Collegiate & Advanced Repertoire

This work uses five adapted sacred texts celebrating love, life and joy. The opening music sets the text from Isaiah, "The whole earth is at rest and is quiet," and the final music bursts forth with "For ye

Adapting the text from the James Whitcomb Riley poem A Song of Singing, here is a song for tenor/bass choirs that celebrates the joy and exuberance of singing. With a fast and jazzy feel

This is the latest in an a cappella series going back three decades where the texts have been taken from Shakespeare's plays. Come Unto These Yellow Sands is a gentle invitation to the listener, at

This a cappella setting of a traditional Irish blessing uses soft dissonances and free-flowing counterpoint to speak of those who give support in times of trial. The occasional divisi voicing creates a

The sensation of a young child looking up at the gently falling snow is captured beautifully in this new arrangement. Lush harmonic progressions and wonderful chord clusters at the cadence point anchor this

With a Portuguese text and rhythms in the popular Brazilian groove known as Capoeira, this song of celebration begins with all voice parts emulating rhythm instruments utilizing elements of contemporary a

Moved by the horrific Orlando nightclub mass shooting in June of 2016, Ellingboe set this poem to music as an outpouring of grief, yet also of hope, that all is not lost and that, indeed, "this is a good

This beautiful Latin text describes the journey of the Magi as they follow the star to Bethlehem. This journey is depicted musically using modern and non-Western harmonies to establish a mood of mystical

Composer Shawn Crouch uses poet and Iraqi war veteran Brian Turner's visceral images of war, but emphasizes the lyrical qualities and changing colors of the poem to create long, emotional musical lines.

This jaunty little work is based on a text from Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, one of his earliest comedies, and is musically set using many different sounds, articulations and effects. The

This minute-and-a-half work is joyous, enthusiastic and full of expression. We Dance! is a whirlwind ride for any chorus, full of agile rhythms, lots of words and great positive emotions. A

This Shaw–Parker edition has become a staple in choral programs and libraries throughout the world. Victoria's masterwork is a stellar example of 16th-century polyphony.