Mark Foster

Series editor Joni Jensen here becomes the composer as well. Written to be premiered at the 2019 National ACDA conference, this piece draws on a traditional Latin text but explores a contemporary harm...

This musical setting of the Dekker poem employs a warm, lush harmonic language along with a lovely, lyrical treatment of this familiar bedtime poem. Commissioned and premiered by the NW ACDA Women's H...

This musical setting of the Dekker poem employs a warm, lush harmonic language along with a lovely, lyrical treatment of this familiar bedtime poem. Commissioned and premiered by the NW ACDA Women's H...

This beautiful and lamenting poem by French poet Charles Beaudelaire is captured in all of its sadness and intimacy. A detailed IPA makes the language barrier go away. And women's choirs will flourish...

This beautiful and lamenting poem by French poet Charles Beaudelaire is captured in all of its sadness and intimacy. A detailed IPA makes the language barrier go away. And women's choirs will flourish...

This thrilling composition by Macendonian composer Todor Skalovski and editied by Kathleen Rodde was performed by Kathleen and her Iowa State Women's choir at the 2013 National ACDA convention in Dall...

This thrilling composition by Macendonian composer Todor Skalovski and editied by Kathleen Rodde was performed by Kathleen and her Iowa State Women's choir at the 2013 National ACDA convention in Dall...

Combining two spirituals with original music and employing two soloists, this arrangement from first time contributor Carlos Simon is amazing. Series editor Eugene Rogers wrote and said get this piece...

Light, fast, strong and accented describe this arrangement of the traditional spiritual. This is a wonderful contrast to the heavy style so often associated with traditional spirituals. Each of the vo...

Light, fast, strong and accented describe this arrangement of the traditional spiritual. This is a wonderful contrast to the heavy style so often associated with traditional spirituals. Each of the vo...

A heavy blues beat defines this arrangement of this traditional spiritual. The arranger calls for wailing and the passion required from the chorus and the mezzo-soprano soloist are critical in bringin...

A heavy blues beat defines this arrangement of this traditional spiritual. The arranger calls for wailing and the passion required from the chorus and the mezzo-soprano soloist are critical in bringin...

This arrangement of a traditional spiritual is set in an easy swing style and is a song full of hope and joy. All of the voice parts contain divisi and are exposed, allowing the opportunity to feature...

There is a fierce passion behind Poe's famous Annabel Lee and this passion is captured in the speed and delivery of the text within the music. The music is tonal and rich and well suited for college a...

There is a fierce passion behind Poe's famous Annabel Lee and this passion is captured in the speed and delivery of the text within the music. The music is tonal and rich and well suited for college a...

Richly expressive, an old poem is treated with deep, lush harmonies and becomes a moving closer for concerts, festivals or worship services. Written with an ear to the a cappella glee club tradition,...

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...

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...

This beautiful Swedish folk hymn is beautifully set for the concert stage. The SATB divisi, a cappella setting allows for subtle changes between verses and requires richness of tone and child-like sim...

This beautiful Swedish folk hymn is beautifully set for the concert stage. The SATB divisi, a cappella setting allows for subtle changes between verses and requires richness of tone and child-like sim...

Winner of the 2016 ACDA Raymond W. Brock Student Composition Contest and premiered by the Riverside City College Chamber Singers, here is a lush setting of the iconic Mary Elizabeth Frye poem Do Not S...

Winner of the 2016 ACDA Raymond W. Brock Student Composition Contest and premiered by the Riverside City College Chamber Singers, here is a lush setting of the iconic Mary Elizabeth Frye poem Do Not S...

In the life of every black child, they will have the talk with a trusted adult: what to do if they are pulled over, or have an encounter with the police. This powerful new choral sheds light on the sa...

In the life of every black child, they will have the talk with a trusted adult: what to do if they are pulled over, or have an encounter with the police. This powerful new choral sheds light on the sa...

Dieses konzertante Arrangement des traditionellen Spirituals ist ein Plädoyer dafür, sich auf eine vielversprechende Zukunft vorzubereiten: Mach mich bereit für mein langes weißes Gewand. Fix me for m...