No. 3 in the three movement work Nativity Suite (each movement published separately), in this setting of the traditional 16th century poem, the instruments express the sentiment that animates the choir's words in ways that voices are incapable of doing. The repeated alleluias at the close of each verse are resounding exclamations of joy, with harmonies made up of as many as eleven voice parts.

Composer: Dale Warland

No. 3 in the three movement work Nativity Suite (each movement published separately), in this setting of the traditional 16th century poem, the instruments express the sentiment that animates the choir's words in ways that voices are incapable of doing. The repeated alleluias at the close of each verse are resounding exclamations of joy, with harmonies made up of as many as eleven voice parts.

Arranger: Dale Warland | Composer: Dale Warland

The lovely English folk carol in a warm setting for mixed choir and harp. Includes Harp Part and alternate Guitar Part. Performance Time: Approx. 2:25

Arranger: Dale Warland

Commissioned to honor a marriage celebration, this text by the early 20th-century poet, Amy Lowell, speaks to love and commitment. But the title is enigmatic (no sprigs of resemary are mentioned in the poem itself) until one discovers that in addition to its well-known properties as a plant and herb, Rosemary is a traditional symbol of remembrance and constancy; so the author made a knowing and perfect choice for the title. In setting this text, the composer creates a harmonic richness which would complement and reflect the soft richness of Lowell's words of recalling and caring. Duration: ca. 2:40

Composer: Jeffrey Van

This sturdy arrangement is based on a spiritual folk song that appeared in a number of American hymnals beginning in the mid 19th century. Angels Hovering Round appears in The Revivalist hymnal of 1868 and in The Sacred Harp as Golden Streets. This setting combines the first verse of the revival song and the two verses of Golden Streets in homage to the revival and shape note traditions.

Composer: Kevin Siegfried

Written as a companion piece to the 40 voice Renaissance motet by Thomas Tallis Spem in Alium, this music is spatial and conceived with reverberant acoustics in mind. Each of the three choirs is made up of different voicings including a women's choir, a men's choir and an SATB choir. The soprano solo is Hildegard the mystic praying.

Composer: Nancy Wertsch

Hollywood composer, arranger and Raymond Brock-commissioned composer J.A.C. Redford has become known in all medium for his ability to convey strong emotions in his music. This is especially true in this new work. Wide dynamic contrasts, big ranges and a pulsating rhythm create a powerful new work for advanced choirs.

Composer: J.A.C. Redford

After an opening that evokes a confused and troubled world, this work bursts into a sweeping attempt to drive the world's coldness away in favor of love. Flute part included. Duration: Approx. 3:00 Concert recording (p) 2003 Minnesota Public Radio. Used with permission of Minnesota Public Radio and the University of Cincinnati.

Composer: Abbie Betinis

With a beautiful new piano accompaniment created for those without a classical guitar player, this original composition for the Dale Warland Singers is perfect for accomplished choirs. With sensitive determination, choirs will create a magical atmosphere with this choral gem.

Composer: Jeffrey Van | Performed By: Dale Warland Singers

With homage to Bruckner and Messiaen, the gentle phrases and rich harmonies of this contemporary Latin setting will resonate throughout your performance space. Sleep, Jesus. Thy mother smiles when she sees such gentle slumber. Sleep Jesus, gently. Duration: ca. 4:40.

Composer: Abbie Betinis

An elegant setting of a poem by Robert Bly, this work evokes the image of water in all its forms through vocal word-painting. Recorded by the Dale Warland Singers, Dale Warland, Conductor, courtesy Minnesota Public Radio. Performance Time: Approx. 6:00

Composer: Steve Heitzeg | Performed By: Dale Warland Singers

Here is a text by contemporary American poet Jenna Lanzaro that sparkles with energy. It demands the same from the music and the music delivers. The opening motive is a cell that germinates into an overwhelming force. The haunting harmonies and melodies gradually unfold into a complex cacophonous climax and conclude with that opening material from which the piece is generated.

Composer: Matthew Recio

California composer Dale Trumbore is quickly becoming one of America's leading young composers. Commissioned by Brandon Elliott and the Choral Arts Initiative, the music begins softly, with soft and energetic excitement and ends serenely following the powerful statement I am the instrument of God as the choir whispers I am music.

Composer: Dale Trumbore

This favorite Shaker song from the mid-1800s in an invigorating arrangement by Kevin Siegfried is a wonderful concert opener or sacred anthem with themes of love, peace and personal righteousness.

Composer: Kevin Siegfried

The sensation of a young child, laying on their back and watching the snow gently fall is captured beautifully in this new piece by Dale Trumbore. Commissioned by Robert Bode and Choral Arts Northwest, this is a wonderfully sensitive and delicate composition for advanced choir.

Composer: Dale Trumbore

Poet and Iraqi war veteran Brian Turner writes moving accounts of the war that are vivid and powerful. Composer Shawn Crouch uses Turner's visceral images of the war but emphasizes the lyrical qualities and changing colors of the poem to create long musical lines. Here, in Lullaby, a father seeks ways to comfort his child and himself as the sounds of war ring out all around them.

Composer: Shawn Crouch

Belgian composer Rudi Tas has created this haunting setting of the ancient Miserere text. The solo cello rises out of the vocal cluster and the music gradually becomes more intense as the voices plead for mercy. Finally, it ends as it began, with a haunting vocal cluster giving way to the solo cello on a high E. With cello. Duration: Approx. 8:10. Recorded by the Dale Warland Singers. Concert recording (p) 2003 Minnesota Public Radio. Used with permission of Minnesota Public Radio and the University of Cincinnati.

Composer: Rudi Tas | Performed By: Dale Warland Singers

Movement no. 2 from Nativity Suite, the opening sounds of the instruments and voices in this setting of one of the most widely known of the Latin texts appropriate for Christmas are meant to conjure an air of mystery. The initial tone clusters, approached by layering the voice parts, suggest intimacy and the veiled quality suited to this traditional liturgical text. Other movements include: Welcome All Wonders (50600071), A Boy Was Born (50600073). Flute and Harp Parts available separately for the full suite (50600165).

Composer: Dale Warland

Movement no. 2 from Nativity Suite, the opening sounds of the instruments and voices in this setting of one of the most widely known of the Latin texts appropriate for Christmas are meant to conjure an air of mystery. The initial tone clusters, approached by layering the voice parts, suggest intimacy and the veiled quality suited to this traditional liturgical text. Other movements include: Welcome All Wonders (50600071), A Boy Was Born (50600073). Flute and Harp Parts available separately for the full suite (50600165).

Arranger: Dale Warland | Composer: Dale Warland

This work is dedicated to the memory of the legendary choral director Paul Salamunovich and his favorite musical genre of Gregorian chant. The composer has written an original chant in the Gregorian style with undulating musical phrases shaped in the ancient style but with contemporary harmonic structures, creating both a familiar and yet unsettling new requiem.

Composer: Matthew Culloton

Eric William Barnum is a fresh voice among composers. This expressive and lightly dissonant work for mixed chorus and semi chorus takes its text from a poem by Oscar Wilde. Duration: Approx. 6:00

Composer: Eric William Barnum

One of the great treasures of American folk music, this Shaker melody receives a refreshing treatment in this Dale Warland setting. With harp. Includes parts for Flute, Harp and Guitar. Performance Time: Approx. 2:10

Arranger: Dale Warland

Stars and all things related to the night are prominent themes in much of Sara Teasdale's poetry. The composer captures this unending excitement and wonder that the poet holds for stars in this beautiful and lush composition.

Composer: Dale Warland

Stars and all things related to the night are prominent themes in much of Sara Teasdale's poetry. The composer captures this unending excitement and wonder that the poet holds for stars in this beautiful and lush composition.

Arranger: Dale Warland | Composer: Dale Warland

Winner of the 2007 VocalEssence Carol Competition, this flowing setting of a 16th century anonymous text features the shimmering sounds of a celesta as it echoes and comments upon the vocal phrases, creating a magical and mysterious atmosphere. It may also be performed with piano or other keyboard instrument. Duration: ca. 3:55.

Composer: Matthew Brown

Exploring the sound world of Northern India while setting the words of Bengali poet Tagore, here is a stylistic new work suitable for any community choir. The English translation is the poet's own and the musical characteristics are a combination of Eastern scales combined with Western harmonies.

Composer: Carol Barnett

As one of America's legendary conductors and important composers, we look for and expect the most creative and at the same time singable music from this choral giant. This new work does not disappoint. Scored for 5 sets of wind chimes, oboe (off stage) and cello along with SATB divisi choir, this is a work of delicate investigation into the birth of Jesus and the power of this event.

Composer: Dale Warland

This is the third work by DiOrio for chorus and marimba. Where A Dome of Many Coloured Glass (50498607) explores the virtuosic capabilities of this combination and Alleluia (50498734) is a work of extroverted exuberance, this work is concerned instead with the narrative demands of telling a story.

Composer: Dominick DiOrio

This is the third work by DiOrio for chorus and marimba. Where A Dome of Many Coloured Glass (50498607) explores the virtuosic capabilities of this combination and Alleluia (50498734) is a work of extroverted exuberance, this work is concerned instead with the narrative demands of telling a story.

Arranger: Dominick DiOrio | Composer: Dominick DiOrio

This beloved benediction from Numbers 6:24-26 is offered in an artful and accessible setting with expressive phrases and a fresh contemporary harmonization that will enhance the close of any concert or worship service. Duration: ca. 1:30.

Composer: Martha Sullivan

An intimate Gaelic text about the blessing of Christ, who walks the earth in a stranger's guise. Well-suited for high school and beyond with a medium difficult guitar accompaniment. Available: SATB, Instrumental Part.

Composer: Alf Houkum

The poetry used in this setting of The Voices was presented to Dale Warland on the occasion of his final concert with the Dale Warland Singers by his friend, the poet Michael Dennis Browne. Dale writes, The art of choral singing has given my life great meaning and I hope to express that fulfillment through this music for mixed chorus and solo cello. The cello plays a leading role in the work, composed for a 2013 commission consortium of 23 choirs as a gift to Chorus America.

Composer: Dale Warland | Performed By: Dale Warland Singers

The poetry used in this setting of The Voices was presented to Dale Warland on the occasion of his final concert with the Dale Warland Singers by his friend, the poet Michael Dennis Browne. Dale writes, The art of choral singing has given my life great meaning and I hope to express that fulfillment through this music for mixed chorus and solo cello. The cello plays a leading role in the work, composed for a 2013 commission consortium of 23 choirs as a gift to Chorus America.

Arranger: Dale Warland | Composer: Dale Warland | Performed By: Dale Warland Singers

The Whole Sea In Motion sets a prose text from Agnes Grey, a 1907 novel by British author Anne Bronte. In choosing this text to set, the composer was struck by the first sentence, which begins No language can describe (...) the sky and ocean and then proceeds to do just that, detailing the narrator's experience of the ocean in a vivid, keen language. Within the musical setting of the text, the ocean is represented alternately in the ebbing and flowing of the aleatoric piano accompaniment and in overlapping melodic lines in the chorus. Duration: ca. 5 min

Composer: Dale Trumbore

The last published poem of Sara Teasdale forms the lyric framework for this setting for mixed chorus, flute and harp. Rich harmonies and vocal textures create an atmosphere of rare beauty. Performance Time: Approx. 4:20

Composer: Dale Warland

Written for the Clarion Chamber Chorale of Omaha, Nebraska, this Gerard Manley Hopkins poem Spring and Fall is full of beautiful, figurative and profound language. It speaks to the human condition in a compact way. And although the subject is complex, the message is simple and requires similar simplicity in performance with freedom and rubato in this powerful and inspirational composition.

Composer: Dale Warland

Written for the Clarion Chamber Chorale of Omaha, Nebraska, this Gerard Manley Hopkins poem Spring and Fall is full of beautiful, figurative and profound language. It speaks to the human condition in a compact way. And although the subject is complex, the message is simple and requires similar simplicity in performance with freedom and rubato in this powerful and inspirational composition.

Arranger: Dale Warland | Composer: Dale Warland

Setting the Wendell Berry To My Mother but incorporating it for his parents, Joshua Shank portrays the sense of wandering and confusion in the early sections of his music but ultimately finds the revelation of true, unconditional love. Commissioned by Matthew Culloton and The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists, and chosen by Dale Warland for his G.Schirmer series, this is a work worthy of the finest choirs.

Composer: Joshua Shank | Performed By: Dale Warland Singers

The spirit of exuberance should be the guiding inspiration for the choir and the instrumentalists when performing this excerpt from Whitman's famous A Song of Joys. Here the cello expresses Whitman's exuberant optimism in dialogue with the choir, while the piano highlights and enhances the entire mix with its sparkling octaves and spare, punctuating jabs.

Composer: Dale Warland

The spirit of exuberance should be the guiding inspiration for the choir and the instrumentalists when performing this excerpt from Whitman's famous A Song of Joys. Here the cello expresses Whitman's exuberant optimism in dialogue with the choir, while the piano highlights and enhances the entire mix with its sparkling octaves and spare, punctuating jabs.

Arranger: Dale Warland | Composer: Dale Warland

Here is music that is bright and partnered. The clarinet and viola weave opening lines from the bottom of their ranges skyward, while the piano has a simple repetitive walking motive. The chorus walks the path with the instruments, always moving and rarely static, even in the final chords which are both reflective and expectant.

Composer: Dominick DiOrio

Here is music that is bright and partnered. The clarinet and viola weave opening lines from the bottom of their ranges skyward, while the piano has a simple repetitive walking motive. The chorus walks the path with the instruments, always moving and rarely static, even in the final chords which are both reflective and expectant.

Arranger: Dominick DiOrio | Composer: Dominick DiOrio

No. 1 in Nativity Suite, the opening sounds of the instruments and voices in this setting are meant to invoke an air of mystery. The initial tone clusters, approached by layering the voice parts, should be presented very subtly, in order to enhance the intimacy and the veiled quality suited to this traditional liturgical. The alleluias, which reflect the significance of the Christmas Eve, should be joyful. Other movements include: O Magnum Mysterium (50600072), A Boy Was Born (50600073). Flute and Harp Parts available separately for the full suite (50600165).

Composer: Dale Warland

No. 1 in Nativity Suite, the opening sounds of the instruments and voices in this setting are meant to invoke an air of mystery. The initial tone clusters, approached by layering the voice parts, should be presented very subtly, in order to enhance the intimacy and the veiled quality suited to this traditional liturgical. The alleluias, which reflect the significance of the Christmas Eve, should be joyful. Other movements include: O Magnum Mysterium (50600072), A Boy Was Born (50600073). Flute and Harp Parts available separately for the full suite (50600165).

Arranger: Dale Warland | Composer: Dale Warland

Rich choral textures interweave in this evocative setting of the traditional Irish carol for mixed choir and flute. Flute part included. Performance Time: Approx. 4:00 Recorded by the Dale Warland Singers on Gothic Records. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. www.gothicrecords.com

Arranger: Dale Warland | Performed By: Dale Warland Singers

Chinese-born Huang Ruo is a bright new presence on the contemporary music scene. In this work for chorus and semi-chorus, finger bells and gently shifting harmonic textures create an atmosphere of contemplation and reflection. Performance time: Approx. 6:25.

Composer: Huang Ruo