Sheet Music by Women Composers for Women's Choir: Diverse Repertoire

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...

A setting of Christina Rossetti’s poem Dream Land, the raw emotional quality of Dreamland reflects on the beautiful imagery and themes of fantasy and death of the poem. Written in the Autumn of 2020,...

Anyone who has sung in a choir knows the unavoidable and more or less boring exercises of the beginning of a rehearsal: vocal warm-up. Caroline Charriere has drawn a parody from this phase of the rehe...

Anyone who has sung in a choir knows the unavoidable and more or less boring exercises of the beginning of a rehearsal: vocal warm-up. Caroline Charriere has drawn a parody from this phase of the rehe...

Agnus Dei for women's choir (S.S.A.A.) was first performed in 1993 by the Choeur de Jade of Fribourg (Switzerland) in that city. It was during the period of war time in the former Yugoslavia, and I wa...

Agnus Dei for women's choir (S.S.A.A.) was first performed in 1993 by the Choeur de Jade of Fribourg (Switzerland) in that city. It was during the period of war time in the former Yugoslavia, and I wa...

Psaume 27 (Psalm 27) has been commissioned by Marc Bochud, director of the great girls choir of the Schola of Sion (Valais, Switzerland). Both pieces require a harp accompaniement. The first one, Exau...

Psaume 27 (Psalm 27) has been commissioned by Marc Bochud, director of the great girls choir of the Schola of Sion (Valais, Switzerland). Both pieces require a harp accompaniement. The first one, Exau...

The beginning is taken from one of my previous works (1994) written for women's choir with harp and incorporated into this Libera me, with the addition of two horns. The first performance was given in...

Sleep, Beauty Bright, based on William Blake's A Cradle Song, captures a mother's quiet awe and love as she gazes at her sleeping baby. Written for SSA choirs, the setting begins in unison and gradual...

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...