Noten von Walton Music

Now Touch the Air Softly, a lovely poem by former United States Poet Laureate William Jay Smith, has been set with great care for developing voices by David Brunner. A simple and lilting piano accompa...

Featuring text in English, Latin, and Swahili, Kwa Wote Upendo expresses sentiments of love, joy, and peace in all three languages. The fresh compositional voice of Julian Reisenthel expresses these w...

Winner of the 2014 Raymond A. Brock Student Composition Competition, Spells of Herrick emplores a mysterious and provocative text by 17th century poet Robert Herrick. The vocal writing is extremely ex...

Women's advanced high school and college choirs will love this musical interpretation of the inspirational text, painting the awakening world of all creatures in dance-like rhythms. The extra effort n...

Your sopranos will love this romantic work, telling the heartfelt story of love lost! Featuring djembe, the appeal of this artful and commanding work lies in the expression, enabling your choir to shi...

This dramatic setting uses angular melody, strong rhythms and some quirky bits of harmony to bring the spectacle of the Lewis Carroll text to life, using both 2-part and 3-part textures. Great for chi...

This setting of the traditional folk hymn would work well for middle school treble and high school women's choirs. The piano part echoes its expressive intensity and sense of hope and expectation. Dur...

This work, inspired by the secret soul of the Earth in the late '1800s poem, is festival material for high school, and is well suited for community choirs as well. Skillful blending of choral sound an...

Here is a new setting of an interesting text, with a great piano accompaniment! The beautiful harmonies and minor to major mode change will make this a favorite for high school choirs, as well as for...

Here's a winner for women's groups of all ages in school, church or community settings. In the gospel style of Engelhardt's Go Tell It on the Mountain!, the energetic piano, horns and rhythm section p...

Frequent doubling of parts throughout makes this work worthwhile for high school choirs and beyond. Building on the drama of the well-known text, set in a fresh and varying style, this is a great choi...

This well-crafted setting of the Longfellow text is a great concert choice. With accessible ranges that offer great teaching opportunities, this engaging work is a prime selection for high school choi...

A major work for a mature, larger women's choir, the concept of this piece is inspired by the composer's never-forgotten visit to the Yad Vashem Centre in Israel. The combined text is from Genesis, or...

I Dream a World is the third and final piece in the set, Perspectives. It is an eloquent expression of hope for a world where all of humankind treats each other with love, respect, and selflessness. T...

Dan Davison's gift of writing for developing voices is exemplified through this driving setting of the Biblical story of Elijah. The music is filled with articulations such as staccatos, tenutos, acce...

An incredibly dynamic adaptation of this beloved French folk song. Quick and rhythmic, the work reflects the determination and liveliness of the girl in the poem who won't let others dictate her love...

Some Glad Morning allows us to see spring through the poet's eyes: the early green like leafy birds, the ground breaking open as dark as coffee beans and the clouds in a spirited ballgame with the sun...

Walt Whitman's unabashed optimism, exuberance and unwavering confidence in our deeper humanity is beautifully portrayed through music in Gjeilo's setting of excerpts of the Song of the Universal poem....

The composer has set Garrison Keillor's lovely words with sensitivity and care, evoking the warmth, longing and hopefulness of love. The setting allows for the choir to be driven by the natural rhythm...

Inspired by expressions of love in Haitian culture and mythology, the Swedish translation of passages from Song of Solomon has been brought to life by Sten Källman. The style reflects the rhythms and...

An intimate Gaelic text about the blessing of Christ, who walks the earth 'in a stranger's guise.' Well-suited for high school and beyond with a medium difficult guitar accompaniment. Available: SATB,...

One of Eric Whitacre's earliest choral compositions, this is for treble voices with the accompaniment of English horn. Available: 3-Part Treble.

Latin and English texts. Available: SATB.