Sheet Music by Female Composers: A Rich and Diverse Selection

Rarely are women's choirs given such strong and heroic songs to put their mark on. These offer a wonderful opportunity for your women's choirs to show their dynamic and emotional ranges.

Glenda Franklin captures the essence of the spiritual with this passionate piece for SSA voicing, with lyrics like 'Goin' up to heaven to receive her angel voice.' 2:10

Delightfully delicate, A Merry Autumn should be sung in a lilting meter of two. The text reminds us of the beauty of the fall season with its kaleidoscope of colors. Suitable for festival, concert and...

The strong, driving rhythms and dynamic contrasts in this setting of a familiar Latin text will keep audience and chorus engaged right up to the final vigorous 'Hallelujah!' Its dynamic writing will m...

Ruth Schram captures the beauty of a sunset using various hues and word painting in this lush setting for treble ensembles. Sunset presents a bounty of teaching opportunities to reinforce syllabic/wor...

A powerful musical monument and a timeless anthem of the women's movement: with 'The March of the Women', British composer Ethel Smyth created a masterpiece full of courage, determination, and histori...

Evensong and its partner work "Shift" set texts by Mary Virginia Micka. Both works were commissioned and premiered in 2007 by WomanVoice - a concert of music for women's voices by women composers. The...

Shift and its partner work set "Evensong" texts by Mary Virginia Micka. Both works were commissioned and premiered in 2007 by WomanVoice - a concert of music for women's voices by women composers. The...

An attractive melody in singer-songwriter style lifts a message of God's divine compassion in this beautiful sacred offering. There is a gentle folk element in the character of the tune and the almost...

Paralleling the voyages we make through life with those of a river to the sea, this poignant original work by Amy Bernon creates a thoughtful and meaningful atmosphere suitable for any general concert...

Wide Open Spaces reflects on the journeys to be found in the wide open spaces within ourselves and in the world around us. After an uplifting melody, expansive textures, and rich harmonies, there is a...

Come Back Like the Sea sets a Sara Teasdale poem that uses the metaphor of the ocean's tide to symbolize life's ups and downs. The music captures the sea imagery and sense of yearning with a captivati...

Earlene Rentz ' Gaudeamus Hodie for three part Mixed Choir and Keyboard.

The score calls for a boy Soprano for the role of the Prince, a baritone for the Pilot, eight other solo roles and a Chorus of twenty children to sing the parts of stars and birds. It is scored for Or...

Die Komposition 'Musik zu Kafka' für Schlagwerk solo geht zurück auf ein größer angelegtes Werk für Singstimme und fünf Instrumentalisten, das 1990 unter dem Titel 'Frühe Kafka-Texte' entstand (erschi...

sehr schwer, wechselt zwischen Horn in E und Horn in F, die Komponistin benutzt den kompletten Tonumfang des Horns (von sehr tief bis sehr hoch),manche Stellen "con sordino"und auch kurze gestopfte St...

Ran was asked for a new work for Mimi Stillman's Dolce Suono Ensemble and their Mahler/Schoenberg 2012 concert series. Creating a piece that would be at once an homage and a companion piece to Schoenb...

Arranged by Meng Hao-Ran. Mixed chorus. For SSAATTBB Chorus. Premiered by the Ithaca College Choir on November 15, 1997 under the direction of Prof. Lawrence Doebler. Choral. Piano/Vocal Score. Compos...

Here is an outstanding selection for very young bands written in an uplifting festive style. There is a nice variety in scoring even for this easy level, and very effective use of dynamics. Easy and f...

This high-energy setting of the Albanian tune Shota re-creates the festive mood of a raucous village dance. Lively and rhythmically infectious, this piece is sure to please musicians and audiences ali...

Spiders? Nope! brings people's fears of the eight-legged arachnid to life with its creepy, crawly rhythm, hair-raising dissonances, and staccato movement. Trumpet's highest note is D. Clarinets do not...

Amberwood Overture is in ABA form. There are no key changes and the rhythms throughout are simple, thus allowing extra rehearsal time for tone development as well as attacks and releases. The attacks...