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

In this fast and energetic piece, Quartel sets her own text celebrating the joy of singing. The melody weaves in and out of the texture, supported by dynamic vocal accompaniment and rhythmically drive...

Taken from a suite of three pieces by Cecilia McDowall called Lonely Hearts, composed in 2005, this is a light and energetic setting of a whimsical text by Christie Dickason about a lonely hearts colu...

I will sing and raise a psalm has a text from St Francis of Assisi and works well as a concert piece or as an anthem. The music is rewarding for organist and choir alike. The conclusion, with its evoc...

Changing the world starts with just one person! Using a powerful vocal call and response with body percussion, this original work builds confidence and self-awareness through the affirming lyrics and...

This ravishing setting of a heartfelt and emotional poem by e. e. cummings captures a sense of the ineffable place of faith in existence that transcends mere worship, doctrine, even humankind itself....

Rarely are women's choirs given such strong and heroic songs to put their mark on. These offer a wonderful opportunity for your women's choirs to show their dynamic and emotional ranges.

Glenda Franklin captures the essence of the spiritual with this passionate piece for SSA voicing, with lyrics like 'Goin' up to heaven to receive her angel voice.' 2:10

Delightfully delicate, A Merry Autumn should be sung in a lilting meter of two. The text reminds us of the beauty of the fall season with its kaleidoscope of colors. Suitable for festival, concert and...

The strong, driving rhythms and dynamic contrasts in this setting of a familiar Latin text will keep audience and chorus engaged right up to the final vigorous 'Hallelujah!' Its dynamic writing will m...

This three-movement work is an upbeat and optimistic expression of curiosity and growth. With lyrics by the composer, the work features a supportive piano part and a characterful violin part, with uni...

Based on poetry by Sara Teasdale, this work, in the composer's words, is 'a passionate roller-coaster ride, surprising and exhilarating, and over before one knows it.' This piece will be a striking sh...

Evensong and its partner work "Shift" set texts by Mary Virginia Micka. Both works were commissioned and premiered in 2007 by WomanVoice - a concert of music for women's voices by women composers. The...

Shift and its partner work set "Evensong" texts by Mary Virginia Micka. Both works were commissioned and premiered in 2007 by WomanVoice - a concert of music for women's voices by women composers. The...

Ruth Schram captures the beauty of a sunset using various hues and word painting in this lush setting for treble ensembles. Sunset presents a bounty of teaching opportunities to reinforce syllabic/wor...

The first section of this original carol by Rosephanye Powell is composed in the style of an African-American spiritual, following a call-and-response pattern, while the second section is in a jubilan...

This artistic setting features a text adapted from Rossetti's reverent 'Before the Paling of the Stars.' A haunting melodic theme sets the tone for this minor-mode gem, which could be considered a con...

Hanne Haller war Sängerin, Texterin und Komponistin und wirkte, neben den eigenen Titeln, an vielen weiteren Hits mit.

For Six Girls' Choruses

Sung by pop songstress Pink and her daughter Willow, this is a bright and sunny song with pure harmonies and a sense of wonder in the small beauties of the world!

This a cappella setting of evocative words by E. Pauline Johnson is immediately appealing, with its playful, swinging syncopations and dancing scat accompaniment.

Marie-Claire Saindon's Keeping Time for Joy abounds with the joy of contemporary writer Sarah Windle's text in this uplifting piece. Folk-like scalic melodies, infused with momentum through changing c...

Larsen's take on the famous witches' incantation, 'Double, double, toil and trouble,' from Shakespeare's Macbeth is filled with lurid word-painting and rhythmic tricks.

Ilus Hääl was arranged in honor of the 100th anniversary of Estonia, neighbor of Latvia, the home of composer, arranger, and singer Laura Jēkabsone. The two countries are united by their love of song...