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
SSAA Walton Music/GIA WMJS1178 ©2016, 2019
Stars Above and Earth Below – Rob Swenson
SSAA, piano Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc. SBMP 1581 ©2019
Liftoff Cannon Chorale – Leah Abramson
SSAA, piano Cypress Choral Music CP 1662 ©2018
Caritas Abundat – Michael John Trotta
SSAA, violin and drum Carl Fischer CM9563 ©2018
Hold Fast to Dreams – Susan LaBarr
SSA, piano Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc. SBMP 1426 ©2017
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
SSA, djembe Hinshaw Music HMC2589 ©2016 and 2019
II. RECOMMENDED REPERTOIRE
How Can I Keep from Singing
Robert Lowry, Arr. Robert Hugh
SSA Boosey & Hawkes M051468591 ©1997
Amazing Grace – Francisco J. Núñez
Three-part, piano Boosey & Hawkes M051468010 ©1997
Rise UP – Jake Runestad
SSAA, piano JR0063 JR Music at Jakerunestad.com (or from JW Pepper)
Susan B. Anthony text ©2016
The Peace of Wild Things – Sean Ivory
SSAA, viola, piano GIA Publications WW1780 ©2017
Shanti (Peace) – Mark Sirrett
Buddhist mantra:
Peace, may all beings be well and happy
SSA, glockenspiel, finger cymbal, gong and drone
Boosey & Hawkes ISMN 9790051479849 ©2010
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
SSAA unaccompanied Walton Music /Div. of GIA WM1653 ©2017
Flying Solo – Philip E. Silvey
SSA, piano Carl Fisher Music CM9626 ©2020
Spes (Hope) – Mia Makaroff
SSAA Walton Music WM1777 ©2020
Threads of Joy – Tim Brent and Amanda Quist
SSAA, piano Walton Music WM1805 ©2020
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
SSAA and hand drum Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-19-35421-7 ©2018
Will the Circle Be Unbroken – Trad. Appalachian, arr. David Moore
SSAA Fresh Ayre Music FAM 1072-02 ©1988
A New Psalm (Psalm 98) – Ken Berg
SSA, sop. solo, piano E.C.S. Publishing 1.3484 ©2016
Salve Regina – Miklós Kocsár
SSAA Kodály Intezet (Order from Hungary)
Gaelic Blessing – John Rutter
SSA, piano Oxford University Press ©1998/2019
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
SSA a cappella Seafarer Press SEA-068-00 ©2002
Bye and Bye – Rollo Dilworth
SSAA, piano Hal Leonard 00325496 ©2020
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=11203717
Where There is Light in the Soul – Elizabeth Alexander
SSA a cappella Seafarer Press SEA-070-02 ©2009
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/search.jsp?keywords=elizabeth+alexander&sort=totalUnits
Cherish Your Doubt – Elizabeth Alexander
SSAA, piano Seafarer Press SEA 063-02 ©2007
Calm the Tempest of My Heart – Elizabeth Alexander
2, 3, or 4 part treble flexible voicing Seafarer Press 114-00 ©2012
Reasons for the Perpetuation of Slavery – Elizabeth Alexander
SSAA a cappella Seafarer Press SEA-091-00 ©2010
ACDA 2010 Women’s Chorus Commissioning Consortium
A Palette to Paint Us As We Are – Elizabeth Alexander
SSA, piano Seafarer Press SEA-014-02 ©2012
Will the Circle Be Unbroken – Trad. Appalachian, arr. David Moore
SSAA Fresh Ayre Music FAM 1072-02 ©1988
Bonk’ Abaphandle – Michael Barrett, Mbuso Ndlovu
SSAA, percussion Walton Music WW 1843 ©2020
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.
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://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/
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