Ruth Morris Gray Chornoten

The poetry of this expressive winter song provides a florid description of the season's most distinct attributes. Warm choral harmonies are a stark contrast to the icy imagery, and an optional flute o...

A multicultural feature for all choirs! Feel the pulse of African rhythms, sing Swahili salutations, experience world music. Hakuna matata!

This nature-inspired poem celebrates our connection to the rising sun, incorporating equal parts English and Hawaiian text. Rhythmic and harmonic motives sound authentic throughout. Highly creative.

This rhythmic call and response song from East Africa is so much fun to sing! The traditional harmonies are easy to find, with just a touch of optional divisi toward the end. A joyful song of praise.

It's the familiar 'Il Est Né' sung in English, arranged in a French consort style. Open choral harmonies and accumulating counterlines add to the effect and further the festivity.

Let the gospel sounds of this original Christmas spiritual lift you up! Syncopated rhythms and developed harmonies come naturally and fit the style. Snippets from familiar carols appear throughout, ad...

When sung by children, this exceptional partner song teaches vocal independence; when performed by more mature voices, the artistic arrangement yields many musical moments. The pairing of 'Away in a M...

Winter words are a perfect fit for this popular Ukrainian folk tune, as we sing about bundling up, sledding over hills and valleys, and dashing through snow-covered trees. The introduction and a brief...

Get out your bobby socks and saddle shoes for this 1950s-style reimagining of 'Deck the Hall' with a brand new melody. The classic doo-wop harmonies and rock 'n' roll groove are easy to grasp and sure...

This little known English carol is appropriate for holiday concerts, Yuletide feasts, and madrigal performances. Evoke a Renaissance atmosphere this December, singing of wassail - both a cordial greet...

Here's a gorgeous setting of the text from 'Angels We Have Heard on High' that includes a beautifully arranged verse of 'Silent Night.' Featuring long legato lines, expressive phrasing, and warm chora...

Jingle Bells' mal anders! - Dieser Version liegt das berühmte 'Rondo alla Turca' von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart zu Grunde. Ein musikalischer Spaß!

This high-energy original Christmas spiritual is not to be missed! A driving gospel chorus alternates with contrasting verses, then a quote from 'Angels We Have Heard on High' introduces a lively, han...

Patriotic and uplifting, the lyrics of 'America' are set to a sweeping new melody, which leads into a stirring original chorus. A fully-harmonized refrain from 'America the Beautiful' also appears as...

Sung ostinatos join one by one in the opening of this rhythmic arrangement of the authentic Ghanaian folk song. Unison lines, block triads, and a reset of the dynamics in the choral bridge are a blast...

A spry and enchanting adaptation of Edvard Grieg's magical piano solo, this choral arrangement conjures up heaps of holiday cheer with its clever lyrics and jaunty classical feel. Festive and fun!

Written in the style of a spiritual, this original gospel tune will be a highlight this Christmas season. Featuring call-and-response voicing, stylized articulation, and dramatic dynamic shifts, there...

This traditional Hawaiian chant was used when master canoe builders called for people to bring trees down from the mountains to the ocean side so that canoes could be built. Now set to music, the word...

Program this moving patriotic piece to celebrate our country at any time of year. An all-new original melody and a shimmering accompaniment beautifully highlight Francis Scott Key's words from 'The St...

We won't go until we get some - but how exactly do you make that holiday confection, anyway? Find the answer in this playful, original (and completely secular) holiday canon loosely based on a fragmen...