Sheet Music by Female Composers: A Rich and Diverse Selection

The composition 'An Evening Prayer' for four-part mixed a-cappella choir (SATB) by Magdalena Zimmermann is based on a sacred poem by the English Baroque poet and philosopher Thomas Browne. To set thes...

This is for soprano solo and unnaccompanied chorus. The words are by William Browne. It was written in 1974.

Set for unaccompanied chorus SATB, words by Eleanor Farjeon.

Still Falls the Rain' is perhaps Edith Sitwell's greatest poem. Maconchy set the poem for double choir, unaccompanied, with some antiphonal writing. The recurrence of the phrase 'still falls the rain'...

For unaccompanied treble chorus of mixed voices (SSSAAATTTBBB).

Unaccompanied (alto/tenor/bass)

Written for SATB choir. Essential Ingredients was originally written for Bobby Baker's performance piece Box Story, which opened in the London International Festival of Theatre 2001.

Commissioned by the Plymouth Congregational Church of Minneapolis and first performed by the Plymouth Church Choir in March 2004. The work is a capella, with a prominant Soprano solo alongside two Alt...

This work was commissioned by the Master and Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge, to mark the 500th anniversary of the founding of the College. The Magnificat was first performed by Andrew Nethsin...

The Song Sung True was expertly composed by Judith Weir. The piece was commissioned by Lawyers' Music, in memory of Helen M. Sibthorp, singer and promenader. The first performance of The Song Sung Tru...

A setting for unaccompanied mixed voices of the Dismissal Troparion at Vespers. The work was written for Sonoro as part of the Sonoro Choral Inspirations project.

A work for mixed voices from 2009 as recorded by US ensemble Skylark.

Commissioned in memory of Edmund Bridges for the choir of Eton College, and in Oxford for the choirs of Magdalen College, and Christ Church Cathedral. First performed by an ad hoc choir conducted by A...

Written in 2021 for the Choir of Merton College, Oxford, as part of Frances-Hoad's role as Visiting Research Fellow in the Creative Arts. These Preces and Responses are written for mixed choir to be u...

A short, simple setting of a poem by Julia Darling which builds to a climax to the words "we all matter". Originally composed for youth singers and first performed at BBC Proms concert from Sage Gates...

Commissioned by Sarah Foot on the occasion of her installation as the first female Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, on 8 July 2023. For SATB chorus a cappella.

Written for the Warden, Fellows and students of Keble College, Oxford, Benedictus Benedicat is a short choral work for SATB.

Lumen Valosta (From/On the Light of Snow) is a short choral work commissioned by the Lumen Valo vocal ensemble in 2003. Eeva-Liisa Manner's poem Tämä matka (This Journey) provides the text which is sp...

For ATB choir, this four-minute anthem is a setting of John Donne, commissioned by the Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral with support from The Boltini Trust. First performed on 21 October 2023 at St Paul...

Commissioned by Oriel College, Oxford, to celebrate 40 years of the admission of women to the college, ‘O Maria virgo pia’ is a 5 minute work for SATB choir.