Sheet Music by Female Composers: A Rich and Diverse Selection

This short dreamy choral work is a tapestry of subtle, ever shifting beauty. This piece is inspired by a passage from Jean Jacques Rousseau’s Essay on the Origin of Languages. Katherine Balch further...

The words for this piece were taken from two French poems: LHeure du Berger, by Paul Verlaine, and Le Lac by the ultra-Romantic Alphonse de Lamartine. It was important for me to think of the age gap b...

With a text that includes both Swahili and English, this energetic a cappella SSA piece celebrates our Mother Earth. The shaker and hand drum make a perfect rhythmic accompaniment. The descant part fo...

With a text that includes both Swahili and English, this energetic a cappella SSA piece celebrates our Mother Earth. The shaker and hand drum make a perfect rhythmic accompaniment. The descant part fo...

Zur Geschichte der Frauenbewegung gehören zahlreiche Lieder, die Forderungen nach Gleichberechtigung, angemessenen Arbeitsbedingungen, politischer und gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe, Selbstbestimmung und...

Fünf kurze, etwas melancholische Stücke auf einen Text über die irische Küste von Gillian Turner, die Sehnsucht und vergangene Erinnerungen und hervorrufen. Sie sind teils an den imitatorischen Stil d...

“This feathered species which I love – how numerous they are!” This is the introduction to Birdsongs, a cycle for polyglot singers to be sung by an unaccompanied choir a cappella or soloists (SSA). Sp...

For upper voices (SSA), unaccompanied. An exuberant song of rejoicing at the dawn, with a catchy, toe-tapping refrain of 'Cry jubilee'.

For SSSAAA, unaccompanie. dA setting of the familiar psalm text with interpolations from nature writings by the American naturalist John Muir and by Patricia Hennings.

For SSAA unaccompanied

Energetic and electric, this dynamic arrangement of the familiar spiritual, This Little Light of Mine, will become a favorite of singers and audiences, alike. Tight harmonies and playful syncopation m...

Två sånger om livet efter detta (2019) composed by Britta Byström

This SSAA work for advanced high school and collegiate level groups caputres the reverence and mystery of the Latin Christmas text. The composer's gift for part writing comes through in this gentle wo...

While the Ave Maris Stella text has been set for choirs in many ways, Eva Ugalde's unique compositional voice shines through here. Highly melodic, lovely part-writing, and a joyful spirit come through...

NEW! Written for the 2000 Convention of the American Guild of Organists, An American Kedushah is a monumental piece. Working closely with Eleanor Epstein, conductor of the Zemer Chai Chorale of Washin...

NEW! Written for the 2000 Convention of the American Guild of Organists, An American Kedushah is a monumental piece. Working closely with Eleanor Epstein, conductor of the Zemer Chai Chorale of Washin...

Following a short a cappella vocal fanfare, this exuberant work transitions into a lively 12/8 theme with full vocal textures and rich harmonies. The middle section is a contrasting slower 4/4 legato...

Following a short a cappella vocal fanfare, this exuberant work transitions into a lively 12/8 theme with full vocal textures and rich harmonies. The middle section is a contrasting slower 4/4 legato...

Emerging composer Kelsey Hohnstein has produced a warm, deeply expressive setting of the Sara Teasdale poem with well-crafted vocal lines, interesting choral textures and a full dynamic range, making...