Sheet Music by Female Composers: A Rich and Diverse Selection

Tompkins' enchanting melody is reminiscent of an antique music box, paired with a waltz-like accompaniment in a lilting 3/4 pattern.  Varied in texture, with unison, SA, and SSA sections, this piece c...

The Haunting for SSA voices and piano is a spellbinding choral work that blends ethereal harmonies with hauntingly poetic text. Exploring themes of lingering spirits and echoes of the past, the piece...

In this setting of Abbie Farwell Brown's poetry, Tompkins transforms Brown's simple rhyme scheme into a vibrant interplay of homophonic and polyphonic textures. Centered around the second scale degree...

Little Tree consists of three short choral settings of poems by E. E. Cummings, with a total duration of around 6 minutes. The first song Little tree is in three voices(SSA); the next movement I carry...

Holy Innocents is a work by Judith Weir for 2-part Soprano Chorus and Organ Accompaniment. Commissioned to mark the 20th Anniversary of St Albans Abbey Girls Choir, the piece sets a poem by Christina...

Day by Day was written for the Chamber Choir of Burntwood School and their conductor Debbie Lammin. It was first performed by them on 25th March 2019 at the Royal Festival Hall, London, as part of A B...

Asphodel is an aria based on Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad to a libretto by Jeanne Pansard-Besson.

Commissioned by Simon Halsey CBE & Jack Apperley at the University of Birmingham for the singers of University Upper Voices. First performed by University Upper Voices directed by Jack Apperley on 11t...

A text by the American poet Sara Teasdale (1884–1933) forms the basis for the composition Afterwards by choir director and composer Lucia Birzer. The poem There will come soft rains deals with our ear...

A text by the American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) forms the basis for the composition Afterwards by choir director and composer Lucia Birzer. The poem There will come soft rains deals with our ear...

Out of a collaboration between Emily Crocker and John Jacobson is this piece for developing choirs. The voicing is suitable for younger high school choirs and the message encourages singers to pursue...

A folk-style treble work with harmonies that support the descriptive lyrics.

A reproducible part for Violin is included in the score.

Inspired by a 17th century Dutch painting, this lyrical piece expresses both an innocence and sadness.

Written for intermediate treble choir, this work is inspired by Claude Monet's Woman with a Parasol.

This setting requires three treble soloists with power below the staff and confidence in the blues style. The choral backgrounds are deliberately sparse— imitating guitar, light organ, banjo— until a...

An assuring text from master poet Sara Teasdale, its central theme is that one can take refuge in singing. Ever sensitive to the text, Walker crafts word painting throughout with shimmering accompanim...

From the Ysaÿe M. Barnwell collection, Sound-Bite from Beijing reinforces the strength of women of the world. It has harmonic challenges but is repetitive enough that it is accessible for high school...

When I was approached by Salisbury Cathedral to write a 30th anniversary anthem for their Girl Choristers, I immediately thought of the traditional 30th wedding anniversary symbol  a pearl. When Georg...