Antiphonal Hosanna by G. Allen Smith; arr. by Jack Schrader
For two equal voices; View Score
Clinton Hardy Recommendation: This is a great piece for either 6th grade choirs or beginning treble choirs at the middle school/junior high level. I love this piece in the fall. It helps teach basic rhythms and melodic passages. This is GREAT for introducing solfege to a choir. You can also pull this back out in the spring if you need another piece for a contest/adjudicated festival.
Children, Go Where I Send Thee by Traditional African American Spiritual; arr. by Kevin Phillip Johnson; Rap by Ayana Davis
SSA Voices and Solo Soprano with Piano and Percussion and Optional Rapper and Bass Guitar; View Score
Erin Plisco Recommendation: An exciting new arrangement of a beloved spiritual featuring optional rap solo.
Frozen In by Dale Trumbore
SSA Chorus, Violin & Piano; View Score
Matt Hill Recommendation: A lovely ‘winter’ text about a walk between close friends, and nothing at all to do with any holiday. Feature your treble singers and a violinist in this ‘story’ piece that your singers and audiences will cherish.
In paradisum by Marten Jansson
SSAA; View Score (limited info)
Erin Plisco Recommendation: A beautiful and accessible setting of the traditional latin text for three part unaccompanied treble voices.
Itken pois by Anna-Mari Kähärä
SSA + solo group; View Score
Erin Plisco Recommendation: A newly published work by Finnish composer Anna-Mari Kähärä – accessible and exciting!
Kidsong by Stephen E. Caldwell
SSA; View Score
Joy Hirokawa Recommendation: Very fun children’s songs combined with a twist!
Light, My Light by Scott AuCoin
SSAA; View Score
Amanda Quist Recommendation: Amazing text, well written for treble voices with piano. A great opener or closer.
Music of Life by B.E. Boykin
SSA; View Score
Gretchen Harrison Recommendation: Beautiful poetry and lyrical lines are partnered with a dynamic piano accompaniment creating a beautiful duet between the choir and the accompanist. This piece is also featured in Marques Garrett’s book The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers.
No Time arr. by Susan Brumfield
SSAA; View Score
Nathan Dame Recommendation: Beautiful and meaningful!
Sing to Me by Andrea Ramsey
SA; View Score
Clinton Hardy Recommendation: I love this two part (SA) arrangement of “Sing to Me.” This is a piece that is geared towards an upper level treble choir who may not have a ton of singers in the group. I’ve had years when I needed to do SA pieces instead of SSA because of size, and this piece resonated really well with my students. There are so many moments and opportunities for musicality. The expressive singing that can be brought out through the musical line and text is incredible. I love the way Ramsey wrote this piece, and I think you will, too.
The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson
SSA; View Score
Rob Dietz Recommendation: A great intro to contemporary a cappella singing for SSAA ensembles of any size.
We Are Held by Susan LaBarr & Jim Wilson; Text by Robert Bode
SSA; View Score
Erin Plisco Recommendation: A new SSA transcription of a beautiful and comforting work with text by Robert Bode. Appropriate for many occasions.
Where the Light Begins by Susan LaBarr; Text by Jan Richardson
SSA; View Score
Clinton Hardy Recommendation: This piece is challenging for middle school-junior high choirs, however, it can be done! The message of this piece is so powerful. It was commissioned by Henry MS at National ACDA in 2019. The text is beautiful, and I think this piece offers you an opportunity to ask your students to be vulnerable in diving into what the piece means to them. I loved teaching this piece. It has some tricks in it where the harmonic line changes ever so slightly, however, you can teach the patterns and it is easy for them to get. This is definitely a piece you can start in the early-mid fall and perform it at winter, but it can also be a great challenge for contest!
