ChoralQuest

ChoralQuest® is an exciting series of new music and accompanying curricula for choir published by American Composers Forum. The program was started as a response to feedback from music educators that there is a pressing need for new, fresh choral music. The heart of this program is new works written by a diverse group of composers who have created pieces that are a departure from standard repertoire. Inspired by ACF’s BandQuest® program, the compositions are accompanied by curriculum materials designed to assist performers as they learn the music and to integrate each piece with non-music studies.The ChoralQuest series is representative of the immense range and richness of American musical traditions, and offers performers tools with which to create music, encouraging them to explore and to appreciate historical and cultural contexts.

ChoralQuest is exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard Corporation.

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Email programs@composersforum to request a complimentary audio catalog of all pieces in the ChoralQuest series.

Composer: Rollo Dilworth

Never Give Up!

With student-generated poetry, this piece explores themes of perseverance, compassion, empathy, and collaboration.

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Composer: Jennifer Higdon

Hear My Voice

This piece is inspired by the American electoral process, expressing the optimism of youth as each new generation’s voice begins to be heard.

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Composer: Alice Parker

Dancing Songs

Dancing Songs is a three song suite with poetry by Nancy Wood.

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Composer: Stephen Paulus

Through All Things

This energetic and rhythmic work celebrates “a motion and a spirit that runs through all things” based on a poem by William Wordsworth.

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Composer: Jerod ImpichchAAchaaha’ Tate

Taloowa’ Chipota (Children’s Songs)

The composer uses a blend of traditional Chickasaw and classical music to create a beautiful atmospheric work.

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Composer: Chen Yi

Thinking of My Home

Thinking of My Home is based on an ancient Chinese poem and blends Chinese and Western traditions in an evocative way.

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The Golden Queen

Written by two young students, the poetry of The Golden Queen sensitively tells the story of the life of a sunflower.

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Composer: Rosephanye Powell

When I Sing

This rhythmic song expresses the joys of choral singing through original lyrics and introduces singers to the circle song structure.

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Composer: Judd Greenstein

Somos los dueños

Somos los dueños is a rhythmically driven piece that proclaims, “We are the masters of our destinies!” and empowers young singers to take hold of their fate as they learn syncopation, contrasting articulation, and percussive vocal techniques.

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The ChoralQuest Educational Curriculum

The national standards for arts education make it even more imperative that teachers have access to curriculum materials that link music with other subjects. Through the ChoralQuest curriculum, students will gain a richer and deeper understanding of the music they rehearse and perform. Free downloadable curriculum materials are available for each piece in the series. The ChoralQuest curriculum, written by Joanna Cortright and Colette Sherman, is based on use of the Facets Model. To learn more about the Facets Model, you may download the PDF here.