The BIG SING repertoire ideas
All of the following works are available to hire or buy through SOUNZ, and all have score samples to view online. Those with * have an audio sample or full-length audio/video content available online.
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Mixed choir:
Archer, Chris: Aroha
Artley, Chris: The Ashwell Carol
Artley, Chris: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes (Psalm 121) *
Baldwin, Andrew: O Magnum Mysterium *
Baldwin, Andrew: O vos omnes *
Becker, Pepe: O ignis spiritus *
Body, Jack: People look East *
Cooper, Diane: arr. Hine e Hine *
Farquhar, David: Three of a Kind *
Hamilton, David: Blessing
Hamilton, David: Festival Gloria
Lange, Stephen: Gloria Deo!
Madden, Richard: He is Risen *
McLeod, Jenny: Deep in the forest
Mews, Douglas: Two New Zealand Folksongs of the Sea *
Oswin, Richard: Sweet Sleep and Altered Days *
Oswin, Richard: Three Gallipoli Settings *
Oswin, Richard: Three New Zealand Folk Song Settings - 2009 *
Palmer, Juliet: The Moon
Parsons, Graham: Instructions For How to Get Ahead of Yourself While the Light Still Shines *
Parsons, Graham: Laudate Dominum (Psalm 150)
Puanaki, Richard: Ka Waiata Ki A Maria (Maori text) *
Rimmer, John: Dies Sanctificatus *
Ritchie, Anthony: Song of Hope *
Ritchie, John: Lord, when the Sense of Thy Sweet Grace *
Russell, Rosemary: Lookin’
Shortis, Carol: An Tuiream Bais *
Smythe, Mark: Umbra Animae *
Stevenson, Roger: arr. E te ariki (Maori text) *
Wade, James: The Fly
Youens, Ryan: Heedless Conclusions
Young, Anthony: Be Still
Girls choir:
Adams, Chris: Sanctus *
Becker, Pepe: Taurus One - Night and Morning *
Buchanan, Dorothy: The Canticle of St Francis
Burdon, Josie: Aotearoa (Maori text) *
Camm, Cheryl: Hinemoa (Maori text)
Camm, Cheryl: Motu Puketutu *
Crehan, Jonathan: Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire *
Evans, Tecwyn: Hymn to the Virgin *
Evans, Tecwyn: The Lamb *
Fisher, Helen: Rain Games *
Fisher, Helen: Te Whakaaro Pai Ki Nga Tangata (Maori text) *
Hamilton, David: Count Me the Stars *
Hamilton, David: Full Moon Rhyme *
Hamilton, David: We Shall Walk Through the Valley *
Holmes, Leonie: The Estuary *
Holmes, Leonie: The Wanderer
Ker, Dorothy: Close-up of a Daisy *
Lange, Stephen: Ave Maria
McCallum, Sarah: Poem from War
McLeod, Jenny: A baby lying
Moreno, Natalie: Songs for Breakfast
Oswin, Richard: Sanctus
Palmer, Juliet: Dopey
Ritchie, John: Canary Wine *
Russell, Rosemary: Magnificat
Utting, Craig: Chestnuts on a Mantlepiece *
Utting, Craig: Monument *
van den Broek, Alex: Wild Daisies *
Youens, Ryan: Wild Daisies *
Boys choir:
Baker, Bruce: Prayer for Wholeness
Camm, Cheryl: A Red, Red Rose
Camm, Cheryl: Calon Lan
Camm, Cheryl: In the Bleak Midwinter
Camm, Cheryl: Maggie’s Rant
Camm, Cheryl: Magical Glass
Crehan, Jonathan: Storm (in a little bay)
Crehan, Jonathan: West Indian Lord’s Prayer
Dellow, Ronald: Three Songs
Hamilton: Night Watch Song
Hamilton: Song of a Drifter
Katene, Te Puoho: Calling Me Home
Katene, Te Puoho: Te Aroha (Maori text)
Parsons, Graham: Changing the Clocks
Parsons, Graham: By the Rivers of Babylon
Parsons, Graham: The Driving Lesson
Ritchie, John: Full Fathom Five
Ritchie, John: Here's to the maiden
Ritchie, John: Kelvin Grove
There are still many more choral works in the SOUNZ Catalogue! Please click here to browse the full catalogue of choral works - use the facets on the left-hand side of the page to narrow your search.
The works on this list are either new to SOUNZ Online, have been recommended for use in The BIG SING, or have been previously performed by school choirs. Please contact us if you have any feedback regarding this list.
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