Matthew Emery Sheet Music for Mixed Choir

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...

While we as humans are rooted here to the ground, why do we always look up when searching for answers? This music explores this ancient theme with long phrases, repeated words and the seemingly unendi...

Here is a work about light. Light which brings peace, hope, awareness, wholeness. The a cappella writing is descriptive and transparent and a wonderful vehicle for exploring choral colors.

This beautiful text by Canadian poet Bliss Carman speaks to themes of peace, thankfulness and humility. The texture is mostly homophonic with brief sections of divisi to illuminate colors and images i...

This was the winning entry in the DaCapo Chamber Choir (Canada) 2014 New Works competition. As each phrase moves to and from chords in inversion, the music ebbs and flows depicting life's flow, until...

Who doesn't remember musical moments in their past, when singing became transcendent and the moment became a memory never to be forgotten? Henry Van Dyke's poem recalls that time and Matthew Emery, th...

Canadian composer Matthew Emery is a name to watch. This piece was chosen as the winner of the 2012 Nova Scotia Choral Federation Choral Competition. Last year Pavane published his When the Sun Comes...

There are certain texts that have been set to music for centuries. Texts from the liturgical mass carry a rich legacy, and in the right hands, can breathe fresh sounds. Matthew Emery is a Canadian com...

There are certain texts that have been set to music for centuries. Texts from the liturgical mass carry a rich legacy, and in the right hands, can breathe fresh sounds. Matthew Emery is a Canadian com...

Long, legato lines and shifting tonal centers describe this setting by Matthew Emery of this famous James Joyce poem. Speaking of the power of both love and music and how they intertwine and collide,...

Long, legato lines and shifting tonal centers describe this setting by Matthew Emery of this famous James Joyce poem. Speaking of the power of both love and music and how they intertwine and collide,...

In this setting, the composer employs warm, lush harmonic language along with a lovely, lyrical treatment of the familiar bedtime poem by Thomas Dekker. It was premiered at the Vancouver Chamber Choir...

In this setting, the composer employs warm, lush harmonic language along with a lovely, lyrical treatment of the familiar bedtime poem by Thomas Dekker. It was premiered at the Vancouver Chamber Choir...

Award-winning Canadian composer Matthew Emery has crafted an eloquent choral reflection of the soul taking flight using the text of Indian poet Tagore. Solid, yet fresh, choral writing makes this a co...

Award-winning Canadian composer Matthew Emery has crafted an eloquent choral reflection of the soul taking flight using the text of Indian poet Tagore. Solid, yet fresh, choral writing makes this a co...

Commissioned by the Chronos Vocal Ensemble, this work is dedicated to the memory all of the victims of COVID-19. The lyrical quality of the writing lends itself to a beautiful sonic landscape.

I Sing, a lyrical work for mixed voices, sets a text exploring how singing can be shaped through gesture, inspiration, wit, and will. The lines move together, rising and falling, stirring the words in...

I Sing, a lyrical work for mixed voices, sets a text exploring how singing can be shaped through gesture, inspiration, wit, and will. The lines move together, rising and falling, stirring the words in...

In this first piece of a set called 'Two Pickthall Songs, ' the poet asks the wind to be still, life to be sufficient, and time to be merciful. Each line of the poem is set to its own unique musical p...

The second piece of 'Two Pickthall Songs' suggests that whatever is in our hearts may remain there so that we are never truly parted. The music has three main sections which correspond to the three ma...

A hauntingly beautiful work that captures the essence of awakening and transformation. It invites listeners on a journey from the serene depths of slumber to the vibrant embrace of reality.

This text welcomes the long-awaited arrival of the railway system and the benefits it will bring, bidding good riddance to the slow, rough-riding stage coaches of the era. The music has a folk-inspire...

Three French Canadian folk songs make a superb set for any concert program. Roll On, My Ball, Roll On tells a tale of ducks and hunting and silver guns and an evil prince, all the while you can pictur...

Three French Canadian folk songs make a superb set for any concert program. This selection shares the spring pastime of a young girl collecting the first white rosebuds of the season. Provided in the...

Three French Canadian folk songs make a superb set for any concert program. The Small Rock finds our poet climbing the hills to find comfort, wishing for wings like the birds she hears, and finally pr...