Coro bambini e pianoforte

The second in a set of three settings of Carl Sandburg poems, this piece picks up the tempo and takes the set into the jazz mode.

This popular William Blake text has a playful nature, which is reflected in the shifting meters that follow the rhythmic contour and accentuation of the words. The vocal line is light and bright, and...

From Thank You God, John Burge's large-scale work for children's voices is based on prayers written by members of the Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus. In this movement, the choir sings out praising God f...

We Will è il risultato di un laboratorio di composizione di canzoni svoltosi dopo l'11 settembre con coristi che volevano rispondere con la musica al crescente mondo di violenza e disperazione. L'effu...

3 selected scenes from Imant Raminsh's stunning children's opera, The Nightingale. This unique work features the children's chorus as the most central role, giving your choir the chance to truly parti...

With an accompaniment as playful as the vocal line, this is a great concert piece for beginning choirs.

These words of St. Francis of Assisi express a delight in all things of the universe: earth, wind and air, moon and stars, fire and sun, referred to endearingly as our sisters and brothers. The evocat...

Introduce your choirs to the music of America's best known composer - Aaron Copland. Carefully edited and arranged, it preserves the original accompaniment and makes an excellent concert feature.

From Hatfield's opera Ann and Séamus, this is an adaptation from the third scene. The imagery of the sea, salty air, a hard day's work, and an impending storm are all richly portrayed. The piano part...

There's a certain sense of frustration, yet hopefulness in this song. If only we could find the right melody, the right drum beat, to invent a song to end all war. What notes? What lyrics? Sing this s...

This song of playful innocence is an invitation to live and be merry. The lightness and carefree quality of the melody will bring joy to any performance.

Inspired by the words of great peacemakers like Jesus, Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., Peace Variations sets the word 'peace' in Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, English, and Latin. The piano accompaniment...

Evocative of a very simple idea of 'home,' this melody should be sung with gentle lyricism, as if borne on the breeze.

This expressive work for treble chorus paints a beautiful picture of the world at sunrise, with the quiet intensity of imparting a great secret. Mystery enters when the narrator begins to wonder how t...

Fare Ye Weel tells the story of a jilted young lassie who has no intention of wallowing in self-pity; she instead plans to find a new love who will marry her in the morning. This piece for three-part...

This playful song was modelled after folk songs that play with our imagination and make us laugh. Like many songs passed along over generations, the words range from far-fetched to absurd. So don't be...

The words 'fun' and 'whimsical' definitely come to mind in this delightful piece from Robert Hugh. With a poem by Elizabeth Turner as the inspiration, the unexpected fun begins. The piano and percussi...

This moving arrangement was performed by the Children's Chorus of Maryland at the National Tribute Memorial Service for Fallen Firefighters in October 2002, honoring over 400 men and women who perishe...

This familiar song unfolds as a stylistic travelogue in variation form. The treatment of each variation is usually dictated by the content of the verse itself. The piece concludes in barbershop-style...

The text for Sing as the Prairie was written by John Neihardt, who was revered by Nebraskans as their poet laureate. Because his love of nature is evident in each phrase, the music incorporates the en...

Dance, a natural outgrowth of joy crossing cultures and time throughout history, strongly influenced the creation of this piece.