Works about Courage
Title
Poet/Lyricist
Voicing/Instrumentation
Level
Being Who You Are
A lighthearted romp affirming individual differences (with a touch of Shakespeare!)
A lighthearted romp affirming individual differences (with a touch of Shakespeare!)
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SA, piano, misc. percussion
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: Michael DeVernon Boblett
- SATB a cappella
- SATB, chamber orchestra
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SA, piano
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SSA, soloist, piano, opt. bass
- SATB, soloist, piano, opt. bass
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Edna St. Vincent Millay
- SSATB, piano
Level: MA
- Vocal solo
- Vocal duet
- Flexibly voiced chorus
Level:
Poet/Lyricist: Traditional, additional lyrics by Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
- Treble voice, bass voice, piano
- Two equal voices, piano
Level: ME
Get Curious
A compelling look at how curiosity can nudge anger into something beautiful and transformative
A compelling look at how curiosity can nudge anger into something beautiful and transformative
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SSAA a cappella
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Evelyn K. Dudley
- SSAA a cappella
- SATB a cappella
- TTBB a cappella
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Ray Bradbury
- SSA, narrator, piano
- SSA, narrator, string quartet
Level: M
Kindling: Small Reflections on a Limitless Faith
An ecstatic and introspective cantata on the things that inspire, challenge and nourish our religious lives
An ecstatic and introspective cantata on the things that inspire, challenge and nourish our religious lives
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
- SATB, chamber ensemble
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SSA, piano
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Life is Not a Garden
An open-eyed and open-hearted view of this complicated world, acknowledging both disappointment and hope
An open-eyed and open-hearted view of this complicated world, acknowledging both disappointment and hope
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SSAA, piano, opt. bass
- SATB, piano, opt. bass
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB + children’s choir, piano, opt. flute and trumpets
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Dutch proverb / Elizabeth Alexander
- Vocal duet, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- Community / Congregational Song
- Medium voice, piano
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- Flexible voicing: 1-4 pt. choir
Level: E
Poet/Lyricist: Opal Palmer Adisa
- High voice, piano
Level: M
- All Instruments
Level: Various
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
- SATB, chamber ensemble
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SAB, piano, opt. vibraphone
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SSA, piano
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- Community / Congregational Song
Level: E
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB a cappella
- SATB, flute, oboe, piano
- SATB, orchestra
Level: Various
Poet/Lyricist: Teresa Schreiber Werth
- SSAA a cappella
Level: MA