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SSA or SSAA: Best women's choir musicDear Listers, Thank you ever so much for sharing your knowledge with me. As promised, here's the compilation of responses. I look forward to working with you in the future, Franklin Gallo Shepherd College franklingallo(a)hotmail.com Contemporary Music Sites Wallace De Pue - http://mustec.bgsu.edu/~wallace Consort Press: WHEN LOVE IS KIND, GLORIA, LOVE SONGS IN THE ROUND by John Biggs - http://consortpress.com/Equal.html Paul Ayres (tel) +020 8632 1854 paulayres(a)clara.net - www.paulayres.co.uk Red Castle Publishing - http://www.redcastlepublishing.com/index.html David Moore - home.earthlink.net/~moorhardi Gene Scheer www.genescheer.com Wayland Rogers - www.waylandrogers.com Ben Allaway www.benallaway.com Treble Clef Press (Mary Lycan editor) Santa Barbara Music Publishing - http://www.sbmp.com Compovista - www.compovista.com (German site) Libby Larsen Gwyneth Walker Paul Carey Oxford Press - www.oup-usa.org Alliance Press Colla Voce Earthsongs Roger Dean (Janet Galvan series) Boosey and Hawkes Repertoire Lists Vox Femina Los Angeles - http://www.voxfeminala.org/repertoire.htm Choralnet - http://www.choralnet.org/music/lists.shtml Carleton College (multicultural) - http://choral.carleton.edu/multicultural/ ACDA - http://acdaonline.org/R&S/womens//projects.shtml University of Kentucky at Lexington Vox Caelestis, (www.voxc.org) Peninsula Women' Choir in the SF bay area. Internet Library (audio) - http://www.backflip.com/members/wprante/12047532/linkspp0 World Choral Symposium - http://music.mpr.org/features/0208_worldchoral/rafiles/america_fest/004_americafest.ram Eastern Catholic/Eastern Orthodox tradition for women's voices - (Prof.) J. Michael Thompson Byzantine Catholic Seminary (office) 412-321-8199 (fax) 412-321-8998 Suggested Repertoire Holst, Gustav - Hymns from the Rig Veda Scheer, Gene American Anthem Elgar - The Snow (Novello) 2 vln obbligato Caccini, Francesca - Aure Volante 3 flutes or recorders Powell, Rosephanye - Ascribe to the Lord (new ssaa arrangement) Paul Pa Haugen arr. Bradley Ellingboe Kjos (in Norwegian, good IPA pron. guide) Childs, David - She Walks in Beauty (Santa Barbara) Walker, Gwyneth I will be earth, Love is a Rain of Diamonds from 6 songs for Women's chorus ECS. (all 6 are great) Walter, Lana - Ubi Caritas Treble Clef (get on this mailing list! Mary Lycan is the editor, all of the stuff is great on this press) Ernani Aguiar - Salmo 150 earthsongs Diu Diu Dang A earthsongs (charming and fun, onomonapaeic train song... in Taiwanese) Olsson, Milton - Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes, NMP-318 Olsson, Milton - Break of Day, NMP-308 Poulenc rep for women (Litanies a la Vierge Noire, Ave Verum and Petites Voix) M. Haydn Masses for treble voices Rheinberger treble mass and Laudate Dominum Brahms Psalm (opus 27) Britten Ceremony of Carols Britten Missa Brevis John Rutter's Angel's Carol (SA) or Candlelight Carol (SSAA) Mark Hayes' Silent Night (SSAA) brand new this year Linda Spevacek's "America the Beautiful" Jessye's Carol (don't remember this composer--it's also known as This Christmastide) Mark Hayes' Go Down Moses Johnny Aroo' arranged by Ron Jeffers. Michael Haydn: Laudate Pueri (SSA, strings), Hinshaw Music, HMC-1836 Giacomo Puccini: Te Deum a 3 (SSA, strings),Hinshaw Music, HMB-236 Carl Czerny: Exite Sion Filiae (SSAA a cappella), Treble Clef Music Press, TC-145 Johann Adolf Hasse: Benigne Fac Domine (SSAA, strings),Roger Dean Publisher, 15/1820R Ben Allaway - The Paint Box (Hinshaw), The Dream Tree (Warner Bros.), Freedom Come (Santa Barbara), Sahayta (Mark Foster), These Wings Are My Eyes (Thresholds Music Press) Mendelssohn- Lift Thine Eyes Holst Ave Maria (8 parts, but very rewarding if you have lots of independent singers) Ethan Nash - Mass for Women's Choir (yet to be premiered), as well as a Laudate Dominum, Jubilate Deo, A Red Red Rose, O Captain, My Captain, Psalm 143, and Tyger, Tyger. Lift The Wings, SSAA, by Bill Whelan, pub. Shawnee, #B0586 Away From the Roll of the Sea, SSA, by MacGillivray/Loomer, pub. Intrada #CP1001 Fy Upon You, Fy! SSA by Tom Fettke, pub. Gentry, #JG0289 Wood River SSAA Zwozdesky Rhythmic Trident RTCP-004 Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day by John Rutter Old Grandma, SSAA, by Alice Parker, pub. Treble Cleff Music TC-117 Punching the Dough, SSAA, by Alice Parker, pub. Treble Cleff Music TC-119 Log Drivers Waltz SSAA Hemsworth/Small Cypress Pub. CP1030 For the Beauty of the Earth, SA, by John Rutter Cantique de Jean Racine, SSAA, by Faure/arr. Rutter J'Entends Le Moulin, SS, by Donald Patriquin, pub. Earthsongs #W-10 We Hasten With Eagering, Yet Faltering Footsteps, SA, J.S. Bach Oh, Had I Jubal's Lyre, SSA, arr. Robert Gibb, pub. Gentry #JG-3001 In Time of Silver Rain, SSA, by audrey Snyder, pub. Hal Leonard #08703110 Two Handel Classics, 2-part, arr. Dave & jean Perry, pub. Shawnee #E0320 A Girl's Garden, SSA, by Randall Thompson Yo Le Canto Todo El Dia, SA by David Brunner Adiemus SSA K. Jenkins Boosey M060104732 Aure Volante SSA Caccini Broude MW1 Four Spanish Lullabies 2-pt F. Nunez Boosey M051472086 Akakomborerwa 4-part Kesselman Boosey M051469352 Vivaldi for Treble Voices Galvan Roger Dean 15/1474R The Lark In the Clear Air 2-part R. Fleming Warner VG-229 Gaudete! SSAA Cantiones/M. Neam Banks ECS 274 Tutu Maramba SSA Erb Lawson Gould A Rainy Day," - Greg Bartholomew - http://members.aol.com/GBartWeb Timothy Luby's Song: When I am Dead (Treble Clef Press) Libby Larson www.libbylarson.com THE BALLERINA AND THE CLOWN - SSA chorus and harp; Sally Gall, texts; 2002 (LL) CANTICLE OF MARY - SSA, four hand piano, plus orchestra version - Magnificat, Gregorian Hymnal, text; 1994 (OUP) CANTICLE OF THE SUN - high voices, finger cymbals, synthesizer, organ - St. Francis of Assisi, text; 1987 (ECS) DAY SONG - SSA chorus, a cappella, text, N.F.S. Grundtvig, adapted by L.L.; 1999 (OUP) I JUST LIGHTNING - SSAA, percussion; Maria Sabina, text; 1994 (LL) JACK'S VALENTINE - SSAA, a cappella; Aldeen Humphreys, text; 2000 (LL) REFUGE - SSAA a cappella; Sara Teasdale, text; 1988 (ECS) RING THE BELLS - SSA (children's) chorus and piano; 1998 (OUP) STEPPING WESTWARD - SSA, handbells, oboe, marimba - Denise Levertov, text; 1998 (ECS) TODAY, THIS SPRING - SA, piano, 3 songs; Emily Dickinson, Jan Kimes, texts; 1995 (OUP) TODAY, THIS SPRING SHE PIPED FOR US IF I CAN STOP ONE HEART FROM BREAKING TOUCH THE AIR SOFTLY - SSAA, a cappella, William Jay Smith, text; 2000 (LL) THE WITCHES' TRIO - SSAA, a cappella, William Shakespeare, text; 2000 (LL) Gwyneth Walker Gwynethwalker.com Hebrides Lullaby (1996) (3'45") #5263 (SSA) Traditional text How Can I Keep From Singing? (1999) (3'30") #5655 (SSA, Piano) Traditional text (Quaker Hymn) I Thank You God (1998) (4') #5331 (SSA, Piano) Let Evening Come (2001) (3'30") #5946 (SSA, Piano)Text by Jane Kenyon Lords Prayer, The (from Bethesda Evensong) (1988) #4479 (SSA, Organ) Text from the Bible (The Lord's Prayer) Magnificat (from Bethesda Evensong) (1988) #4477 (SSAA, Solo Mezzo-soprano, Organ) Traditional text My Love Walks in Velvet (1978, 1999) (4'30") #5663 (SSA, Piano)Text by Gwyneth Walker Now I Become Myself (1999) (4') #5409 (SSA, Piano)Text by May Sarton Silver Apples of the Moon, The (1986) (2'45") #4313 (SSA, Piano)Text by William Butler Yeats Songs for Womens Voice: No. 1 Women Should Be Pedestals (1993) (2'15") #5020 (SSA, Piano) Songs for Womens Voices: No. 2 Mornings Innocent (1993) (2'30") #5021 (SSAA, Piano) Songs for Women's Voices: No. 3 - The Name is Changeless (1993) (1'15") #5022 (SSA) Songs for Women's Voices: No. 4 - Love is a Rain of Diamonds (1993) (2'45") #5023 (SSA, Piano) Songs for Women's Voices: No. 5 - In Autumn (1993) (3'20") #5024 (SSA, S & A Soli, Piano) Songs for Women's Voices: No. 6 - I Will Be Earth (1993) (2'30") #5025 (SSA, Piano) Texts by May Swenson The Spirit of Women: 1. So Many Angels! (2000) #6184 (3'40") (SSA) The Spirit of Women: 2. Walk That Valley (2002) #6185 (3'15") (SSAA) The Spirit of Women: 3. Never Sit Down! (2002) #6186 (3'45") (SSAA) Traditional texts Rene Clausen Reneclausen.com 8MF0926 All That Has Life And Breath SSAA 8MF0920 Laudamus Te SSA 8MF0917 Psalm 100 SSA 8MF0925 Set Me As A Seal SSAA Eric Whitacre www.ericwhitacre.com Five Hebrew Love Songs SA (Strings) or SA (Violin/Piano) She Weeps Over Rahoon SSA (Piano/English Horn) Earthsongs Earthsongsmus.com Carrillo, Cesar Ave Maria SSAA (Latin) Jansons, Andrejs balts sniedzins snieg SSAA, sleighbells (Latvian) (riding to church on xmas eve) Paranjoti, Victor Dravidian dithyramb SSAA (Indian) (hymn of praise) Anonymous Hodie Christus Natus Est - Unison Chant Arr. Ron Jeffers The Holly and the Ivy SSA Ron Jeffers I Have Had Singing SSAA Ron Jeffers Indian Singing SSAA Haydn, Michael Jubilate Deo Canon in 5 (Latin) Anonymous Legends of St. Nicholas (Chant/2-4 Polyphony) Arr. Estevez, Antonio Mata Del Anima Sola (SSAA) Franklin Gallo Shepherd College franklingallo(a)hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pageþatures/virus
on October 9, 2006 10:00pm
I have written an a cappella SSA piece called "O Son of Spirit" that was published last year by Allan Petker's Pavane Publishing. It's my favorite of all my choral pieces and is extremely accessible yet modern and challenging. You can hear it now at http://cdbaby.com/cd/matthewlevine It is entitled Hidden Word #2 and was retitled O Son of Spirit after the recording and before it was published. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at matthew@anthemfortheworld.com Cheers, Matthew Levine
on April 7, 2007 10:00pm
Gerard Manly Hopkins poem:"no worst, there is none, pitched past pitch of grief...each day dies with sleep." was published in a profound 1940 setting for ssaaaa by the founder of The Renaissance Chorus, Harold Brown[1909-1979], by The Arrow Press,originally as "Choral Setting #1", later available from Boosey-Hawkes, currently available from The Renaissance Chorus Association, apt B61, 116 Pinehurst Ave, New York, NY,10033 This setting , formerly Sung by The Renaissance Chorus Of New York, and The Canby Singers, is for an expert group capable of singing without vibrato, but capable of intense dramatic contrast. It is suitable for memorial occasions. Signund Irwin Rosen
on May 11, 2008 10:00pm
Please use our repertoire list at http://grwc.org/repertoire.php (Grand Rapids Women's Chorus)
on April 30, 2012 8:10pm
Hi Franklin,
If you want something a bit more light-hearted, try my Song of Perfect Propriety, published by earthsongs, for SSA and piano. You can hear it on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B72vLT_Vq0 by Cornell University Chorus, the group for whom it was written
Good luck with your new venture!
All best,
Carol Barnett
on August 6, 2012 9:37pm
I wrote a piece in 2001, published by Shawnee, entitled "There Is A Season" for SSAA & C instrument (originally meant for Oboe, but have heard English Horn and Flute). You need some altos and the ability to be fluid. Good ol' dependable Ecclesiastes text with a little tweaking here and there. Nice soprano solo in the beginning that lends itself to a more childlike voice rather than a mature sound.
It's a somber piece, but rich and colorful. I wrote it in memory of my daughter, Melody Claire.
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By Emma Lou Diemer: O Viridissima for SSAA, acc. optional, published by Hildegard Pub. Co.
By Emma Lou Diemer: Four Carols for SSA, a cappella. Still available after alll these years from Presser.