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

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...

A sensitive setting of Robert Frost’s short poem, this piece captures the tension between irritation and reflection. The text reminds us how quickly we dismiss what disrupts us, only to realize the fa...

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...

Radiating praise for the power of song and biodiversity, Johanna Almark's and Heta Heiskanen's Today and a Thousand Years was written for three-part treble choir and piano. It is suitable for both you...

This beautiful lullaby for women's chorus uses text by Joyce Kilmer (1886 - 1918). Bonds sets this text as a tender lullaby, beginning quietly and moving to intricate melodies, lush harmonies, and tex...

Here's the piece to let your soloist shine! This inspirational, expressive, and stirring pop ballad features solo singing on each of the verses and easy to learn parts for the chorus. The piece is an...

With text adapted from Song of Solomon, this soaring piece for women's choir is excellent for contest, concert or festival. New writer Laura Farnell carefully sets the text with word painting, express...

Ausgestattet mit dem Text eines lateinischen Hymnus aus dem 4. Jahrhundert, erkundet dieses feurige Stück den Kontrast zwischen Himmel und Hölle in einem neoklassizistischen Stil. Der Anlass für diese...

In ihrem Stück, das Doreen Rao und ihrem CME Institute (Choral Music Experience) gewidmet ist, erzählt Komponistin Andrea Ramsey mit musikalischen Mitteln von der Reise, die viele von uns im Leben sch...

The sorrowful text from Shakespeare's 97th sonnet is artfully set for SAB choirs with mature musical taste. Sing the liquid phrases with a beautiful line and observe the tempo nuances to attain the mo...

Pujdem spolu do Betlema is a popular traditional Czech Christmas carol whose title translates to Let's all go to Bethlehem. In dance-like style, the verses describe different people playing their musi...