Sheet Music by Women Composers for Mixed Choir: Extensive Selection

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...

Adapted from Velvet Shoes by Elinor Wylie, the text of this carol portrays the tranquil, almost eerie, atmosphere of walking alone in fresh snow. The musical setting reflects scenery, with a soaring s...

Seeking You was commissioned by the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, where Kerensa Briggs held a three year tenure as composer-in-residence. The text by Charles Anthony Silvestri tells of a weary traveller...

Inspired by and incorporating the plainsong melody, this exquisite new choral work by Kerensa Briggs breathes new life into the cherished Latin text 'Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est' ('Where charity...

An evocative a cappella setting of Ivor Gurney's words to his song Severn Meadows, likely written in the first world war trenches in 1917. Commissioned in 2022 for Cantores Chamber Choir, this new, ha...

Ave virgo sanctissima was commissioned by Robert Sharpe and the Choir of York Minster, for the service of "Nine Lessons and Carols" in 2023. The text is a lyrical prayer which praises the virtue of Ma...

O sing to the Lord was commissioned by Peter Asprey and premiered by the Choir of Holy Sepulchre, London, as the introit for a special service to mark St Cecilia’s Day in 2024. The uplifting text, tak...

A setting of the Latin text of the great Antiphon ‘O Sapientia’ (O Wisdom) for Advent, commissioned by Choir & Organ magazine in partnership with the Choir of King’s College London and supported by PR...