New Music Selections

With text from the traditional Latin Mass, this modern a cappella work captures the feeling of a rushing current throughout. Layers of ostinatos and vocal effects along with some simple body percussion

This beloved text finds a fresh new presentation in this modern a cappella carol setting. Using effective textural changes and syncopation, it has the feel of a contemporary worship song with the structure

A beautifully interpreted arrangement of the Appalachian folk carol, this a cappella setting written for the Tabernacle Choir provides a gentle harmonization suitable for a lullaby to the Christ child. A

Simply set, this beautiful and poignant text by Paul Laurence Dunbar tells of the healing effects of music and how our own music making can spread joy. The warm strophic chordal texture and stirring

Set in a contemporary a cappella style, Heather Lane's text sparkles with scat-syllable vocables and an interesting vocal line that passes through the upper and lower voices as the parts imitate and respond

Matthew Stepanic's romantic and ultimately tragic text, inspired by Octavio Paz's poem A Boy and a Girl famously set by Eric Whitacre, is beautifully set for a cappella mixed choir. Described by

This thoughtful a cappella setting of the traditional text flows between swells of emotion and warm chromatic inflections in the Latin refrains. A soprano solo is present through much of the setting, and

Effectively combining an ancient Latin text and three traditional Christmas spirituals (Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow; Mary Had a Baby; What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby?), this a

Christina Rossetti's poem is blended with a relaxed contemporary a cappella jazzy musical style in this unique concert work. Growing from three- to six-part harmony, the swing rhythms and style made famous

Christina Rossetti's poem is perfectly reflected with vivid imagery, beautiful vocal lines, and swirling countermelodies. The choruses set the words "My love is come to me" in a powerful antiphonal texture.

This fresh take on a familiar 15th-century Christmas text artfully utilizes dotted rhythms in 6/8 meter to create a lilting feel, and the memorable melody for the carol text passes through each of the voice

Setting inspiring words by James Weldon Johnson, this work is poignant and stirring, encouraging singers and listeners to reflect on the challenges of present times and to move forward with courage and

This setting of fragments of text by Sappho, translated by Arthur Sanders Way and A.S. Kline, uses cross-rhythms, syncopation, and flowing melodic lines to create a sense of restless longing.