Scores and Recordings
Find below a selection of tried and tested original compositions written for community choirs and singing for health groups. They are designed to be learnt quickly and easily - probably in around 15 minutes depending on the group. Some are written as non-religious mantras to be used in singing for health groups or as a relaxing wind-down at the end of a community choir session.
Listen below to see if any will suit your choirs and groups.
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A resistance song to support and sustain us in the fight against oppression and injustice inspired by this quote from Dan Savage:
“During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night, and it was the dance that kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for.”
A simple, gentle 3-part harmony calypso with optional body percussion. Suitable for community choirs and beginner-intermediate harmony groups.
A simple, 4-part harmonic mantra in French and English
4-part acapella song using a text by climate justice activist, Mikaela Loach. A beautiful prayer to the earth in 4-part acapella harmony.
I composed this song for the Natural Voice Network gathering, inspired by the image of a circle of skydivers holding hands to support someone without a parachute. Quite a powerful message for life, I think - that by holding hands together we can hold each other up when we need support.
Voice 3 in the verse section is optional so ti could be 4 parts throughout.
A 3-part harmony + optional solo/descant arrangement of this beautiful and uplifting Traditional African American Spiritual
3-party harmony mantra for use with community choirs, song circles and singing for health groups. Music score + audio parts for teaching and learning.
A blues for International Women’s Day using a quote from Ruth Bader-Ginsburg
4-part score + separate audio parts
Women Belong in All Places - a blues for International Women’s Day
A short 4-part harmony song inspired by the spring breeze and flowers
A 3-part harmony song suitable for beginner harmony singers.
A groovy, 4-part harmony seasonal song for use with community choirs, school groups and singing for health groups.
Audio recordings are labelled Voices 1-4 with Voice 1 being the highest and Voice 4 the lowest. Voice 4, however, may be sung by upper or lower voices at whichever octave they prefer.
A short, 3-part harmony song to use with community choirs, singing for health groups, beginner harmony singers and more.
A 4-part round written explicitly for singing for health and wellbeing groups. Also perfectly suitable for community choirs, school choirs and anyone wanting to develop breath control and slightly more complex harmony singing.
A 4-part harmony song written as a response to the state of the world with division, conflict and war seeming to be spreading.
The score is available free, so please make a donation to Women for Women’s Israel-Palestine appeal here
A 4-part harmony song composed during the first covid lockdown, but the message in it, to keep walking one step at a time through the dark, lonely and painful times until you reach the light is relevant at many times in life. Enjoy! It has been a big favourite in my choirs.
A simple melodic mantra with melody plus two very simple harmony parts. Please feel free to add your own lyrics and use with choirs, community singing groups, song circles etc.
A short 3-part harmony mantra for to use with singing for health groups, community choirs and beginner harmony singing groups.
A short, simple 3-part harmony mantra for use with singing for health groups, beginner harmony groups and choirs
A short mantra written for International Women’s Day 2023 with optional harmonies.
A short, 4-part mantra for use with singing for health groups and community choirs, or beginners in harmony singing.
An easy, 3-part song to use with community choirs and singing for health groups.
A very simple, 3-part harmony mantra for choirs and singing for health groups, with options for added improvised verses
4-part harmony short song for mixed voices, lower voices or upper voices. Suitable for community choirs, school choirs and harmony singing groups.
A 4-part mixed voice score including optional chords for accompaniment. LEVEL: easy
A simple 4-part mantra for upper, lower or mixed voices. 4-part pdf score with chords.
A short, easy, swing groove song for mixed voice groups or same voice groups in 3-part harmony