Sarah Quartel

Introduced by the children's choir, Quartel's simple and uplifting melody repeats throughout the piece, beautifully coloured by the surrounding parts. The voices offer joyful praise and the rich harmo...

Accompanied by hand-drum and piano, this piece is an exciting and engaging sing filled with teachable moments and opportunities for musical growth. . Also available in a version for CBar, piano, and p...

Like the original version for SATB voices, this upper-voice arrangement of Wide Open Spaces reflects on the journeys and adventures to be found in the wide opens spaces within ourselves and in the wor...

This atmospheric setting of familiar words from Shakespeare's As You Like It is sprightly and uplifting, with singers being asked by the composer to perform with 'a bit of frost and a knowing smile'....

Taken from Sanctum, a setting of the Requiem text for upper voices, 'Lux aeterna' features a simple and gentle melody, supported by a new piano part in this arrangement for solo voice. Also available...

In this fast and energetic piece, Quartel sets her own text celebrating the joy of singing. The melody weaves in and out of the texture, supported by dynamic vocal accompaniment and rhythmically drive...

Voice on the Wind sets an inspiring text, written by the composer, about the empowerment of singing. With a catchy melody, imitative scat singing, and a driving hand drum accompaniment, this piece has...

This work was written around 1940, placing it near the beginning of a series of Clarke's late compositions. It both looks forward to her lean, linear, avowedly modern conceptions and backwards to work...

Setting words by the composer, Swept Away is a beautiful, haunting piece with pop-inspired rhythms and harmonies. The scat syllables of the lower parts are combined with a flowing melody in the sopran...

Setting words by the composer, Swept Away is a beautiful, haunting piece with pop-inspired rhythms and harmonies. The scat syllables of the lower parts are combined with a flowing melody in the sopran...

I will be with you sets a reflective text by the composer with a message of enduring solace. Lush harmonies, with predominantly homophonic passagework, coupled with flowing and cascading lines in ever...

This three-movement work combines a number of themes through the poetry of Sara Teasdale. The first movement, 'Sister of the Sky', focuses on the morning in early spring. The central movement, 'Fearle...

Morning Light sets an optimistic text by the composer about home and finding your way. Inspired by American folksongs, the captivating melody and warm harmonies perfectly complement the uplifting them...

I will be with you sets a reflective text by the composer with a message of enduring solace. Lush harmonies, with predominantly homophonic passagework, coupled with flowing and cascading lines in ever...

Sing, my Child sets a joyful text celebrating the beauty found all around us in everyday life. Characterized by tight harmonies and a dynamic percussion line, the buoyant 7/8 metre of the opening driv...

Morning Light sets an optimistic text by the composer about home and finding your way. Inspired by American folksongs, the captivating melody and warm harmonies perfectly complement the uplifting them...

Dieses dreisätzige Werk, das den "Schwestern überall" gewidmet ist, kombiniert eine Reihe von Themen mit der Poesie von Sara Teasdale. Der erste Satz, "Sister of the Sky" (Schwester des Himmels), konz...

This piece sets a joyful text celebrating the beauty found all around us. Characterized by tight harmonies and a dynamic hand drum line, the buoyant 7/8 metre drives the piece forward. Lush harmonies...

I will be with you sets a reflective text by the composer with a message of enduring solace. Lush harmonies, with predominantly homophonic passagework, coupled with flowing and cascading lines in ever...

I will be with you sets a reflective text by the composer with a message of enduring solace. Lush harmonies, with predominantly homophonic passagework, coupled with flowing and cascading lines in ever...

This a cappella setting of evocative words by E. Pauline Johnson is immediately appealing, with its playful, swinging syncopations and dancing scat accompaniment. Also available in a version for SSAA...

This a beautiful and meditative setting of a translated text from Carmina Gadelica, a collection of Gaelic hymns, prayers, and other texts. With gentle suspensions and exquisite harmonies, this anthem...

The Parting Glass is a traditional Scottish song, often sung as a farewell at the end of a get-together. With its valedictory message, it would make a fitting end to a performance, perhaps as an encor...

The Parting Glass is a traditional Scottish song, often sung as a farewell at the end of a get-together. With its valedictory message, it would make a fitting end to a performance, perhaps as an encor...

The Island Itself is a setting of the poem Homage to Omey by Irish poet, Joan McBreen. The imagery of the sea conveyed in the text is reflected through lilting, syncopated rhythms. The melody is suppo...