Works about Joy
Title
Poet/Lyricist
Voicing/Instrumentation
Level
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SSAA, piano
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Zimbabwean proverb
- SAB, piano, claves
- SSA, piano, claves
- TBB, piano, claves
- SATB, piano, claves
Level: ME
Into the Silent Darkness
A searching mediation on facing life’s wild, primeval mysteries with fear, faith and alleluias.
A searching mediation on facing life’s wild, primeval mysteries with fear, faith and alleluias.
Poet/Lyricist: Richard S. Gilbert
- SATB, violin, piano
Level: MA
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: Wendell Berry
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Kalidasa
- SATB, organ, orchestral chimes
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Tony Larsen, additional lyrics by Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Hildegard of Bingen
- SATB a cappella
- SSAA a cappella
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Lyon, Ignatow, Moore, Ammons, Erdrich, White, Hafiz / Ladinsky
- Voice, cello, piano
Level: Various
Nature Creature (musical score)
A passionate, eclectic song cycle on the beauty and complexity of being alive
A passionate, eclectic song cycle on the beauty and complexity of being alive
Poet/Lyricist: Lyon, Ignatow, Moore, Ammons, Erdrich, White, Hafiz / Ladinsky
- Low voice, piano, opt. cello
Level: MA
- Piano, 4 hands
Level: M
- All Instruments
Level: Various
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- Low voice, piano
Level: M
Only a Couple Fishes
An animated retelling of the “loaves and fishes” story, with generosity at its core
An animated retelling of the “loaves and fishes” story, with generosity at its core
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SA, piano
Level: ME
Pure Light beyond Light
Ancient and modern invocations of the Holy filled with reverence, mystery and illumination
Ancient and modern invocations of the Holy filled with reverence, mystery and illumination
Poet/Lyricist: Mozarabic prayer, Hildegard von Bingen, Rob Eller-Isaacs
- SATB a cappella
Level: M
Same Birds
A sassy frolic about deep listening, the cry of existence, and a congregation of rowdy birds
A sassy frolic about deep listening, the cry of existence, and a congregation of rowdy birds
Poet/Lyricist: David Allan Evans
- SATB a cappella
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Gregory Orr
- SATB, piano, string quartet or string orchestra
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
- SATB, chamber ensemble
Level: MA
Song of the Five Thousand
A canonic table grace with abundance, gratitude and generosity at its core
A canonic table grace with abundance, gratitude and generosity at its core
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- Flexible choral voicing
- Community / Congregational Song
Level: E
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
- SATB, chamber ensemble
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SSA, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, chamber ensemble
- SATB, piano
- Community / Congregational Song
Level: E
Poet/Lyricist: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Low voice, piano
- Medium voice, piano
- High voice, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SSAA, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Swedish proverb
- SSA, oboe, piano
Level: M
- Orchestra
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Traditional
- Flexible voicing: 1-4 pt. choir
Level: ME
We Need Each Other
A down-to-earth celebration of our essential interdependence, well-suited for processionals or recessionals
A down-to-earth celebration of our essential interdependence, well-suited for processionals or recessionals
Poet/Lyricist: Susan Gittler, adapted
- SATB, djembe or low drum
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: Rabbis Sylvan Kamens / Jack Riemer
- SATB, piano
Level: M