Hinshaw Secular

In Winters Keeping employs a number of sonic & stylistic devices reminiscent of Japanese traditional music as well as textures that that define a sense of stasis and suspended time. It is challenging,...

Jonathan Miller has long been associated with Hinshaw music conducting his ensemble Chicago A Cappella for many of our demonstration recordings. Now, as composer and lyricist he gives us this very bri...

This work is set for mixed chorus a cappella on a clever text by Russell Edson. Try it for an earth day concert.

There are many uses for this secular inspirational work scored for mixed voices a cappella. It would make a marvelous graduation anthem or concert closer at the end of an academic year.

This is a fantastic concert closer scored for mixed chorus (div.) a cappella. On a text by Charles Anthony Silvestri, the lush harmonic writing and textual imagery is a perfect match. Your singers and...

This work is the final piece in Jackson Hill's cycle of five settings of ancient Japanese poems concerning the changing seasons of the year. For unaccompanied divisi mixed voices, the challenging work...

Eleanor Daley is one of Canada's most venerable choral composers. Here, she gives us a secular work for unaccompanied divisi mixed chorus. The rhythmic energy will make the work a hit with high school...

This work in the songs of the World Series is a lively addition to the Hinshaw catalogue by the Cuban composer Rene Banos and Venezuelan arranger Ana Maria Raga. With the great interest in multicultur...

This piece was the winner of the 2009-2010 Student Composer Competition sponsored by the ensemble, Chanticleer. Set to a twelfth century Taiwanese poem, this very advanced work would be highly success...

The collaboration of Charles Anthony Silvestri and Dan Forrest is a winner, no matter the medium. This advanced unaccompanied work of nine minutes in length for mixed chorus with divisi is descriptive...

Allan Rae is a prolific Canadian composer who adds Celtic song to the series of Songs of the World. This series, edited by Andre de Quadros, seeks to disseminate high quality choral music from the wor...

This advanced piece by Erika Lloyd and Vince Peterson is included in the Chanticleer Choral Series edited by Matthew D. Oltman. It is sure to become a favorite of both the choir and audience once lear...

Commissioned by Florida State University to celebrate the sixty-five year history of the university singers, this nineteenth century American 'parlor' song arrangement preserves the nostalgic mood of...

Originally for male voices, this work for unaccompanied mixed voices is derived from an African initiation rite and is filled with an energy and rhythm that will be thrilling to your singers and audie...

This arrangement of the traditional American folk song in the folk songs of America series by composer Dan Forrest is scored for mixed chorus. The work can be performed a cappella or with piano and 'c...

The word 'samba' comes from a Brazilian rhythm and dance and the word 'lele' is an expression of excitement. Expressing an invitation to dance the samba, Will Lopes arranged the folk song for unaccomp...

Scored for a cappella mixed chorus with divisi, this setting of the adapted Emily Dickinson text would work especially well as a commencement anthem-whether in an auditorium, on an athletic field, or...

Scored for a cappella mixed chorus with divisi, this setting of the adapted Emily Dickinson text would work especially well as a commencement anthem-whether in an auditorium, on an athletic field, or...

This setting of the poignant and inspirational poem by William Ernest Henley is about overcoming life's dark moments and becoming a master of your fate. Appropriate for mixed choirs of all ages includ...

This fascinating text by Longfellow is skillfully set here for high school as well as college and professional choirs. Try it during American music month or as a commencement anthem.

With an original text inspired by John Donne, this piece illustrates the power of peace and all the blessings it brings. Written for the meeting of the Nairobi Chamber Chorus and Festival Singers of F...

With an original text inspired by John Donne, this piece illustrates the power of peace and all the blessings it brings. Written for the meeting of the Nairobi Chamber Chorus and Festival Singers of F...

With words and music by the composer, Frank Ticheli gives us a very advanced a cappella setting whose dramatic flow moves through the themes of hope, peace, crisis, and finally to reconciliation. If y...

The brief three movements of this work are set to poems of Sara Teasdale. The movements can be performed separately or together. Set for unaccompanied mixed chorus, the composer says that the cycle 'u...

Originally for mixed voices, this beautiful work finds especially poignant meaning when sung by treble voices. Scored here for SSAA chorus with piano, it can be performed quite successfully a cappella...