LEVEL
E = Easy
ME = Moderately Easy
M = Medium
MD = Moderately Difficult
D = Difficult
Choral Works
CHORAL WORKS LISTED BY OCCASIONS, THEMES & STYLES
Occasions: Seasons
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Occasions: Holidays
Epiphany
Chinese New Year
Easter
Flower Communion (What's Flower Communion?)
Halloween
Dia de los Muertos (What's Dia de los Muertos?)
Thanksgiving
Christmas
Occasions: Events
Baptisms and Child Dedications
Building Dedications
Graduations
Memorial Services
Styles: Classical
4-part Chorales
Classical Sensibility
Expanded Tonality (What's Expanded Tonality?)
Styles: Popular Influences
Arrangements
Folk/World Music (Southern/Appalachian/Eastern European)
Latin Music
Jazz/Blues/Rock
Just Generally Soulful...
Styles: Eclectic Combinations & "Genre-benders" (What's all this about?)
Themes
Children
Community
Courage
Dance
Darkness and Light
Dawn
Death and Loss
Diversity
Dreams
Faith and Doubt
Freedom
Forgiveness and Healing
Gratitude
Growth
Hardship
Love
Music
Peace
Resurrection
Reverence
Slavery
Social Justice
Women
OCCASIONS: SEASONS
Spring
April Rain Song (Langston Hughes) - SATB
Blessed Be the Flower That Triumphs (Michael de Vernon Boblett) - SATB; SATB, orchestra
Glen Song (Scott Bates) - SSATB, piano
Spring Grass (Carl Sandburg) - SATB
Spring Revels (Langston Hughes, e. e. cummings, Carl Sandburg) - SATB
Trust the Seeds (chorale) (E. Alexander) - SATB; SATB, flute, violin, piano; SATB, chamber orchestra
when faces called flowers float out of the ground (e. e. cummings) - SATB
Summer
Glen Song (Scott Bates) - SSATB, piano
Autumn
Glen Song (Scott Bates) - SSATB, piano
Praise Wet Snow Falling Early (Denise Levertov) - SATB, piano
Trust the Seeds (chorale) (E. Alexander) - SATB; SATB, flute, violin, piano; SATB, chamber orchestra
Winter
Bells In the High Tower (Hungarian carol, lyric by Howard Box) SATB, piano
OCCASIONS: HOLIDAYS
Epiphany
When the Song of the Angels Is Stilled (Howard Thurman) - SATB; SSAA; TTBB; SATB, flute
Chinese New Year
Dragon Dance (E. Alexander) - SA, piano (children's choir)
Easter
Blessed Be the Flower That Triumphs (Michael de Vernon Boblett) - SATB; SATB, orchestra
Caterpillars Crawl (E. Alexander) - SA, piano (children's choir)
Finally On My Way To Yes (Pesha Gertler) - SSATB, piano
Flower Communion
Be Grateful, My Soul (Norbert Čapek) - SSSAA
Trust the Seeds (chorale) (E. Alexander) - SATB; SATB, flute, violin, piano; SATB, chamber orchestra
Halloween
Things That Go Bump in the Night (E. Alexander & elementary students) - SSA, piano, opt. flute (children's choir)
Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead)
Y Comienzo a Bailar (E. Alexander) - soprano solo, SATB, piano
Thanksgiving
Before the Bread (Folk Blessing) - SSSS (children's choir); also SATB
May This Be a Working Alleluia (Alexander) - unison children's choir, SATB, piano, opt. flute & 2 trumpets
We Lift Up Our Hearts (Richard M. Fewkes) - S & SATB (children's choir and adult choir)
Christmas
Children, Go Where I Send Thee (African-American spiritual, arr.) - SA, piano (children's choir)
For So the Children Come (Sophia Fahs) - SATB, piano
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (Polish folk carol, arr.) - SSA
One More Redeemer (Rob Eller-Isaacs & Bill Neely) - SATB
When the Song of the Angels Is Stilled (Howard Thurman) - SATB; SSAA; TTBB; SATB, flute
OCCASIONS: EVENTS
Baptisms and Child Dedications
Trust the Seeds (chorale) (E. Alexander) - SATB; SATB, flute, violin, piano; SATB, chamber orchestra
One More Redeemer (Rob Eller-Isaacs & Bill Neely) - SATB
Building Dedications
Do Not Leave Your Cares At the Door (Norman V. Naylor) - SATB a cappella, soprano solo
May This Be a Working Alleluia (Alexander) - unison children's choir, SATB, piano, opt. flute & 2 trumpets
Graduations
Climb (Edna St. Vincent Millay) - SSATB, piano
Life Is Not a Garden (E. Alexander & high school students) - SATB, piano
Trust the Seeds (chorale) (E. Alexander) - SATB; SATB, flute, violin, piano; SATB, chamber orchestra
Memorial Services
We Remember Them (Rabbi Jack Riemer and Rabbi Sylvan Kamens) - SATB, piano
STYLES: CLASSICAL ROOTS
4-part Chorales
As We Sing of Hope and Joy (E. Alexander) - SATB
Immortal Love (John Greenleaf Whittier) - SATB
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (Polish folk carol, arr.) - SSA
Trust the Seeds (chorale) (E. Alexander) - SATB; SATB, flute, violin, piano; SATB, chamber orchestra
Classical Sensibility
Be Grateful, My Soul (Norbert Čapek) - SSSAA
Blessed Be the Flower That Triumphs (Michael deVernon Boblett) - SATB
Climb (Edna St. Vincent Millay) - SSATB, piano
The Earth Called To My Friend (Nancy Wood) SSA, piano (women or children's choir)
For So the Children Come (Sophia Fahs) - SATB, piano
Look To This Day! (Kalidasa) - SATB, chimes, organ
A Palette To Paint Us As We Are (Gerald Rich) - SATB, piano; also SA (women or children's choir)
Spring Grass (Carl Sandburg) - SATB
Those Who Wish To Sing Always Find a Song - SSA, piano (children's choir)
To Make a Prairie (Emily Dickinson) - SSA, piano (women or children's choir)
We Lift Up Our Hearts (Richard M. Fewkes) - S & SATB (children's choir and adult choir)
We Remember Them (Rabbi Jack Riemer and Rabbi Sylvan Kamens) - SATB, piano
when faces called flowers float out of the ground (e. e. cummings) - SATB
Expanded Tonality
Create a Song Once More (St. Cecilia speaks to King David) (E. Alexander) - SATB
The Earth Called To My Friend (Nancy Wood) SSA, piano (women or children's choir)
Even a Fist Was Once an Open Palm (Yehuda Amichai) - SATB
For So the Children Come (Sophia Fahs) - SATB, piano
Glen Song (Scott Bates) - SSATB, piano
I Write This Poem Out Of Darkness (George Ella Lyon) - SSA (women's choir)
I'hare (Native American Hako ceremony, adapted)- SATB, chamber orchestra
Into the Silent Darkness (Richard S. Gilbert) - SATB, violin, piano
Jump! (Ray Bradbury) - SSA, narrator,string quartet
Look To This Day! (Kalidasa) - SATB, chimes, organ
A Palette To Paint Us As We Are (Gerald Rich) - SATB, piano; also SA (women or children's choir)
Praise Wet Snow Falling Early (Denise Levertov) - SATB, piano
Shelter This Candle (Edna St. Vincent Millay) - SATB, oboe, horn, cello, harp
Songs of Youth (E. Alexander & Middle school students) - SSA, piano, opt. vibraphone (children's choir); also SAB (youth choir)
To Make a Prairie (Emily Dickinson) - SSA, piano (women or children's choir)
STYLES: POPULAR INFLUENCES
Arrangements
Bells In the High Tower (Hungarian carol, lyric by Howard Box) - SATB, piano
Children, Go Where I Send Thee (African-American spiritual, arr.) - SA, piano (children's choir)
Die Gedanken Sind Frei (15th century German protest song, arr. ) - SA, piano (children's choir)
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (Polish folk carol, arr.) - SSA (women or children's choir)
Folk/World Music (Southern/Appalachian/Eastern European)
Do Not Leave Your Cares At the Door (Norman V. Naylor) - SATB a cappella, soprano solo
Faith Is the Bird That Feels the Light (Rabindranath Tagore)- SSA (women's or children's choir)
Jó! (King John Sigismund II, from the Edict of Torda) - SSA
Journey (Evelyn K. Dudley) - SATB; TTBB
One More Redeemer (Rob Eller-Isaacs & Bill Neely) - SATB
When the Song of the Angels Is Stilled (Howard Thurman) - SATB; SSAA; TTBB; SATB, flute
Latin Music
If You Can Walk You Can Dance (If You Can Talk You Can Sing) - SAB (adult or youth choir); SSA; TBB
Life Is Not a Garden (E. Alexander & high school students) - SATB, piano; SSAA, piano
Y Comienzo a Bailar (E. Alexander) - soprano solo, SATB, piano
Jazz/Blues/Rock
(No More) Fighting Over What We Believe (Alexander) - SAB youth choir, SATB adult choir, piano, opt. flute & 2 trumpets
Folks, I'm Telling You (Langston Hughes) - SSATB, piano
Why I Pity the Woman Who Never Spills (Joan Wolf Prefontaine) - SSAA (women's choir)
Just Generally Soulful...
Being Who You Are (E. Alexander & Elementary school students) - SA, piano (children's choir)
Caterpillars Crawl (E. Alexander) - SA, piano (children's choir)
Cherish Your Doubt (E. Alexander) - SATB, piano
Dragon Dance (E. Alexander) - SA, piano (children's choir)
Go Out! (John Murray) - SATB, piano
May This Be a Working Alleluia (Alexander) - unison children's choir, SATB, piano, opt. flute & 2 trumpets
Tomorrow, God Willing (Garrison Keillor) - TTBB
Where There Is Light In the Soul (Chinese proverb)- SAB; SATB
STYLES: ECLECTIC COMBINATINS AND "GENRE-BENDERS"
Everyday Sorrows, Everyday Joys (Students in Salem Hyde School)- SA, piano
Finally On My Way To Yes (Pesha Gertler) - SSATB, piano
Give Me A Laundry List (and I'll Set It To Music) (Rossini) - SATB
...or a musician (Philip Dacey) - SATB, chamber orchestra
Reasons for the Perpetuation of Slavery (E. Alexander) - SSAA
They Have Freckles Everywhere (Students in Many Rivers Program) - SSAA, piano
THEMES
Children
April Rain Song (Langston Hughes) - SATB
For So the Children Come (Sophia Fahs) - SATB, piano
One More Redeemer (Rob Eller-Isaacs & Bill Neely) - SATB
Trust the Seeds (chorale) (E. Alexander) - SATB; SATB, flute, violin, piano; SATB, chamber orchestra
Community
(No More) Fighting Over What We Believe (Alexander) - SAB youth choir, SATB adult choir, piano, opt. flute & 2 trumpets
May This Be a Working Alleluia (Alexander) - unison children's choir, SATB, piano, opt. flute & 2 trumpets
Shelter This Candle (Edna St. Vincent Millay) - SATB, oboe, horn, cello, harp
When the Song of the Angels Is Stilled (Howard Thurman) - SATB; SSAA; TTBB; SATB, flute
Y Comienzo a Bailar (E. Alexander) - soprano solo, SATB, piano
Courage
Caterpillars Crawl (E. Alexander) - SA, piano (children's choir)
Cherish Your Doubt (E. Alexander) - SATB, piano
Climb (Edna St. Vincent Millay) - SSATB, piano
Die Gedanken Sind Frei (15th century German protest song, arr. ) - SA, piano (children's choir)
Journey (Evelyn K. Dudley) - SATB; TTBB
Jump! (Ray Bradbury) - SSA, narrator,string quartet
Trust the Seeds (chorale) (E. Alexander) - SATB; SATB, flute, violin, piano; SATB, chamber orchestra
Dance
If You Can Walk You Can Dance (If You Can Talk You Can Sing) - SAB (adult or youth choir); SSA; TBB
Spring Grass (Carl Sandburg) - SATB
Darkness and Light
Bells In the High Tower (Hungarian carol, lyric by Howard Box) - SATB, piano
Faith Is the Bird That Feels the Light (Rabindranath Tagore)- SSA (women's or children's choir)
I Write This Poem Out Of Darkness (George Ella Lyon) - SSA (women's choir)
Into the Silent Darkness (Richard S. Gilbert) - SATB, violin, piano
Praise Wet Snow Falling Early (Denise Levertov) - SATB, piano
Shelter This Candle (Edna St. Vincent Millay) - SATB, oboe, horn, cello, harp
Where There Is Light In the Soul (Chinese proverb)- SAB; SATB
Dawn
Faith Is the Bird That Feels the Light (Rabindranath Tagore)- SSA (women's or children's choir)
Look To This Day! (Kalidasa) - SATB, chimes, organ
Death and Loss
The Earth Called To My Friend (Nancy Wood) SSA, piano (women or children's choir)
Shelter This Candle (Edna St. Vincent Millay) - SATB, oboe, horn, cello, harp
We Remember Them (Rabbi Jack Riemer and Rabbi Sylvan Kamens) - SATB, piano
Y Comienzo a Bailar (E. Alexander) - soprano solo, SATB, piano
Diversity
Being Who You Are (E. Alexander & Elementary school students) - SA, piano (children's choir)
Dragon Dance (E. Alexander) - SA, piano (children's choir)
(No More) Fighting Over What We Believe (Alexander) - SAB youth choir, SATB adult choir, piano, opt. flute & 2 trumpets
Jó! (King John Sigismund II, from the Edict of Torda) - SSA
A Palette To Paint Us As We Are (Gerald Rich) - SATB, piano; also SA (women or children's choir)
Dreams
Life Is Not a Garden (E. Alexander & high school students) - SATB, piano; SSAA, piano
To Make a Prairie (Emily Dickinson) - SSA, piano (women or children's choir)
Faith and Doubt
Cherish Your Doubt (E. Alexander) - SATB, piano
Faith Is the Bird That Feels the Light (Rabindranath Tagore)- SSA (women's or children's choir)
The Journey (Evelyn Dudley) - TTBB
Freedom
Climb (Edna St. Vincent Millay) - SSATB, piano
Die Gedanken Sind Frei (15th century German protest song, arr. ) - SA, piano (children's choir)
Jó! (King John Sigismund II, from the Edict of Torda) - SSA
Reasons for the Perpetuation of Slavery (E. Alexander) - SSAA
Forgiveness and Healing
Create a Song Once More (St. Cecilia speaks to King David) (E. Alexander) - SATB
Do Not Leave Your Cares At the Door (Norman V. Naylor) - SATB a cappella, soprano solo
(No More) Fighting Over What We Believe (Alexander) - SAB youth choir, SATB adult choir, piano, opt. flute & 2 trumpets
Finally On My Way To Yes (Pesha Gertler) - SSATB, piano
Go Out! (John Murray) - SATB, piano
May This Be a Working Alleluia (Alexander) - unison children's choir, SATB, piano, opt. flute & 2 trumpets
Praise Wet Snow Falling Early (Denise Levertov) - SATB, piano
Tomorrow, God Willing (Garrison Keillor) - TTBB
When the Song of the Angels Is Stilled (Howard Thurman) - SATB; SSAA; TTBB; SATB, flute
Gratitude
Be Grateful, My Soul (Norbert Čapek) - SSSAA
I'hare (Native American Hako ceremony, adapted)- SATB, chamber orchestra
May This Be a Working Alleluia (Alexander) - unison children's choir, SATB, piano, opt. flute & 2 trumpets
We Lift Up Our Hearts (Richard M. Fewkes) - S & SATB (children's choir and adult choir)
We Remember Them (Rabbi Jack Riemer and Rabbi Sylvan Kamens) - SATB, piano
Growth
Caterpillars Crawl (E. Alexander) - SA, piano (children's choir)
Cherish Your Doubt (E. Alexander) - SATB, piano
Climb (Edna St. Vincent Millay) - SSATB, piano
The Journey (Evelyn Dudley) - TTBB
Life Is Not a Garden (E. Alexander & high school students) - SATB, piano; SSAA, piano
Songs of Youth (E. Alexander & Middle school students) - SSA, piano, opt. vibraphone (children's choir); also SAB (youth choir)
Tomorrow, God Willing (Garrison Keillor) - TTBB
Hardship
Even a Fist Was Once an Open Palm (Yehuda Amichai) - SATB
Finally On My Way To Yes (Pesha Gertler) - SSATB, piano
Folks, I'm Telling You (Langston Hughes) - SSATB, piano
The Journey (Evelyn Dudley) - TTBB
Life Is Not a Garden (E. Alexander & high school students) - SATB, piano; SSAA, piano
Love
Folks, I'm Telling You (Langston Hughes) - SSATB, piano
Glen Song (Scott Bates) - SSATB, piano
Go Out! (John Murray) - SATB, piano
Immortal Love (John Greenleaf Whittier) - SATB
Shelter This Candle (Edna St. Vincent Millay) - SATB, oboe, horn, cello, harp
when faces called flowers float out of the ground (e. e. cummings) - SATB
Music
Create a Song Once More (St. Cecilia speaks to King David) (E. Alexander) - SATB
...or a musician (Philip Dacey) - SATB, chamber orchestra
Give Me A Laundry List (and I'll Set It To Music) (Rossini) - SATB
If You Can Walk You Can Dance (If You Can Talk You Can Sing) - SAB (adult or youth choir); SSA; TBB
Those Who Wish To Sing Always Find a Song - SSA, piano (children's choir)
When the Song of the Angels Is Stilled (Howard Thurman) - SATB; SSAA; TTBB; SATB, flute
Peace
Even a Fist Was Once an Open Palm (Yehuda Amichai) - SATB
Praise Wet Snow Falling Early (Denise Levertov) - SATB, piano
Where There Is Light In the Soul (Chinese proverb) - SAB; SATB
Resurrection
Blessed Be the Flower That Triumphs (Michael de Vernon Boblett) - SATB; SATB, orchestra
Reverence
I'hare (Native American Hako ceremony, adapted)- SATB, chamber orchestra
Immortal Love (John Greenleaf Whittier) - SATB
Into the Silent Darkness (Richard S. Gilbert) - SATB, violin, piano
Look To This Day! (Kalidasa) - SATB, chimes, organ
Praise Wet Snow Falling Early (Denise Levertov) - SATB, piano
Slavery
Reasons for the Perpetuation of Slavery (E. Alexander) - SSAA
Social Justice
As We Sing of Hope and Joy (E. Alexander) - SATB
(No More) Fighting Over What We Believe (Alexander) - SAB youth choir, SATB adult choir, piano, opt. flute & 2 trumpets
May This Be a Working Alleluia (Alexander) - unison children's choir, SATB, piano, opt. flute & 2 trumpets
A Palette To Paint Us As We Are (Gerald Rich) - SATB, piano; SA, piano (women or children's choir)
Reasons for the Perpetuation of Slavery (E. Alexander) - SSAA
When the Song of the Angels Is Stilled (Howard Thurman) - SATB; SSAA; TTBB; SATB, flute
Women
I Write This Poem Out Of Darkness (George Ella Lyon) - SSA (women's choir)
They Have Freckles Everywhere (Students in Many Rivers Program) - SSAA, piano
Why I Pity the Woman Who Never Spills (Joan Wolf Prefontaine) - SSAA (women's choir)
