Works about Unitarian Universalism
Title
Poet/Lyricist
Voicing/Instrumentation
Level
Be Grateful, My Soul
A passionate testament to life’s worth, even when facing adversity and oppression
A passionate testament to life’s worth, even when facing adversity and oppression
Poet/Lyricist: Norbert Čapek
- SSAA a cappella OR 5-part canon
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Howard Box
- SATB, piano
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: Michael DeVernon Boblett
- SATB a cappella
- SATB, chamber orchestra
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SSA, soloist, piano, opt. bass
- SATB, soloist, piano, opt. bass
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
- SATB, chamber ensemble
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Norman V. Naylor
- SATB a cappella
- TBB a cappella
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: Sophia Lyon Fahs
- SATB, piano
Level: MA
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
Go Out! (Concert-Length Work)
A poetic and feisty tribute to liberal religion and freedom of thought
A poetic and feisty tribute to liberal religion and freedom of thought
Poet/Lyricist: Centuries of Strong-Minded People
- A variety of vocal forces
Level: Various
Poet/Lyricist: Alfred S. Cole, as inspired by Rev. John Murray
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Holy One, Source of Radiance and Reason
A luminous affirmation of the unknowable holy presence found “within, among and beyond us”
A luminous affirmation of the unknowable holy presence found “within, among and beyond us”
Poet/Lyricist: Rob Eller-Isaacs
- Flexible voicing: SATB a cappella OR 2-5 part canon
Level: ME
In the Lonely Midnight
A Christmas carol bearing both mourning and hope, with a lyric written on the eve of World War I
A Christmas carol bearing both mourning and hope, with a lyric written on the eve of World War I
Poet/Lyricist: Theodore Chickering Williams
- SATB, piano
- SATB, orchestra
Level: ME
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
A beloved Polish carol with two different arrangements: “Soulful Close Harmony” and “Classical Chorale”
A beloved Polish carol with two different arrangements: “Soulful Close Harmony” and “Classical Chorale”
Poet/Lyricist: Traditional, additional lyrics by Elizabeth Alexander
- SSA a cappella
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
Poet/Lyricist: Edict of Torda / King John Sigismund III
- Vocal trio a cappella
- SSA a cappella
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: Tony Larsen, additional lyrics by Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB + children’s choir, piano, opt. flute and trumpets
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: Rob Eller-Isaacs & Bill Neely
- SATB a cappella
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: Joyce Poley
- SATB, spoken voices, piano
Level: MA
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
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
- SATB, chamber ensemble
Level: M
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
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
- SATB, chamber ensemble
Level: MA
Spirit of Life (McDade, arr. Alexander)
A still, small instrumental arrangement of Carolyn McDade’s beloved song
A still, small instrumental arrangement of Carolyn McDade’s beloved song
- Piano solo
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
- SATB, chamber ensemble
Level: MA
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
- Low voice, piano
- Medium / high voice, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB a cappella
- SATB, flute, oboe, piano
- SATB, orchestra
Level: Various
We Lift Up Our Hearts
An intergenerational song of thanksgiving appropriate for religious or secular occasions
An intergenerational song of thanksgiving appropriate for religious or secular occasions
Poet/Lyricist: Richard Fewkes
- SATB + children’s choir, piano
Level: E
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