Women’s Choirs

SUGGESTED RESOURCES – WOMEN’S CHOIRS/SSAA CHOIRS

Prepared by Barbara Tagg, July 2020

I. Repertoire List ACDA 2020 Southern Region Convention Reading Packet

II. Recommended Repertoire

III. Books

IV. Web Resources

I. REPERTOIRE LIST FROM ACDA 2020 SOUTHERN REGION CONVENTION READING PACKET

Izar ederrak – Josu Elberdin

Stars Above and Earth Below – Rob Swenson

Liftoff Cannon Chorale – Leah Abramson

Caritas Abundat – Michael John Trotta

Hold Fast to Dreams – Susan LaBarr

The Waiting Sky – Oliver Tarney

SSAA

https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/search.jsp?keywords=the+waiting+sky%2C+tarney

In Meeting We are Blessed – Troy Robertson

II. RECOMMENDED REPERTOIRE

How Can I Keep from Singing

Robert Lowry, Arr. Robert Hugh

Amazing Grace – Francisco J. Núñez

Rise UP – Jake Runestad

SSAA, piano JR0063 JR Music at Jakerunestad.com (or from JW Pepper)

The Peace of Wild Things – Sean Ivory

Shanti (Peace) – Mark Sirrett

Buddhist mantra:

Peace, may all beings be well and happy

SSA, glockenspiel, finger cymbal, gong and drone

I hope you’re doing well — Dale Trumbore

Aleatoric piece on zoom See link:

https://www.daletrumbore.com/copy-of-a-way-to-be-with-you
A Way to Be With You – Dale Trumbore

Aleatoric, flexible voicing

daletrumbore.com/a-way-to-be-with-you

Ave Generosa – Ola Gjielo

Flying Solo – Philip E. Silvey

Spes (Hope) – Mia Makaroff

Threads of Joy – Tim Brent and Amanda Quist

Hate Has No Home Here — Andrea Ramsey

SSA, piano Andrearamsey.com

https://musicspoke.com/downloads/hate-has-no-home-here/

As You Sing (from Nine Secular Works for Upper Voices) – Sarah Quartel

Will the Circle Be Unbroken – Trad. Appalachian, arr. David Moore

A New Psalm (Psalm 98) – Ken Berg

Salve Regina – Miklós Kocsár

SSAA Kodály Intezet (Order from Hungary)

Gaelic Blessing – John Rutter

One Voice – Ruth Moody

SSA, piano Score: https://www.ruthmoody.com/store/one-voice-sheet-music/

Faith is the Bird that Feels the Light – Elizabeth Alexander

Bye and Bye – Rollo Dilworth

https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=11203717

Where There is Light in the Soul – Elizabeth Alexander

https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/search.jsp?keywords=elizabeth+alexander&sort=totalUnits

Cherish Your Doubt – Elizabeth Alexander

Calm the Tempest of My Heart – Elizabeth Alexander

Reasons for the Perpetuation of Slavery – Elizabeth Alexander

ACDA 2010 Women’s Chorus Commissioning Consortium

A Palette to Paint Us As We Are – Elizabeth Alexander

Will the Circle Be Unbroken – Trad. Appalachian, arr. David Moore

Bonk’ Abaphandle – Michael Barrett, Mbuso Ndlovu

III. BOOKS

TOPIC: WOMEN CONDUCTORS AND WOMEN’S CHOIRS

Burns, Kristine H., ed. Women and Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia.

Vol. I, A-K; Vol. II, L-Z. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.

Conlon, Joan Catoni. Women, Wit, and Will: Women Choral Conductors On Their Art.

Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc., 2009.

Spurgeon, Deborah, Ed. Conducting Women’s Choirs: Strategies for Success. Chicago:

GIA Publications Inc., 2012.

Tagg, Barbara M. Before the Singing: Structuring Children’s Choirs for Success. New York:

Oxford University Press, 2013.

Includes an extensive treble choir repertoire list.

TOPIC: AN ECLECTIC LIST FOR KNOWLEDGE AND INSPIRATION

Bernstein, Leonard. The Infinite Variety of Music. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966.

Cameron, Julia. The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. New York: G. P.

Putnam’s Sons, 1992.

Ehly, Eph. Hogey’s Journey: A Memoir by Eph Ehly. Dayton, Ohio: Heritage Music

Press, 2006.

Fowler, Charles, ed. Conscience of a Profession: Howard Swan, Choral Director and Teacher. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Hinshaw Music, Inc., 1987.

Glenn, Carole. In Question of Answers: Interviews with American Choral Conductors. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Hinshaw Music, Inc., 1991.

Johnson, Spencer. Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Life. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1998.

LaBarr, Cameron and Wykoff, John. The Melodic Voice: Conversations with Alice

Parker. Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc., 2019.

Noble, Weston. Creating the Special World: A Collection of Lectures. Ed. by Steven M. Demorest. Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc., 2005.

Parker, Alice. The Anatomy of a Melody: Exploring the Single Line of Song. Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc., 2006.

Parker, Alice. The Answering Voice: The Beginnings of Counterpoint. GIA Publications, Inc., 2014.

Parker, Alice. The Gift of Song. GIA Publications, Inc., 2020.

Rao, Doreen. Circle of Sound, Voice Education: A Contemplative Approach to Singing Through Meditation, Movement, and Vocalization. New York: Boosey & Hawkes, 2005.

Schiller, Sherry. Hum: Using Connective Change to Lead Your Organization to Greater

Purpose and Harmony. Schiller Center for Connective Change,

www.schillercenter.org, 2013.

Mussulman, Joseph A. Dear People . . . Robert Shaw, A Biography. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1979.

Suesse, Gwen. Womansong. Santa Barbara, CA: Sea-Hill Press, 2010.

www.womansong.com

IV. WEB RESOURCES

https://acda.org/repertoire/womens-ssaa-choir-repertoire/

http://melodiawomenschoir.org/the-choir/works-by-women-composers/

https://loreleiensemble.com/programs

https://electra.ca/repertoire

https://pwchorus.org/repertoire/compositions/

http://cuchorus.com/repertoire

https://www.carus-verlag.com/en/choir/choral-music-by-scoring/equal-voices/women-schoir/

https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:For_female_chorus

http://earthsongschoralmusic.com/

https://www.giamusic.com/store/search?elSearchTerm=&elCatalog=wm&elComposer=null&elVoicingWalton%5B%5D=wc

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