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Choral Music ~ High School

Many of my choral works are a perfect fit for High School choirs, as well as
All-State Festivals. My choral music is emotionally powerful, fun to sing, and very well received by audiences.

I invite you to browse this page, and hope you will discover a choral piece that's just right for your high school choir! (The music on this page is also appropriate for Community choirs.)

♦  To learn more about a piece (including pricing), click on the title.

♦  Sound clips and score excerpts are located right below the title of each piece. (If you'd like a complete perusal score for any piece, please contact me.)

Also, please visit my Vimeo channel to watch all my choral music videos.

♦  Click on a category below, or simply scroll down the page to browse.

General Music — A Cappella
General Music — With Piano
Holiday Music — A Cappella
Holiday Music — With Piano

♦  Pieces that are starred (*) would be great choices for an All-State Festival.

GENERAL MUSIC — A CAPPELLA

Afton Water  (arr. of a folk song)
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* Have You Forgotten?  (orig. music ~ poem by Christina Rossetti)
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* Loch Lomond  (arr. of a folk song)
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Night  (orig. music ~ poem by William Blake)
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* Old Joe Clark  (arr. of a folk song)
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* Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?  (orig. setting of Shakespeare's sonnet)
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GENERAL MUSIC — WITH PIANO

All Through the Night  (orig. setting of the familiar Welsh text)
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* How Can I Keep from Singing?  (arr. of the song by Robert Lowry, 1869)
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My Heart Is Like a Singing Bird  (orig. music ~ poem by Christina Rossetti)
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My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose  (arr. of a folk song)
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* Psalm 121 (I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes)  (orig. setting of the psalm)
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Shenandoah  (arr. of a folk song)
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* She's Like the Swallow  (arr. of a folk song)
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* Simple Gifts ('Tis a Gift to Be Simple)  (arr. of a folk song)
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* Sleep  (orig. music ~ poem by John Fletcher, 1607)
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HOLIDAY MUSIC — A CAPPELLA

Away in a Manger  (orig. setting of the familiar words ~ for 8-part choir)
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Behold a Simple, Tender Babe  (orig. music ~ poem by Robert Southwell)
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Deck the Halls  (arr. for 8-part choir)
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Ding Dong! Merrily on High  (arr. for 8-part choir)
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Silent Night  (arr. for 8-part choir)
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HOLIDAY MUSIC — WITH PIANO

All This Night Shrill Chanticleer   (orig. music ~ poem by William Austin)
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Balulalow (Lullaby)   (orig. music ~ 16th-century poem)
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See, Amid the Winter's Snow  (orig. setting of the familiar words)
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The First Nowell  (orig. setting of the familiar words)
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Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day  (arr. of the familiar melody)
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