Hinshaw Secular

This secular work for mixed voices with piano is based on an Appalachian folk tune. Try it with high school voices or a community chorus.

A really fun, novelty number based on various sayings about time, a good one for the encore, Time Flies, And So Must We.

British composer David de Warrenne has arranged this traditional Maori work for mixed voices and piano. This piece would make a marvelous graduation anthem.

The original SAB setting (HMC720) of this piece is one of Carl Nygard's most successful publications. Set here for SSA treble voices with piano, try it with junior or high school voices, or even adult...

This piece for two-part treble voices with piano was set to a poem by then fifth grader Noor Al-Sibai. Written in 2002, thoughts at the time were reminiscent of September 11, 2001. The piece works wel...

Olivia Anderson and Allison Delargy, students at the Durham, NC School of the Arts, wrote this text in honor of their choral teacher Ms. Scott hill upon her retirement. Tom Shelton has masterfully set...

Dan Forrest's work spans the gamut from church to school or college/university choirs equally well. This award winning mixed chorus work with soprano solo accompanied by piano and horn hauntingly sets...

There are more voicings available for this piece than any other work in the Hinshaw catalogue (SATB, SAB, 2-part, and TBB). Now set for SSA voices with piano, the work is useful in building independen...

This is the latest addition to the Songs Of The World Series. The simple tune is a traditional Lithuanian song that the composer learned as a child. The blending of traditional tonal harmony and imita...

This moving piece for treble voices with piano and optional C instrument may be 'secular' but has a very deep message to convey. It is probably best with mature high school students or adults on a spr...

Though this work for mixed chorus with piano and oboe was composed for a secular concert setting, Gwen Hall tells us that the piece 'could support several scriptural texts in worship'. Try it in a con...

The text for this work is taken from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child Garden Of Verses. For mixed chorus and piano, the notes indicate that 'the setting uses the piano to provide the river's endlessly...

Though originally set for a middle school honors choir, this clever arrangement for mixed chorus with piano 4-hands and violin would be a hit for high school, college/university, or community choruses...

Scored for treble choir (SSAA) with piano, this is a very popular English folk song, a true winner for your spring concert!

Most choral musicians know the setting of this Robert Frost text by American composer Randall Thompson. Here, Michael Larkin sets the same text for mixed voices with piano (unlike the Thompson setting...

Looking for a wonderful graduation anthem? This is it. Scored for mixed chorus with piano and optional cello, the beautiful melody and interplay of vocal textures will keep your singers engaged in an...

This work for mixed chorus with piano and oboe celebrates the differences found within the human family. Whether for concert, graduation, or celebrating our diversity, try this piece with high school...

Originally commissioned for an ACDA children's honor choir, this work by Tom Shelton is scored for treble chorus (SSAA) with piano and cello. Try it with treble voices of all ages!

Many of you have known the sacred music of David Schwoebel for quite some time. This is his first published secular work. Based on a text by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the piece is scored for SSAA tr...

Scotland has given us a trove of folk tunes. Loch Lomond is one of the most popular. Here, Anne-Marie Hildbrandt beautifully captures the spirit of the piece and sets it for treble chorus in three-par...

Looking for a non-religious inspirational work for commencement? This is it! Susan Naylor Callaway sets the poetry of William Butler Yeats for mixed chorus with piano and optional flute.

For soprano, alto, and baritone voices with piano accompaniment, this is a great secular piece for developing independent voices, listening across the choral fabric, and teaching phrase shape. Try it...

Thomas Bell has set this Swedish melody for treble chorus with piano. The accompaniment 'ripples' up and down the piano imitating the movement of water and the chorus sings above as if sailing on the...

There are numerous possibilities for this lovely partsong by Valerie Crescenz. Use it in a group of love songs, for graduation, even for a memorial service in some situations. It is suitable for high...

Looking for a 'barnburner' to close your next concert? This is it!