on the sound-worlds of Western European and Indian traditions. It is centred around a powerful poem by Indian-American author Neelanja...

She Will Transform You is centred around a powerful poem by Indian-American author Neelanjana Banerjee. The text explores the special relationship of an immigrant and her child to their country of ori...

Rebecca Dale's reimagining of César Franck's Panis Angelicus was commissioned for the second instalment of Sonoro's Choral Inspirations project. Dale has drawn upon the harmonic framework of the origi...

This energetic piece draws its thematic material from two Malaysian proverbs about restoration, renewal, and growth. The music, which draws from Malay folk traditions, is bold, energetic, and captivat...

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...

'De sancto Pelagio et sancto Theodolo' is a transcription of a composition originally conceived for choir and large orchestra. The texts, which stem from the liturgical chants 'Cantionale' by Thomas K...

Of all the souls was written for and performed at the wedding of its composer and lyricist (Ed and Alice Newton-Rex) in 2016. The profound and vow-like text encapsulates the essence of a fulfilled sea...

Commissioned by the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for a commemorative event in 2022, this work presents the composer's celebrated Passcaglia for string orchestra of 1995 in a new scorin...