COMPOSITIONS
Treble Choir
SSA with Piano and Optional Oboe
Carl Fischer Music Publishing
This tender love song, text taken from Ruth 1:16, explores many harmonic colors and "yummy" melodic motifs. Mature women's ensembles will grow from the numerous opportunities to "ooze" musicianship afforded in Reginal Wright's original composition with optional oboe.
SSA with Piano
BriLee Music
Full of energy, rhythmic twists, and fun harmonies, Wright's Exultate, Joyfully Sing brings joy. With conservative ranges for the emerging treble choir, it affords wonderful opportunities for musical growth. Best of all, it sings easily and is fun to sing!
SSA divisi with Piano
Santa Barbara Music Publishing
The walls of Jericho come alive with a fresh take on the beloved spiritual. A dramatic ending makes this ideal for a closer or an encore.
SSAA Unaccompanied
Carl Fisher
Wright's arrangement of our National Anthem contains interesting harmonies, subtle suspensions and unexpected twists, making it a delightful experience for advanced treble singers and their audience.
SA With Hand Drum and Hand Bells
BriLee Publishing
Medieval marries Deck the Hall in this well-crafted arrangement perfect for emerging SA choirs of all ages. Choose handbells, vibraphone or piano along with the percussion for a delightful and novel opening or processional for your next holiday concert. A must sing!
SA With Piano
Oxford University Publishing
This uplifting work by American composer Reginal Wright sets a text by the nineteenth-century poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy. The powerful words are sung to a memorable melody embellished with syncopation and triplets.
2 Part With Piano
Brilee Publishing
Wright's wonderfully creative fusion of Shine on Me with This Little Light of Mine is further amplified by his Gospel-inspired accompaniment, making this a must-sing for your treble ensemble. Appropriate throughout the year, you don't want to miss programming this one!
COMPOSITIONS
Tenor Bass Choir
Carl Fischer Music Publishing
This exciting, rhythmically charged original will showcase your men's choir. The aggressive accompaniment propels the interesting vocal lines forward, with singing of "Hosanna in excelsis Deo!" Divisi is limited, and always accessible.
Carl Fischer Music Publishing
Supported throughout with an original Pater Noster countermelody, this tender adaptation of this beloved hymn features a gorgeous optional cello obbligato and a flowing piano accompaniment. Simple Latin phrases are interspersed with the English hymn text to create a lovely expression of faith and assurance for tenor-bass choirs.
TTBB with Piano and Optional Horn in F
Hal Leonard Music Publishing
This arrangement of the famous song features a soaring vocal line, an active and rhythmic piano part and an optional French Horn counter melody. Perfect for opening or closing any concert.
TB Voices with Piano
Hal Leonard Music Publishing
This traditional Catalan Christmas song is a great introduction to strophic form. A detailed IPA pronunciation guide is provided along with excellent teaching strategies.
TTBB Voices with Piano, Cello and optional Percussion
Hal Leonard Music Publishing
William Ernest Henley's powerful text is set in an equally strong setting for tenor-bass choirs. Beginning with the opening text that is chanted with random entrances over the dramatic piano part and growing into a full choral texture that embraces dissonances effectively, this concert work is a real statement for mature choirs. Premiered at the 2021 ACDA National Conference.
TB Voices with Hand drum and Handbells
BriLee Publishing
Medieval marries Deck the Halls in this well-crafted arrangement perfect for emerging Tenor Bass choirs of all ages. Choose handbells, vibraphone or piano along with the percussion for a delightful and novel opening or processional for your next holiday concert. A must sing!
TTBB Voices with Piano and Percussion
Graphite Publishing
“Forged” uses percussion, piano, and low voices to create a powerful, driving work of prophetic power. The text exhorts the listener to be a participant in forging rhetorical weapons for change and justice. Elements of jazz and Western art music are fused by the composer to create a work of unique relevance.
COMPOSITIONS
Mixed Choir
SAB with Piano
Carl Fischer Music Publishing
"Wake the song of joy and gladness, celebrate this festive day." With shifting moods from rhythmically driving to smooth and subtle, this joyful and celebratory piece is appropriate for any concert throughout the year. Very accessible to younger voices with extended ranges.
SING TO ME
SATB with Piano and Optional Violin
Santa Barbara Music Publishing
The poem urges us to be jubilant and glad. The music is hence designed to brighten our day with a violin adding special punctuation to the message.
SAB with Piano
Carl Fischer Publishing
With a text by Louisa May Alcott, lilting melodies and subtle suspensions, Wright captures the essence of a soothing lullaby in his original setting for SAB choir. Highly recommended for small or developing mixed ensembles.
SATB with Piano
Graphite Publishing
“Life’s Mirror” combines a moving text with expressive lyrical writing, mixed duples and triplets, and gently changing keys to create a colorful, beautiful piece. Singers will love learning the shared melodies and the lovely sonorities.
SATB with Piano
Graphite Publishing
“The Gift to Sing” tells a story anyone can relate to: from the mists of sadness and difficulty, singing helps us find joy and sunlight again. Wright’s piece is divided into two sections. The first section sets the emotional stage of tension and difficulty. In the second section the tension is relieved with cascading voices calling all people to share the gift of song.
SATB with Piano
Graphite Publishing
“Tides” is like the opening chorus of a late Bach cantata or a Haydn mass. The instrumentation, voicing, and substantial musical development all contribute to a piece of ambitious proportions and weight. Add a culturally relevant text, and you have a handsome opening piece to a serious concert program.
SATB with Piano
Oxford University Press
for SATB and piano
This uplifting work by American composer Reginal Wright sets a text by the nineteenth-century poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy. The powerful words are sung to a memorable melody embellished with syncopation and triplets.