Sheet Music by Female Composers: A Rich and Diverse Selection

A syncopated opening bass lick lays the groundwork for this quintessential a cappella spiritual. When the other voices join, we begin a journey of texture, harmonic development, and form, indicative o...

A mixolydian melody becomes the foundation for this stately three-part canon with madrigal style counterpoint. Festive flute and hand drum parts add a Renaissance music touch to a piece with only 12 b...

A mixolydian melody becomes the foundation for this stately three-part canon with madrigal style counterpoint. Festive flute and hand drum parts add a Renaissance music touch to a piece with only 12 b...

This high-energy original Christmas spiritual is not to be missed! A driving gospel chorus alternates with contrasting verses, then a quote from 'Angels We Have Heard on High' introduces a lively, and...

The bass section lays out a captivating minor key line, followed by the entrance of syncopated tenors. Altos add their percussive part, and the sopranos offer another layer in the exciting contrapunta...

These two a cappella settings of blessings from Ireland will warm your heart. The straightforward chorale-style rendering puts the focus clearly on the text, while allowing for artistic liberty with t...

These two a cappella settings of blessings from Ireland will warm your heart. The straightforward chorale-style rendering puts the focus clearly on the text, while allowing for artistic liberty with t...

Sung on a combination of Latin and English words and punctuated by the clapping of hands, this rhythmic a cappella stunner is both stimulating and musically satisfying. Open fifths underpin a modal th...

Sung on a combination of Latin and English words and punctuated by the clapping of hands, this rhythmic a cappella stunner is both stimulating and musically satisfying. Open fifths underpin a modal th...

Perform this pair of authentic Asian folk songs separately or as a world music set. Singers will embrace imitating percussion instruments in the Chinese 'Flower Drum Song,' and adore echoing the lyric...

Written by Mexico's first well-known female composer, María Grever, this vals Mexicano (Mexican waltz) makes a charming a cappella work for outstanding choirs. The textured setting offers well-conceiv...

The traditional Latin "eternal light" text is beautifully brought to life in this artful a cappella work by contemporary choral composer Ruth Morris Gray. With plenty of room for rubato and dynamic ex...

Familiar words, new melody. Ruth's cheerful a cappella setting of the yuletide text accentuates the "peace on earth" lyric, adding a harmonically rich bridge on just those words. Crisp choral "ding do...

Familiar words, new melody. Ruth's cheerful a cappella setting of the yuletide text accentuates the "peace on earth" lyric, adding a harmonically rich bridge on just those words. Crisp choral "ding do...

Gothic Horror in Musik: Diese ebenso unterhaltsame wie grusligen Kammerchorminiatur im 3/4-Takt ist eine Hommage an Alban Bergs Wozzeck, der mit der Zeile 'Ein schöner Mord, ein guter Mord' direkt zit...

Composer's note: 'The words of Edith Reed's translation of this traditional Polish poem wonderfully encapsulate the Christmas message. I love the way that the text captures the innocence and humblenes...

Composer's note: 'Walter De La Mare's poem Clouded with snow paints an atmospheric picture of late afternoon in winter and I was drawn to the image of a bleak yet beautiful landscape with the faint gl...

Eine kontemplative und ergreifende Vertonung der beiden ersten Verse aus Psalm 91 ('Wer im Schutz des Höchsten wohnt'), die von Gottes Schutz für diejenigen berichtet, die ihm folgen. Geschrieben wurd...

This new setting of the traditional text is intended to offer a darker interpretation of the carol. The universally recognised words of Away in a manger are usually associated with one of two well-kno...

This carol is one of the pieces that were produced during a full weekend of group composition with Anna Lapwood and the Pembroke College Girls’ Choir, a process with which they had experimented previo...

A setting of verses 7 and 8 of Psalm 57 (‘My heart, O God, is steadfast. I will sing and make music. Awake, my soul! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn.’) this work celebrates music’s impor...

Commissioned by the Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, for the first ever BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong broadcast from the college, this introit or short motet was written to commemorate the occasion...

A contemporary setting of the opening verse of Psalm 102 ('Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee'), as set by Henry Purcell in his well-known motet of the same name. This setting finds...