Sheet Music by Female Composers: A Rich and Diverse Selection

Die fünf Miniaturen der Bremer Komponistin Siegrid Ernst sind für Laien spielbare zeitgenössische Kompositionen. Jedes Stück hat einen unterschiedlichen Charakter und fordert zur persönlichen Gestaltu...

The edition 'Ceathair' (Gaelic: 'four') comprises two quartets for four flutes by the German composer and flutist Kathrin Beddig, in which the historical references between traditional Irish and Persi...

This is an uplifting and expressive setting of a fun, descriptive text by Christie Dickason that characterizes the sky in an imaginative way. The compelling melodies are underpinned by a dynamic piano...

Your Echo Around Me celebrates the enduring influence of music educators, whose work resonates in their students' adult lives, as evoked by a memorable lilting melody that passes between the voice par...

Here's a setting of William Wordsworth's lyrical poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud." Composed specifically for SSA, colorful triadic harmonies and expressive musical moments are as plentiful as the g...

Perfect for developing or smaller SSA groups, this melodic metaphor offers many opportunities to build tone, encourage legato singing, and plant the seeds of musicality. Unison and two-part sonorities...

Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940), hitherto consigned to a footnote in musical history as Stravinsky’s piano teacher, is undergoing rediscovery. A double graduate of the St Petersburg Conservatoire, sh...

Walking in Love depicts the goodness and power of love. With catchy rhythms and interesting chordal harmonies, Bailey's original piece emphasizes Where there is love, there is light. A great teaching...

Waterfall by Alexa Wilson is an SSA piece featuring wavelike movement and cascading vocal lines that beautifully emulate flowing water. Subtle harmonic shifts create a hint of mystery, giving treble c...

Read On, with music by Meredith Tompkins and lyrics by Brooke Manolis, is a beautifully crafted choral piece that invites singers into a world of curiosity and reflection. The intricate, engaging acco...

The text for The Sea is Never Still is based on Young Sea, a poem by the Pulitzer-prize winning American poet, Carl Sandburg (1878-1967). This poem describes the sea using vivid imagery and personific...

Inspired by George Wither’s A Christmas Carol, this joyful work by Earlene Rentz carries a lively lilt from start to finish. Light, dance-like phrases and accessible vocal writing make it a charming c...

With words by Wanetta Hill and music by Earlene Rentz, Dance! Laugh! Sing! bursts with playful charm and a light, lilting energy. Filled with cheerful repetitions, teasing wordplay, and whimsical "fa-...

Meredith Tompkins’s setting of Emily Dickinson’s I Took My Power in My Hand brings boldness and vulnerability to life through a driving piano part and compelling percussion. Dickinson’s words explore...

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...

For chorus and orchestra, this work has been relatively unknown work. It uses colorful orchestra textures to support the choral writing.

For advanced treble chorus, the work is a beautiful metaphor for change and the possibility of new growth, even of resurrection. The text imagines the experience from a caterpillar’s point of view as...

Ausgangspunkt für 'Stabat Mater' war das gleichnamige Werk von Palestrina, dessen überwältigende und doch zurückgehaltene Traurigkeit die Komponistin tief berührt hat. Mit der Sopranstimme aus Palestr...