Here is a compilation of responses about children's choral
masterworks.
Several composers also responded promoting their own music,
but I didn't include those here.

Canadian composer Imant Raminsh has several multi-movement
works for
children with orchestra, many published by Boosey & Hawkes.
Start with Songs
of the Lights and explore from there. The Canadian Music
Centre lends
reference copies of many of his works. And my choir has
recorded many, as
well, including Songs of the Lights (but with women's
voices).

We publish a major work by John Biggs that has a substantial
part for children's
choir and hand bells, albeit the entire piece is not for
children's group alone. But
I thought you should know about it anyway. It's called THE
WEB OF LIFE. You may see
it listed here: http://consortpress.com/Larger.html

The obvious favorite: Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols
Also noteworthy: Imant Raminsh's Songs of the Lights
Gregg Smith has written a substantial number of excellent
large works for children's chorus w/orchestra. He can be
reached at .

Also of interest may be a brand new work for children, S
solo & orchestra to be premiered in Philadelphia on April 26
entitled *The Long Bright* by Andrea Clearfield,
commissioned for a fundraiser for breast cancer research. .
.


A few other works suggested were the following:

Galuppi's Dixit Dominus for SSAA - 3 movments
Haydn (Michael) - Dixit Dominus for SSA - 3 movements
Mathias, William - Salvator Mundi - a sequence of 7
Christmas Carols in SSA
Rutter, John - Dancing Day - A cycle of traditional
Christmas Carols in SSA
Vivaldi - Gloria - SSA edition


Jennifer Screen
jlscreen(a)loyno.edu