Winner of the 2018 prestigious Brehm composition competition at the University of Michigan, here is a Walt Whitman text that seems to float in the air, like the stars it is about. Very subtle dynamic contrasts require a skilled choir and thorny dissonances establish a contemporary harmonic language.

Composer: Sawyer Denton

Here is a lively and energetic folk song from Bulgaria. An easy-to-use IPA pronunciation guide is included making the language easy to master.

Composer: Joshua DeVries

Written as a tribute for a loved one's wedding, this passionate text is captured beautifully in the music. Programmed for the 2023 ACDA National Honors Choir.

Composer: Margaret Burk

Commissioned by Jerry Blackstone for the University of Michigan Chamber Choir, Sunset captures the image-rich poem by Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Dunbar's poem captures the familiar and solemn atmosphere that we call dusk or end of day while composer Knaggs evokes a bit of the mystery and nostalgia into the cosmic wonders that become visible during and after the setting of the sun.

Composer: Daniel Knaggs