Texas UIL Choral Mixed Grade 3

These two a cappella settings of traditional blessings from Ireland will warm your heart. The straightforward chorale-style rendering, with its lovely harmonies, puts the focus clearly on the text, while

This fiery setting of William Blake's The Tyger is sure to be a thrilling piece for your choir! Energetic mixed meter combined with an active piano accompaniment creates exciting moments to hear

A triumphant Mozart masterwork for today's choirs! This joyful opera finale opens and closes with a boisterous choral fanfare that features a brief, expressive vocal duet in the middle. The text is in

This fresh choral work with original text and music begins with a cascading piano motif. The interplay between voices results in rich harmony, singing of the morning sky waking from nighttime slumber. Then

This lovely setting of the O'Shaughnessy text builds slowly through its whimsical melodic development. Accompanied by a beautiful piano part, the movement in the choral lines leads to a triumphant and

This setting of the well-known Elizabethan poem utilizes contemporary harmonies and a tightly knit choral fabric to exude the emotions of the text. River-themed ostinati and cascading sixteenth notes in the

Commissioned for the 2015 National Conference of the American Choral Directors Association, this work reflects on the journeys and adventures to be found in the wide open spaces within ourselves and in the

Contemporary harmonies, cool syncopations in the vocal parts, and a rhythmically supportive accompaniment grace Victor C. Johnson's high energy setting of this favorite spiritual. This work is a marvelous