| A solis ortus cardine | John Muehleisen | A solis ortus cardine by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB divisi Solo(s): Soprano, Tenor Instrumentation: Optional Optional Tambourine and/or Hand Drum Performance Length: 9:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sedulius (d. circa 450) Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas, Nativity Descriptive Terms: Advent, Christmas, Nativity, Mary First Performance: December 18, 2011 : South Bend Chamber Singers, Nancy Menk, Church of our Lady of Lorreto, St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/1892~2024-Q2) |
| Da Pacem Domine | Caroline Mallonee | Da Pacem Domine by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Incipit, 7th Century Language: Latin Descriptive Terms: Powerful, Peace, Latin First Performance: October 20, 2012 : Florilegium Chamber Choir, Nicholas DeMaison, Trinity Lutheran Church, New York, NY Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 676/1881~2024-Q2) |
| Distant Murmurings | Joan Johnson Drewes | Distant Murmurings by Joan Johnson Drewes – Voicing: SSAA divisi Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 7:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Todd Boss Language: English Descriptive Terms: A Woman’s Journey First Performance: April 20, 2024 : Mount Holyoke Glee Club, Colin Britt, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1227/1873~2024-Q2) |
| Dormi Jesu | Michael Robert Smith | Dormi Jesu by Michael Robert Smith – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sibylline Leaves, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Quiet, Gentle, Lullaby, Lyrical, Cantabile, Soft, Warm, Calm, Sweet First Performance: December 17, 2017 : The Glassbrook Vocal Ensemble, Chaequan Anderson, 1867 Sanctuary. Ewing, NJ Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1195/1891~2024-Q2) |
| Kyrie | John Rommereim | Kyrie by John Rommereim – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:01 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ordinary of the Mass Language: Latin Descriptive Terms: Prayer, Supplication First Performance: April 21, 2024 : The Grinnell Singers, Simon Carrington, guest conductor, Sebring-Lewis Hall, Grinnell College Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1220/1888~2024-Q2) |
| The Lover’s Crown | Julian David Bryson | The Lover’s Crown by Julian David Bryson – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Oscar Wilde Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Pride Month, Valentine’s Day Descriptive Terms: Love, LGBTQ+, Triumph, Joy, Gay First Performance: May 06, 2024 : The Voices of Jacksonville, Darren Dailey, Ancient City Baptist Church, St. Augustine, FL Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 698/1887~2024-Q2) |
| Lux Aeterna | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | Lux Aeterna by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm – Voicing: SSSSAAAATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:41 Notation: Standard Text Source: Requiem Mass Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: 9/11 Descriptive Terms: Memorial, Loss, Honor First Performance: March 20, 2023 : Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir, Clifford K. King, Salt Lake City, UT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 800/1894~2024-Q2) |
| One Walks the Flesh Transparent | Nell Shaw Cohen | One Walks the Flesh Transparent by Nell Shaw Cohen – Voicing: SSATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Nan Shepherd Language: English Descriptive Terms: Walking, Mountains, Nature, Scotland, Spirituality, Female Writer First Performance: April 20, 2023 : Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Matthew Guard, Falmouth, MA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1215/1875~2024-Q2) |
| Ask the Wind | Caroline Mallonee | Ask the Wind by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 18:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale, Christina Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson Language: English Descriptive Terms: Sea, Wind First Performance: October 22, 2023 : Vocalis Chamber Choir, James Burritt, Buffalo, NY Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 676/1856~2024-Q1) |
| Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life | Chris Hutchings | Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life by Chris Hutchings – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: George Herbert Language: English Descriptive Terms: Introit, Anthem, Motet, Communion, Poetry, Truth, Life, Love, Joy First Performance: May 21, 2023 : Choral scholars of St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater, Alastair Carey, London, UK Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 627/1855~2024-Q1) |
| Dawn | John Muehleisen | Dawn by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Optional Tenor or Baritone Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 7:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Brian Newhouse Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Loss, Death, Requiem, in Memoriam, Remembrance First Performance: March 23, 2024 : The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists, Matthew Culloton, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Minneapolis, MN Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/1862~2024-Q1) |
| i find you | Christopher Rust | i find you by Christopher Rust – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 3:13 Notation: Standard Text Source: Christopher Rust Language: English Descriptive Terms: Love, Romance, Loss, Reflection First Performance: April 05, 2024 : Sunset High School Choirs, Christopher Rust, Carnegie Hall, NYC Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1083/1864~2024-Q1) |
| Mass for Freedom | Michael T Roberts | Mass for Freedom by Michael T Roberts – Voicing: SATB-SATB Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Alto Saxophone, Bassoon, Cornet in Bb, Trombone, Percussion, 2 Players, Strings Performance Length: 26:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Traditional Spirituals, Bible, Michael T Roberts Language: English Descriptive Terms: Mass, African-American, Spirituals, Civil Rights, Protest Music First Performance: April 13, 2019 : Oakland Symphony Chorus, Lynne Morrow, First Congregational Church of Oakland, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 960/1848~2024-Q1) |
| She’s Like the Swallow | D. Geoffrey Bell | She’s Like the Swallow by D. Geoffrey Bell – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano and Flute, or String Quartet and Flute Performance Length: 4:19 Notation: Standard Text Source: Newfoundland Folk Song Language: English Descriptive Terms: Love, Loss, Canadian, Folk Song, Newfoundland First Performance: May 13, 2017 : London Pro Musica, Charlene Pauls, London, Ontario Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1225/1840~2024-Q1) |
| Sometimes We Sing | George Edwin Smith | Sometimes We Sing by George Edwin Smith – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 3:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: George Edwin Smith Language: English Descriptive Terms: Challenging, Meaningful, Fun, Silly, Sharing Joy, Singing as One, Empathy First Performance: September 01, 2023 : Mississauga Summer Chorale, Kai Leung, Mississauga, Canada Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1223/1841~2024-Q1) |
| Street Haunting | Nell Shaw Cohen | Street Haunting by Nell Shaw Cohen – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Virginia Woolf Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter Descriptive Terms: Walking, Wanderlust, Urban Life, Female Writers, Literature, London First Performance: April 20, 2023 : Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Matthew Guard, Falmouth, MA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1215/1854~2024-Q1) |
| We Will Remember Them | Tom Council | We Will Remember Them by Tom Council – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 5:54 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robert Laurence Binyon Language: English Descriptive Terms: Loss, Death, Loved Ones First Performance: March 20, 2016 : The Texas Voices, Jim Loeffler, Resurrection Lutheran Church, Plano, TX Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 487/1852~2024-Q1) |
| Ætherium | Giuseppe Di Bianco | Ætherium by Giuseppe Di Bianco – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 10:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Dante Alighieri Language: Italian Descriptive Terms: Dante, Divine Comedy, Hell, Purgatory, Heaven, Soul, Travel First Performance: September 11, 2021 : Coro Giovanile Italiano, Petra Grassi, Teatro dal Verme, Milan Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 74/1818~2023-Q4) |
| Adoravit | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | Adoravit by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm – Voicing: SATB DIVISI Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:50 Notation: Standard Text Source: Antiphon Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Peace, Comfort First Performance: December 19, 2022 : Te Deum, Matthew Christopher Shepard, Village Presbyterian Church, Prairie Village, KS Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 800/1831~2023-Q4) |
| All Things Praise | Justine Koontz | All Things Praise by Justine Koontz – Voicing: SATB DIVISI Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Psalm 148, Bible Language: English Descriptive Terms: Praise, Joy, Nature, Sacred, Psalm First Performance: December 02, 2017 : Voces Inauditae, Caroline Lesemann-Elliott, St. Vincent’s Chapel, Stockbridge, Edinburgh, England Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1226/1827~2023-Q4) |
| Fix Your Eyes Upon the Star | Jessica French | Fix Your Eyes Upon the Star by Jessica French – Voicing: SATB DIVISI Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Charles Anthony Silvestri Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas, Epiphany Descriptive Terms: Birth, Hope, Light, Star, Beginning First Performance: January 08, 2023 : Choir of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, David Sinden, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church - St. Louis, Missouri Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 593/1837~2023-Q4) |
| A Teasdale Triptych | Caroline Mallonee | A Teasdale Triptych by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale Language: English Descriptive Terms: Stars, Morning, Evening First Performance: March 19, 2023 : San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon, San Francisco, CA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 676/1822~2023-Q4) |
| Transform the World with Beauty | Nell Shaw Cohen | Transform the World with Beauty by Nell Shaw Cohen – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Solo Passages for Up to 3 Vocalists per Section (12 Soloists Total) Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 11:25 Notation: Standard Text Source: Julia Margaret Cameron, Christina Rossetti, William Morris Language: English Descriptive Terms: Visual Art, Female Artists & Poets, Victorian Britain, Spirituality First Performance: April 04, 2019 : Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Matthew Guard, Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1215/1823~2023-Q4) |
| Come With Me to the Sea | D. Geoffrey Bell | Come With Me to the Sea by D. Geoffrey Bell – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 1:44 Notation: Standard Text Source: D. Geoffrey Bell Language: English Descriptive Terms: Sea, Ocean, Adventure, Sailing, Love First Performance: March 26, 2023 : Amabile Choirs of London, Ontario, Rosemary Bannerman, First-St. Andrew’s United Church in London, Ontario Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1225/1812~2023-Q3) |
| My Love: Two American Ballads | Christopher J. Hoh | My Love: Two American Ballads by Christopher J. Hoh – Voicing: SAB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 5:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: Anglo-American folk song Language: English Descriptive Terms: American, Folk Song, Love, Ballad, Riddle, Shady Grove, Middle School First Performance: May 13, 2015 : George Washington Middle School Choirs, Anne Provencher, Alexandria, VA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 285/1802~2023-Q3) |
| Neapolitan Carol | Michael Kaulkin | Neapolitan Carol by Michael Kaulkin – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Neapolitan Carol Language: Neapolitan, English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Christmas, Wonder, Storytelling, Childbirth, Stars, Night, Sky First Performance: December 04, 2021 : San Francisco Bach Choir, Magen Solomon, Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 133/1805~2023-Q3) |
| The Radium Girl | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | The Radium Girl by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm – Voicing: SSAA Solo(s): Small Group of Treble Voices Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Shantel Sellers Language: English Descriptive Terms: Worker’s Rights, Women’s Rights, Justice First Performance: December 15, 2019 : Nassau Symphonic Choir of Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, Louise O’Hanlon, Tilles Center Concert Hall, Brookville, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 800/1813~2023-Q3) |
| Allahu Echad (God is One) | Joshua Fishbein | Allahu Echad (God is One) by Joshua Fishbein – Voicing: SATB (DIVISI) Instrumentation: Violin Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Deuteronomy 6:4, Adhan (Call to Worship) Language: Hebrew, Arabic Descriptive Terms: Intense, Dramatic, Ecumenical, Interfaith First Performance: March 03, 2018 : National Lutheran Choir, David Cherwien, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 90/1723~2023-Q2) |
| Amid the Scent of Absinthe | John Rommereim | Amid the Scent of Absinthe by John Rommereim – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Optional Soprano Solo Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:21 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ib ’Arabi, Michael Sells (trans) Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Interfaith Occasions Descriptive Terms: Love, Loss, Spiritual, Sufi First Performance: October 09, 2006 : Voces Novae, Susan Swaney, Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington, Indiana Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1220/1732~2023-Q2) |
| Be Like Jane | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | Be Like Jane by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Michael Bussewitz-Quarm Language: English Descriptive Terms: Hope, Perseverance, Courage, Determination First Performance: January 11, 2023 : Wellington High School Valkyries Chorus, Bradford Chase, Tampa Convention Center Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 800/1738~2023-Q2) |
| Four Love Songs | Jim Taylor | Four Love Songs by Jim Taylor – Voicing: SSA Solo(s): Solo Soprano In La Reina Instrumentation: Piano, Alto Saxophone (on #2), Guitar, Latin Percussion (on #4) Performance Length: 14:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Daniel Potts, Stephane Mallarme, William Shakespeare, Pablo Neruda Language: English, French, Spanish Descriptive Terms: Love Songs: Impressionism, Bossa Nova, Delicate Choral First Performance: November 20, 2007 : The Alabama Women’s Chorale, Jim Taylor, Moody Music Building, University of Alabama Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1222/1722~2023-Q2) |
| I Am Here | George Edwin Smith | I Am Here by George Edwin Smith – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Keyboard Performance Length: 4:03 Notation: Standard Text Source: George Edwin Smith Language: English Descriptive Terms: Caring, Compassion, Encouragement, Love One-another, And Never Give Up First Performance: July 13, 2022 : The Mississauga Summer Chorale, Kai Leung, Mississauga, Canada Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1223/1717~2023-Q2) |
| In Thy Light, We See Light | Nathan Leaf | In Thy Light, We See Light by Nathan Leaf – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): SSA Trio Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Psalms 36:9, John 1:4–5 Language: English Descriptive Terms: Hope, Faith, Awe, Mission First Performance: October 27, 2022 : The NC State Chorale, Nathan Leaf, Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral, Raleigh, NC Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1224/1715~2023-Q2) |
| The Red Wheelbarrow | Rich Campbell | The Red Wheelbarrow by Rich Campbell – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Carlos Williams, Spring and All (1923) Language: English Descriptive Terms: Poetry, Environmental, Imagist, Animals, Uptempo, Fun, First Performance: February 25, 2023 : Inversion Ensemble, Trevor Shaw, The Rosette, Austin TX Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 602/1716~2023-Q2) |
| A Riddle | Julian David Bryson | A Riddle by Julian David Bryson – Voicing: SATB (also available: CTB for TB choirs with cambiata voices) Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Melanie Stapleton Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Halloween Descriptive Terms: Questions, Curiosity, Humor, Indeterminacy, Energetic, Suspense First Performance: April 15, 2023 : Lavilla Middle School of the Arts Chamber Singers, Theresa Moreau, Jacksonville, FL Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 698/1734~2023-Q2) |
| Rorate caeli de super | Jean-Christophe Rosaz | Rorate caeli de super by Jean-Christophe Rosaz – Voicing: SSAA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Gregorian chant Language: Latin, French Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent Descriptive Terms: Sacred, Joy, Light, Jerusalem, Consolation First Performance: December 18, 2016 : Magnificat Children’s and Youth Choir, Valéria Szebellédi, Budapest, Hungary Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1221/1725~2023-Q2) |
| We Are Waves | Carlos Cordero | We Are Waves by Carlos Cordero – Voicing: SATB-SATB Instrumentation: Piano, Double Bass (opt), Percussion Performance Length: 4:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Julie Flanders Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Honor Choirs, Mass Singing, Community Building Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Community, People, Sharing, Help, Uplifting First Performance: March 04, 2023 : Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia & Commonwealth Youthchoirs, Dominick DiOrio, Temple Performing Arts Center, 1837 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1201/1726~2023-Q2) |
| Ani Ma’amin (I Believe) | Michael J. Shapiro | Ani Ma’amin (I Believe) by Michael J. Shapiro – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Tenor Instrumentation: Flute (Alt. Piccolo), Clarinet (Alt. Alto Saxophone), French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Percussion, String Quintet, Piano Performance Length: 5:01 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ashkenazi prayer book, 16th Century Language: Hebrew Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Holocaust, Remembrance Descriptive Terms: Sacred First Performance: November 10, 2022 : Ember Choral Arts and American Modern Ensemble, Deborah Simpkin King, Central Synagogue, New York, New York Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1219/1700~2023-Q1) |
| Color— Caste— Denomination— | Edna Yeh | Color— Caste— Denomination— by Edna Yeh – Voicing: SSSSAAAA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Aleatoric passages Text Source: Emily Dickinson Language: English Descriptive Terms: Diversity, Humanity, Time, Death First Performance: May 22, 2022 : Vox Musica, Daniel I. Paulson, Beatnik Studios, Sacramento, CA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1214/1705~2023-Q1) |
| Dum Spiro Spero | Joy DeCoursey-Porter | Dum Spiro Spero by Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Voicing: SSAA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:53 Notation: Standard Text Source: O Antiphons (metrical paraphrase) Language: English, Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Emmanuel, Christmas, Joy, Rejoice, Treble, Women, Advent First Performance: December 04, 2017 : Cascadian Chorale, Gary Cannon, Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond WA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 69/1698~2023-Q1) |
| Fresh Fruit | Carlos Cordero | Fresh Fruit by Carlos Cordero – Voicing: SATB DIV. Solo(s): Optional Alto Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Alannah Guevara Language: English Descriptive Terms: Vulnerability, Mental Health, Family, Latinx, Latin American, Culture First Performance: April 24, 2022 : University Singers Cal Poly Humboldt, Rachel Samet, Arcata, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1201/1713~2023-Q1) |
| In the Bleak Mid-Winter (1998) | Colin Eatock | In the Bleak Mid-Winter (1998) by Colin Eatock – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:38 Notation: Standard Text Source: Christina Rossetti Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Devotion, Sacred, Christ First Performance: December 10, 2011 : Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson, Villa de Matel, Houston TX Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 868/1702~2023-Q1) |
| It’s a Long Way | Nell Shaw Cohen | It’s a Long Way by Nell Shaw Cohen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Stanley Braithwaite Language: English Descriptive Terms: Hope, Courage, Yearning, Black Poet, COVID-19, Social Justice, Ocean First Performance: January 09, 2021 : MMEA Southeastern District Senior Festival Choir, Christopher Jackson, Virtual Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1215/1703~2023-Q1) |
| Lilacs blossom just as sweet | Helena Michelson | Lilacs blossom just as sweet by Helena Michelson – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Dorothy Parker Language: English Descriptive Terms: Valentine, Love Song, Lament, Romantic, Romance, Lilacs First Performance: July 01, 2022 : Choral Arts Initiative, Brandon Elliott, Irvine, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1216/1696~2023-Q1) |
| O Star of Strength | Jessica French | O Star of Strength by Jessica French – Voicing: SSA Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Concert, General Descriptive Terms: Resilience, Strength, Star, Hope First Performance: June 11, 2022 : Seattle Girls Choir, Sarra Sharif, Town Hall Seattle Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 593/1714~2023-Q1) |
| One Silver Star | Caroline Mallonee | One Silver Star by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Caroline Mallonee Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas, Winter, Holiday, Epiphany Descriptive Terms: Christmas, Star, Wise Men, Gifts, Epiphany First Performance: December 11, 2022 : San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 1111 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 676/1704~2023-Q1) |
| Oranges | Paul John Rudoi | Oranges by Paul John Rudoi – Voicing: TBB (or SSA) Solo(s): Solo (spoken) Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Gary Soto Language: English Descriptive Terms: Young Love, American Poetry, Sweet, Nostalgia, Spoken Word, Theatrical First Performance: August 05, 2022 : TTBB All State Choir, Dwight Jilek, St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 876/1701~2023-Q1) |
| The Rules | Chris Hutchings | The Rules by Chris Hutchings – Voicing: Two part Solo(s): Optional Spoken Intro Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 5:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Chris Hutchings Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Climate Change Campaigns, Ecocide Law Descriptive Terms: Climate Change, Ecocide, Law, Nature, Human Impact, Anger First Performance: March 05, 2023 : Choirs for Climate, Chris Hutchings, Edinburgh, Scotland Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 627/1710~2023-Q1) |
| Sojourn | Thomas Lloyd | Sojourn by Thomas Lloyd – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: 4 Solo Violins Performance Length: 4:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Albert Einstein Language: English Descriptive Terms: Idealism Of Inter-dependence; Graduation, Dedication Ceremonies First Performance: October 06, 2007 : Chamber Singers of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges, Thomas Lloyd, Haverford College, Haverford, PA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1217/1706~2023-Q1) |
| Tota pulchra | Matteo Magistrali | Tota pulchra by Matteo Magistrali – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:19 Notation: Standard Text Source: 4th Century Catholic Prayer Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Marian Hymn Descriptive Terms: Swetness, Love, Glory First Performance: March 16, 2018 : Voces Fidelis (Japan), Ko Matsushita, Riva del Garda (VR) Italy Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1218/1708~2023-Q1) |
| Earth, Strike Up Your Music | Jessica French | Earth, Strike Up Your Music by Jessica French – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Organ Performance Length: 5:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Christina Rossetti Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Renewal, Brightness, Joy, Peace First Performance: July 05, 2022 : St. James Cathedral Choir, Joseph Adam - Conductor; Chris Stroh - Organist, St. James Cathedral - Seattle, Washington Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 593/1677~2022-Q4) |
| I Am a Voice That Sings | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | I Am a Voice That Sings by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ronald W. Cadmus Language: English Descriptive Terms: Joy Of Singing, Mental Health, Peace, Harmony, Warmth, Comfort First Performance: December 27, 2022 : Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir, Clifford W. King, Salt Lake City, Utah Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 800/1680~2022-Q4) |
| The Kings They Came | Caroline Mallonee | The Kings They Came by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Sweet, Clever, Majestic, Christmas First Performance: December 03, 2022 : Vocalis Chamber Choir, James Burritt, Buffalo, NY Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 676/1671~2022-Q4) |
| Let Your True Self Sing | Carlos Cordero | Let Your True Self Sing by Carlos Cordero – Voicing: SATB DIV. Solo(s): Optional Soprano Solo Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ryan Heller Language: English Descriptive Terms: LGBTQ, Self-acceptance, Journey, Depression, Love, Celebration, Queer First Performance: July 22, 2022 : Suono Chamber Choir, Alexander Bruce, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church - San Antonio, TX Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1201/1679~2022-Q4) |
| These Walls Must Fall | Rich Campbell | These Walls Must Fall by Rich Campbell – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soloists (from any section) speak names Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Rich Campbell Language: English Descriptive Terms: Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Suffragettes, Humanity, Diversity First Performance: April 22, 2022 : Purdue University-Fort Wayne University Singers, William Sauerland, First Wayne Street Church, Fort Wayne, IN Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 602/1668~2022-Q4) |
| Think About These Things | Andrew James Donaldson | Think About These Things by Andrew James Donaldson – Voicing: SSATB Solo(s): Soprano (or Tenor) Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 2:53 Notation: Standard Text Source: Philippians 4 (adapted) Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Lent Descriptive Terms: Lyrical, Jazz First Performance: April 15, 1998 : Linda Tsatsanis, soprano, with Donald Anderson, piano, Andrew Donaldson, Beaches Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Ontario, Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1211/1675~2022-Q4) |
| When David Heard | Clive David Lane | When David Heard by Clive David Lane – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 1:55 Notation: Standard Text Source: II Samuel 18 Language: English Descriptive Terms: Loss, Grief First Performance: April 11, 2021 : Bel a cappella, Anthony Pasquill, St Augustine’s Church, Balmain, Sydney, NSW, Australia Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1213/1664~2022-Q4) |
| Ave Maria | Sanford Dole | Ave Maria by Sanford Dole – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 1:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Latin mass text Language: Latin Descriptive Terms: Meditative, Calm, Ethereal First Performance: December 10, 2011 : Pacific Edge Voices, Lynne Morrow, Berkeley, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1210/1654~2022-Q3) |
| Credo | Giuseppe Di Bianco | Credo by Giuseppe Di Bianco – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Dante Alighieri Language: Italian Descriptive Terms: Belief, Expectancy, Faith, Hope, Dante, Paradise, Spirituality First Performance: December 11, 2021 : Coro Giovanile Campano, Luigi Leo, San Salvatore in Ognissanti, Florence (I) Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 74/1645~2022-Q3) |
| I Slept but My Heart Was Awake | Andrew James Donaldson | I Slept but My Heart Was Awake by Andrew James Donaldson – Voicing: SATTB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:16 Notation: Standard Text Source: Song of Solomon (adapt.) Language: English Descriptive Terms: Jazz-gospel, Love Song First Performance: April 18, 1998 : Toronto Chamber Choir, David Fallis, Christ Church Deer Park, Toronto Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1211/1650~2022-Q3) |
| In the Coldness of the Night | Andrew Jacobson | In the Coldness of the Night by Andrew Jacobson – Voicing: SA Instrumentation: Piano + Violin Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Secretary Shōtetsu Language: Japanese Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter Descriptive Terms: Winter, Scenic, Ice, Serenity First Performance: January 15, 2021 : OMEA All-State Middle School Treble Choir, Victor C. Johnson, Eugene, OR Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 845/1662~2022-Q3) |
| My People Are Rising | Carol Barnett | My People Are Rising by Carol Barnett – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Violin, Doumbek Performance Length: 7:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Mohja Kahf Language: English Descriptive Terms: Syria, Protest, Love, Loss, Blessing First Performance: March 03, 2018 : Elektra Women’s Choir, Morna Edmundson, St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church, Vancouver, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 598/1647~2022-Q3) |
| Peace Be with You | Christopher J. Hoh | Peace Be with You by Christopher J. Hoh – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Gospel of John Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: General, Easter Season Descriptive Terms: Calm, Blessing, Forgiveness First Performance: March 30, 2008 : Choir of St. Monica & St. James Episcopal Church, Daniel I. Elmer, 222 8th Street, NE; Washington, DC 20002 Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 285/1649~2022-Q3) |
| Pilgrimage | Jessica French | Pilgrimage by Jessica French – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Organ Performance Length: 7:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Walter Raleigh Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Feast Of St. James, General Use Descriptive Terms: Pilgrimage, Heaven, Gems, Journey First Performance: July 05, 2022 : St. James Cathedral Choir, Joseph Adam - Conductor; Chris Stroh - Organist, St. James Cathedral - Seattle, Washington Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 593/1663~2022-Q3) |
| viva sweet love | Joan Szymko | viva sweet love by Joan Szymko – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: E. E. Cummings Language: English Descriptive Terms: Saying Yes!, Love, Spring, Rhythmic, Dynamic, Bursting Open First Performance: May 12, 2013 : Belle Voce, Oregon State University, Tina Bull, Lincoln Center Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1212/1651~2022-Q3) |
| Windshear | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | Windshear by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Piano, Cello, Wind Gong Performance Length: 13:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Shantel Sellers Language: English And Western Abenaki Descriptive Terms: Hope, Life After Loss, Climate Change, Native American Theme First Performance: June 19, 2021 : New Hampshire Master Chorale, Dr. Dan Perkins, Plymouth, NH at the Rotary Amphitheater along the Pemigewasset River Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 800/1658~2022-Q3) |
| A Forest That Is a Desert | Jessica Rudman | A Forest That Is a Desert by Jessica Rudman – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 12:00 Notation: graphics, modular notation Text Source: Kendra Preston Leonard Language: English Descriptive Terms: Loss, Caregiving, Dementia, Memory First Performance: June 14, 2019 : Choral Arts Initiative, Brandon Elliott, Newport Beach, CA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 647/1634~2022-Q2) |
| Like Softest Music | Caroline Mallonee | Like Softest Music by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB-SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Shakespeare Language: English Descriptive Terms: Contemplation, Love, Hope, Devotion, Shakespeare, Music First Performance: October 24, 2021 : Vocalis Chamber Choir, James Burritt, Buffalo, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/1635~2022-Q2) |
| Nada Te Turbe | Carlos Cordero | Nada Te Turbe by Carlos Cordero – Voicing: SATB DIV. Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Santa Teresa del Ávila Language: Spanish Descriptive Terms: Peace, Immigrant, Love, Sacred, Acceptance, Journey, Compassion, War First Performance: November 20, 2018 : Concurso Internacional de Composición Coral Alberto Grau Virtual Choir, Ana María Raga, Online / Virtual Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1201/1632~2022-Q2) |
| A Prayer in Spring | Michael T Roberts | A Prayer in Spring by Michael T Roberts – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Solo Whistler (and A Small Amount Of Ensemble Whistling) Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robert Frost Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring Descriptive Terms: Spring, Nature, Love, Joy, Birds, Bees, Flowers First Performance: June 30, 2017 : Choral Chameleon, Matthew Oltman, St. Paul’s Church, Brooklyn, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 960/1637~2022-Q2) |
| The Soul’s Expression | John Muehleisen | The Soul’s Expression by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB DIV Solo(s): Soprano Solo (short: 5 Measures Only) Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Elizabeth Barrett Browning Language: English Descriptive Terms: Intensely Spiritual, Mystical, Apocalyptic, Surreal First Performance: May 06, 2006 : The Esoterics, Eric Banks, Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 302/1642~2022-Q2) |
| Tantum Ergo | Jessica French | Tantum Ergo by Jessica French – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Organ Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Medieval Latin Hymn Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Communion, General Descriptive Terms: Communion, General, Adoration, Sacred First Performance: September 19, 2021 : Choir of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, David Sinden, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, St. Louis, MO Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 593/1641~2022-Q2) |
| When All Falls Silent | Donald M. Skirvin | When All Falls Silent by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Charles Anthony Silvestri Language: English Descriptive Terms: Peace, Harmony, Journey Toward Beauty, Heart-Song, Breath Of Life First Performance: April 25, 2022 : Utah Chamber Artists, Barlow Bradford, Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, UT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/1630~2022-Q2) |
| When I Have Sung My Songs | Tom Council | When I Have Sung My Songs by Tom Council – Voicing: TTBB Instrumentation: Piano/Violin Performance Length: 3:48 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ernest Charles Language: English Descriptive Terms: Love Song, Romantic First Performance: February 14, 2020 : Varsity Men’s Choir of North Mesquite High School, Ryan Forkner, San Antonio, Texas Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 487/1631~2022-Q2) |
| the wound is the light is the place is | Joseph N. Rubinstein | the wound is the light is the place is by Joseph N. Rubinstein – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Rumi Language: English Descriptive Terms: Joy, Journey, Optimism, Spirit First Performance: November 22, 2020 : Choir of First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, David Harris, Los Angeles, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 209/1640~2022-Q2) |
| Dream Land | John Michael Paulson | Dream Land by John Michael Paulson – Voicing: SSAATTB Solo(s): Female Solo And Baritone Solo Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Christina Rossetti Language: English Descriptive Terms: Comfort, Peace, Rest, Landscape, Spirit First Performance: July 09, 2021 : Radiance, Markdavin Obenza, Seattle ensemble - Online broadcast Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1207/1620~2022-Q1) |
| Goodnight | John Vidovic | Goodnight by John Vidovic – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: John Alexander Vidovic Language: English Descriptive Terms: Finding Solace And Acceptance In The Process Of Losing A Loved One. First Performance: May 08, 2018 : Mouthscape Choir, John Alexander Vidovic, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1209/1614~2022-Q1) |
| Look to the Sky | Robert Paterson | Look to the Sky by Robert Paterson – Voicing: SSAATTBB (OCCASIONAL DIVISI) Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:09 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robert Paterson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Written To Commemorate 9/11 Descriptive Terms: Loss, In Memory, Sadness, Optimism, 9/11, Moving Forward First Performance: September 12, 2021 : New York Choral Consortium, Deborah S. King, St. Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1208/1610~2022-Q1) |
| Lord, it is night | Donald M. Skirvin | Lord, it is night by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: TTBB Instrumentation: Organ Performance Length: 4:53 Notation: Standard Text Source: Rev. John Williamson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Evening Prayer Descriptive Terms: Meditative, Evening, Prayer, Peace First Performance: October 24, 2021: The Compline Choir of St. Mark’s Cathedral, Jason Allen Anderson, Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle, Washington, during the Office of Compline Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/1613~2022-Q1) |
| Normal | Carlos Cordero | Normal by Carlos Cordero – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 1:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Deedra Van Ness Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: General Descriptive Terms: School Shooting, Violence, Loss, Help, Awareness, Social Justice First Performance: October 24, 2021: The University of Akron Chamber Choir, Marie Bucoy-Calavan, Fairlawn Lutheran Church in Fairlawn, OH Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1201/1616~2022-Q1) |
| O Child | Michael T Roberts | O Child by Michael T Roberts – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Michael T Roberts Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Holiday, Christmas, Birth, Parenthood, Family, Love, Joy, Reverence First Performance: December 08, 2018 : International Orange Chorale of San Francisco, Zane Fiala, Berkeley, CA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 960/1611~2022-Q1) |
| Redbirds | Michael Kaulkin | Redbirds by Michael Kaulkin – Voicing: SA, TB, OR 2 MIXED GROUPS Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale Language: English Descriptive Terms: Nostalgia, Memories, Birds, Rivers First Performance: March 05, 2022 : OAKE National Children’s Choir, Ruth Dwyer, Pittsburgh, PA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 133/1615~2022-Q1) |
| Snow Globe upon a Sill | Caroline Mallonee | Snow Globe upon a Sill by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Caroline Mallonee Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter, New Year Descriptive Terms: Hope, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Winter, Snow, Christmas First Performance: December 12, 2021 : Fairfax Choral Society, Thomas Colohan, McLean, VA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/1618~2022-Q1) |
| Someone Who Dreams | Bill Heigen | Someone Who Dreams by Bill Heigen – Voicing: SATB with divisi Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Bill Heigen Language: English Descriptive Terms: Dream, Robot, Work, Saving The World, Save, World, Voice, Sings First Performance: February 17, 2019 : Hired singers for live recording, Deborah King, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 124/1609~2022-Q1) |
| Songs of Isaiah | Sanford Dole | Songs of Isaiah by Sanford Dole – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Harp And String Orchestra Performance Length: 16:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Isaiah 12, Isaiah 55, Isaiah 60, Doxology Language: English Descriptive Terms: Praise, Joy First Performance: March 04, 2017 : Bay Choral Guild, Sanford Dole, Palo Alto, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1210/1617~2022-Q1) |
| Strengthen for Service | Jessica French | Strengthen for Service by Jessica French – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Strings Performance Length: 4:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Syro-Malabar Liturgy Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Offertory, Communion, Chrism Mass, Ordinations, General Use Descriptive Terms: Service, Strength, Hope, Renewal First Performance: March 13, 2022 : The Choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, Ryan Tani, Cathedral of the Madeleine - Salt Lake City, Utah Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 593/1622~2022-Q1) |
| Up Above the Winds | Andrew Jacobson | Up Above the Winds by Andrew Jacobson – Voicing: SA Solo(s): Treble Solo / Small Group Instrumentation: Piano And Violin Performance Length: 2:16 Notation: Standard Text Source: Secretary Shōtetsu Language: Japanese And English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter, Autumn Descriptive Terms: Nature, Winds, Scenic, Driving Piano First Performance: January 15, 2022 : OMEA All-State Middle School Treble Choir, Victor C. Johnson, Eugene, OR Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 845/1624~2022-Q1) |
| Veni Sancte Spiritus | John Muehleisen | Veni Sancte Spiritus by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB (WITH DIVISI) Solo(s): Soprano (brief: 3 Measures) Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 13:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Stephen Langton: Archbishop of Canterbury, Liturgical Latin, St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Pentecost, Feasts And Services of the Holy Spirit Descriptive Terms: Holy Spirit, Light, Healing, Comfort First Performance: May 13, 2005 : Seattle Pro Musica, Karen P. Thomas, St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/1626~2022-Q1) |
| Aenigmata, canonic pieces for high voices | Michael Ippolito | Aenigmata, canonic pieces for high voices by Michael Ippolito – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 12:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Symphosius Language: Latin (Classical) Descriptive Terms: Canons, Riddles, Latin, Secular First Performance: April 17, 2016 : Texas State University Women’s Choir, Dr. Lynn Brinckmeyer, Texas State University (San Marcos, TX) Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1204/1588~2021-Q4) |
| The Elm at the Crossroads | Jeffrey Bernstein | The Elm at the Crossroads by Jeffrey Bernstein – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:50 Notation: Standard Text Source: Walter Hard Language: English Descriptive Terms: Nature, Trees, Reflective, Historical First Performance: May 06, 1989 : Harvard New Music Ensemble, Jeffrey Bernstein, Harvard University Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 872/1603~2021-Q4) |
| A Star for a Wish | Caroline Mallonee | A Star for a Wish by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Caroline Mallonee Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter Solstice Descriptive Terms: Hope, Science, Solstice, Wish, Stars, Pandemic, Distance, Christmas First Performance: December 03, 2021 : Vocalis Chamber Choir, James Burritt, Williamsville, NY Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 676/1595~2021-Q4) |
| Though the great Waters sleep | Isaac Lovdahl | Though the great Waters sleep by Isaac Lovdahl – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 5:50 Notation: Brief sections of aleatory on 1-2 repeated notes Text Source: Emily Dickinson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: N/A Descriptive Terms: Reflection, Questioning, Uncertainty, Hopefulness First Performance: November 19, 2021 : Yale Glee Club, Nate Widelitz (assistant conductor); Jeffrey Douma (conductor), Woolsey Hall, Yale University Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1206/1591~2021-Q4) |
| Three Limericks | John Muehleisen | Three Limericks by John Muehleisen – Voicing: TTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 11:45 Notation: Special presentation of frog sounds Text Source: Edward Lear Language: English, Frog Sounds In Multi-languages Descriptive Terms: Humor, Fun, Memorial, the Elderly First Performance: March 14, 2014 : #1: Illumni Men’s Chorale, #2 + #3: Univ. of Wyoming Singing Statesmen, #1. Scott Kovacs, #2 + #3: Nicole Lamartine, #1: Seattle, WA, #2 + #3: Laramie, WY Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 302/1608~2021-Q4) |
| Ubi Caritas | Anthony Esland | Ubi Caritas by Anthony Esland – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:10 Notation: Standard Text Source: Antiphon for Maundy Thursday, Paulinus of Aquileia Language: Latin Descriptive Terms: Charity, Love, Rejoice, Joy First Performance: May 19, 2019 : St Magnus the Martyr Choir, Lottie Greenhow, St Magnus the Martyr, London E3, UK Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 702/1596~2021-Q4) |
| Vinea mea electa | Andrew Smith | Vinea mea electa by Andrew Smith – Voicing: SSAATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:30 Notation: Non-metric notation in quasi-plainchant style Text Source: Responsory for Good Friday Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Lent, Passiontide Descriptive Terms: Loss, Grief, Anger, Bitterness, Betrayal, Love First Performance: April 19, 2019 : Oslo Domkor (Oslo Cathedral Choir), Vivianne Sydnes, Oslo Cathedral Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1205/1598~2021-Q4) |
| We Are Held | Jessica French | We Are Held by Jessica French – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Guitar Performance Length: 6:18 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robert Bode Language: English Descriptive Terms: Healing, Comfort, Joy, Peace First Performance: December 11, 2021 : Choral Arts Northwest, Robert Bode, Trinity Episcopal Church - Seattle, Washington Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 593/1606~2021-Q4) |
| Would You Know Me By My Work | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | Would You Know Me By My Work by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano (optional) Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Shantel Sellers Language: English Descriptive Terms: Family, History, Work First Performance: June 06, 2021 : Concert Singers of Cary, Nathan Leaf, Cary, NC Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 800/1607~2021-Q4) |
| Aeterna Christi Munera | Steven Paxton | Aeterna Christi Munera by Steven Paxton – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Hymn for Matins Language: Latin Descriptive Terms: Austere First Performance: February 18, 2000 : University Choir, Texas Tech University, Kenneth Davis, Beethoven Hall, San Antonio, Texas Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1203/1571~2021-Q3) |
| Consolation (Requiem for Parkland) | John Muehleisen | Consolation (Requiem for Parkland) by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Piano, Chimes (Tubular Bells) Performance Length: 12:00 Notation: There is some brief aleatoric notation in places. Text Source: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Requiem Mass Language: English, Latin Descriptive Terms: Remembrance, Loss, Memorials, School Shootings, Hope First Performance: January 23, 2020 : Arvada West High School - Company West Treble Choir, Chris Maunu, The Broadmoor Conference Center, Colorado Springs, CO Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/1587~2021-Q3) |
| Four Marian Antiphons | Anthony Mosakowski | Four Marian Antiphons by Anthony Mosakowski – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Liturgical Latin Language: Latin Descriptive Terms: Mary, Diatonic, Clusters, Devotional, Reverent, Celebratory First Performance: December 02, 2011 : Vox Musica, Daniel Paulson, Sacramento, California Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 183/1561~2021-Q3) |
| Holding Our Breath | Carlos Cordero | Holding Our Breath by Carlos Cordero – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Julie Flanders Language: English Descriptive Terms: Hope, Fear, Vulnerability, Social Justice, Crisis, Pandemic, Breathing First Performance: March 17, 2021 : Conspirare, Dr. Craig Hella Johnson, Online (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSbJ_mY7a6E) Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1201/1582~2021-Q3) |
| Look to This Day | Tom Council | Look to This Day by Tom Council – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:12 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ancient Sanskrit Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: None Descriptive Terms: The Joy Of Life, Growth, Active, Power, Living Life Well, Of Hope! First Performance: May 16, 2010 : The Texas Voices, Tom Council, Mesquite Fine Arts Center Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 487/1573~2021-Q3) |
| Meditation | Karen Siegel | Meditation by Karen Siegel – Voicing: SSAA Solo(s): Mezzo-soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Arrows showing aleatoric repetition of phrases Text Source: Karen Siegel Language: English Descriptive Terms: Peace, Mindfulness, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Covid, Pandemic First Performance: November 19, 2020 : Caldwell University Chorale, Laura Greenwald, Caldwell, NJ Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 222/1577~2021-Q3) |
| O Sacrum Convivium / O Sacred Communion Meal | Christopher J. Hoh | O Sacrum Convivium / O Sacred Communion Meal by Christopher J. Hoh – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): None Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:55 Notation: Standard Text Source: St. Thomas Aquinas Language: Latin Or English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: General, Communion, Corpus Christi Descriptive Terms: Devotion, Communion, Eucharist, Reverent, Sustained, Quiet First Performance: June 19, 2014 : Choir of St. Monica & St. James, Daniel I. Elmer, St. Monica & St. James Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 285/1579~2021-Q3) |
| Out of the Ashes of Holocaust | Joshua Fishbein | Out of the Ashes of Holocaust by Joshua Fishbein – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto Instrumentation: Violin, Cello, Piano Performance Length: 22:18 Notation: Standard Text Source: Marina and Joshua Fishbein, U.S. Congressional Record (1984) Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Holocaust Remembrance Descriptive Terms: Emotional, Intense, Moving First Performance: May 21, 2021 : Washington Master Chorale, Thomas Colohan, The Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C. Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 90/1585~2021-Q3) |
| Scars | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | Scars by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Alto Solo, Optional Tenor Solo Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 6:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Shantel Sellers Language: English Descriptive Terms: Endurance, Perseverance, Strength, Change First Performance: May 02, 2021 : Durham Choral Society and Duke University Chorale, Dr. Rodney Wynkoop, Durham, North Carolina (during pandemic of 2020) Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 800/1584~2021-Q3) |
| Song of the Mountains | Greg Bartholomew | Song of the Mountains by Greg Bartholomew – Voicing: SSAATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 6:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: John Muir Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Earth Day Descriptive Terms: Nature, Mountains, Ecology, Environment, Trees First Performance: May 06, 2004 : Combined Choirs of St. Joseph School, Rick Boyle, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 32/1568~2021-Q3) |
| Sudden Light | Joseph Gregorio | Sudden Light by Joseph Gregorio – Voicing: TTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Dante Gabriel Rossetti Language: English Descriptive Terms: Love, Light, Time, Weddings, Marriage First Performance: September 29, 2007 : Cornell University Glee Club; ad-hoc ensemble, Kimberly Dunn Adams, Ithaca, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1005/1580~2021-Q3) |
| Three Poems by Amy Lowell (2018) | Colin Eatock | Three Poems by Amy Lowell (2018) by Colin Eatock – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: Amy Lowell Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: St. Valentine’s Day Descriptive Terms: Introspective, Poetic, Love First Performance: June 11, 2020 : members of the Byrd Ensemble, Markdavin Obenza, virtual video posted on YouTube Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 868/1578~2021-Q3) |
| Advent Calendar | Simon Beattie | Advent Calendar by Simon Beattie – Voicing: SSAATTB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Rowan Williams Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Anticipation First Performance: December 10, 2006 : The Damon Singers, Will Dawes, The White Hill Centre, Chesham, UK Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1193/1543~2021-Q2) |
| Ave Maria | Giuseppe Di Bianco | Ave Maria by Giuseppe Di Bianco – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Liturgical Latin Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Blessed Virgin Mary, Wedding, Assumption Descriptive Terms: Prayer, Virgin Mary, Consolation, Hope, Peace First Performance: December 21, 2008 : “antari” Ensemble, Sue T. Klausmeyer, Chapel Hill, Hill Hall, NC Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 74/1547~2021-Q2) |
| Ayúdame (Venezuelan Plea for Life) | Carlos Cordero | Ayúdame (Venezuelan Plea for Life) by Carlos Cordero – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Bass Drum Or Snare Or A Bell (in G Or D) Or Any Other Object Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Carlos Cordero Language: Spanish Descriptive Terms: Venezuela, Struggle, Pleading, Lament, Hopeless, Current Events, Race First Performance: July 21, 2019 : Suono Chamber Choir, Alex Bruce, Foundry UMC, Houston Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1201/1549~2021-Q2) |
| Bee-Song | Pamela J. Marshall | Bee-Song by Pamela J. Marshall – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:05 Notation: Standard Text Source: Anne Baring Language: English Descriptive Terms: Reverence, Serenity, Meditation, Nature, Earth-mother First Performance: October 28, 2007 : The Master Singers, Adam Grossman, First Parish Unitarian, Lexington, MA, USA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1194/1526~2021-Q2) |
| Cave | David Heinick | Cave by David Heinick – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Oboe, Marimba, Five Tomtoms Performance Length: 15:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Richard Lewis Language: English Descriptive Terms: Art, Animals, Creation Myth First Performance: March 24, 2014 : Crane Concert Choir, Rebecca Reames, Hosmer Hall, Crane School of Music, Potsdam, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1199/1536~2021-Q2) |
| Cherubim Bells | Jack Ballard | Cherubim Bells by Jack Ballard – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Orchestra Bells, Tubular Bells, Wind Chimes, Rainstick, Triangle Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Jack Ballard Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter, Christmas, Advent Descriptive Terms: Sonic Minimalism, Beauty, Winter, Christmas First Performance: June 01, 2012 : Vanguard Premieres, G Kevin Dewey, Vanguard Voices, Dearborn, MI Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1198/1535~2021-Q2) |
| Do I Not Deal with Angels | Robert Schuneman | Do I Not Deal with Angels by Robert Schuneman – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 1:44 Notation: Standard Text Source: Kenneth Patchen Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Valentine’s Day Descriptive Terms: Love, Young Love, Angels, Sweetness, Innocence First Performance: December 06, 2013 : Manhattan Choral Ensemble, Deborah Simpkin King, The Church of the Blessed Sacrament, New York City Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1196/1530~2021-Q2) |
| Dreams in War Time | Michael Robert Smith | Dreams in War Time by Michael Robert Smith – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Period Strings, Harpsichord, Guitar (Tuned To A=415) Performance Length: 35:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Amy Lowell, Pictures of the Floating World Language: English Descriptive Terms: Reflective, Sadness, Intense, Critical, War First Performance: February 23, 2019 : Mouthscape, SFCM Early Music Ensemble, Winnie Nieh, Robert “Bobby” Chastain, Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1195/1529~2021-Q2) |
| Four Elizabethan Songs about Love (2016-2018) | Colin Eatock | Four Elizabethan Songs about Love (2016-2018) by Colin Eatock – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 9:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: Christopher Marlowe, Queen Elizabeth I, John Donne, William Shakespeare Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Valentine’s Day Descriptive Terms: Love, Elizabethan, English First Performance: May 31, 2021 : Giovanni Consort, Kate McNamara, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Perth, Australia Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 868/1537~2021-Q2) |
| The Gift to Sing | Tom Council | The Gift to Sing by Tom Council – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:31 Notation: Standard Text Source: James Weldon Johnson, Robert Lowry Language: English Descriptive Terms: Joy, Singing First Performance: May 19, 2019 : The Texas Voices, Tom Council, Dallas, Texas Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 487/1521~2021-Q2) |
| Guiding Star | Gordon Thornett | Guiding Star by Gordon Thornett – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano (Orchestration Available) Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: W. Chatterton Dix Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas, Epiphany Descriptive Terms: Christmas, Celebration, Gifts, Epiphany, Joyful First Performance: December 19, 2016 : CBSO Chorus with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Halsey, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 956/1553~2021-Q2) |
| He was born in Spring | Christopher Lee Fraley | He was born in Spring by Christopher Lee Fraley – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Christina Rossetti Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring, March, Summer Descriptive Terms: Love, Spring, Evening, Quiet, Summer First Performance: April 22, 2017 : Cascadian Chorale, Gary D. Cannon, Holy Cross Episcopal, Redmond, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 756/1523~2021-Q2) |
| How light on water looks | Ellen Gilson Voth | How light on water looks by Ellen Gilson Voth – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Piano, Cello Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Eleanor Wilner, Reversing the Spell: New and Selected Poems Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring Descriptive Terms: Nature, Release, Epiphany, Light, Promise First Performance: May 07, 2017 : Cantilena: A women’s chorale, Jennifer Kane, First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1197/1534~2021-Q2) |
| Hymn to the Moon | Donald M. Skirvin | Hymn to the Moon by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: SSATBB Solo(s): Soprano (incidental) Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:17 Notation: Standard Text Source: Homer Language: English Descriptive Terms: Celestial, Moon, Hymn, Homer, Shelley First Performance: June 15, 2001 : The Esoterics, Eric Banks, All Pilgrims Christian Church, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/1539~2021-Q2) |
| The Itsy Bitsy Spider | Steve Danielson | The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Steve Danielson – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 1:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Mike and Peggy Seeger, American Folk Songs for Children (1948) Language: English Descriptive Terms: Nature, Spiders, Children, Unusual, Humor First Performance: November 15, 2004 : University of Memphis Chamber Choir, Steve Danielson, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Memphis, TN Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1076/1522~2021-Q2) |
| Kyrie in Angustiis (Kyrie for Troubled Times) | John Muehleisen | Kyrie in Angustiis (Kyrie for Troubled Times) by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Liber Usualis, Sarum chant Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Lent Descriptive Terms: Mercy, Peace, Hope, Counterpoint, Emotional Contrast First Performance: May 20, 2017 : Bellingham Chamber Chorale, Ryan Smit, First Congregational Church, Bellingham, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/1527~2021-Q2) |
| Look back on time with kindly eyes | Joseph Gregorio | Look back on time with kindly eyes by Joseph Gregorio – Voicing: SSSAAATTTBBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Emily Dickinson Language: English Descriptive Terms: Sun, Light, Sunset, Reflection, Secular First Performance: November 20, 2011 : Choral Chameleon, Conductor Vince Peterson, John Street United Methodist Church, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1005/1524~2021-Q2) |
| Look for Us Again | Caroline Mallonee | Look for Us Again by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Carl Sandburg Language: English Descriptive Terms: Stars, Night, Writing, Hope First Performance: March 11, 2017 : Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Leo Wanenchak, Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 676/1525~2021-Q2) |
| The Lord’s Prayer | Keane Southard | The Lord’s Prayer by Keane Southard – Voicing: 10 OR MORE VOICES OF ANY TYPE Solo(s): Cantor Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Single melodic phrases performed aleatorically Text Source: Matthew 6 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Compline Descriptive Terms: Sacred, Pater Noster, Aleatoric First Performance: February 02, 2020 : Schola Cantorum of Christ Church, Rochester, Stephen Kennedy, Christ Church, Rochester, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 230/1528~2021-Q2) |
| Missa Brevis No. 2 | Peter Robb | Missa Brevis No. 2 by Peter Robb – Voicing: SSA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 13:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ordinary of the Mass Language: Latin Descriptive Terms: Concert Anchor, Colorful Harmony, Emotive Text Painting, Exciting Pian First Performance: May 17, 2009 : Aria (young women’s ensemble of Oregon Festival Choirs), Peter Robb, First Presbyterian Church, Eugene, Oregon Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1191/1533~2021-Q2) |
| Noel | Meredith Brammeier | Noel by Meredith Brammeier – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Marimba, Tubular Bells Performance Length: 1:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Luke 2 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Christmas, Celebration, Joy, Contrast, Festive First Performance: December 04, 2010 : Cal Poly Choirs, Thomas Davies, Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1200/1548~2021-Q2) |
| The Singer’s Path | Karen P. Thomas | The Singer’s Path by Karen P. Thomas – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 15:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale Language: English Descriptive Terms: Life, Journey, Song, Freedom First Performance: May 21, 2016 : Young Women’s Choral Projects of San Francisco, Susan McMane, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 242/1550~2021-Q2) |
| The Sleepy Shepherd Boy | Gordon Thornett | The Sleepy Shepherd Boy by Gordon Thornett – Voicing: S(A) Children’s Choir Instrumentation: Piano (optional Orchestra) Performance Length: 4:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Gordon Thornett Language: English, Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas, Advent, Nativity Descriptive Terms: Christmas, Children, Shepherd, Angels, Daydreaming First Performance: December 20, 2007 : CBSO Children’s Chorus and CBSO, Simon Halsey, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 956/1532~2021-Q2) |
| Three Basho Haiku | Lisa Neher | Three Basho Haiku by Lisa Neher – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:10 Notation: Standard Text Source: Matsuo Basho Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring, Winter, Equinox, Earth Day, Summer Descriptive Terms: Nature, Lush, Tender, Peace First Performance: April 10, 2011 : University of Kansas Choirs, Jeremy Manternach, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1202/1554~2021-Q2) |
| Three Heine Love Songs | Simon Beattie | Three Heine Love Songs by Simon Beattie – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:22 Notation: Standard Text Source: Heinrich Heine Language: English Descriptive Terms: Love First Performance: July 11, 2009 : The Damon Singers, David Cook, The White Hill Centre, Chesham, UK Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1193/1520~2021-Q2) |
| Tides of Peace | John Muehleisen | Tides of Peace by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 7:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Henry Van Dyke Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Music Festival, Festival Choir, Honor Choir Descriptive Terms: Music, Nature, Water, Peace, Beauty First Performance: December 14, 2013 : Bainbridge Chorale, Michael Austin Miller, Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church, Bainbridge Island, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/1558~2021-Q2) |
| The Tree | Greg Bartholomew | The Tree by Greg Bartholomew – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:07 Notation: Standard Text Source: Jones Very Language: English Descriptive Terms: Trees, Nature, Love, Seasons, Transcendentalism First Performance: April 02, 2004 : American University Chamber Singers, Daniel Abraham, Greengerg Theater, Washington, DC Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 32/1519~2021-Q2) |
| Winter Scenes | Donald M. Skirvin | Winter Scenes by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: SATB, SSAA, TTBB Instrumentation: Piano, String Orchestra Performance Length: 18:46 Notation: Standard Text Source: Bliss Carman Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter Descriptive Terms: Timelessness, Beauty, Stillness, Tranquility First Performance: May 02, 2016 : Utah Chamber Artists, Barlow Bradford, Libby Gardner Concert Hall Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/1531~2021-Q2) |
| Birding in Winter | Pamela J. Marshall | Birding in Winter by Pamela J. Marshall – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Susan Edwards Richmond Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter Descriptive Terms: Birds, Snow, Contemplation, Nature, Ice First Performance: November 23, 2019 : Triad Boston’s Choral Collective, Charles Turner, Clarendon Hill Presbyterian, Somerville, MA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1194/1513~2021-Q1) |
| A Christmas Carol | Brian Field | A Christmas Carol by Brian Field – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Christina Rossetti Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Calm, Peaceful, Holy First Performance: December 28, 2020 : Joseph Martin Ensemble, Joseph Martin, Virtual Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1046/1512~2021-Q1) |
| The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee | Donald M. Skirvin | The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 1:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: N. Scott Momaday Language: English Descriptive Terms: Joyous, Lively, Spiritual First Performance: September 22, 2000 : The Esoterics, Eric Banks, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/1516~2021-Q1) |
| It’s All I Have | Christopher Rust | It’s All I Have by Christopher Rust – Voicing: SAB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 2:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Emily Dickinson Language: English Descriptive Terms: Lyrical, Easy, Junior High/High School First Performance: November 28, 2020 : Sunset High School Virtual Choir, Christopher Rust, Virtual Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1083/1515~2021-Q1) |
| Locus iste | Gordon Thornett | Locus iste by Gordon Thornett – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Bass Instrumentation: Optional Piano or Organ Performance Length: 6:04 Notation: Standard Text Source: Liber Usualis Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Church Dedication, Communion, Church Anniversary, Dedication of Clergy Descriptive Terms: Dedication, Reverence, Uplifting, Sacramental, Worship First Performance: October 03, 2020 : Nidaros Cathedral Boys’ Choir, Bjørn Moe, Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 956/1517~2021-Q1) |
| Love is | John Muehleisen | Love is by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Trumpet Performance Length: 6:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Rabi’a of Basra Language: English Descriptive Terms: Love, Meditation, Sufi, Persian, Music Festival First Performance: October 25, 2019 : Nicholls State University Concert Choir, John St. Marie, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/1514~2021-Q1) |
| Remember me | Simon Beattie | Remember me by Simon Beattie – Voicing: SATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:57 Notation: Standard Text Source: Christina Rossetti Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Death Love Memorial First Performance: January 21, 2019 : Wunderkammerchor, Simon Johnson, St Augustine’s, Kilburn, London Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1193/1511~2021-Q1) |
| Two Hands | Ruth Alon | Two Hands by Ruth Alon – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Aleatoric Individual Voice Parts Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:30 Notation: Aleatoric passages Text Source: Zadok Alon Language: Hebrew Descriptive Terms: Philosophy, Night, Hebrew, Light, Darkness First Performance: May 18, 2019 : Cecilia Ensemble, Israel Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1192/1510~2021-Q1) |
| Ascendit | John Muehleisen | Ascendit by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:17 Notation: Standard Text Source: Acts 1, Feast of the Ascension Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Ascension Descriptive Terms: Celebratory, Uplifiting, Singing, Praise, Transcendance First Performance: May 07, 2005 : Opus 7, Dale Warland, St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/1509~2020-Q4) |
| Coventry Carol | Paul John Rudoi | Coventry Carol by Paul John Rudoi – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:01 Notation: Standard Text Source: Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Sadness, Death, Serene, Love, Motherhood First Performance: December 07, 2019 : Seraphic Fire, James Bass, Grafton Community Church, Grafton, VT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 876/1502~2020-Q4) |
| God Jehovah | Denice Rippentrop | God Jehovah by Denice Rippentrop – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Optional Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Contrabass Performance Length: 7:58 Notation: Standard Text Source: Denice Rippentrop Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Sacred Concerts, General Worship Descriptive Terms: God, Jehovah, Holy, Worship, Idols First Performance: February 10, 2015 : The First Reading Project, J. David Moore, Minneapolis, MN Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 205/1501~2020-Q4) |
| Light Looked Down | Alex Eddington | Light Looked Down by Alex Eddington – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 7:59 Notation: Standard Text Source: Laurence Housman Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Lent, Memorial Services, Winter Descriptive Terms: Hope, Contemplation, Righteousness, Love, Peace First Performance: June 11, 2011 : Voices, Ron Cheung, Toronto, Ontario Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1072/1506~2020-Q4) |
| Relief | Michael Maiorana | Relief by Michael Maiorana – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Instrumentation: Violin Performance Length: 36:01 Notation: Standard Text Source: Harry Hopkins Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Labor Day, May Day Descriptive Terms: Social Welfare, History, Great Depression, Unemployment, Live Remote First Performance: August 30, 2020 : Aliro Voices, Kurt Hattenberger, Youtube Livestream Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1065/1505~2020-Q4) |
| She Walks in Beauty | Andrew Jacobson | She Walks in Beauty by Andrew Jacobson – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:17 Notation: Standard Text Source: George Gordon, Lord Byron Language: English Descriptive Terms: Love, Romance First Performance: September 01, 2015 : Adelphian Choir, Steven Zopfi, Schneebeck Hall, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 845/1507~2020-Q4) |
| The Shortest Day | Brian W. Holmes | The Shortest Day by Brian W. Holmes – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:52 Notation: Standard Text Source: Susan Cooper Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas, Winter Solstice Descriptive Terms: Solstice First Performance: December 11, 2011 : Amadeus Choir, Lydia Adams, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto, Canada Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 126/1504~2020-Q4) |
| Soft and Safe to Thee | John Milne | Soft and Safe to Thee by John Milne – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:07 Notation: Standard Text Source: Masonic Funeral Ritual Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Spring Descriptive Terms: Funeral, Sadness, Hope, Resurrection First Performance: November 04, 2018 : Sacra Nova Cathedrale, Jerod Reetz, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee WI Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1172/1503~2020-Q4) |
| The Unarmed Child | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | The Unarmed Child by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Tenor (Hip Hopera) Instrumentation: Chamber Orchestra Performance Length: 48:12 Notation: Standard Text Source: Requiem Mass, Shantel Sellers, Adrian Dunn, Christina Rossetti, Rabindranth Tagore Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Service, Remembrance, December 14, International Day Of Peace Descriptive Terms: Memorial, Hope, Victims Of Gun Violence First Performance: November 08, 2019 : Eugene Concert Choir, Diane Retallack, Beall Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 800/1508~2020-Q4) |
| Bird Song | John Milne | Bird Song by John Milne – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:56 Notation: Standard Text Source: John Milne Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring, Summer Descriptive Terms: Animal Rights First Performance: Feb 06, 2018: Festival Choir of Madison, Sergei Pavlov, Madison Wisconsin Masonic Auditorium Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1172/1173~2020-Q3) |
| Blocks | Michael Maiorana | Blocks by Michael Maiorana – Voicing: Unison Instrumentation: Piano, Hand Percussion, Recorders Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robert Louis Stevenson Language: English Descriptive Terms: Adventure, Building, Fun, Imagination, Memories First Performance: May 10, 2018: Holdingford Elementary 3rd Grade, Maia Hamann, Holdingford Elementary, Holdingford, Minnesota Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1065/1163~2020-Q3) |
| Christ Our Passover | Gordon King | Christ Our Passover by Gordon King – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Organ Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: I Corinthians 5 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Easter, Eastertide Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Hope First Performance: Apr 16, 1972: All Saints Choir, Gordon King, All Saints Church, Ft. Worth Texas Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1159/1160~2020-Q3) |
| Come to Me in Dreams | Caroline Mallonee | Come to Me in Dreams by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Christina Rossetti Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Death, Hope, Life, Love, Meditative, Sadness First Performance: Jun 03, 2018: Vocalis Chamber Choir, James Burritt, St. John’s Grace Episcopal Church Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/1166~2020-Q3) |
| Dona Nobis Pacem | Keane Southard | Dona Nobis Pacem by Keane Southard – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ordinary of the Mass Language: Latin Descriptive Terms: Peace, Sacred First Performance: Oct 05, 2019: Yale Glee Club, Daniel Tucker, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 230/1198~2020-Q3) |
| Eternity Passing Over - An Arctic Requiem | John Muehleisen | Eternity Passing Over - An Arctic Requiem by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SA-SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Instrumentation: Inupiat Drum Performance Length: 14:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Gerard Manley Hopkins, Robert Service, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, John Henry, Cardinal Newman, Henry Vaughan, Richard Crashaw Language: English, Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Remembrance, Requiem Mass Descriptive Terms: Alaska, Arctic, Death, Hope, Nature First Performance: May 08, 2015: Seattle Pro Musica, Karen P. Thomas, St. James Cathedral; Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/1181~2020-Q3) |
| The Field (ubi caritas) | Julian David Bryson | The Field (ubi caritas) by Julian David Bryson – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano, Marimba, Cello, Viola, Violin Performance Length: 9:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran, Leviticus 19, Antiphon for Maundy Thursday Language: English, Latin, Hebrew Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Pentecost, Spring, Ecumenical Services, Convocation Descriptive Terms: Community, Hope, Joy, Love, Unity First Performance: Apr 26, 2019: San Jacinto College Choir, Patrick J. J. Callaghan, Corbin Recital Hall, San Jacinto College, Houston, TX Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 698/1133~2020-Q3) |
| Ilentsay Ightnay | Brian W. Holmes | Ilentsay Ightnay by Brian W. Holmes – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 1:50 Notation: Standard Text Source: Joseph Mohr Language: Pig Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Carol, Humor, Pig Latin, Sweet First Performance: Jan 06, 2012: Vivace Youth Chorus, Teen Ensemble, Peggy Spool, First Immanuel Lutheran, San Jose, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 126/1152~2020-Q3) |
| I’m Not Lost | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | I’m Not Lost by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:50 Notation: Standard Text Source: Chantal Sellers Language: English, Western Abenaki, Odawan, Lakota, Navajo/diné Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Native American Appreciation Descriptive Terms: Activism, Memorial, Mmiwg First Performance: Mar 05, 2020: Central Bucks High School-West Women’s Choir, Joseph Ohrt, Hochstein School, Rochester, NY, ACDA Eastern Division Conference Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 800/1130~2020-Q3) |
| Let This Be Heaven | Clifford W. King | Let This Be Heaven by Clifford W. King – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano, Tree Branches Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Harrison B. Merrill Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Graduation, Memorial Services, Spring Descriptive Terms: Climbing, Hope, Journey, Nature, Serenity First Performance: Mar 29, 2018: Wasatch Chorale, Jennifer Heder, Orem High School, Orem UT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 681/1155~2020-Q3) |
| Longing, Dreaming | Donald M. Skirvin | Longing, Dreaming by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: SSAA-TTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:55 Notation: Standard Text Source: Gordon E. Abshire Language: English Descriptive Terms: Dream, Longing, Love, Passion, Poignant First Performance: Nov 13, 1998: The Esoterics, Eric Banks, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/1195~2020-Q3) |
| Magnificat | Peter Robb | Magnificat by Peter Robb – Voicing: SA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Organ Performance Length: 3:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Luke 1 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Evensong, Mother’s Day Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Empowerment, Marian First Performance: Feb 11, 2016: Canterbury Cathedral Treble Choristers, David Flood, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, UK Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1191/1192~2020-Q3) |
| O Radix Jesse | Anthony Mosakowski | O Radix Jesse by Anthony Mosakowski – Voicing: SSAATTBB-SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:36 Notation: Standard Text Source: O Antiphons, German Hymn Language: English, Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Contemplation, Expectation, Full, Historical, Rich First Performance: Dec 02, 2015: Choral Arts Philadelphia, Matthew Glandorf, St. Clement’s Church Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 183/1176~2020-Q3) |
| Picking Wild Berries | Alex Eddington | Picking Wild Berries by Alex Eddington – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Tenor Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Julie Flett, Wild Berries Language: English, Swampy Cree Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Earth Day, Celebrations For Indigenous Peoples Descriptive Terms: Birds, Family, Memory, Nature, Sun First Performance: Jan 13, 2018: Chronos Vocal Ensemble, Jordan Van Biert, Edmonton, AB Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1072/1136~2020-Q3) |
| Prayer of St. Francis | Jessica French | Prayer of St. Francis by Jessica French – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Organ Performance Length: 2:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: St. Francis of Assisi Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Evensong Descriptive Terms: Praise, Prayer, Worship First Performance: Oct 04, 2013: Thomas Choir, St. Thomas Church, Medina, Washington Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 593/1142~2020-Q3) |
| Psalm of the Sky | Sarah Riskind | Psalm of the Sky by Sarah Riskind – Voicing: TBB Instrumentation: Piano, Violin Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Rachel Barenblat, Psalm 23 Language: English, Hebrew Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Comfort, Faith, Flight, Hope, Suffering First Performance: Feb 23, 2019: Ensemble X, Austin Ridlen, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 949/1188~2020-Q3) |
| The Rainy Day | Peter Frost | The Rainy Day by Peter Frost – Voicing: SSATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Language: English Descriptive Terms: Dreary, Sobering, Sunshine, Truthfulness First Performance: Sep 15, 2018: New Works Collective, Peter Frost, Saint Mary the Virgin, Chappaqua, New York Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1145/1146~2020-Q3) |
| Sing, O Sing This Blessed Morn | Carolyn Pirtle | Sing, O Sing This Blessed Morn by Carolyn Pirtle – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:35 Notation: Standard Text Source: Christopher Wordsworth Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Joy, Jubilant, Proclamatory, Uplifting First Performance: Dec 21, 2019: South Bend Chamber Singers, Nancy Menk, Church of Our Lady of Loretto, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN, USA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1184/1185~2020-Q3) |
| Songs of Innocence and Experience | Christopher Bradford | Songs of Innocence and Experience by Christopher Bradford – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Cello, Viola, Violin I & Ii, Bass Performance Length: 18:11 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Blake, Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience Language: English Descriptive Terms: Earth, Experience, Garden, Innocence, Shepherd First Performance: Apr 26, 2016: University of Utah Chamber Choir, Barlow Bradford, Libby Gardner Hall, Salt Lake City, UT Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1126/1127~2020-Q3) |
| Sound Over All Waters | William V. Malpede | Sound Over All Waters by William V. Malpede – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 3:10 Notation: Standard Text Source: John Greenleaf Whittier Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Contemporary, Ethereal, Explosive, Rhythmic, Unity First Performance: Dec 13, 2013: VocalEssence, Philip Brunelle, Minneapolis, MN Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 640/1169~2020-Q3) |
| When You Are Old | Brian Field | When You Are Old by Brian Field – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:10 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Butler Yeats Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Winter, Autumn Descriptive Terms: Meditative, Melancholy, Memory, Peaceful First Performance: Mar 07, 2020: UT Arlington University Singers, John Wayman, Arlington, TX, 76019 Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 1046/1139~2020-Q3) |
| Where Are My Unnumbered Days? | Chris Hutchings | Where Are My Unnumbered Days? by Chris Hutchings – Voicing: SSATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Optional Piano Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Mohamed Assaf Language: English Descriptive Terms: Beauty, Flowers, Immigration, Racism, Refugees First Performance: Apr 12, 2019: Wicker Park Singers, Chicago, Mark Tomasino, Chicago Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 627/1149~2020-Q3) |
| Al Hanisim | Joshua Fishbein | Al Hanisim by Joshua Fishbein – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Jewish Liturgy Language: Hebrew Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Hanukah, Purim, Yom Ha’atzmaut Descriptive Terms: Calm, Grand, Majestic, Miracles, Stately First Performance: Dec 20, 2017: Chorosynthesis, Wendy Moy and Jeremiah Selvey, Soma Tower, Belleveue, Washington Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 90/1104~2020-Q2) |
| Be Brave | Kevin T. Padworski | Be Brave by Kevin T. Padworski – Voicing: SSA Instrumentation: Piano, Cello, Percussion, Alto Sax, Glockenspiel Performance Length: 5:13 Notation: Standard Text Source: Paul Laurence Dunbar Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Spring Descriptive Terms: Bravery, Gypsy, Hope, Jazz, Valse-musette First Performance: May 01, 2017: Colorado Children’s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis, Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, CO Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1090/1091~2020-Q2) |
| Birds at Winter Nightfall | Karen P. Thomas | Birds at Winter Nightfall by Karen P. Thomas – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Thomas Hardy Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter, Winter Solstice Descriptive Terms: Birds, Nature, Snow, Winter First Performance: Dec 07, 2018: Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society, Andrew Clarck, Sanders Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 242/1110~2020-Q2) |
| Eat Your Vegetables! - Set One | John Muehleisen | Eat Your Vegetables! - Set One by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Clarinet In B-flat Performance Length: 8:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Joanne Gunnerson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring, Summer Descriptive Terms: Food, Funny, Humor, Vegetables First Performance: Oct 28, 2010: Central Washington University, CWU) Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, cond), Dr. Wayne S. Hertz Concert Hall, CWU, Ellensburg, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/1119~2020-Q2) |
| Flower Lullaby | Lorri Froggét | Flower Lullaby by Lorri Froggét – Voicing: SSATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Janine Wanée Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Spring, Feast Day Of St. Therese Of Lisieux Descriptive Terms: Children, Flowers, Loss, Lullaby, Remembrance First Performance: May 21, 2016: Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble, Loren Pontén, St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1094/1095~2020-Q2) |
| The Giver of Stars | Donald M. Skirvin | The Giver of Stars by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: Amy Lowell, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (1914) Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring Descriptive Terms: Beauty, Ecstasy, Life, Love, Soul First Performance: Sep 13, 2013: Cascadian Chorale, Seattle Bach Choir, and Cantabile of Skagit Valley, Donald Skirvin, St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/1113~2020-Q2) |
| It’s Up to You | Andrew Bruhn | It’s Up to You by Andrew Bruhn – Voicing: SSAATTB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Unknown Language: English Descriptive Terms: Hope, Inspiration First Performance: Apr 03, 2020: A Cappella, virtual choir Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 935/1098~2020-Q2) |
| Kyrie (from Missa Dramatica) | Christopher Lee Fraley | Kyrie (from Missa Dramatica) by Christopher Lee Fraley – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:10 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ordinary of the Mass Language: Greek Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Lent Descriptive Terms: Contemplative, Dramatic, Prayer First Performance: Apr 07, 2018: Vox16, Markdavin Obenza, Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 756/1101~2020-Q2) |
| Musica Dei Donum | Christopher J. Hoh | Musica Dei Donum by Christopher J. Hoh – Voicing: SATB-SATB-SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: 16th Century Language: English. Latin Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Festival, Music First Performance: Oct 18, 2019: The Thirteen, Matthew Robertson, The Chevy Chase Club, Chevy Chase, MD Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 285/1087~2020-Q2) |
| Oseh Shalom | Gerald Cohen | Oseh Shalom by Gerald Cohen – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Mezzo, Baritone Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Jewish Liturgy, Gerald Cohen Language: English, Hebrew Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Earth Day, Spring, Sabbath, Daily Liturgy Descriptive Terms: Hope, Peace, Serenity, Universality First Performance: May 15, 2016: Sasson: The Temple Shalom Teen Choir, Gerald Cohen, Greenwich, CT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 822/1116~2020-Q2) |
| A Present from a Small Distant World | Alex Eddington | A Present from a Small Distant World by Alex Eddington – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Jimmy Carter, Voyager spacecraft Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Earth Day, Remembrance Descriptive Terms: Contemplative, Hope, Space, Stargazing, Wonder First Performance: Aug 04, 2019: KC VITAs, Jackson Thomas, Kansas City, MO Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1072/1073~2020-Q2) |
| Search | Caroline Mallonee | Search by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 7:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Caroline Mallonee Language: English Descriptive Terms: Clever, Fun, Technology, Whimsical, Wonder First Performance: Apr 25, 2015: Young People’s Chorus of New York City, Francisco Nuñez, Subculture, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/1080~2020-Q2) |
| Solstice | Andrew Jacobson | Solstice by Andrew Jacobson – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano, Cello Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robert Bode Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter Descriptive Terms: Nature, Solemn, Winter First Performance: Dec 21, 2019: Wellspring Ensemble, Evan Norberg, Phinney Lutheran Church, Seattle WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 845/1107~2020-Q2) |
| Take Me Back: A New American Folk Song | Steve Danielson | Take Me Back: A New American Folk Song by Steve Danielson – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Tenor Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 3:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Steve Danielson Language: English Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Folk, Future, Joy, Past First Performance: Mar 22, 2015: Germantown High School Chamber Choir and Chorale, Steve Danielson, 80th Floor, Empire State Building, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1076/1077~2020-Q2) |
| Therefore | Joelle Wallach | Therefore by Joelle Wallach – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Dickey Language: English Descriptive Terms: Conscience, Engagement, Futility, Honesty, Sensibility First Performance: Jan 01, 2009: New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 248/1122~2020-Q2) |
| Venite Carpe Noctem | Christopher Rust | Venite Carpe Noctem by Christopher Rust – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:18 Notation: Standard Text Source: Horace Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Valentine’s Day Descriptive Terms: Hope, Love, Peace First Performance: Jul 17, 2017: Choral Chameleon, Vince Peterson, Brooklyn, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1083/1084~2020-Q2) |
| The Bee Carol | Anthony Esland | The Bee Carol by Anthony Esland – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 1:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Carol Ann Duffy Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Bees, Carol, Christmas, Easy, Short First Performance: Dec 11, 2019: ORA Singers, Suzi Digby, St Peter’s Church, Vauxhall, London SE11 Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 702/1043~2020-Q1) |
| Boil it Down! | Michael Maiorana | Boil it Down! by Michael Maiorana – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: Thomas Lux Language: English Descriptive Terms: Art, Creating, Inspiration, Stress First Performance: Nov 21, 2015: VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Philip Brunelle, St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, MN Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1065/1066~2020-Q1) |
| In Those Years, No One Slept | Rich Campbell | In Those Years, No One Slept by Rich Campbell – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Claudia Serea Language: English Descriptive Terms: Award-winner, Haunting, Immigrant, Refugee, War First Performance: Aug 04, 2018: Uncommon Music Festival Singers, Nate Barnett, Sitka, AK Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 602/1050~2020-Q1) |
| Mi Y’malel | Sarah Riskind | Mi Y’malel by Sarah Riskind – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano, Violin Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Traditional Jewish, Psalm 106 Language: Hebrew Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter, Jewish Holidays, Hanukkah Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Freedom, Joy, Salvation, Triumph First Performance: Dec 03, 2017: University of Wisconsin Concert Choir, Beverly Taylor, Luther Memorial Church, Madison, WI Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 949/1053~2020-Q1) |
| La Mort des Amants | Andrew Jacobson | La Mort des Amants by Andrew Jacobson – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Charles Baudelaire, Fleurs Du Mal, Les Language: French Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring, Winter Descriptive Terms: Death, French, Love, Romantic First Performance: Mar 01, 2018: Herrmian High School, Andrew Howden, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Salt Lake City, UT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 845/1056~2020-Q1) |
| Now Boarding | Nicholas Ryan Kelly | Now Boarding by Nicholas Ryan Kelly – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: James Iwasuk Language: English Descriptive Terms: Americana, Escape, Restlessness, Travel First Performance: Jun 14, 2019: Choral Arts Initiative, Brandon Elliott, St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 849/1059~2020-Q1) |
| Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away | Nicholas Weininger | Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away by Nicholas Weininger – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Song of Solomon 2 Language: Hebrew Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring Descriptive Terms: Flowers, Love, Sensuality, Spring First Performance: Jun 08, 2019: International Orange Chorale of San Francisco, Zane Fiala, Christ Church East Bay, Berkeley, CA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 323/1062~2020-Q1) |
| So it was I | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | So it was I by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm – Voicing: SSAATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 7:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Euan Tait Language: English Descriptive Terms: Hope, Peace, Stranger, Strength, War First Performance: Oct 18, 2019: The Esoterics, Eric Banks, St Barnabas Episcopal Church, Bainbridge Island, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 800/1069~2020-Q1) |
| Sweet Forgiveness | Brian Field | Sweet Forgiveness by Brian Field – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:16 Notation: Standard Text Source: Brian Field Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Easter, Spring Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Forgiveness, Gospel First Performance: May 02, 2003: Heelan High School Chorale, John Flannery, Orpheum Theatre, Sioux City, IA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1046/1047~2020-Q1) |
| Darest Thou Now, O Soul | Colin Eatock | Darest Thou Now, O Soul by Colin Eatock – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Contemplative, Solemn, Transcendent First Performance: Oct 20, 2018: Pittsburgh Camerata, Mark Anderson, Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh PA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 868/1012~2019-Q4) |
| Full of Music | Leonard Mark Lewis | Full of Music by Leonard Mark Lewis – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Walt Whitman Language: English Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Earth, Jubilant First Performance: Feb 08, 2018: Winthrop University Chorale, Jeremy Mimms, Bearns Auditorium, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 148/1024~2019-Q4) |
| Glory! | John Muehleisen | Glory! by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SSAA-SSAA Instrumentation: Piano, Snare Drum Performance Length: 8:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Emily Dickinson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Valentine’s Day Descriptive Terms: American Poets, History, Literature First Performance: May 31, 2008: Northwest Girlchoir, Sara Boos, Meany Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/1018~2019-Q4) |
| I Shall Not Live in Vain | Joy DeCoursey-Porter | I Shall Not Live in Vain by Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 1:02 Notation: Standard Text Source: Emily Dickinson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Graduation, Lent, Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Benediction, Hope, Love, Quasi-spiritual, Short First Performance: Jun 02, 2019: Cascadian Chorale, Gary Cannon, Bellevue, Washington Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 69/1021~2019-Q4) |
| The Message of the Wind | Kari Cruver Medina | The Message of the Wind by Kari Cruver Medina – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Harriet Monroe Language: English Descriptive Terms: Dreams, Female Poet, Love, Nature, Romance First Performance: Jul 04, 2014: The Music Makers of London, Voices of London Festival Choir, Hillary Campbell, Nicola Dando Composition Competition Winners Concert, Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1039/1040~2019-Q4) |
| O magnum mysterium | Joseph Gregorio | O magnum mysterium by Joseph Gregorio – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Christmas Day Responsory at Matins Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas, Winter, Holiday Descriptive Terms: Animals, Christmas, Counterpoint, Fugue, Sacred First Performance: Dec 14, 2011: Choral Chameleon, Vince Peterson, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1005/1006~2019-Q4) |
| Oração da Viajante (The Traveler’s Prayer) | Deanna Witkowski | Oração da Viajante (The Traveler’s Prayer) by Deanna Witkowski – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 3:50 Notation: Standard Text Source: Deanna Witkowski Language: Portuguese Descriptive Terms: Courage, Mary, Mother, Prayerful, Tender First Performance: Jun 15, 2018: Choral Arts Initiative, Brandon Elliott, St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach, CA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 928/1015~2019-Q4) |
| Sim Shalom | Sarah Riskind | Sim Shalom by Sarah Riskind – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano or Tenor Instrumentation: Piano or Organ Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Hebrew Liturgy Language: Hebrew Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Shabbat, Jewish Holidays Descriptive Terms: Blessing, Light, Meditative, Peace, Prayer First Performance: May 02, 2010: First Parish Church of Berlin Choir, Sarah Riskind, First Parish Church of Berlin, MA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 949/1027~2019-Q4) |
| Sunset Symphony | Joshua Fishbein | Sunset Symphony by Joshua Fishbein – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: Nathan Brown Language: English Descriptive Terms: Beach, Nature, Ocean, Sky, Sunset First Performance: May 05, 2018: Chorus Austin, Ryan Heller, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Austin, Texas Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 90/1009~2019-Q4) |
| This delicate universe | Eric Banks | This delicate universe by Eric Banks – Voicing: SATB-SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 36:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Constantine Cavafy Language: English, Greek Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Autumn Descriptive Terms: Environment, Intimacy, Meditation, Spirituality, Universe First Performance: May 08, 2015: Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson, St Luke’s United Methodist Church, Houston, TX Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 972/1030~2019-Q4) |
| To Avielle, On Her Fifth, Sixth Birthday | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | To Avielle, On Her Fifth, Sixth Birthday by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Tenor Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 5:44 Notation: Standard Text Source: Chantal Sellers Language: English Descriptive Terms: Activism, Gun Violence, Remembrance First Performance: Sep 21, 2019: Long Island Voices, Michael Bussewitz-Quarm, St. Peter’s by-the-Sea, Bay Shore, New York Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 800/1036~2019-Q4) |
| To Be Free | Karen Siegel | To Be Free by Karen Siegel – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Joseph Brackett, Karen Siegel Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Thanksgiving Descriptive Terms: Community, Gratitude, Immigration, Love, Rhythmic First Performance: Nov 09, 2018: Yale Glee Club, Jeffrey Douma, Hendrie Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 222/1033~2019-Q4) |
| The Beauty You Have Begotten | Jessica Rudman | The Beauty You Have Begotten by Jessica Rudman – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Tenor Instrumentation: Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone Performance Length: 20:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Amy Lowell, Carl Sandburg, F. S. Flint, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mark Twain Language: English Descriptive Terms: Death, Grief, Life, Love, Resilience First Performance: Jun 08, 2019: Greater New Haven Community Chorus, Noah Glynn, Battell Chapel, New Haven, CT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 647/980~2019-Q3) |
| Central Park at Dusk | Justin Giarrusso | Central Park at Dusk by Justin Giarrusso – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter Descriptive Terms: Dusk, Longing, New York First Performance: May 18, 2013: The Manhattan Choral Ensemble, Thomas Cunningham, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 968/969~2019-Q3) |
| Eloi, Eloi | Jessica French | Eloi, Eloi by Jessica French – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Mark 15 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Good Friday, Lent, Palm Sunday, Holy Week Descriptive Terms: Crucifixion, Death, Passion First Performance: Apr 14, 2019: St. James Cathedral Choir, Joseph Adam, St. James Cathedral - Seattle, Washington Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 593/995~2019-Q3) |
| For the Children or the Grown-Ups? | Christopher J. Hoh | For the Children or the Grown-Ups? by Christopher J. Hoh – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Vibraphone Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: G.D.K. — not further identified, Life Magazine, Dec. 7, 1922 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Americana, Presents, Toys, Whimsical First Performance: Dec 19, 2018: The T-Tone Chorus [U.S. Dept. of State], Kathryn Schultz, Acheson Auditorium, 2201 C Street NW, Washington, DC Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 285/998~2019-Q3) |
| Gather ye rosebuds | Gordon Thornett | Gather ye rosebuds by Gordon Thornett – Voicing: SSA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:05 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robert Herrick Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring, Autumn, Summer Descriptive Terms: Age, Flowers, Time, Transitory First Performance: Nov 13, 2013: University of Michigan Women’s Glee Club, Jaclyn Johnson, University of Michigan Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 956/989~2019-Q3) |
| Hariyu | Sarah Riskind | Hariyu by Sarah Riskind – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 2:39 Notation: Standard Text Source: Psalm 100 Language: Hebrew Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Faith, Joy, Love, Praise First Performance: May 11, 2015: Triad: Boston’s Choral Collective, Karl Henning, Harvard-Epworth Church, Cambridge, MA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 949/982~2019-Q3) |
| I am among them | Eric Banks | I am among them by Eric Banks – Voicing: SATB-SATB Solo(s): soprano (2), alto (2), tenor (2), bass (2) Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 24:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Dan-Erik Slocum Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring Descriptive Terms: Beauty, Eternity, Existentialism, Life-affirmation, Natural World First Performance: Sep 21, 2013: The Esoterics, Eric Banks, St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 972/973~2019-Q3) |
| Making Peace | John Muehleisen | Making Peace by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone Performance Length: 8:50 Notation: Standard Text Source: Denise Levertov Language: English Descriptive Terms: Darkness, Light, Peace, Politics, War First Performance: May 16, 2015: Choral Arts Northwest, Robert Bode, St. Joseph Catholic Church. Seattle Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/986~2019-Q3) |
| Three Poems of D.H. Lawrence | Christopher Baum | Three Poems of D.H. Lawrence by Christopher Baum – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: D. H. Lawrence Language: English Descriptive Terms: Listening, Melancholy, Memory, Moon First Performance: Jan 26, 2007: C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, David Rentz, Norwegian Seamen’s Church, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1001/1002~2019-Q3) |
| To Soar in Freedom and in Fullness of Power | Michael T Roberts | To Soar in Freedom and in Fullness of Power by Michael T Roberts – Voicing: SSA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Walt Whitman Language: English Descriptive Terms: Birds, Dynamic, Fugal, Soaring, Wings First Performance: Jun 03, 2018: Accord Treble Choir, Liz Geisewite, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 960/961~2019-Q3) |
| We Exist | Oliver Caplan | We Exist by Oliver Caplan – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Strings Performance Length: 17:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Naseem Rakha Language: English Descriptive Terms: Charlottesville, Civil Rights, Equality, Love First Performance: Jun 22, 2018: New Hampshire Master Chorale, Dan Perkins, First Church Boston, Boston, MA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 964/965~2019-Q3) |
| Where Shadow Chases Light | Deanna Witkowski | Where Shadow Chases Light by Deanna Witkowski – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 3:24 Notation: Standard Text Source: Rabindranath Tagore Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Solstice Descriptive Terms: Light, Spiritual First Performance: Jun 30, 2016: Illinois ACDA Directors’ Chorus, Jonathan Reed, IL-ACDA Summer ReTreat at Illinois State University, Normal, IL Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 928/976~2019-Q3) |
| After the Wind | Nicholas Ryan Kelly | After the Wind by Nicholas Ryan Kelly – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Marjorie Pickthall Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring Descriptive Terms: Acceptance, Change, Peace, Renewal, Transformation First Performance: Apr 12, 2019: BCCF Seniors’ Chorfest, Combined Choirs, Fiona Blackburn, First Lutheran Church, Kelowna, BC, Canada Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 849/943~2019-Q2) |
| And So I Go On | Jake Runestad | And So I Go On by Jake Runestad – Voicing: SATB-SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 7:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Todd Boss Language: English Descriptive Terms: Death, Grief, Loss, Moving On First Performance: Feb 13, 2015: Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir, Jonathan Talberg, CalState Long Beach recital hall. Long Beach, CA. Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 211/953~2019-Q2) |
| Gloria | Gordon Thornett | Gloria by Gordon Thornett – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Organ, Trombone, Timpani, Trumpet In C, Brass Sextet Performance Length: 10:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ordinary of the Mass Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas, Easter Descriptive Terms: Glory, God, Jubilant, Mass, Reflective First Performance: Dec 13, 2014: Bel Canto Chorus, Richard Hynson, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 956/957~2019-Q2) |
| I Sing the Birth Was Born Tonight | Andrew Bruhn | I Sing the Birth Was Born Tonight by Andrew Bruhn – Voicing: SSATTB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ben Jonson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Beauty, Wonder First Performance: Nov 30, 2018: St. Charles Singers, Jeff Hunt, Baker Memorial United Methodist Church, St. Charles, IL Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 935/936~2019-Q2) |
| Invocation | John Muehleisen | Invocation by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Carmina Gadelica Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Celtic First Performance: Dec 06, 2003: Dale Warland Singers, Dale Warland, St. Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis, MN Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/946~2019-Q2) |
| Oseh Shalom | Sarah Riskind | Oseh Shalom by Sarah Riskind – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano, Violin Performance Length: 3:42 Notation: Standard Text Source: Amidah blessings, Job 25 Language: Hebrew Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Shabbat, Jewish Holidays Descriptive Terms: Peace, Prayer, Supplication, Tango, Worship First Performance: May 23, 2018: University of Washington Chorale, Elisabeth Cherland, Meany Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 949/950~2019-Q2) |
| Songs of Crystal | Caroline Mallonee | Songs of Crystal by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 9:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale Language: English Descriptive Terms: Motherhood, Seasons, Sorrow, Sun, Thankful, Winter First Performance: Jun 10, 2017: Vocalis Chamber Choir, James Burritt, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Buffalo, NY Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 676/932~2019-Q2) |
| Wessobrunn Prayer | Darren Schmidt | Wessobrunn Prayer by Darren Schmidt – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Wessobrunn Prayer Language: English Descriptive Terms: Chant, Sacred, Timeless First Performance: Jul 15, 2016: Orpheus Chor München, Gerd Gulghhor, Munich, Germany Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 939/940~2019-Q2) |
| At the Mid Hour of Night | Andrew Jacobson | At the Mid Hour of Night by Andrew Jacobson – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:11 Notation: Standard Text Source: Thomas Moore Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring, Winter Descriptive Terms: Dream, Loss, Love First Performance: Apr 04, 2014: Bellevue High School Chamber Choir, Andrew Jacobson, University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 845/913~2019-Q1) |
| Ave Verum Corpus | Joy DeCoursey-Porter | Ave Verum Corpus by Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: 14th Century, Eucharistic Chant Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas, Easter, Good Friday Descriptive Terms: Chant, Hope, Monastic, Sacrament, Solemn First Performance: Dec 09, 2018: Notevolmente, Marco Schunnach, Church of St. Agnese in Agone; Rome, Italy Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 69/901~2019-Q1) |
| A Christmas Carol | Deanna Witkowski | A Christmas Carol by Deanna Witkowski – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:06 Notation: Standard Text Source: G. K. Chesterton, Wild Knight, The (1900) Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Evocative, Rich, Strength First Performance: Jan 07, 2018: ChoralArt Camerata, Robert Russell, Williston-Immanuel United Church, Portland, ME Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 928/929~2019-Q1) |
| Come, Love We God | Christopher J. Hoh | Come, Love We God by Christopher J. Hoh – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: 15th Century Carol, Richard Shanne (attrb) Language: English, Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas, Epiphany, Nativity Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Lively, Macaronic, Medieval, Theology First Performance: Dec 06, 2018: Pacific Edge Voices, Lynne Morrow, The Green Room, San Francisco, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 285/907~2019-Q1) |
| I Died for Beauty | Laurie Betts Hughes | I Died for Beauty by Laurie Betts Hughes – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Emily Dickinson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Death, Funeral, Memorial, Requiem, Suicide First Performance: Mar 11, 2018: Colorado Chorale, Kevin Padworski, Central Presbyterian Church; Denver, CO Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 577/910~2019-Q1) |
| In this short Life | Keane Southard | In this short Life by Keane Southard – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Emily Dickinson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Contemplative, Meditative, Philosophical, Transcendental First Performance: Sep 15, 2018: The Capital Hearings, Mike Rowan, First Congregational Church, UCC, Washington, DC, USA. Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 230/925~2019-Q1) |
| Light through Windows | Caroline Mallonee | Light through Windows by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Caroline Mallonée Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Easter, Lent Descriptive Terms: Church, Hope, Illumination, Light, Sacred First Performance: Apr 07, 2018: Vox16, Markdavin Obenza, Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/916~2019-Q1) |
| March Creek | Mario Gullo | March Creek by Mario Gullo – Voicing: TTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Michael J. Nicosia Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Spring Descriptive Terms: Contemplation, Loss, Nature, Rebirth First Performance: Oct 13, 2018: C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, Melissa Wozniak, The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, New York City Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 623/904~2019-Q1) |
| River Moons | John Muehleisen | River Moons by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Carl Sandburg, Smoke and Steel (1920) Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring Descriptive Terms: Alzheimers, Memory, Moon, Nature, Water First Performance: Mar 06, 2006: Choral Arts Ensemble, Michael Culloton, Rochester, MN Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/919~2019-Q1) |
| Sometimes, for eternity | Donald M. Skirvin | Sometimes, for eternity by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Violin Performance Length: 3:19 Notation: Standard Text Source: Gordon E. Abshire, Collection of Poetry, A Language: English Descriptive Terms: Life In Music, Memorial, Secular Requiem First Performance: Oct 11, 2014: Opus 7, Loren Pontén, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/922~2019-Q1) |
| 21st Century 23rd Psalm | Jeffrey Bernstein | 21st Century 23rd Psalm by Jeffrey Bernstein – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:05 Notation: Standard Text Source: Jeffrey Bernstein Language: English Descriptive Terms: Earth, Home, Meadows, Peace, Waters First Performance: Sep 25, 2016: L.A. Choral Lab, Jeffrey Bernstein, First Congregational Church of Los Angeles Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 872/873~2018-Q4) |
| Hine ma tov | Christopher Lee Fraley | Hine ma tov by Christopher Lee Fraley – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: Psalm 133 Language: Hebrew Descriptive Terms: Community, Gathering, Hebrew, Jewish First Performance: May 18, 2013: Gaithersburg Communitiy Chorus, Hugh Harvey III, St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Gaithersburg, MD Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 756/895~2018-Q4) |
| If I Were a Dog | Paul John Rudoi | If I Were a Dog by Paul John Rudoi – Voicing: SAB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 3:31 Notation: Standard Text Source: Richard Shelton Language: English Descriptive Terms: Animals, Funny, Love, Pets, Touching First Performance: Mar 19, 2018: South Salem High School Chamber Men’s Choir, Will McLean, Rose Auditorium, South Salem High School, Salem, OR Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 876/877~2018-Q4) |
| Lumen | Giuseppe Di Bianco | Lumen by Giuseppe Di Bianco – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: Giorgio La Pira Language: Italian Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Easter, Lent, Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Belief, Expectancy, Faith, Hope, Light, Peace, Reliance, Spirituality First Performance: Apr 24, 2017: Coro Giovanile Campano, Giuseppe Lazzazzera, Santa Maria Novella, FLORENCE (IT) Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 74/889~2018-Q4) |
| My Mistress’ Eyes | Christopher J. Hoh | My Mistress’ Eyes by Christopher J. Hoh – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Shakespeare, Sonnet 130 Language: English Descriptive Terms: Fun, Funny, Love, Showpiece, Spoof First Performance: Jun 21, 2014: Meistersingers, Brian Dehn, Tustin, California Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 285/886~2018-Q4) |
| O Gift of Glorious Sunrise | Caroline Mallonee | O Gift of Glorious Sunrise by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Caroline Mallonée Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Carol, Homophonic, Lyrical First Performance: Dec 05, 2015: Vocalis Chamber Choir, James Burritt, Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Williamsville, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/898~2018-Q4) |
| Out of My Deeper Heart (2015) | Colin Eatock | Out of My Deeper Heart (2015) by Colin Eatock – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Cello Performance Length: 6:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Kahlil Gibran Language: English Descriptive Terms: Metaphysical, Solemn First Performance: Jun 24, 2017: Capital Chamber Choir, Jamie Loback, St. Joseph’s Church, Ottawa Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 868/869~2018-Q4) |
| Shall We Gather at the River | Matt Wetmore | Shall We Gather at the River by Matt Wetmore – Voicing: SSSAAATTTBBB Solo(s): Alto Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Aleatoric passages Text Source: Robert Lowry Language: English Descriptive Terms: Gathering, God, River, Spiritual First Performance: Feb 16, 2018: Cardinal Singers, Kent Hatteberg, University of Louisville Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 747/883~2018-Q4) |
| Singing Together | John Muehleisen | Singing Together by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Jill Clymer Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Festival Descriptive Terms: Community, Healing, Hope, Music, Singing First Performance: Oct 07, 2017: Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble, Loren Pontén, University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/880~2018-Q4) |
| The Stars Keep Watch | Nicholas Ryan Kelly | The Stars Keep Watch by Nicholas Ryan Kelly – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: E. Pauline Johnson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Earth Day, Canada Day Descriptive Terms: Dreams, Nature, Night, Sleep, Stars First Performance: Sep 07, 2018: Vox Humana Chamber Choir, Brian Wismath, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, BC Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 849/892~2018-Q4) |
| Aftermath | Ryan Homsey | Aftermath by Ryan Homsey – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Autumn Descriptive Terms: Farming, Harvest, Landscape, Pastoral, Rural First Performance: May 28, 2009: American Radio Choir, Daniel Shaw, Columbia University, St. Paul’s Chapel, New York City Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 703/842~2018-Q3) |
| Celestial Dream | Nicholas Ryan Kelly | Celestial Dream by Nicholas Ryan Kelly – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 5:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Walt Whitman Language: English Descriptive Terms: Determination, Dreams, Joy, Music, Transcendence First Performance: Feb 10, 2018: Grand Philharmonic Choir, Mark Vuorinen, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener, Ontario Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 849/850~2018-Q3) |
| Curve of Gold | Donald M. Skirvin | Curve of Gold by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 12:55 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale, Love Songs Language: English Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Journey, Loss, Love, Redemption First Performance: Jun 13, 2015: Seattle Choral Company, Freddie Coleman, St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/862~2018-Q3) |
| A garden inclosed is my spouse | David Fawcett | A garden inclosed is my spouse by David Fawcett – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:59 Notation: Standard Text Source: Song of Solomon 4 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Anniversary, Weddings, St Mary, Marriage Descriptive Terms: Garden, Love, Marriage, Sensuous, Spices First Performance: Jul 11, 2015: Cantus Ensemble, Dominic Brennan, St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico, London, UK Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 829/830~2018-Q3) |
| Hosanna, Son of David | Christopher J. Hoh | Hosanna, Son of David by Christopher J. Hoh – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Handbells Performance Length: 3:10 Notation: Standard Text Source: Matthew 21 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Palm Sunday, Passion Descriptive Terms: Chant-based, Chorale, Exuberant, Praise, Reverent First Performance: Apr 17, 2011: Choirs from five churches, Evanne Brown, Boulder, Colorado Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 285/839~2018-Q3) |
| I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail | Caroline Mallonee | I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SATB-SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: 17th Century Language: English Descriptive Terms: Birds, Clever, Fun, Joy, Riddle First Performance: Apr 06, 2013: VocalEssence, Philip Brunelle, Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University, Saint Paul , MN Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/853~2018-Q3) |
| i thank You God for most this amazing | William V. Malpede | i thank You God for most this amazing by William V. Malpede – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Tenor Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 5:25 Notation: Standard Text Source: E. E. Cummings Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Dedications, Easter, Memorial Services, Spring, Summer Descriptive Terms: Beautiful, Contemplative, Ethereal, Joyous, Reverent First Performance: Jan 27, 2018: Willowbrook High School Concert Choir, Karyn Wolcott, The Illinois Music Educators Association Conference Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 640/856~2018-Q3) |
| A Lovely Rose Is Sprung | Andrew Jacobson | A Lovely Rose Is Sprung by Andrew Jacobson – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano, Oboe, String Quartet Performance Length: 4:25 Notation: Standard Text Source: 16th Century Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas, Winter Descriptive Terms: Mary, Nativity, Rose First Performance: Dec 02, 2017: University of Puget Sound Adelphian Concert Choir, Steven Zopfi, University of Puget Sound Kilworth Chapel, Tacoma, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 845/846~2018-Q3) |
| Nigra Sum | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | Nigra Sum by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Song of Solomon 1 Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, World Refugee Day, World Communion Descriptive Terms: Awakening, Hope, Refugee, Sorrow, Spring First Performance: Apr 28, 2018: Singers of New and Ancient Music, Allan Friedman, Chapel In the Pines Presbyterian Church, Chapel Hill, NC Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 800/819~2018-Q3) |
| O Stately Forest | Jennifer J. Durham | O Stately Forest by Jennifer J. Durham – Voicing: SSA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 3:05 Notation: Standard Text Source: Joan E. Thomas Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Earth Day, Spring, Autumn, Arbor Day Descriptive Terms: Healing, Nature, Sadness, Solitude, Trees First Performance: May 04, 2017: Gordon State College Vocal Ensemble, Joan E. Thomas, Gordon State College auditorium, Barnesville, GA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 790/826~2018-Q3) |
| The Plains | Christopher Lee Fraley | The Plains by Christopher Lee Fraley – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Adela Florence Nicolson Language: English Descriptive Terms: Horizon, Longing, Rest, Sea, Sky First Performance: Jun 04, 2011: Cascadian Chorale, Gary D. Cannon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 756/833~2018-Q3) |
| Refuge and Strength | Jessica French | Refuge and Strength by Jessica French – Voicing: SSA Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Psalm 46 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Communion, Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Adversity, Comfort, Hope, Psalm, Sacred First Performance: Jun 16, 2018: Northwest Girlchoir, Sara Boos, Benaroya Hall - Seattle, Washington Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 593/836~2018-Q3) |
| Song of Simeon | Matt Wetmore | Song of Simeon by Matt Wetmore – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Luke 2 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Evensong Descriptive Terms: Jesus, Luke, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis First Performance: Feb 11, 2015: Cardinal Singers, Kent Hatteberg, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 747/865~2018-Q3) |
| The Stars Still Shine | John Muehleisen | The Stars Still Shine by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 7:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Charles Anthony Silvestri Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring Descriptive Terms: Hope, Korea, Love, Nature, Stars, Trees First Performance: Mar 19, 2015: Dolce Canto, Peter Park, Missoula, MT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/859~2018-Q3) |
| V’higad’ta L’vincha (And You Shall Tell Your Child...) | Gerald Cohen | V’higad’ta L’vincha (And You Shall Tell Your Child...) by Gerald Cohen – Voicing: SSA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Piano, Cello, Clarinet Performance Length: 16:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Passover Haggadah, Seder Language: Hebrew Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Passover, Spring Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Freedom, Joy, Youth First Performance: Apr 07, 1997: Syracuse Children’s Chorus, Barbara Tagg, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Syracuse, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 822/823~2018-Q3) |
| As Time Stops to Rest | Amy Gordon | As Time Stops to Rest by Amy Gordon – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano, Tenor Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 13:54 Notation: Standard Text Source: Susan Jordan Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Friendship, Hope, Loss, Nature, Ocean First Performance: Aug 26, 2017: South Bay Chamber Singers, Bryant Nguyen, St Francis, 2200 Via Rosa, Palos Verdes Estates, California 90274 Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 780/781~2018-Q2) |
| Ave Maria | Jennifer J. Durham | Ave Maria by Jennifer J. Durham – Voicing: SSA Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 5:25 Notation: Standard Text Source: Liturgical Latin Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Peace, Prayer, Virgin Mary First Performance: Apr 27, 2017: Gordon State College Vocal Ensemble, Joan Thomas, Fine Arts Auditorium, Barnesville, GA 30204 Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 790/791~2018-Q2) |
| Fear No More | Donald M. Skirvin | Fear No More by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:55 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Shakespeare, Cymbeline Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Consolation, Death, Threnody First Performance: Feb 11, 2018: Seattle Pro Musica, Karen P. Thomas, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Olympia WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/816~2018-Q2) |
| Full Many a Glorious Morning | Jessica French | Full Many a Glorious Morning by Jessica French – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Shakespeare Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring Descriptive Terms: Cloud, Loss, Love, Nature, Sun First Performance: Mar 11, 2018: Seattle Pro Musica, Karen P. Thomas, Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynwood, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 593/794~2018-Q2) |
| I Remain | Jamie Klenetsky Fay | I Remain by Jamie Klenetsky Fay – Voicing: TBB Solo(s): Tenor Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Jamie Klenetsky Fay Language: English Descriptive Terms: Determination, Hope, Sorrow First Performance: Mar 08, 2018: Brooklyn Youth Chorus Men’s Ensemble, Kristopher Burke, Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, Brooklyn Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 137/813~2018-Q2) |
| In Deo sola spec mea | Joy DeCoursey-Porter | In Deo sola spec mea by Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:32 Notation: Standard Text Source: Psalm 72 Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Lent, Passover, Spring Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Hope, Praise First Performance: Apr 07, 2018: Vox16, Markdavin Obenza, Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 69/804~2018-Q2) |
| My Name Is Lamiya: Don’t Call Me “Refugee” | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm | My Name Is Lamiya: Don’t Call Me “Refugee” by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Optional Solos Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 6:05 Notation: Standard Text Source: Lamiya Safarova Language: English Descriptive Terms: Advocacy, Determination, Perseverance, Refugee, Self-identity First Performance: Oct 26, 2017: Western Carolina University Choir, Alison Thorp, Recital Hall of Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 800/801~2018-Q2) |
| The Noble Art of Music | Michael Kaulkin | The Noble Art of Music by Michael Kaulkin – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 1:55 Notation: Standard Text Source: Martin Luther Language: English Descriptive Terms: Fanfare, Music, Singing, Uplifting First Performance: Dec 09, 2017: San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, California Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 133/807~2018-Q2) |
| On Goes the River | Matt Wetmore | On Goes the River by Matt Wetmore – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:30 Notation: Aleatoric passages Text Source: Robert Louis Stevenson Language: English Descriptive Terms: Boats, Life, Moving On, River, Time First Performance: Mar 17, 2017: Asheville Choral Society, Melodie Galloway, Central United Methodist Church, 27 Church St, Asheville, NC 28801 Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 747/810~2018-Q2) |
| Stars of the Morning | Christopher J. Hoh | Stars of the Morning by Christopher J. Hoh – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: St. Joseph the Hymnographer, John Mason Neale (trans.) Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Holy Guardian Angels, St. Michael, All Saints Descriptive Terms: Adoration, Angels, Protection, Saints, Stars First Performance: Oct 02, 2004: Choir of St. James Episcopal Church, Daniel I. Elmer, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 285/797~2018-Q2) |
| We Clasp the Hands | Carol Barnett | We Clasp the Hands by Carol Barnett – Voicing: SSA Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 3:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Wendell Berry Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Spring, Thanksgiving Descriptive Terms: Dance, Interconnectedness, Joyful, Life First Performance: May 21, 2017: Aurora Chorus, Joan Szymko, First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1126 Southwest Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97205 Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 598/787~2018-Q2) |
| Winter | Anthony Esland | Winter by Anthony Esland – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Walter de la Mare Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Elegiac, Lyrical, Peaceful, Romantic, Wintry First Performance: Dec 06, 2012: St Peter & St Paul Church Choir, Anthony Esland, St Peter & St Paul Church, Great Missenden, UK Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 702/784~2018-Q2) |
| The Fleeting World | Donald M. Skirvin | The Fleeting World by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:26 Notation: Standard Text Source: Diamond Sutra, Gordon E. Abshire Language: English Descriptive Terms: Buddhist, Enlightenment, Impermanence, Meditative First Performance: Dec 10, 2005: The Esoterics, Eric Banks, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/745~2018-Q1) |
| Light the World | Ingrid Stölzel | Light the World by Ingrid Stölzel – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robert Bode Language: English Descriptive Terms: Blessing, Celebration, Hope, Universal Prayer First Performance: Nov 11, 2017: Te Deum, Matthew Christopher Shepard, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Kansas City, MO Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 238/775~2018-Q1) |
| O Nata Lux | Matt Wetmore | O Nata Lux by Matt Wetmore – Voicing: SSATTBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Aleatoric passages Text Source: Hymn for Lauds, Feast of the Transfiguration Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Aleatoric, Light, Sacred, Shine First Performance: Nov 11, 2015: University of Louisville Collegiate Chorale, Kent Hatteberg, University of Louisville Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 747/748~2018-Q1) |
| Sonnet 104 | J. David Moore | Sonnet 104 by J. David Moore – Voicing: SSATTB Instrumentation: Horn Performance Length: 4:05 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Shakespeare Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Summer Descriptive Terms: Anniversary, Celebration, Marriage, Mature Love, Partnership First Performance: Jun 01, 2007: The Sapphire Consort, James Miller, Wisconsin Rapids, WI Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 673/769~2018-Q1) |
| Twilight | Ryan Homsey | Twilight by Ryan Homsey – Voicing: SSA Instrumentation: Piano, Cello Performance Length: 3:10 Notation: Standard Text Source: Olive Custance Language: English Descriptive Terms: Hopeful, Mysterious, Mystical, Nature, Spiritual First Performance: Apr 03, 2011: New York University Vocal Performance Chorale, Paul Speiser, NYU Steinhardt’s Black Box Theatre, New York City Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 703/763~2018-Q1) |
| The Wind that Shakes the Barley | Laurie Betts Hughes | The Wind that Shakes the Barley by Laurie Betts Hughes – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Baritone Instrumentation: Piano or Harp Performance Length: 4:41 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robert Dwyer Joyce (alt) Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: St. Patrick’s Day Descriptive Terms: Irish, Peace, War First Performance: Jun 01, 2007: Corvallis Repertory Singers, Steven Zielke, First United Methodist Church, Corvallis, OR Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 577/772~2018-Q1) |
| Wistful Wind | Christopher Lee Fraley | Wistful Wind by Christopher Lee Fraley – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Adela Florence Nicolson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring, Autumn Descriptive Terms: Breeze, Dawn, Sunrise, Wind First Performance: Jun 02, 2012: Cascadian Chorale, Gary D. Cannon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 756/757~2018-Q1) |
| A Belén | J. David Moore | A Belén by J. David Moore – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Cello, Guitar Performance Length: 7:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz Language: Spanish Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Hopeful, Mexican, Neo-baroque, Theatrical, Virtuosic First Performance: Dec 01, 2006: The Rose Ensemble, Jordan Sramek, St. Paul’s On the Hill Episcopal Church Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 673/723~2017-Q4) |
| Ave Verum Corpus | Jessica French | Ave Verum Corpus by Jessica French – Voicing: SSATBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:53 Notation: Standard Text Source: Latin Hymn Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Lent Descriptive Terms: Communion, Death, Hope, Mercy First Performance: Jun 29, 2014: American Creators Chorus, Craig Hella Johnson, Oregon Bach Festival: Venue Beall Hall, Eugene, Oregon Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 593/714~2017-Q4) |
| Fair as a dove | Sheila Bristow | Fair as a dove by Sheila Bristow – Voicing: SSA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Song of Songs 3 Language: English, Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring, Assumption Descriptive Terms: Flowers, Incense, Mary, Mystery, Rivers First Performance: May 14, 2010: Seattle Pro Musica, Karen P. Thomas, St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 704/705~2017-Q4) |
| Fire and Ice | Julian David Bryson | Fire and Ice by Julian David Bryson – Voicing: SATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robert Frost Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter, Summer Descriptive Terms: Desire, Fire, Hate, Ice, Peace First Performance: Nov 21, 2015: Triad: Boston’s Choral Collective, Corey De Tar, Harvard-Epworth UMC, Cambridge, MA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 698/708~2017-Q4) |
| Grace | Ryan Homsey | Grace by Ryan Homsey – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: George Herbert Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Easter, Good Friday, Spring, Winter Descriptive Terms: Chant, Dark, Mysterious, Pastoral, Sacred First Performance: May 19, 2012: New Haven Oratorio Choir, Daniel Shaw, Venue Church of the Redeemer, New Haven, CT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 703/717~2017-Q4) |
| Hope | John Muehleisen | Hope by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SSA Solo(s): Soprano, Alto Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Emily Dickinson Language: English Descriptive Terms: Confidence, Courage, Faith, Inspiration, Optimism, Poetry First Performance: Jun 15, 2013: Seattle Girls’ Choir, Prime Voci, Jacob Winkler, Venue Town Hall, Seattle Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/726~2017-Q4) |
| Lights of the Western Sky | Laurie Betts Hughes | Lights of the Western Sky by Laurie Betts Hughes – Voicing: SSA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Violin, Double Bass, Percussion, Mandolin, Banjo Performance Length: 8:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: American Folk Song Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: American, Bluegrass, Celebration, Folk, Hope, Stars First Performance: May 14, 2017: Casper Children’s Chorale, Marcia Patton, Venue Kelly Walsh High School Performing Arts Center, Casper, WY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 577/720~2017-Q4) |
| little tree | Anthony Esland | little tree by Anthony Esland – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: E. E. Cummings Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Hopeful, Joyful, Reflective, Secular First Performance: Dec 06, 2012: St Peter & St Paul Church Choir, Anthony Esland, St Peter & St Paul Church, Great Missenden Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 702/711~2017-Q4) |
| ...stars to hold | Donald M. Skirvin | ...stars to hold by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: SSATBB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Baritone Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 12:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale Language: English Descriptive Terms: Celestial, Hope, Human Condition, Loss, Peace First Performance: Dec 10, 2001: The Esoterics, Eric Banks, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/729~2017-Q4) |
| Benedictus | Clifford W. King | Benedictus by Clifford W. King – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Aleatoric passages Text Source: Ordinary of the Mass Language: Latin Descriptive Terms: Dramatic, Meditative, Mystic, Ostinato, Sacred First Performance: Feb 13, 2017: Cantorum Chamber Choir, Steven Durtschi, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church: Orem, Utah Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 681/682~2017-Q3) |
| Clear evening | Donald M. Skirvin | Clear evening by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:22 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale, Dark of the Moon Language: English Descriptive Terms: Autumnal, Contemplative, Evening, Evocative First Performance: Oct 17, 2009: The Esoterics, Eric Banks, Seattle Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/664~2017-Q3) |
| Confirmatum est cor eius | David Evan Thomas | Confirmatum est cor eius by David Evan Thomas – Voicing: SSATTB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Psalm 112 Language: Latin Descriptive Terms: Affirmation, Antiphonal, Joy, Neo-renaissance, Polyphonic First Performance: Dec 21, 2013: Madison Choral Project, Albert Pinsonneault, Madison, WI Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 240/661~2017-Q3) |
| A Curious Incident with the Queen | Jessica Rudman | A Curious Incident with the Queen by Jessica Rudman – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano, Cello, Clarinet, Trumpet Performance Length: 10:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Edith Nesbit, Story of the Amulet, The Language: English Descriptive Terms: Children, Fantasy, Poverty, Social Justice, Voting First Performance: Mar 11, 2017: The Astoria Choir, Adam Eggleston, Trinity Lutheran Church, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 647/667~2017-Q3) |
| Fern Hill | J. David Moore | Fern Hill by J. David Moore – Voicing: SATTBB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 9:30 Notation: Some spoken, non-metered passages Text Source: Dylan Thomas Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring, Summer Descriptive Terms: Elegy, Farm, Memory, Rural, Youth First Performance: May 01, 1993: The Village Waytes, J. David Moore, Contemporary Dance Theater, Cincinnati, OH Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 673/674~2017-Q3) |
| Gloria | Mario Gullo | Gloria by Mario Gullo – Voicing: SSAATTB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:50 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ordinary of the Mass Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Hope, Joyful, Peace First Performance: Nov 19, 2015: C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, Perry Townsend, The Church of St. Luke’s in the Fields, New York City Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 623/685~2017-Q3) |
| I Never Had a Rose | Matthew Erpelding | I Never Had a Rose by Matthew Erpelding – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sarah May, Rose, The Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring Descriptive Terms: Beauty, Flowers, Yearning First Performance: May 12, 2008: Boylan High School Concert Choir, Matthew Erpelding, St. Peter’s Cathedral, Rockford, Illinois Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 691/692~2017-Q3) |
| O Lux | Caroline Mallonee | O Lux by Caroline Mallonee – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Liturgical Latin Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Canons, Latin, Lyrical, Transcendent, Uplifting First Performance: Apr 10, 2010: Friends School of Baltimore Concert Chorale, Michael McVey, Friends School of Baltimore Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/677~2017-Q3) |
| O Nata Lux | Jessica French | O Nata Lux by Jessica French – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Descant Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 7:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Hymn for Lauds, Feast of the Transfiguration Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Communion, Lent, Transfiguration Descriptive Terms: Christ, Hope, Light, Praise, Prayer First Performance: May 21, 2016: Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble, Loren Pontén, St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 593/688~2017-Q3) |
| O nata lux | Julian David Bryson | O nata lux by Julian David Bryson – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Hymn for Lauds, Feast of the Transfiguration Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Lent, Memorial Services, Transfiguration, Lauds Descriptive Terms: Death, Hope, Light, Prayer, Redemption First Performance: Nov 21, 2015: Triad: Boston’s Choral Collective, Amanda Sindel-Keswick, Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge, MA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 698/699~2017-Q3) |
| Prairie Waters by Night | John Muehleisen | Prairie Waters by Night by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Carl Sandburg, Cornhuskers (1918) Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring Descriptive Terms: Birds, Moon, Nature, Night, Water First Performance: Apr 24, 2004: Dale Warland Singers, Dale Warland, Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/670~2017-Q3) |
| There Was the One | Joy DeCoursey-Porter | There Was the One by Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Voicing: SSATB Solo(s): Alto, Tenor Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Wessobrunn Prayer Language: English, Latin, German, Spanish Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Easter, Memorial Services, Spring, Winter Descriptive Terms: Contemplative, Ethereal, God, Macaronic, Monastic, Mystical First Performance: Apr 22, 2017: Cascadian Chorale, Gary Cannon, Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, Washington Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 69/695~2017-Q3) |
| Adeste Fideles | Chris Hutchings | Adeste Fideles by Chris Hutchings – Voicing: SSAATBB Instrumentation: Organ Performance Length: 4:18 Notation: Standard Text Source: John Francis Wade (1711-86) Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas, Carol Services, Lessons And Carols Descriptive Terms: Carol, Celebration, Faith First Performance: Dec 17, 2016: Wimbledon Choral Society, Neil Ferris, St Paul’s Southfields, London Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 627/628~2017-Q2) |
| Alchemy | Donald M. Skirvin | Alchemy by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 12:44 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale Language: English Descriptive Terms: Impermanence, Joy, Path Of Love, Transformation First Performance: Jun 15, 2002: The Esoterics, Eric Banks, Seattle, Washington Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/655~2017-Q2) |
| Ave Maris Stella | Jessica French | Ave Maris Stella by Jessica French – Voicing: SSSAA Solo(s): Descant Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Roman Breviary (8th C.) Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas, Immaculate Conception Descriptive Terms: Mary, Mother, Peace, Sea, Star First Performance: Dec 03, 2016: Northwest Girlchoir, Sara Boos, First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, Washington Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 593/620~2017-Q2) |
| Beauty is before me | Karen P. Thomas | Beauty is before me by Karen P. Thomas – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Navajo prayer Language: English Descriptive Terms: Affirmation, Hope, Native American, Nature, Prayer First Performance: Jan 30, 2010: University Unitarian Choir, Karen P. Thomas, University Unitarian Church, Seattle, WA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 242/658~2017-Q2) |
| Beneath the Wave | Luke Flynn | Beneath the Wave by Luke Flynn – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 8:00 Notation: Ocean sounds, rubbing hands, unvoiced blowing Text Source: Luke Flynn Language: Japanese Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, March Descriptive Terms: Asian, Emotional, Natural Disaster, Threnody, Water First Performance: Aug 08, 2011: Kagoshima Kokusai Daigaku Chorus, Luke Flynn, International University of Kagoshima, Japan Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 616/617~2017-Q2) |
| Conversations with Strangers | Natalie Dietterich | Conversations with Strangers by Natalie Dietterich – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano (3), Alto, Tenor Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:48 Notation: Spoken passages Text Source: Conversations Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Secular Descriptive Terms: Change, Community, Humanity, Peace, Social First Performance: Dec 11, 2014: Yale Camerata, Maggie Brooks, Woolsey Hall, New Haven CT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 609/610~2017-Q2) |
| Heaven | Rich Campbell | Heaven by Rich Campbell – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Patrick Phillips Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, General Worship Descriptive Terms: Joy, Mystery, Wonder First Performance: Feb 27, 2016: Manhattan Choral Ensemble, Thomas Cunningham, Dimenna Center for the Arts, NYC Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 602/603~2017-Q2) |
| Life, a Blessing, Beautiful and Frail | Daniel Mehdizadeh | Life, a Blessing, Beautiful and Frail by Daniel Mehdizadeh – Voicing: SSSAATTBB Solo(s): Speaker Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Brandon Wint Language: English, French Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Memorial Services, Spring, Celebrations Descriptive Terms: Beauty, Blessing, Blood, Branches, God, Leaves, Life, Love, Mystic, Orchid, Poet, Prayer, Soft, Storm First Performance: Mar 05, 2017: Ewashko Singers, Laurence Ewashko, St. Barnabas Church, Ottawa, ON, Canada Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 173/644~2017-Q2) |
| Miserere mei Deus | Joy DeCoursey-Porter | Miserere mei Deus by Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Alto Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:26 Notation: Standard Text Source: Psalm 51 Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Lent, Memorial Services, Spring Descriptive Terms: Forgiveness, Hope, Lamentation, Praise First Performance: Dec 06, 2015: Kirkland Choral Society, Glenn Gregg, Bastyr Chapel, Kirkland WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 69/606~2017-Q2) |
| Near Odessa | Carol Barnett | Near Odessa by Carol Barnett – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Patricia Kirkpatrick Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Autumn, Harvest Descriptive Terms: Birds, Harvest, Nature, Nostalgia, Pastoral First Performance: May 13, 2017: Bella Voce, Jennifer Tibben, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Reno, NV Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 598/599~2017-Q2) |
| O Oriens | Mario Gullo | O Oriens by Mario Gullo – Voicing: SSATB Instrumentation: Organ Performance Length: 4:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ancient Latin Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Birth, Celebration, Hopefulness, Joy, Lightness First Performance: Sep 09, 2016: C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, Karen Siegel, St. Ignatius of Antioch, New York City Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 623/624~2017-Q2) |
| Of Equality | Jessica Rudman | Of Equality by Jessica Rudman – Voicing: S-SA-SA Instrumentation: Piano, Flute, Cello Performance Length: 3:43 Notation: Standard Text Source: Jessica Rudman, Walt Whitman Language: English Descriptive Terms: Caring, Equality, Humanity, Morality, Social Justice First Performance: May 22, 2016: Connecticut Children’s Choir, Vanessa Bond, St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Hartford, CT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 647/648~2017-Q2) |
| Psalms, Songs, and Blues | Joshua Fishbein | Psalms, Songs, and Blues by Joshua Fishbein – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Bass Instrumentation: Harp, Trombone, Timpani, Percussion, Trumpet, Bass Trombone, Strings Performance Length: 27:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Psalm 102, Psalm 55, Psalm 137, Jewish Liturgy Language: English, Latin, Hebrew Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Bernstein Companion Descriptive Terms: Dramatic, Jewish, Judeo-christinan First Performance: Dec 04, 2015: Manchester Choral Society, Plymouth State University Chorale, Dan Perkins, Nashua, New Hampshire Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 90/613~2017-Q2) |
| Rio de Rosas | William V. Malpede | Rio de Rosas by William V. Malpede – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Bass Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ricardo R. Garcia Language: Spanish Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Easter, Lent, Passover, Spring Descriptive Terms: Beauty, God, Hope, Journey, Life First Performance: May 31, 2014: The Singers, Matthew Culloton, Minneapolis Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 640/641~2017-Q2) |
| Seawall | Jamie Klenetsky Fay | Seawall by Jamie Klenetsky Fay – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:28 Notation: Standard Text Source: Jamie Klenetsky Fay Language: English Descriptive Terms: City, Climate, Hope, Melancholy, Ocean First Performance: Mar 02, 2017: C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, Karen Siegel, Church of St. Luke in the Fields, NYC Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 137/634~2017-Q2) |
| Tumbalalayka | Michael Kaulkin | Tumbalalayka by Michael Kaulkin – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Traditional Language: Yiddish Descriptive Terms: Folksong, Fun, Instrument, Jewish, Riddle First Performance: Mar 12, 2016: San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 133/631~2017-Q2) |
| The Vast Sea | Fahad Siadat | The Vast Sea by Fahad Siadat – Voicing: SAATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 8:30 Notation: Vocal timbre notation Text Source: Fahad Siadat Language: English Descriptive Terms: Cryptic, Melancholy, Mysterious, Mythic, Water First Performance: Feb 15, 2017: Hex & C3LA, Alex Grobarchuk, California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 651/652~2017-Q2) |
| We Learned the Whole of Love | Laurie Betts Hughes | We Learned the Whole of Love by Laurie Betts Hughes – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 3:35 Notation: Standard Text Source: Emily Dickinson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Anniversary, Spring, Valentine’s Day Descriptive Terms: Anniversary, Death, Love, Marriage, Relationships First Performance: Aug 15, 1994: Interlochen Arts Camp ad hoc ensemble, Interlochen Arts Camp, Interlochen, MI Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 577/637~2017-Q2) |
| How She Could Not Drive | Karen Siegel | How She Could Not Drive by Karen Siegel – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Audio File Performance Length: 8:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Lydia Davis Language: English Descriptive Terms: Anxiety, Driving, Electronics First Performance: Jun 04, 2015: C4: the Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, Tim Brown, Church of St Luke in the Field Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 222/581~2017-Q1) |
| Lost Songs of Ancient Ireland | Laurie Betts Hughes | Lost Songs of Ancient Ireland by Laurie Betts Hughes – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano, Flute, Violin, Harp, Bodhran Performance Length: 12:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Petrie Collection, Ancient Music of Ireland, The Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring, Memorial Day, St. Patrick’s Day Descriptive Terms: Folk, Ireland, Irish First Performance: Apr 30, 2016: Cora Voce, Randy Spitzer, Gig Harbor, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 577/578~2017-Q1) |
| Love Came Down at Christmas | Jessica French | Love Came Down at Christmas by Jessica French – Voicing: SSAATBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:52 Notation: Standard Text Source: Christina Rossetti Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Carol, Hope, Love, Peace First Performance: Dec 09, 2016: Choral Arts Northwest, Robert Bode, St, Joseph Catholic Church, Seattle Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 593/594~2017-Q1) |
| Quick Psalm | David Lipten | Quick Psalm by David Lipten – Voicing: SATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 1:53 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Reichard Language: English Descriptive Terms: Anger, Death, Dreams, Regret, Sadness First Performance: Nov 07, 2015: Bienen Early/Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Donald Nally, NUNC 2, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 154/587~2017-Q1) |
| There will come soft rains | Donald M. Skirvin | There will come soft rains by Donald M. Skirvin – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:27 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale Language: English Descriptive Terms: Anti-war, Contemplative First Performance: Dec 02, 2016: The Esoterics, Eric Banks, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 573/574~2017-Q1) |
| Two Alabados of the New Mexico Penitentes | David Poole | Two Alabados of the New Mexico Penitentes by David Poole – Voicing: TTBB Solo(s): Baritone Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 9:10 Notation: Standard Text Source: The Alabados of New Mexico Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas, Epiphany Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Nativity, Reverence, Wonder First Performance: Nov 26, 2015: de Profundis a cappella men, David E. Poole, Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Albuquerque, NM Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 503/590~2017-Q1) |
| Ahtunowhiho (One Who Lives Below) | Raeghnya Zutshi | Ahtunowhiho (One Who Lives Below) by Raeghnya Zutshi – Voicing: SSAA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:43 Notation: Aleatoric passages Text Source: Song of Solomon 6 Language: Latin Descriptive Terms: Aleatoric, Beauty, Hope, Legends, Whales First Performance: Nov 09, 2015: Dulciana, Eoghan Desmond, Freemasons’ Hall, Dublin, Ireland Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 264/553~2016-Q4) |
| The Fall of America | Eleonor Sandresky | The Fall of America by Eleonor Sandresky – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Cello, Violin Performance Length: 6:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Blake, The Garden of Love, For the Sexes, Allen Ginsburg, Fall of America Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Day, Armistice Day Descriptive Terms: Acoustic, Anti-war, Death, Peace, Poetry, Profound, Sad First Performance: Apr 18, 2004: Vox Vocal Ensemble, George Steel, St Peter’s Episcopal Church, New York, NY, Tom Chiu - violin, Okkyung Lee - cello. Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 555/556~2016-Q4) |
| Malala | Adrienne Albert | Malala by Adrienne Albert – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Combination of syllables, Sayings of Malala Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Graduation, Spring Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Hope, Joyful, Powerful, Uplifting, Women First Performance: Oct 31, 2015: The Cornell University Chorus, Robert Isaacs, Bailey Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1/558~2016-Q4) |
| Out of Her Place | Rebekah Driscoll | Out of Her Place by Rebekah Driscoll – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Speeches and letters of Susan B. Anthony Language: English Descriptive Terms: Advocacy, Civil Rights, Courage, Feminism, Social Justice First Performance: Mar 13, 2011: Choral Chameleon, Vince Peterson, NY, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 268/560~2016-Q4) |
| Perplexed Music | John Muehleisen | Perplexed Music by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Elizabeth Barrett Browning Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Funerals, Remembrance, Afterlife, Music Theme Descriptive Terms: Comfort, Hope, Mourning, Music, Women Poets First Performance: May 06, 2006: The Esoterics, Eric Banks, Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/562~2016-Q4) |
| Sweetest Music: Three Shaker Settings | Christopher J. Hoh | Sweetest Music: Three Shaker Settings by Christopher J. Hoh – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 10:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Shaker Music, Inspirational Hymns & Melodies (1875) Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas, Holy Guardian Angels Descriptive Terms: Americana, Angels, Faith, Heaven, Peace, Redemption First Performance: Jun 27, 2008: Musikanten Montana Chamber Singers, Kerry Krebill, Myrna Loy Center, Helena, MT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 285/564~2016-Q4) |
| As kingfishers catch fire | Nicholas Weininger | As kingfishers catch fire by Nicholas Weininger – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Gerard Manley Hopkins Language: English Descriptive Terms: Energy, Life, Upbeat First Performance: Jun 04, 2016: International Orange Chorale of San Francisco, Zane Fiala, All Souls Episcopal Parish, Berkeley, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 323/499~2016-Q3) |
| Sing to Me! | John Muehleisen | Sing to Me! by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ella Wheeler Wilcox Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Festival, Hope, Love, Music First Performance: Jun 10, 2013: Edmonds Community College Symphonic Choir, Kirk Marcy, Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/501~2016-Q3) |
| Three Latin Prayers | Christopher J. Hoh | Three Latin Prayers by Christopher J. Hoh – Voicing: SSATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 8:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ordinary of the Mass, Reginald of Canterbury, Benediciones Mensae Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Thanksgiving, Prayers, Dismissal Descriptive Terms: Angels, Guidance, Peace, Protection, Remembrance, Thanks First Performance: Dec 31, 2010: Musikanten, Kerry Krebill, Washington Street U.M. Church, Alexandria, VA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 285/506~2016-Q3) |
| Three Prayers from the Carmina Gaedelica | David Poole | Three Prayers from the Carmina Gaedelica by David Poole – Voicing: TTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:05 Notation: Standard Text Source: Carmina Gadelica Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Meditative, Prayerful, Uplifting First Performance: Nov 24, 2001: de Profundis, David E. Poole, Albuquerque, NM Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 503/504~2016-Q3) |
| Tomaraji na kumo | Jamie Klenetsky Fay | Tomaraji na kumo by Jamie Klenetsky Fay – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Fujiwara no Tameie, Shokugo-shuui-wakashuu, 406 Language: Japanese Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Autumn Descriptive Terms: Bittersweet, Clouds, Reflection, Soaring First Performance: Jun 09, 2016: C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, Melissa Wozniak, St. Ignatius of Antioch, Manhattan Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 137/508~2016-Q3) |
| The Best Thing in the World | Ingrid Stölzel | The Best Thing in the World by Ingrid Stölzel – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Elizabeth Barrett Browning Language: English Descriptive Terms: Beauty, Inspirational, Joyful First Performance: Nov 07, 2015: Khorikos, Jesse Peckham, The Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 238/485~2016-Q2) |
| Da pacem | John Muehleisen | Da pacem by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SSAA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 7:25 Notation: Standard Text Source: Liturgical Latin Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Lent, Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day Descriptive Terms: Bach, Gregorian Chant, Peace, War First Performance: Mar 15, 2008: Seattle Pro Musica Women’s Schola, Karen P. Thomas, St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/325~2016-Q2) |
| it may not always be so; and i say | Nicholas Weininger | it may not always be so; and i say by Nicholas Weininger – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:16 Notation: Standard Text Source: E. E. Cummings Language: English Descriptive Terms: Loss, Love, Wistfulness First Performance: Dec 09, 2011: International Orange Chorale of San Francisco, Zane Fiala, 55 Second St, San Francisco Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 323/324~2016-Q2) |
| A Seal upon Your Heart | Tom Council | A Seal upon Your Heart by Tom Council – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:56 Notation: Standard Text Source: Song of Solomon 8 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Weddings Descriptive Terms: Hope, Love First Performance: Feb 22, 2014: The Texas Voices, Alan Dyer, Dallas, Texas Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 487/488~2016-Q2) |
| Autumn | Jerry Casey | Autumn by Jerry Casey – Voicing: SSAATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:54 Notation: Standard Text Source: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Autumn, Harvest Descriptive Terms: Beauty, Nature, Nostalgia, Picturesque First Performance: Nov 21, 2010: Otterbein University Concert Choir, Gayle Walker, Venue Riley Recital Hall, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 54/321~2016-Q1) |
| Clouds Ephemeral | Karen Siegel | Clouds Ephemeral by Karen Siegel – Voicing: SSATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Karen Siegel Language: English Descriptive Terms: Calm, Nature, Peaceful, Science, Sky First Performance: Oct 02, 2015: The Esoterics, Eric Banks, St Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Seattle Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 222/322~2016-Q1) |
| A Cradle Hymn | David von Kampen | A Cradle Hymn by David von Kampen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:27 Notation: Standard Text Source: Isaac Watts Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Evocative, Meditative, Sacred, Warm First Performance: Dec 09, 2012: Parish Choir, Kurt von Kampen, St. John Lutheran Church, Seward, Nebraska Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 315/316~2016-Q1) |
| Daffodils | Adrienne Albert | Daffodils by Adrienne Albert – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Wordsworth Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring Descriptive Terms: Celebration, Flowers, Happiness, Life, Spring First Performance: Mar 02, 2013: The Gregg Smith Singers, Gregg Smith, St. Peters Church, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1/320~2016-Q1) |
| Faith Is the Bird that Feels the Light | Elizabeth Alexander | Faith Is the Bird that Feels the Light by Elizabeth Alexander – Voicing: SSA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Rabindranath Tagore Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Solstice, Equinox Descriptive Terms: Bird, Darkness, Dawn, Faith, Light First Performance: Oct 21, 2005: Women’s Ensemble of Unity Church-Unitarian, Elizabeth Alexander, Unity Church-Unitarian, Saint Paul, MN Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 318/319~2016-Q1) |
| Mutability | Zach Heyde | Mutability by Zach Heyde – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: Percy Bysshe Shelley Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter Descriptive Terms: American, Colorful, Death, Reverent First Performance: Apr 11, 2012: DHS Tudor Singers, Christopher Andrade, Darien High School, Darien, CT Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 309/310~2015-Q4) |
| Set Me as a Seal | Bill Heigen | Set Me as a Seal by Bill Heigen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: Song of Solomon Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas, Passover, Weddings Descriptive Terms: Death, Love, Solomon, Song, Waters First Performance: Jul 07, 2015: St. Michael’s Choir, John Cantrell, Basilique Cathédrale Sainte-Croix d’Orléans, Orleans, France Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 124/311~2015-Q4) |
| When All Is Done | John Muehleisen | When All Is Done by John Muehleisen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Trumpet In C Performance Length: 9:25 Notation: Standard Text Source: Paul Laurence Dunbar Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Funerals, Remembrance Descriptive Terms: African American, Matthew Shepard, Oppression, Remembrance, Social Justice First Performance: Apr 02, 2009: University of Wyoming Choir, Nicole Lamartine, University of Wyoming Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/306~2015-Q4) |
| The Field | John Muehleisen | The Field by John Muehleisen – Voicing: TTBB Instrumentation: Field Drum Performance Length: 13:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Stephen Crane, Herman Melville, Sara Teasdale Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Veteran’s Day Descriptive Terms: Civil War, Military, Peace, Remembrance, Veterans, War First Performance: Mar 14, 2015: Harvard Glee Club, Andrew Clark, Christ Church, Johnson Square, Savanah, GA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 302/303~2015-Q3) |
| In pace | Giuseppe Di Bianco | In pace by Giuseppe Di Bianco – Voicing: SSATB Solo(s): Soprano, Tenor Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:30 Notation: Improvisatory elements Text Source: Psalm 4, Psalm 132 Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Lent, Memorial Services, Compline Descriptive Terms: Peace, Rest, Spirituality First Performance: Jan 31, 2015: Coro da Camera di Torino, Dario Tabbia, Chiesa di San Biagio, Monza, Italy Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 74/298~2015-Q3) |
| La sorcière de la rue Mouffetard | Martin Loridan | La sorcière de la rue Mouffetard by Martin Loridan – Voicing: SSA Solo(s): Child Instrumentation: Piano, Strings Performance Length: 20:00 Notation: Some dialog Text Source: Martin Loridan, Patrick Lartigue Language: French Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Halloween Descriptive Terms: Child, Magical, Mystery, Tale First Performance: Jan 06, 2008: Accordes, L. Casabianca, Conservatory, Bayonne, France Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 271/301~2015-Q3) |
| Thou shalt love the Lord thy God | Russell Hepplewhite | Thou shalt love the Lord thy God by Russell Hepplewhite – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: David Owen-Bell Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Jesus, Worship First Performance: Mar 25, 2015: St Cyprian’s Singers, Julian Collings, St-Mary-at-Hill Church, London Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 299/300~2015-Q3) |
| Variations on Ave Maris Stella | Sean Breen | Variations on Ave Maris Stella by Sean Breen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Optional Finger Cymbal Performance Length: 7:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Vespers Hymn Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Ascension, Blessed Virgin Mary, Easter Descriptive Terms: Eve, Mary, Meditative First Performance: Nov 07, 2013: HNU Chamber Singers, Anne Hege, Holy Names University, Oakland, California, USA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 304/305~2015-Q3) |
| Bubbles | Bill Heigen | Bubbles by Bill Heigen – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Bill Heigen Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Ascension, Epiphany, Thanksgiving Descriptive Terms: Bubbles, Improvisation First Performance: Nov 15, 2014: C4 ensemble, Galapagos Art Space, NYC Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 124/290~2015-Q2) |
| Christi crux est mea lux | Joy DeCoursey-Porter | Christi crux est mea lux by Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Armorial Motto Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Hanukah, Christmas, Communion, Easter, Good Friday, Memorial Services, Passover Descriptive Terms: Christ, Courage, Hope, Light, Triumph First Performance: Mar 01, 2015: OBANDES, Kokoro Takano, Tokyo- Haru Kon Youth Choir Competition Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 69/291~2015-Q2) |
| Come Away to the Skies | Christopher J. Hoh | Come Away to the Skies by Christopher J. Hoh – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Charles Wesley Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Ascension, Easter, Memorial Services, Thanksgiving Descriptive Terms: Early American, Heaven, Joyful, Redemption, Rhythmic, Shape-note, Singing, Zion First Performance: Dec 21, 2014: Anthem Choir of St. MJ, Daniel I. Elmer, St. Monica & St. James Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C. Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 285/289~2015-Q2) |
| Confessions from the Blogosphere | Karen Siegel | Confessions from the Blogosphere by Karen Siegel – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: On-line blogs compiled by the composer Language: English Descriptive Terms: Blogs, Confession, Humor, Internet First Performance: Jan 27, 2007: C4: the Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, Phillip Cheah, Norwegian Seamen’s Church, NY, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 222/292~2015-Q2) |
| Glow | Molly Joyce | Glow by Molly Joyce – Voicing: SAATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:49 Notation: Standard Text Source: Caitlin Kenzie Scott, Molly Joyce Language: English Descriptive Terms: Birds, Shadow, Souls, Teach, Telescope First Performance: Nov 15, 2014: New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Merkin Hall, New York, NY Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 286/288~2015-Q2) |
| Sonnet No. 116 | Norman Mathews | Sonnet No. 116 by Norman Mathews – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano, Flute, Oboe Performance Length: 7:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Shakespeare Language: English Descriptive Terms: Love, Shakespeare, Sonnet, Time First Performance: Nov 14, 2015: The First Readings Project, J. David Moore, Studio Z, St. Paul, Minnesota Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 164/293~2015-Q2) |
| Wild Nights | Karen P. Thomas | Wild Nights by Karen P. Thomas – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Emily Dickinson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Weddings, Valentine’s Day Descriptive Terms: Heart, Love, Night, Passion, Sea First Performance: Feb 02, 2013: Chroma of Seattle Pro Musica, Karen P. Thomas, Richmond Beach Congregational Church, Shoreline, WA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 242/294~2015-Q2) |
| For Lantau | Rebekah Driscoll | For Lantau by Rebekah Driscoll – Voicing: SSAATB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Tenor Instrumentation: Viola Performance Length: 10:00 Notation: Improvisatory elements Text Source: Rebekah Driscoll Language: English Descriptive Terms: China, Globalization, Mountain, Nature First Performance: Oct 30, 2014: GHOSTLIGHT Chorus, Evelyn Troester, Church of Notre Dame, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 268/269~2015-Q1) |
| Le gentil petit diable | Martin Loridan | Le gentil petit diable by Martin Loridan – Voicing: SS Solo(s): Child Instrumentation: Piano, Cello, Clarinet, Viola, Violin, Double Bass Performance Length: 25:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Martin Loridan, Patrick Lartigue Language: French Descriptive Terms: Child, Magical, Musical Tale, Mystery First Performance: Jan 08, 2008: Accordes, L. Casabianca, Conservatory, Bayonne, France Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 271/272~2015-Q1) |
| Hey Ho, the Wind and the Rain | Jeffrey Biegel | Hey Ho, the Wind and the Rain by Jeffrey Biegel – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Language: English Descriptive Terms: Shakespeare First Performance: Feb 21, 2007: Voci Nobili, Maria Gamborg Helbekkmo, Merkin Concert Hall, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 274/275~2015-Q1) |
| Joseph Lieber, Joseph Mein | Micaëla Larsen Brown | Joseph Lieber, Joseph Mein by Micaëla Larsen Brown – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:50 Notation: Standard Text Source: 14th Century German Carol Language: German Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Baby Jesus, Joseph, Mary First Performance: Dec 06, 2011: St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, Timothy J. Krueger, St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, CO Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 52/267~2015-Q1) |
| Life and Art | Wayne Eastwood | Life and Art by Wayne Eastwood – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:04 Notation: Standard Text Source: Emma Lazarus Language: English Descriptive Terms: Art, Life, Love, Mystery, Sacrifice First Performance: Mar 30, 2014: San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon, St Gregory of Nyssa, San Francisco Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 82/270~2015-Q1) |
| Mo Bhrón ar an Bhfarraige | Raeghnya Zutshi | Mo Bhrón ar an Bhfarraige by Raeghnya Zutshi – Voicing: SSA Solo(s): Soprano, Mezzo Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:04 Notation: Standard Text Source: Douglas Hyde Language: Irish Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Funerals Descriptive Terms: Grief, Sorrow First Performance: Mar 04, 2014: Boydell Singers, François Voeffray, Trinity College Chapel, Dublin, Ireland Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 264/265~2015-Q1) |
| Nunc Dimittis | Bill Heigen | Nunc Dimittis by Bill Heigen – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Luke 2, Doxology Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Lent, Memorial Services, Funerals Descriptive Terms: Depart, Dismiss, Sacred First Performance: Oct 15, 2014: St. Michael’s Choir, John Edward Cantrell, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, New York City, USA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 124/273~2015-Q1) |
| A Prep-School Boy | Joshua Fishbein | A Prep-School Boy by Joshua Fishbein – Voicing: SSATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Benjamin Britten Language: English Descriptive Terms: Boy, Britten, Childhood, School First Performance: May 03, 2014: Cantate Chamber Singers, Gisele Becker, St. John’s Norwood Parish, Chevy Chase, Maryland Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 90/266~2015-Q1) |
| Vit encore la mousque, quel plaisir! | Karen Siegel | Vit encore la mousque, quel plaisir! by Karen Siegel – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: 15th Century Combinative Chansons, Maria Rika Maniates (trans.) Language: French Descriptive Terms: Early Music, Love, Profane, Sea First Performance: Nov 18, 2010: C4, Martha Sullivan, St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, NY NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 222/276~2015-Q1) |
| Adam lay ybounden | Michael Djupstrom | Adam lay ybounden by Michael Djupstrom – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Organ Performance Length: 2:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: 15th Century Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Adam, Carols, Eden, Eve, Lessons First Performance: Dec 16, 2007: St. John in the Wilderness Chancel Choir, David Gehrenbeck, St. John in the Wilderness Episcopal Church, White Bear Lake, Minnesota Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 78/79) |
| Afternoon on a Hill | Joshua Fishbein | Afternoon on a Hill by Joshua Fishbein – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Edna St. Vincent Millay Language: English Descriptive Terms: Afternoon, Light, Nature, Secular, Sun First Performance: Mar 09, 2013: Young New Yorkers’ Chorus, Michael Kerschner, Irondale Center, Brooklyn, NY Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 90/91) |
| Agnus Dei | Ivo Antognini | Agnus Dei by Ivo Antognini – Voicing: SSA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ordinary of the Mass Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas, Communion, Easter, Lent Descriptive Terms: Mass First Performance: Mar 02, 2013: Coro Calicantus, Mario Fontana, Eglise de Flanthey, Wallis, Switzerland Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 2/12) |
| Agnus Dei | Michał Ziółkowski | Agnus Dei by Michał Ziółkowski – Voicing: SSATBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ordinary of the Mass Language: English, Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Ash Wednesday, Lent, Memorial Services, Passiontide Descriptive Terms: Change, Hope, Prayer, Sadness First Performance: Oct 05, 2014: Polish Chamber Choir, Jan Łukaszewski, Brauweiler, Koln, Germany Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 252/254) |
| Al Mishkavi BaLeylot | Gilad Cohen | Al Mishkavi BaLeylot by Gilad Cohen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Song of Songs 3 Language: Hebrew Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Chanukah, Jewish Events, Memorial Services, National Holidays, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Weddings, Yom Kippur Descriptive Terms: Jewish, Love, Prayer, Solomon, Song First Performance: May 01, 2006: The Jerusalem Academy of Music And Dance Chamber Choir, Avner Itai, Jerusalem Music Center, Israel Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 63/64) |
| Alleluia | Jake Runestad | Alleluia by Jake Runestad – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Liturgical Latin Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Ascension, Christmas, Easter, Epiphany, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Saints’ Days Descriptive Terms: Alleluia, Celebrate, Joy, Rejoice First Performance: Feb 21, 2014: Salt Lake Vocal Artists, Brady Allred, Granada Theater, Santa Barbara, CA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 211/214) |
| Alleluia | Judith Shatin | Alleluia by Judith Shatin – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Liturgical Latin Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Epiphany, Pentecost, Saints’ Days Descriptive Terms: Dramatic, Harmonic, Meditative, Powerful, Rhythmic First Performance: Nov 20, 2005: Chicago Chorale, Bruce Tammen, Grace Lutheran Church, Chicago Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 220/221) |
| And the Wind | Greg Bartholomew | And the Wind by Greg Bartholomew – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Fletcher LaVallee Bartholomew Language: English Descriptive Terms: Beauty, Meditation, Sea, Ship, Wind First Performance: May 11, 2008: Coriolis, Gregg Skalinder, Byron Colby Barn, Grayslake, Illinois Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 32/33) |
| Angele Dei | Giuseppe Di Bianco | Angele Dei by Giuseppe Di Bianco – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Alto Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Liturgical Latin Language: Latin Descriptive Terms: Angel, Prayer, Sacred, Spirituality First Performance: May 24, 2010: Santa Barbara Quire of Voyces, Nathan Kreitzer, St. Anthony’s Seminary, Santa Barbara, CA, USA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 74/75) |
| April and the Sun | Jocelyn Hagen | April and the Sun by Jocelyn Hagen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Spring, Weddings Descriptive Terms: April, Dreams, Empty, Sun, Tenderness First Performance: May 03, 2008: Choirs of Note Festival Choir, Dale Warland, Southwest Minnesota State University Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 111/113) |
| Ave Maria | Ivo Antognini | Ave Maria by Ivo Antognini – Voicing: SSATTB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Liturgical Latin Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Blessed Virgin Mary Descriptive Terms: Holy, Maria, Prayer, Virgin First Performance: Apr 30, 2009: Trinity College Choir, Stephen Layton, Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 2/11) |
| Ave Verum Corpus | Bill Heigen | Ave Verum Corpus by Bill Heigen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: 14th Century Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Communion First Performance: Jun 02, 2013: Parish Choir, Katya Syrochkina, St Gabriel Parish, Stamford, CT Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 124/125) |
| The Birds | David Basden | The Birds by David Basden – Voicing: SSATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Hilaire Belloc Language: English, Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Children’s Occasions, Weddings Descriptive Terms: Angel, Childhood, Jesus, Paradise, Wisdom First Performance: Mar 27, 2010: Leichhardt Espresso Chorus, Michelle Leonard, Italian Forum Cultural Centre, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 40/41) |
| Blow! Gideon, Blow! | Jason Heald | Blow! Gideon, Blow! by Jason Heald – Voicing: SSATB Solo(s): Tenor Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:22 Notation: Standard Text Source: Jason A. Heald Language: English Descriptive Terms: Blow, Gideon, Trumpet First Performance: Feb 26, 2009: UCC Chamber Choir, Jason A. Heald, First Prebyterian Church of Roseburg, Oregon, USA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 118/119) |
| Bunda Kum Bun | Sarinda Soponpong | Bunda Kum Bun by Sarinda Soponpong – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Tenor Instrumentation: Piano, Thai Table (tone), Thai Small Cymbals (ching) Performance Length: 4:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Phraya-sri-soon-torn-woa-haan (Noi) Language: Thai Descriptive Terms: Lively, Percussion, Thai First Performance: Sep 29, 2011: Solo Ensemble, Sarinda Soponpong, Greeley, CO, USA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 225/226) |
| Cantate Domino | Allan Robert Petker | Cantate Domino by Allan Robert Petker – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Psalm 6 Language: Latin Descriptive Terms: Energetic, Minimalist, Praise First Performance: Aug 25, 2013: Consort Chorale, Allan Robert Petker, First Presbyterian Church, San Anselmo, CA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 196/197) |
| A Child in Nature | Robinson McClellan | A Child in Nature by Robinson McClellan – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 16:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robin Muir-Miller Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Earth Day, Solstice, Saints’ Days Descriptive Terms: Animals, Australia, Bird, Child, Nature First Performance: Oct 13, 2012: The Esoterics, Eric Banks, St Joseph Catholic Church, Seattle, WA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 168/170) |
| A Christmas Carol | Ben Jisoo Kim | A Christmas Carol by Ben Jisoo Kim – Voicing: SATB-SATB (semi-chorus) Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:37 Notation: Standard Text Source: Gilbert Keith Chesterton Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Double, Mary, Nativity, Semi-choir First Performance: Nov 27, 2010: Spiritus Chamber Choir, Timothy Shantz, Christ Church Elbow Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 135/136) |
| The Clothes of Heaven | Joelle Wallach | The Clothes of Heaven by Joelle Wallach – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Butler Yeats Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Weddings Descriptive Terms: Dreams, Heaven, Love, Wishes First Performance: Jan 01, 2005: Manhattan Choral Ensemble, Thomas Cunningham, St Paul’s Chapel , Columbia University, NY, NY Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 248/249) |
| Confession | Robinson McClellan | Confession by Robinson McClellan – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Book of Common Prayer Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas, Easter, Epiphany, Lent Descriptive Terms: Anglican, Contrition, Humility, Liturgical, Prayer First Performance: Mar 17, 2002: St. Michael’s Choir, Nicholas White, St. Michael’s Church, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 168/169) |
| A Country Boy in Winter | Greg Bartholomew | A Country Boy in Winter by Greg Bartholomew – Voicing: TTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sarah Orne Jewett Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Chanukah, Christmas Descriptive Terms: America, American, Play, Snow First Performance: Mar 05, 2004: University of Central Oklahoma Men’s Chorus, Sandra D. Thompson, First Christian Church, Edmond, Oklahoma Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 32/34) |
| The Creation | Samuel Pellman | The Creation by Samuel Pellman – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Organ Performance Length: 8:07 Notation: Standard Text Source: Samuel Pellman Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Thanksgiving Descriptive Terms: Creation, Genesis, Sacred First Performance: Apr 30, 2006: Choral Union, Mark Burrows, First United Methodist Church, Ft. Worth, TX Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 194/195) |
| Crossing the Bar | Jason Heald | Crossing the Bar by Jason Heald – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:09 Notation: Standard Text Source: Alfred, Lord Tennyson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Death, Faith, Transition, Water First Performance: Apr 16, 2004: UCC Chamber Choir, Jason Heald, Seattle Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 118/121) |
| Cycle of Friends | Michael Kaulkin | Cycle of Friends by Michael Kaulkin – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Harp, Percussion, Trumpet In C, Clarinet In B-flat, Horn In F, Strings, Bassoon Performance Length: 25:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sappho, Meng Hao Jan, Emily Dickinson, Li Po, Traditional Aztec Language: English Descriptive Terms: Friendship, Global, Poetry First Performance: May 03, 1996: The Music Group of Philadelphia, Sean Deibler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 133/134) |
| A Day of Sunshine | Keane Southard | A Day of Sunshine by Keane Southard – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Harp, Percussion, Trumpet In C, Bass Trombone, Clarinet In B-flat, Horn In F, Strings, Bass Clarinet In B-flat, Tenor Trombone, Tuba Performance Length: 15:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Language: English Descriptive Terms: Cantata, Grandeur, Nature, Oratorio First Performance: Feb 27, 2010: Longfellow Chorus and Orchestra, Charles Kaufmann, First Parish Church, Portland, Maine Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 230/232) |
| De Omnibus Apostolis | David Hahn | De Omnibus Apostolis by David Hahn – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:58 Notation: Standard Text Source: Book of Hours Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Epiphany, Palm Sunday, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Saints’ Days Descriptive Terms: Renaissance, Sacred First Performance: Oct 30, 1999: Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman, Princeton University Chapel Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 116/117) |
| De Profundis Magnificat | Eduardo Andrés Malachevsky | De Profundis Magnificat by Eduardo Andrés Malachevsky – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:50 Notation: Standard Text Source: Luke 1, Psalm 130, Psalm 39, Psalm 36, Psalm 22 Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Blessed Virgin Mary, Christmas, Easter, Epiphany, Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Magnificat, Mary, Profundis First Performance: Jun 04, 2005: Berliner Domkantorei, Herbert Hildebrandt, Cathedral of Berlin, Germany Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 158/159) |
| do not pass by like a dream | Eduardo Andrés Malachevsky | do not pass by like a dream by Eduardo Andrés Malachevsky – Voicing: SSSSAATTBBBB Solo(s): Soprano, Bass Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Rabindranath Tagore Language: English Descriptive Terms: Dream, Love, Night First Performance: Oct 24, 2010: The Esoterics, Eric Banks, Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 158/160) |
| Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep | Janet Lanier | Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep by Janet Lanier – Voicing: TTBB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Mary Elizabeth Frye Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, National Holidays Descriptive Terms: Death, Love, Memorial, Mourning, Patriotic, Remembrance First Performance: Feb 15, 2008: Amarillo High School Bel Canto Chorale Men, Susan Hinrichs, enry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, TMEA Convention, San Antonio, TX Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 143/144) |
| Do You Hear How Many You Are? | Keane Southard | Do You Hear How Many You Are? by Keane Southard – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Keane Southard Language: English Descriptive Terms: Change, Comforting, Inspiring, Peace First Performance: Jun 03, 2011: Ars Nova Singers, Thomas Edward Morgan, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado, USA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 230/233) |
| Dream Within a Dream | Michał Ziółkowski | Dream Within a Dream by Michał Ziółkowski – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Edgar Allan Poe Language: English Descriptive Terms: From Afar, Melancholy, Poe, Story First Performance: Nov 23, 2012: Rondo Voice Ensemble, Małgorzata Podzielny, Academy od Music, Wrocław, Poland Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 252/255) |
| Drop, Drop Slow Tears | Jerome W. Malek | Drop, Drop Slow Tears by Jerome W. Malek – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:08 Notation: Standard Text Source: Phineas Fletcher Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Ash Wednesday, Lent, Passiontide First Performance: Mar 21, 2008: Chancel Choir, Jerome Malek, Laurel Heights United Methodist Church, San Antonio, TX Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 161/162) |
| Earth Carries, Man Digs (Maa kantaa, ihminen kaivaa) | Pertti Juho Jalava | Earth Carries, Man Digs (Maa kantaa, ihminen kaivaa) by Pertti Juho Jalava – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Wood, Stones, Sandpaper Performance Length: 5:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Hannu Salakka, List of Archeological Findings, Turku University Language: Finnish Descriptive Terms: Archeology, Common Man, Everyday Life, History, Nature, Remains, Ruins First Performance: Jul 07, 2006: Tritonus Chamber Choir, Markus Yli-Jokipii, Aboa Vetus, Turku, Finland Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 129/130) |
| Earth Turns Inside Out | Denice Rippentrop | Earth Turns Inside Out by Denice Rippentrop – Voicing: SSAATB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: Denice M. Rippentrop Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Lent, Maundy/holy Thursday, Passiontide Descriptive Terms: Blood, Christ, Piercing, Singing, Wounds First Performance: Jul 21, 1998: The Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Adult Choir, Chris Lord, Rome, Italy Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 205/206) |
| L’ Étranger | Éna Brennan | L’ Étranger by Éna Brennan – Voicing: SATB (solo quartet)-SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Improvisatory elements Text Source: Charles Baudelaire Language: French Descriptive Terms: Dialog, Existentialism First Performance: Apr 02, 2012: Trinity College Singers, Roisin Blunnie, Trinity College Chapel, Dublin, Ireland Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 50/51) |
| Evening Star | Michał Ziółkowski | Evening Star by Michał Ziółkowski – Voicing: SSAATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:04 Notation: Standard Text Source: Edgar Allan Poe Language: English Descriptive Terms: Distant, Edgar Allan Poe, Melancholy First Performance: Nov 30, 2013: Rondo Voice Ensemble, Małgorzata Podzielny, Academy od Music, Wrocław, Poland Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 252/253) |
| An Ever-Fixed Mark | Jamie Klenetsky Fay | An Ever-Fixed Mark by Jamie Klenetsky Fay – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:51 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Shakespeare Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Weddings Descriptive Terms: Love, Marriage, Relationship, Shakespeare First Performance: Feb 25, 2010: C4 Ensemble, Erica Lowe, Church for All Nations, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 137/138) |
| Exultation Mass | Kyle T. Jones | Exultation Mass by Kyle T. Jones – Voicing: SATBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Trombone, Percussion, Trumpet In C, Bass Trombone, Clarinet In B-flat, Horn In F, Strings, Bassoon, Tuba Performance Length: 22:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ordinary of the Mass Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Communion, Easter, Lent, Palm Sunday Descriptive Terms: Exhuberant, Mass, Praise, Reverence, Worship First Performance: Apr 20, 2007: Combined Duluth high school choirs, Greg Smith, Duluth High School, Duluth, GA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 150/151) |
| The Eye Begins to See | Donald McCullough | The Eye Begins to See by Donald McCullough – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano, Cello Performance Length: 11:08 Notation: Standard Text Source: Theodore Roethke Language: English Descriptive Terms: American Poetry, Human Spirit, Nature, Renewal, Transcendentalism First Performance: Dec 19, 2011: Washington Master Chorale, Thomas Colohan, National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 171/172) |
| Father, Forgive Them | Jerome W. Malek | Father, Forgive Them by Jerome W. Malek – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Timpani, Clarinet In B-flat, Horn In F, Strings, Bassoon Performance Length: 8:12 Notation: Standard Text Source: Luke 23, Ordinary of the Mass Language: English, Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Crucifixion, Good Friday, Lent, Passiontide Descriptive Terms: Concert, Crucifixion, Passion First Performance: May 16, 2010: San Antonio Choral Society, Aaron Hufty, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 161/163) |
| Fear Not, Dear Friend | Jake Runestad | Fear Not, Dear Friend by Jake Runestad – Voicing: SSATBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robert Louis Stevenson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, National Holidays Descriptive Terms: Comfort, Consolation, Hope, Struggle First Performance: Dec 12, 2012: Seraphic Fire, Patrick Quigley, St. Jude Melkite Catholic Church, Miami, FL Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 211/213) |
| Final Litany | Wayne Eastwood | Final Litany by Wayne Eastwood – Voicing: SATB/SSA/TTB by movement Solo(s): Soprano, Bass, Narrator Instrumentation: Piano, Cello, Clarinet, Timpani Performance Length: 38:40 Notation: Some alternative notation and improvisatory elements Text Source: Emily Dickinson, Death Row Inmates, Psalm 51, Book of Common Prayer, Clement of Alexandria, Ordinary of the Mass, Johan Franck Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Easter, Lent, Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Forgiveness, Freedom, Future, Healing, Hope, Overcoming, Reconciliation, Redemption, Regret, Remorse, Resurrection, Salvation First Performance: May 19, 1996: Schola Cantorum on Hudson, Deborah Simpkin King, St. Michael Church, Jersey City, NJ, USA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 82/83) |
| Fire and Ice | Andrea Clearfield | Fire and Ice by Andrea Clearfield – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano, Baritone Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Harp, Percussion, Trumpet In C, Bass Trombone, Horn In F, Strings, Bassoon, Bass Clarinet In B-flat, Tenor Trombone, Celesta Performance Length: 46:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robert Frost Language: English Descriptive Terms: American, Cantata, Frost, Nature, Poet First Performance: May 19, 2007: The Handel Society of Dartmouth College, Robert Duff, The Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 58/59) |
| Forever is composed of Nows | Joseph N. Rubinstein | Forever is composed of Nows by Joseph N. Rubinstein – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Emily Dickinson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Anniversary Descriptive Terms: Eternity, Minimalism, Speed, Time First Performance: Jun 04, 2011: The Young New Yorkers’ Chorus, Michael Kerschner, St. Peter’s Church, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 209/210) |
| Four e e cummings songs | Brian W. Holmes | Four e e cummings songs by Brian W. Holmes – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 9:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: E. E. Cummings Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Halloween, Spring Descriptive Terms: American, Innocent, Mortality, Playful First Performance: Mar 14, 2010: San francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon, St. Mark’s, San Francisco, CA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 126/127) |
| Free at Last! | Roger Wesby | Free at Last! by Roger Wesby – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Group of Shouters, Tenor Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 7:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Martin Luther King, Jr., John 8, Isaiah 40, Amos 5, Declaration of Independence, My Country Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Black History Month, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Descriptive Terms: Black, Dream, Freedom, Gospel, History, Jazz First Performance: Nov 07, 2004: Wagner College Choir, Roger Wesby, Trinity Lutheran Church, Staten Island, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 258/259) |
| From Our Log Cabin | Rachel DeVore Fogarty | From Our Log Cabin by Rachel DeVore Fogarty – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: National Holidays Descriptive Terms: Beauty, Nature First Performance: Apr 27, 2012: Festival Singers of Atlanta, Jane Burke, Atlanta, GA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 94/96) |
| From the Odes of Solomon | Greg Bartholomew | From the Odes of Solomon by Greg Bartholomew – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano or Descant Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 15:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ancient Text Language: English Descriptive Terms: Ancient, Ecumenical, Meditation, Sacred, Universal First Performance: Jun 02, 2002: Ars Brunensis Chorus, Roman Valek, Husov Sbor, Brno, Czech Republic Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 32/35) |
| Genesis | David W. Batchelor | Genesis by David W. Batchelor – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Organ Performance Length: 7:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Genesis 1, John 1 Language: English Descriptive Terms: Creation, God, Old Testament, Praise, Sacred First Performance: Dec 14, 2012: San Gabriel Valley Choir, Nove Deypalan, St. Jerome Church, Los Angeles, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 42/43) |
| Ghazal | Alec Galambos | Ghazal by Alec Galambos – Voicing: SSATBB Solo(s): Soprano, Mezzo Instrumentation: Piano, Viola Performance Length: 7:40 Notation: Standard Text Source: Patricia Rose Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Loss, Love, Memory, Nature, Seasons First Performance: Mar 11, 2013: KHORIKOS, Alec Galambos, Merkin Hall, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 100/101) |
| glory, peace | Reginald Unterseher | glory, peace by Reginald Unterseher – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:28 Notation: Standard Text Source: Angelic Hymn, AUM Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Birds, Flocking, Nature, Nuclear, Technology First Performance: Mar 14, 2012: Sonous, Eagle High School, Seth McMullen, Town Hall, Seattle, NWACDA Conference Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 245/246) |
| God Is Movin’ | George Atwell | God Is Movin’ by George Atwell – Voicing: SSATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:20 Notation: Standard Text Source: George Atwell Language: English Descriptive Terms: Excitement, Joy, Movement, Peace, Spirituality First Performance: Mar 22, 2000: Vox Humana, George Atwell, 1st Presbyterian Church, Orlando, Fl Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 3/26) |
| The Golem Psalms | Andrea Clearfield | The Golem Psalms by Andrea Clearfield – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Baritone Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Harp, Percussion, Trumpet In C, Piccolo, Bass Trombone, Horn In F, Strings, Bassoon, Bass Clarinet In B-flat, Tenor Trombone, Tuba, Celesta, English Horn, Clarinet In A, Contra Bassoon Performance Length: 28:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Ellen Frankel Language: English Descriptive Terms: Cantata, Golem, Jewish, Legend, Prague First Performance: May 07, 2006: The Mendelsohn Club & Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Alan Harler, Irvine Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 58/60) |
| The Gonzales Cantata | Melissa Dunphy | The Gonzales Cantata by Melissa Dunphy – Voicing: SSAT Solo(s): Soprano, Mezzo, Alto, Tenor Instrumentation: Continuo, Strings Performance Length: 40:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Transcripts of Senatorial hearings Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: National Holidays Descriptive Terms: American, Comedy, Opera, Oratorio, Politics First Performance: Sep 04, 2009: Phildelphia Fringe Festival, Melissa Dunphy, The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA, USA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 80/81) |
| Here ’Mid the Ass and Oxen Mild | Micaëla Larsen Brown | Here ’Mid the Ass and Oxen Mild by Micaëla Larsen Brown – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Traditional French Language: French Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Nativity First Performance: Dec 16, 2007: St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, Timothy Krueger, St. Elizabeth’s Church, Auraria Campus, Denver, CO Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 52/53) |
| i am a little church | Joshua Saulle | i am a little church by Joshua Saulle – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: E. E. Cummings Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Dedications, Earth Day, Solstice Descriptive Terms: Church, God, Nature, Spirit, Spirituality, Transcendental First Performance: Nov 20, 2010: International Orange Chorale of San Francisco, Jeremy Faust, St Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA, USA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 215/217) |
| I Bend the Knee of My Heart | David Avshalomov | I Bend the Knee of My Heart by David Avshalomov – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Canticle 14 of Manasseh Language: English Descriptive Terms: Contrition, Menasseh, Mercy, Praise, Sin First Performance: Nov 05, 2006: Anglican Choral of Southern California, James Person, Grace Episcopal Church, Glendora, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 20/28) |
| i carry your heart | Rachel DeVore Fogarty | i carry your heart by Rachel DeVore Fogarty – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: E. E. Cummings Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: National Holidays, Weddings Descriptive Terms: Commitment, Love, Marriage First Performance: Feb 19, 2010: Sacra/Profana, Krishan Oberoi, San Diego, CA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 94/95) |
| I Saw Two Clouds at Morning | Jocelyn Hagen | I Saw Two Clouds at Morning by Jocelyn Hagen – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: John Gardiner Brainard Language: English Descriptive Terms: Clouds, Morning, Peace, Sea, Sun First Performance: Nov 15, 2006: Masters Choir, Matthew Culloton, First Lutheran Church, Minneapolis Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 111/112) |
| I Shall Not Care | Brandon Michael Stewart | I Shall Not Care by Brandon Michael Stewart – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:20 Notation: Some whispers Text Source: Sara Teasdale Language: English Descriptive Terms: Apathy, Depression, Empathy, Hatred, Suicide First Performance: Jul 02, 2013: American Creators Chorus, Craig Hella Johnson, University of Oregon Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 236/237) |
| If You Can Read This | Reginald Unterseher | If You Can Read This by Reginald Unterseher – Voicing: SSAATTBB-SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano (2), Alto (2), Tenor, Bass (2) Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:18 Notation: Standard Text Source: Kathleen Flenniken Language: English Descriptive Terms: Environment, Future, Nuclear Waste, Yucca Mountain First Performance: Feb 21, 2014: Mid-Columbia Mastersingers, Justin Raffa, St. Joseph’s Chapel, Kennewick, WA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 245/247) |
| Infinite Mercy | Anita Kupriss | Infinite Mercy by Anita Kupriss – Voicing: SSSSAAAA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:30 Notation: Improvisatory elements Text Source: Anita Kupriss, Rebecca Pugh Language: English Descriptive Terms: Compassion, Love, Mercy, Universal Love First Performance: May 08, 2012: Lorelei Ensemble, Beth Willer, Christ Church of Hamilton & Wenham, South Hamilton, MA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 141/142) |
| Into Being | Ingrid Stölzel | Into Being by Ingrid Stölzel – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sanskrit Mantra Language: Sanskrit Descriptive Terms: Awareness, Breath, Mantra, Meditation, Universal First Performance: Mar 03, 2012: Octarium, Krista Lang Blackwood, Community Christian Church, Kansas City Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 238/239) |
| Italia Mia | Loretta K. Notareschi | Italia Mia by Loretta K. Notareschi – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 14:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Francesco Petrarch Language: Italian Descriptive Terms: Italy, Madrigal, Patriotism, Peace, War First Performance: May 16, 2008: Sacred and Profane Chamber Chorus, Rebecca Naomi Seeman, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Berkeley, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 186/187) |
| Jesu Dulcis Memoria | Ivo Antognini | Jesu Dulcis Memoria by Ivo Antognini – Voicing: SSATTB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: 12th Century Hymn Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Jesus, Love, Sweetness First Performance: Oct 30, 2009: Kammerkoret Collegium Vocale, T. Caplin, St. Publius Church, Floriana, Malta Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 2/21) |
| The Joy of Our Heart Is Ceased | Wayne Eastwood | The Joy of Our Heart Is Ceased by Wayne Eastwood – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:44 Notation: Standard Text Source: Lamentations 5 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Lent, Passiontide, Yom Kippur Descriptive Terms: Forget, Holocaust, Lamentation, Mourning, Sorrow First Performance: Apr 12, 2009: San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon, St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, San Francisco, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 82/85) |
| Joys Seven | James Ludwig | Joys Seven by James Ludwig – Voicing: SSATTBB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto, Bass Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:27 Notation: Standard Text Source: Traditional English Carol Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Christ, Mary First Performance: Dec 07, 2008: Stewart Consort, Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 156/157) |
| The Lake Isle of Innisfree | Liam Moore | The Lake Isle of Innisfree by Liam Moore – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Butler Yeats Language: English Descriptive Terms: Home, Peace, Tranqillity First Performance: May 27, 2012: UW Chorale, Bruce Gladstone, Mills Concert Hall, Mosse Humanities Bldg., Madison, WI Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 181/182) |
| Leo | Greg Bartholomew | Leo by Greg Bartholomew – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Marcus Manilius Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Solstice Descriptive Terms: Astronomy, Horoscope, Lion, Sky, Stars, Zodiac First Performance: Dec 07, 2002: The Esoterics, Eric Banks, Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma, Washington Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 32/36) |
| Lilith | Daniel Mehdizadeh | Lilith by Daniel Mehdizadeh – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Mezzo Instrumentation: Piano, Harp, Trombone, Bass Drum, Large Tam Tam Performance Length: 10:00 Notation: Some alternative notation Text Source: Eduard Mörike Language: German Descriptive Terms: Adam, Eve, Lilith, Seduction, Serpent First Performance: Apr 06, 2013: The Calixa-Lavallée Choir, Laurence Ewashko, St. Joseph’s Parish, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 173/174) |
| The Long Bright | Andrea Clearfield | The Long Bright by Andrea Clearfield – Voicing: SSAA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Harp, Trombone, Percussion, Trumpet In C, Clarinet In B-flat, Horn In F, Strings, Bassoon, Celesta, English Horn, Alto Flute, Contra Bassoon Performance Length: 60:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: David Wolman Language: English Descriptive Terms: Cancer, Death, Hope, Life, Women First Performance: Apr 26, 2004: Temple University Music Prep Children’s Choir, Orchestra 2001, James Freeman, The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 58/61) |
| love is more thicker than forget | Wayne Eastwood | love is more thicker than forget by Wayne Eastwood – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Optional Organ Performance Length: 3:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: E. E. Cummings Language: English Descriptive Terms: Love, Overcoming, Triumph First Performance: Jun 15, 2011: NY Choral Consortium Choral Convergence Chorus, Deborah Simpkin King, St. Paul the Apostle, 9th avenue and W. 59th St, NY, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 82/84) |
| Lux Lucis | Karen P. Thomas | Lux Lucis by Karen P. Thomas – Voicing: SSA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 10:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Hildegard von Bingen Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Blessed Virgin Mary Descriptive Terms: Hildegard, Light, Nature, Spirit, Sun First Performance: Mar 08, 2003: Seattle Pro Musica, Karen P. Thomas, Town Hall, Seattle, WA, USA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 242/243) |
| Magnificat for Turning | Donald Patriquin | Magnificat for Turning by Donald Patriquin – Voicing: SSA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Piano, Cello Performance Length: 9:52 Notation: Standard Text Source: Wendy MacLean Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Blessed Virgin Mary, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Birth, Magnificat, Manger, Mary First Performance: Dec 03, 2011: The East York Choir [now the VOCA Chorus of Toronto], Jenny Crober, Eastminster United Church, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 192/193) |
| Maskil of David | Karen Siegel | Maskil of David by Karen Siegel – Voicing: SSA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Aleatoric passages Text Source: Psalm 55 Language: English Descriptive Terms: David, Peace, Psalm, War First Performance: Nov 15, 2005: Trio Eos, St. Paul’s Chapel, NY, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 222/224) |
| Mondnacht | Joy DeCoursey-Porter | Mondnacht by Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:35 Notation: Standard Text Source: Joseph Freiherr Von Eichendorff Language: German Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, National Holidays, Thanksgiving Descriptive Terms: Flight, Memorium, Nature, Peace, Soul First Performance: Mar 16, 2013: The Cascadian Chorale, Gary D. Cannon, St. Thomas, Medina, Bellevue, WA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 69/70) |
| Moon Man | Greg Bartholomew | Moon Man by Greg Bartholomew – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Tom Clarke Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Carol, Comedy, Comic, Funny, Humor First Performance: Dec 08, 2012: The Cascadian Chorale, Gary D. Cannon, St. Thomas Church, Medina, Washington Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 32/37) |
| Motet de la Vergine | Linda Kachelmeier | Motet de la Vergine by Linda Kachelmeier – Voicing: SSATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:46 Notation: Standard Text Source: Williaume li Viniers, Latin Chant Language: Latin, Medieval French Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Blessed Virgin Mary, Christmas Descriptive Terms: Mary, Medieval First Performance: Feb 22, 2008: The Rose Ensemble, Jordan Sramek, Saint Paul Seminary Chapel, Saint Paul, MN Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 131/132) |
| Nada Te Turbe | Jake Runestad | Nada Te Turbe by Jake Runestad – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Tenor, Bass Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Santa Teresa de Ávila Language: Spanish Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Ascension, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Ethereal, Introspective, Meditation, Prayer, Sacred First Performance: Dec 12, 2012: Seraphic Fire, Patrick Quigley, St. Jude Melkite Catholic Church - Miami, FL Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 211/212) |
| Night | Adrienne Albert | Night by Adrienne Albert – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Alto Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:28 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Blake Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Easter, Epiphany, Good Friday, Lent, Palm Sunday, Spring Descriptive Terms: Cries, Health, Night, Sickness, Tender First Performance: Jul 17, 2008: Gregg Smith Singers, Gregg Smith, Saranac Lake, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 1/13) |
| Now Close the Windows | Leonard Mark Lewis | Now Close the Windows by Leonard Mark Lewis – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:55 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robert Frost Language: English Descriptive Terms: Loss, Regret, Sadness First Performance: Oct 05, 2002: Vox Dubois, Brent Baldwin, Austin, TX, USA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 148/149) |
| O Magnum Mysterium | Ivo Antognini | O Magnum Mysterium by Ivo Antognini – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 2:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Matins of Christmas Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Christmas First Performance: Oct 21, 2011: Vancovuer Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn, Christ Cathedral Church, Vancouver, Canada Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 2/25) |
| Of Birds | Steven Serpa | Of Birds by Steven Serpa – Voicing: SSAA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Medieval Bestiaries Language: English Descriptive Terms: Medieval, Mythological, Nature, Science First Performance: Mar 01, 2014: Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble, James John, St. Paul’s Church, Brooklyn, NY Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 218/219) |
| On a Mountain Path | Peter Knell | On a Mountain Path by Peter Knell – Voicing: SSAA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 7:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Matsuo Basho Language: Japanese Descriptive Terms: Haiku, Mountain First Performance: May 30, 2009: Voci, Jude Navari, Lake Merritt United Methodist Church, Oakland, CA, USA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 139/140) |
| An Open World | Greg Bartholomew | An Open World by Greg Bartholomew – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:37 Notation: Standard Text Source: Fletcher LaVallee Bartholomew Language: English Descriptive Terms: Diversity, Humanity, Love, Meditation, Possibilities First Performance: May 11, 2008: Coriolis, Gregg Skalinder, Byron Colby Barn, Grayslake, Illinois Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 32/38) |
| Paradise | Hilary Tann | Paradise by Hilary Tann – Voicing: SAATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 8:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: George Herbert, Psalm 95 (96) Language: English, Latin Descriptive Terms: Anthem, Bells, Garden, Herbert, Sacred, Trees First Performance: Jun 15, 2008: Tenebrae, Nigel Short, Gregynog Festival, Wales, UK Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 256/257) |
| Pater Noster | Burton Goldstein | Pater Noster by Burton Goldstein – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Piano, Organ Performance Length: 6:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Matthew 6 Language: Latin Descriptive Terms: Jesus, Matthew, Noster, Pater, Prayer First Performance: Apr 25, 2008: Gregg Smith Singers, Gregg Smith, St. Peter’s Church, New York City Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 104/105) |
| A Piece of Coffee | Patrick Castillo | A Piece of Coffee by Patrick Castillo – Voicing: SSAATB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Improvisatory elements Text Source: Gertrude Stein Language: English Descriptive Terms: Food, Hermetic, Modernist First Performance: Jun 09, 2006: Manhattan Choral Ensemble, Thomas Cunninghum, Columbia University, New York City Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 56/57) |
| The Pole Star | Joseph Eidson | The Pole Star by Joseph Eidson – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: H. P. Lovecraft Language: English Descriptive Terms: Cthulu, Fantasy, Lovecraft, Space, Star First Performance: Apr 14, 2012: Bucknell Concert Chorale, William Payn, Bucknell University Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 86/87) |
| Prayer of St. Francis | David Evan Thomas | Prayer of St. Francis by David Evan Thomas – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: St. Francis of Assisi Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Consolation, Hope, Love, Peace, Prayer First Performance: Sep 28, 2008: Choir of Cathedral of St. Paul, James Biery, Cathedral of St. Paul, MN Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 240/241) |
| Probably Helical | Eleanor Aversa | Probably Helical by Eleanor Aversa – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Tenor Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: R. Franklin & R. G. Gosling, Molecular Configuration..., Nature v. 171 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Women’s History Month Descriptive Terms: Discovery, Dna, History, Life, Nature, Science, Technology, Women First Performance: Mar 02, 2013: San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon, St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, San Francisco, CA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 10/27) |
| Proverbs for Four at Fifty | Mark Zuckerman | Proverbs for Four at Fifty by Mark Zuckerman – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 9:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Mishle (Book of Proverbs) Language: Hebrew Descriptive Terms: Bible, Proverb, Proverbs First Performance: Jan 01, 2000: Gregg Smith Singers, Gregg Smith, New York City Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 261/262) |
| Psalm 109 | Paul Reale | Psalm 109 by Paul Reale – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Baritone (2) Instrumentation: Piano, Vibraphone, Timpani Performance Length: 6:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Psalm 109 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Lent, National Holidays, Thanksgiving Descriptive Terms: Peace, Praise, Prayer First Performance: Mar 01, 2001: UCLA Chorale, Donald Neuen, UCLA campus Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 200/201) |
| Psalm 98 | Barbara K. Wesby | Psalm 98 by Barbara K. Wesby – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 6:45 Notation: Standard Text Source: Psalm 98 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Hanukah, Christmas, Easter, Pentecost Descriptive Terms: Calm, Joy, Joyful, Jubilation, Mystical, Praise, Psalm, Resolution, Rhythmic, Salvation, Shouts, Sophisticated, Uplifting First Performance: Feb 01, 2009: Wagner College Choir, Roger Wesby, Wagner College Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 250/251) |
| Raindrop Diaries | Malina Rauschenfels | Raindrop Diaries by Malina Rauschenfels – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Tenor Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 8:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Malina Rauschenfels Language: Water Sounds Descriptive Terms: Narrative, Ocean, River, Water, Wordless First Performance: Feb 28, 2009: C4 Ensemble, David Rentz, St Luke in the Fields, NYC Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 198/199) |
| Remember | Brian W. Holmes | Remember by Brian W. Holmes – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Susan Cooper Language: English Descriptive Terms: Companionship, Nostalgia, Singing First Performance: Dec 01, 2009: San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon, St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, San Francisco, CA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 126/128) |
| Resonet in laudibus | Anthony Mosakowski | Resonet in laudibus by Anthony Mosakowski – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Horn Performance Length: 3:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: 14th Century German Carol Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas Descriptive Terms: Celebratory, Joyful, Melodic, Rhythmic First Performance: Dec 13, 2008: Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Alan Harler, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia PA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 183/184) |
| Return to Him | Eduardo Andrés Malachevsky | Return to Him by Eduardo Andrés Malachevsky – Voicing: SSMMAATTBBBB Solo(s): Bass Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 7:00 Notation: Some alternative notation and improvisatory elements Text Source: Rabindranath Tagore Language: English Descriptive Terms: Call, Dream, Night, Sleep First Performance: Oct 24, 2005: Society for Universal Sacred Music Choir, Susanne Peck, New York, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 158/260) |
| Ring, Happy Bells | Akmal Parwez | Ring, Happy Bells by Akmal Parwez – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Vibraphone, String Quartet Performance Length: 4:33 Notation: Standard Text Source: Alfred, Lord Tennyson Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Rosh Hashanah, New Year’s Day Descriptive Terms: Beginnings, Brotherhood, Peace First Performance: Dec 31, 2008: Sunnyside Chamber Players, Akmal Parwez, Sunnyside Music Society, Sunnyside, NY Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 190/191) |
| The Road Not Taken | Adam Steele | The Road Not Taken by Adam Steele – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano, Violin Performance Length: 4:50 Notation: Standard Text Source: Robert Frost Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Graduation Descriptive Terms: American, Remembrance, Solemn, Wistful First Performance: Jun 11, 2009: Oregon Episcopal School Concert Choir, Adam Steele, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, Oregon Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 234/235) |
| Saguaro | Karen Siegel | Saguaro by Karen Siegel – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Karen Siegel Language: English Descriptive Terms: Desert, Environment, History, Immigration, Landscape, Nature First Performance: Jun 08, 2007: Manhattan Choral Ensemble, Thomas Cunningham, Earl Hall, Columbia University, NYC Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 222/223) |
| Sakura | Jason Heald | Sakura by Jason Heald – Voicing: SSATBB Solo(s): Mezzo Instrumentation: Taiko Ensemble Performance Length: 8:09 Notation: Improvisatory elements Text Source: Traditional Japanese Language: Japanese Descriptive Terms: Blossoms, Cherry, Nature, Taiko First Performance: Mar 13, 2010: Consonare, Georgina Philippson, First Congegational Church; Portland, OR Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 118/120) |
| Salve Regina | Ivo Antognini | Salve Regina by Ivo Antognini – Voicing: SSATTB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Liturgical Latin Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Blessed Virgin Mary Descriptive Terms: Mary First Performance: Mar 05, 2010: NTU CAC Choir, Yong Chee Foon, Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 2/23) |
| Salve Regina | Richard Rice | Salve Regina by Richard Rice – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: Latin Antiphon Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Blessed Virgin Mary Descriptive Terms: Antiphon, Catholic, Mary First Performance: May 06, 2006: New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Park Avenue Methodist Church, New York, NY Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 202/203) |
| Shakespeare’s 18th Sonnet | Matthew H. Fields | Shakespeare’s 18th Sonnet by Matthew H. Fields – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Shakespeare Language: English Descriptive Terms: Epitaph, Madrigal, Shakespeare First Performance: Aug 01, 1999: Vocal Arts Ensemble Ann Arbor, Benjamin Cohen, St Andrews Episcopal Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 88/89) |
| Si Linguis Hominum | Alejandro Flórez | Si Linguis Hominum by Alejandro Flórez – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:55 Notation: Standard Text Source: I Corinthians 13 Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Communion, Weddings Descriptive Terms: Charity, Corinthians, Love, Paul First Performance: Aug 18, 2004: Choir of the First Methodist Church of Fort Worth, Robert Stovall, First Methodist Church, Fort Worth, Tx Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 92/93) |
| Signifying Nothing | Karen Siegel | Signifying Nothing by Karen Siegel – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Shakespeare, Macbeth Language: English Descriptive Terms: Death, Existentialism, Polyrhythm, Shakespeare, Time First Performance: Feb 25, 2010: C4: the Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, David Rentz, Church for All Nations and St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 222/229) |
| The Singers | Bob Moore | The Singers by Bob Moore – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 4:16 Notation: Standard Text Source: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Language: English Descriptive Terms: Longfellow, Music, Singing First Performance: Feb 24, 2008: The Longfellow Chorus, Charles Kaufmann, The First Parish in Portland (Maine), UUA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 179/180) |
| Snowscape | William Healy | Snowscape by William Healy – Voicing: SSAATB Instrumentation: Pianos (2) Performance Length: 5:50 Notation: Standard Text Source: Anne Weiss Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Chanukah, Christmas, Epiphany Descriptive Terms: Dusk, Loneliness, Silence, Snow First Performance: Apr 14, 2012: Vassar College Choir, Christine Howlett, Skinner Hall, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 122/123) |
| So Much Majesty | John S. Dixon | So Much Majesty by John S. Dixon – Voicing: SA Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 8:33 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale Language: English Descriptive Terms: Beauty, Environment, Nature First Performance: Jul 06, 2009: Virginia Children’s Chorus, Carol Thomas Downing, Ohef Sholom Temple, Norfolk, Virginia Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 76/77) |
| a song of joys | Nicholas Omiccioli | a song of joys by Nicholas Omiccioli – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 3:10 Notation: Standard Text Source: Walt Whitman Language: English Descriptive Terms: Death, Human Spirit, Joy, Life First Performance: Nov 06, 2011: Simon Carrington Chamber Singers, Simon Carrington, Kansas City, Missouri Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 188/189) |
| Sonnet No. 61 | Norman Mathews | Sonnet No. 61 by Norman Mathews – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Piano, Oboe Performance Length: 4:12 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Shakespeare Language: English Descriptive Terms: Dreams, Insomnia, Longing, Love, Shakespeare, Sonnet First Performance: Feb 19, 2011: VocalEssence, Philip Brunelle, Sundin Music Hall, St. Paul, MN Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 164/165) |
| Sunrise Along Shore | Christopher M. Lee | Sunrise Along Shore by Christopher M. Lee – Voicing: SSATTB Instrumentation: Piano Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Lucy Maud Montgomery Language: English Descriptive Terms: Boat, Fishing, Lyrical, Ocean, Sea, Soaring, Sunrise First Performance: Mar 03, 2013: Westfield State University Chorale, Allan Taylor, Westfield Festival of New Music, Westfield State University Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 146/147) |
| Televised Address to the Nation on Civil Rights | Aaron Gervais | Televised Address to the Nation on Civil Rights by Aaron Gervais – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Supercollider Script (sampler) Performance Length: 11:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: Presidential Speeches Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, National Holidays Descriptive Terms: Civil Rights, Electronics, Jfk, President, Sampling First Performance: Nov 22, 2013: Artists’ Vocal Ensemble, Jonathan Dimmock, St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco, California Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 102/103) |
| Tesserae | Jeremiah Kai Han Li | Tesserae by Jeremiah Kai Han Li – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Tenor Instrumentation: Violin Performance Length: 22:48 Notation: Standard Text Source: Rainer Maria Rilke Language: German Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Dramatic, Elegy, Fragments, Intense, Secular First Performance: Apr 01, 2010: Cantatus Diabolus, Kai Han Jeremiah Li, University of Kansas, USA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 152/153) |
| There will come soft rains | Ivo Antognini | There will come soft rains by Ivo Antognini – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale Language: English Descriptive Terms: Humanity, Peace, War First Performance: Jul 21, 2011: Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Joshua Habermann, Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 2/24) |
| Three Attributive Psalms | Robert Denham | Three Attributive Psalms by Robert Denham – Voicing: SSAATTB Solo(s): Soprano, Tenor Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 20:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Psalm 23, Psalm 27, Psalm 130 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Communion, Trinity Sunday Descriptive Terms: God, Psalms, Sacred, Scriptural First Performance: Mar 15, 2009: Biola University Chorale, Shawna Stewart, Biola University Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 71/72) |
| Three Shakespeare Songs | Steve Cohen | Three Shakespeare Songs by Steve Cohen – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Tenor, Bass Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 7:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Shakespeare’s Birthday Descriptive Terms: Philosophy, Shakespeare, Songs First Performance: Feb 13, 1999: Gregg Smith Singers, Greg Smith, St. Peter’s Church New York NY Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 65/66) |
| Threnody | Glenn Simonelli | Threnody by Glenn Simonelli – Voicing: SSAA Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:07 Notation: Standard Text Source: Glenn Simonelli Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services Descriptive Terms: Funeral, Remorse, Suicide, Threnody, Wisdom First Performance: Dec 15, 2009: The Crane Children’s Chorus, Heather Eyerly, St. Mary’s Church, Potsdam, NY, USA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 227/228) |
| Time’s Dream | David Lipten | Time’s Dream by David Lipten – Voicing: SSATBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 8:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: E. E. Cummings Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services, Yom Kippur Descriptive Terms: Introspection, Loss, Love, Nature, Seasons First Performance: Dec 10, 2003: University of San Diego Choral Scholars, University of San Diego Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 154/155) |
| To a Locomotive in Winter | Greg Bartholomew | To a Locomotive in Winter by Greg Bartholomew – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 6:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Walt Whitman Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter Descriptive Terms: America, Energy, Locomotive, Railways, Snow, Storms, Strength, Train, Transportation First Performance: Jul 06, 2002: Oregon Repertory Singers, Gil Seeley, Beall Hall, Eugene, Oregon Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 32/39) |
| To the Evening Star | Abbie Betinis | To the Evening Star by Abbie Betinis – Voicing: SSATBB Instrumentation: Flute Performance Length: 7:15 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Blake Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Solstice Descriptive Terms: Darkness, Irony, Light, Love, Nature, Poetry, Secular First Performance: Dec 03, 2005: Nativity Choir, Matthew Culloton, Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, St. Paul, Minnesota Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 47/48) |
| Today Will Be Warm: A Story Cloth in Sound | Catherine Dalton | Today Will Be Warm: A Story Cloth in Sound by Catherine Dalton – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Tibetan Hand Chimes, Djembe, Hand Chimes Performance Length: 4:33 Notation: Some alternative notation and improvisatory elements Text Source: Kao Kalia Yang, Catherine Dalton Language: English Descriptive Terms: Courage, Hope, Peace, Power, War First Performance: Feb 06, 2010: Global Harmony Community Chorus, Jennifer Anderson, North Como Presbyterian Church Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 67/68) |
| The Tyger | Andrew Miller | The Tyger by Andrew Miller – Voicing: SATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:30 Notation: Standard Text Source: William Blake Language: English Descriptive Terms: Creation, God, Lucifer, Paradox First Performance: Oct 06, 2013: NDSU Concert Choir, Jo Ann Miller, North Dakota State University Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 177/178) |
| Ubi Caritas | Joshua Saulle | Ubi Caritas by Joshua Saulle – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Offertory procession, Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord’s Supper Language: Latin Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Communion, Maundy/holy Thursday, Thanksgiving Descriptive Terms: Charity, Community, Humanity, Love, Peace First Performance: May 09, 2008: San Francisco Conservatory Chorus, David Conte, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 215/216) |
| Valley of Silence | Janet Lanier | Valley of Silence by Janet Lanier – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Piano, Flute, Timpani, Piccolo, Horn In F, Strings, Bassoon, Clarinet In A Performance Length: 18:59 Notation: Standard Text Source: Song of the Mystic, Abram J. Ryan Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Ash Wednesday, Epiphany, Good Friday, Lent, Maundy/holy Thursday, Memorial Services, National Holidays, Palm Sunday, Passover Descriptive Terms: Inspirational, Patriotic, Prayer, Religious, Spiritual First Performance: Nov 10, 2007: Amarillo Master Chorale, Steven Weber, Globe News Center for the Performing Arts, Amarillo, Texas Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 143/145) |
| The Voice of Isaac | Howard Frazin | The Voice of Isaac by Howard Frazin – Voicing: SSA Solo(s): Baritone Instrumentation: Marimba, Strings Performance Length: 28:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Howard Frazin Language: English Descriptive Terms: Abraham, Binding, Isaac First Performance: Mar 01, 2003: PALS Children’s Chorus, Jody Hill Simpson, Jordan Hall, Boston MA Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 97/98) |
| Wants-n-Tides | Ross C. Bernhardt | Wants-n-Tides by Ross C. Bernhardt – Voicing: SATB Solo(s): Soprano, Baritone Instrumentation: Piano, Marimba, Vibraphone, Ocean Drum Performance Length: 8:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Tom Barrett Language: English Descriptive Terms: Imagination, Ocean, Sea, Ship, Tides First Performance: Oct 18, 2011: Corpus Christi Chorale, Ross C. Bernhardt, Performing Arts Center, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 44/45) |
| What Shall We Bring? | Jerry Casey | What Shall We Bring? by Jerry Casey – Voicing: SSAATTBB Solo(s): Soprano Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:12 Notation: Standard Text Source: Micah 6 Language: English Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Dedications Descriptive Terms: Humility, Mercy, Righteousness, Worship First Performance: Feb 27, 2010: Otterbein University Concert Choir, Gayle Walker, Riley Auditorium, Batelle Fine Arts Center, Westerville, OH Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 54/55) |
| When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be | Graham Meyer | When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be by Graham Meyer – Voicing: SSAA Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:10 Notation: Standard Text Source: John Keats Language: English Descriptive Terms: Death, Fear, Keats, Musing, Sonnet First Performance: May 03, 2009: Musae, Natasha Hoehn, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Berkeley, California Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 175/176) |
| Winter Stars | Patrick Rooney | Winter Stars by Patrick Rooney – Voicing: SSAATTBB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 4:32 Notation: Standard Text Source: Sara Teasdale Language: English Descriptive Terms: Expression, Hope, Night, Stars First Performance: Jun 03, 2011: Ars Nova Singers, Tom Morgan, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado, USA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 207/208) |
| Yonati (O my dove) | Karen P. Thomas | Yonati (O my dove) by Karen P. Thomas – Voicing: SATB Instrumentation: Unaccompanied Performance Length: 5:00 Notation: Standard Text Source: Song of Songs Language: Hebrew Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Weddings Descriptive Terms: Dove, Jewish, Love, Romance, Song of Songs First Performance: May 14, 2010: Seattle Pro Musica, Karen P. Thomas, St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 242/244) |
