Folk and world music arrangements by Sheena Phillips
To purchase unpublished music please email me (sheenaphillips at gmail.com). For most scores there is a modest fee per singer for permission to copy from a licensed PDF file.
NEW or FEATURED
Aalo Aamar Aalo (Light, My Light)
SATB, piano or SSA, piano
Arrangement of a song by Rabindranath Tagore, in celebration of light
SATB version published by Canasg Music (with full pronunciation guidance)
SATB chorus a cappella
Five Native American song poems
1. Falling 2. Waking 3. Singing 4. Leaving 5. Rising
You can listen to the entire work here.
3rd prize, 2013 Sorel Medallion Prize in Choral Composition
Published by Boosey & Hawkes, 2015
First performance by Voices of Ascension, New York City, dir. Dennis Keene
First European performance by Cathures, Glasgow, dir. Katy Lavinia Cooper
(To sleep, to dream, to play, to sing)
SATB a cappella
Suite of five Latin American children’s songs
Composed 2019 for Icosa
1. Arrorró mi Niño (Hush-a-bye my Baby)
2. Se Essa Rua Fosse Minha (If This Street Were Mine)
3. Tortillitas / Arroz con Leche (Little Tortillas / Rice Pudding)
4. Ronda de la Luna (Circle of the Moon)
5. Gumayta Puñen May (The Children Cry)
recording of the premiere by Icosa, Guildford, 2019
Garbe Rame (Dancing with Gourds)
SSAA or SATB, flute obbligato, percussion ad lib
Gujarati folk song depicting goddess Amba dancing with gourds
Recommended for Middle School choirs in the ACDA Choral Journal, August 2012.
Recording by the Kent State University High School Honor Choir, 2010
Published by Lorenz in SSAA and SATB versions
Mist-Covered Mountains (Chì mi na mòrbheanna)
SATB, soprano recorder, optional piano
Hebridean song of homecoming
Gaelic chorus and English verses
performance by Belsize Community Choir and Islington Choir, 2019
Raagi Thandheera (Bringing Alms)
SSAA, drums
Devotional song by Purandara Daasa Vitthala, a key figure of South West Indian music
Arranged jointly with Smitha Vishveshwara
Premiere by Amasong Chorus, Champaign-Urbana, November, 2014
Recording by Amasong
Published by Earthsongs
Mixed voices (six parts)
Aleatoric soundscape based on the American song Shenandoah
Workshopped by CoMA at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in 2017
recording of a performance by Icosa Chamber Choir, dir. Luke Mather, St Botolph-without-Newgate, London, April 2018
Also available for female voices
Sweet Honey & Common Bill
SATB and folk band (2 fiddles, whistle, guitar)
Two Ohio folk songs
Commissioned by the Lancaster Chorale, dir. Robert Trocchia
Recording by the Lancaster Chorale and the Yankee Celtic Consort, dir. Robert Trocchia, 2009
The Pear Tree Ballad
TBB
Traditional N E Scotland ballad
Published by Santa Barbara Music Press
Recording by the Magpie Consort, Ohio, from the album The Garden, solo Dane Chavers
OTHER TITLES
Auld Lang Syne
SATB
Traditional Hogmanay (New Year)
Scottish song
Broadcast live on Mr Anderson’s
Fine Tunes,
BBC Radio Scotland, 1998
Published by Canasg Music
Charlie is my Darling
SA
piano
18th century Scottish
song
Commissioned and first performed by
the Knox County Choraliers, Ohio, dir. Diane Dingler, May 2005
The Demon Lover
SATB, soprano solo, tenor solo,
oboe, violin, cello, drum
Words by Sir Walter Scott; American
ballad tune
First performed by the Magpie
Consort, 2003
Dle, Dle
TBarB
Patter song from the Van district (Turkey, formerly Armenia)
Published by Canasg Music
Dream Angus
SATB divisi
Traditional Scottish lullaby
Commissioned and first performed by
the Lancaster Chorale, dir. Robert Trocchia, 2001
Recording by the Lancaster Chorale, dir. Robert Trocchia, 2001
Published by Canasg Music and in the Novello Book of British Folksongs for Mixed Choirs
Fhir a Bhàta (The boatman)
SATB
19th century Gaelic song
Published by Canasg Music
Recorded on Rudsambee company
of singers' album Bottled at Source
Gaol Ise Gaol I (My Love Is She)
SSAA, folk harp
Traditional Gaelic waulking (cloth-working) song from the west of Scotland
Recording extract (Columbus Women’s Chorus, 2011)
Gaol mo chrì-sa Màiri Bhàn (Gaelic version) / Mairi Bhàn’s Wedding (English version)
SATB a cappella
Recording (English language version) by the Magpie Consort, Ohio, from the album Celtic Voyages
Published by Canasg Music and in the Novello Book of British Folksongs for Mixed Choirs
Gradh Geal Mo Chrìdhe (The bright love of my
heart)
SATB
Traditional Gaelic folk song also
known as the Eriskay Love Lilt
Published by Canasg Music
Recording by the Magpie Consort, Ohio
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerrie
(i) SATB piano
(ii) SATB oboe, harp, cello
Orkney ballad
First performed by the Magpie
Consort, 2003
Healing River
(i) SATB a cappella
(ii) SSAA a cappella
Arrangement of a song by Fred Hellerman and Fran Minkoff
Published but now discontinued by Santa Barbara Music Press and new permission being sought from Appleseed Music.
Hush Little Baby
SATB a cappella with mezzo soprano soloist
Arrangement of a traditional Appalachian lullaby
Featured in the 2011 Ohio Music Educators Association reading session for High School/University choirs
Published by Canasg Music
Recording by
the Magpie Consort, Ohio, from the album The Sound of America I Shall Light a Candle SATB divisi Setting of an Apocryphal text and a
Bengali folk song about finding a path through life Written for Rudsambee company of
singers, Edinburgh Kis Kece Lanyom (My little white bride)
SATB Traditional Hungarian wedding song Pokarekare Ana (The waves at Waiapu) SATB, SAA, TBarB versions 19th century Maori love song Published by Canasg Music
Puirt-a-beul (Gaelic mouth music) SATB and SSA Arrangements
of traditional songs for dancing to Published by Canasg Music See Mouth Music Set 1, Mouth Music Set 2 and Mouth Music Set 3
Recordings from Rudsambee Company of Singers tour of the west of Scotland, 1999 SSA versions of some of the songs also available from Canasg Roselil SATB Traditional Danish folk song Soun, Soun, Béni Béni (Go to sleep) SATB Arrangement of a French lullaby from
the Massif Central, as collected by Henry Walford Davies Published by Canasg Music
Shaker Movements SATB divisi Suite of three movements based on
Shaker tunes Commissioned by the Cerritos Center
for the Arts, California, 2003 Winner of 'American traditional'
competition run by Zephyr: Voices Unbound Premiered by Zephyr in Los
Angeles, June 2003 Duration c 7:00 Tha Mi Sgìth (I am tired) SA piano Traditional Gaelic song Commissioned and first performed by
the Knox County Choraliers, Ohio, dir. Diane Dingler, May 2005 The Bedfordshire May Carol SATB, soprano recorder, violin Traditional English May song Published by Canasg Music
Recording by
the Magpie Consort, Ohio SATB Traditional English (based on the
version collected by Cecil Sharp) First performed by Voice Columbus,
Ohio, 2001 Published by Canasg Music
The Winter it is Past SATB Arrangement of a song by Robert
Burns First performed by The Magpie
Consort, Columbus, Ohio, 2004 Published by Canasg Music
Two Welsh Carols (Awake Were They Only and The Best of Mornings) TTB Published by Canasg Music
Vårvindar Friska (Spring breezes) SATB Traditional Swedish spring song Published by Earthsongs
Recording by Rudsambee Company of Singers from the album Bottled at Source Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go? SATB, baritone solo, folk band (2 fiddles, whistle, guitar) Arrangement of the song by Francis McPeake Commissioned by
VOICES Chorale of New Jersey, dir. Lyn Ransom SSA, piano Arrangement of the traditional Scottish song (words by Robert Burns)
Perusal score of the revised version (2020)
Audio realisation of the revised version (2020)
Recording by Otterbein Women's Chorale (original 2009 version) SATB, flute or soprano recorder Arrangement of the traditional Scottish song (words by Robert Burns)
Perusal score of the revised version (2020)
Audio realisation of the revised version (2020)
Recording by the Magpie Consort, Columbus, Ohio (original 2009 version) The Water is Wide
Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon
Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon