Women & Trebles
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| Title | Lyricist | Voicing/Instrumentation | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Bell Awakened | Denise Levertov (1923-1997) |
SSAA, piano |
Mod-Advanced |
| A Burst of Song (3 mvts) | Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) |
SATB, mezzo-sop & tenor, soli piano TTBB, piano SSAA, piano |
Mod-Advanced |
| A Kiss of Blessing | Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) |
SATB,piano SSAA, piano TTBB, piano |
Mod-Advanced |
| A la Media Noche | Traditional Puerto Rican Carol |
SSAA, piano, flute, hand perc. |
Moderate |
| A Winter Ride | Amy Lowell (1874-1925) |
SSAA, piano TTBB, piano SATB, piano |
Moderate |
| Adama | Traditional Israeli song |
SSAA a cappella |
Moderate |
| African Lullaby | Traditional Bantu & African American |
SSA, piano, hand drum |
Easy |
| All Winter Long | Native American song text |
SSA, flute, frame drum |
Easy-Mod |
| Always Coming Home | Ursula K. LeGuin (b.1929) |
SSAA, piano, cello |
Moderate |
| Amazing Grace | John Newton (1725-1807) |
SSAA a cappella |
Easy-Mod |
| Ancient Ones, The | Patricia Reis |
SSA(div) |
Moderate |
| Angels Singing Out of Tune | Lord Byron (1788-1824) |
SSAA, soprano solo, a cappella |
Advanced |
| Arise My Love | Various, adapted by Szymko |
SSA, piano |
Moderate |
| As a Woman | Virginia Woolf (1912-1941) |
SSA a cappella |
Moderate |
| At the Spring Dawn | Angelina Weld-Grimké |
SSAA a cappella |
Mod-advanced |
| Ave Maria | Traditional Marian prayer |
SSAA a cappella |
Moderate |
| Be It Therefore Resolved | Kim Stafford (b.1949) |
SATB, opt. ten, bar, mz-sop solo SSAA, opt. ssa trio,piano, violin, cello |
Mod-Advanced |
| Be the Seed | Kim Stafford (b.1949) |
SSAA |
Moderate |
| Beauty of Your Dreams, The | Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) |
SSAA, piano |
Moderate |
| Benedizione | Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) |
SSAA, piano |
Moderate |
| Blessed Be | Robin Morgan |
SSAA a cappella |
Mod-Advanced |
| Blessing (Just to Be) | Rabbi Abraham Heschel |
SA or any 2-part comb. |
Easy |
| Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind | William Shakespeare (1564-1616) |
SSAA, piano |
Mod-Advanced |
| Braided Light | Wordless Song |
SSAA, mezzo-sop solo, a cappella |
Mod-Advanced |
| Bright Morning Star | Traditional Appalachian Song |
SSA a cappella |
Easy-Mod |
| Call | Alla René Bozarth (b.1947) |
SSAA, taiko drums(2) |
Moderate |
| Call, The | George Herbert (1593-1633) |
SSA/SATB (double choir) |
Advanced |
| Circle | Hadwijch II (13th c.), translated by Jane Hirshfield (b.1953) |
SSAA, Soprano solo |
Moderate |
| Come Dance and Sing | Shaker Song (19th c.) |
SSAA, piano |
Easy-Mod |
| Come, Pretty Love | Shaker "Gift" song received by Patsy Williamson (19th c.) |
SSA, hand clapping |
Easy-Mod |
| Coventry Carol | Robert Croo (16th c.) |
SSAA, piano |
Mod-Easy |
| Despertar al Amor (Awaken to Love) | Teresa of Avila & Buddhist adage |
SSAA, piano, cello |
Moderate |
| Eagle Rounding Out the Morning | Joy Harjo (b.1951) |
SSAA (opt. Trio), piano |
Moderate |
| Eli, Eli | Hannah Szenes (1921-1944) |
SATB w/opt. sop solo, cello |
Moderate |
| Et in terra pax | Hymnus Angelicus (Gloria) from the Ordinary of the Mass |
SSAA a cappella |
Advanced |
| Eternal Winter | William Blake (1757-1827) |
SATB, sop solo, piano, cello |
Moderate |
| Everything She Touches | Traditional, Wiccan |
SSA, piano, dumbek, finger cymbals |
Easy-Mod |
| Ffe Mwe, Mwe Ffe | Text adapted by Joan Szymko from various sources |
SSAA, soloist, hand drum SATB, soloist, hand drum TTTBBB, soloist, hand drum |
Moderate |
| Finding Her Here | Jayne Relaford Brown |
SSAA a cappella |
Mod-Advance |
| Fire, Burn Bright | Traditional, British Isles |
SSAA, piano |
Moderate |
| Freshness, The | Rumi (1207-1273) translated by Coleman Barks |
SATB, speaker, harp (or piano) |
Moderate |
| Gamaya | Brhadaranyaka Upanishad — I.iii.28 |
SA, piano, alto saxophone |
Easy |
| Giver of Stars, The | Amy Lowell (1874-1925) |
SSAA, piano |
Moderate |
| Go Out In Joy | Isaiah 55:12 |
SSAA, piano, hand clapping |
Mod-Advanced |
| Here | Wendell Berry (b.1934) |
SSAA, piano, violin |
Moderate |
| Hodie | Vespers Antiphon for Christmas Day |
SSAA a cappella SSATBB a cappella |
Advanced |
| Hymn of Grateful Praise | Folliot S. Pierpont (1835-1917) |
SATB, piano SSA, piano |
Moderate |
| I Am | Catherine DeVink |
SSAA, piano, flute, violin, cello |
Moderate |
| I Am a Ruby | Zay Khay Sheen (born Zahida Khatun Sherwani, 1894-1922) |
SSAA, oboe, piano |
Moderate |
| I Dream a World | Langston Hughes (1902-1967) |
SSA, piano |
Moderate |
| I Lift My Eyes | Psalm 121 and Thich Naht Hanh |
SATB, piano |
Moderate |
| Illumina le tenebre | Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) |
SATB a cappella |
Moderate |
| Invincible | Anonymous & Albert Camus, adapted by the composer |
SSAA |
Moderate |
| It Is Happiness (3 mvts) | Mary Oliver (1935-2019) |
SSA(A), piano, violin, cello, flute |
Moderate |
| It Takes a Village | West African adage adapted by Joan Szymko |
SATB, soloist, hand drum, shekere |
Moderate |
| Lay Me Low | Sister Addah Z. Potter of the New Lebanon, New York, Shaker community |
SSAA a cappella |
Easy-Mod |
| Lifting As We Climb | libretto conceived and created by Joan Szymko (from various sources) |
SSAA, piano, alto sax, drumset |
Moderate |
| Light, Beauty, Peace | Chinese Proverb |
SSA, piano |
Moderate |
| Like a Mountain | Music and lyrics by Naomi Littlebear Morena, arr. Szymko |
SSAA, piano |
Moderate |
| Listen Closely | Music and lyrics by Steven Walters, arr. Szymko |
SSAA, sop solo, piano |
Moderate |
