The Eric Whitacre Virtual Choir #6 had more than 17,000 singers. As a response to COVID-19 and the isolation and division the pandemic was creating, Eric wrote the words and music with the hope that ?Sing Gently? might give some small measure of comfort for those who need it, and that it might suggest a way of living with one another that is compassionate, gentle, and kind.

Velo qué bonito is a traditional Colombian song also known as Bunde de San Antonio, patron saint of the Colombian black communities. It is sung a cappella, accompanied only by a 'tambora?, the typical Afro-Indo-American drum. / Choeur SSA A Cappella

Written as a tribute to her husband, this moving Joan Baez song first appeared on her album (I Live) One Day at a Time. Lawson's gentle a cappella setting is quickly learned by large or small ensembles. / Choeur SSA A Cappella

Introit for the feast of All Saints-'Composed in 2009 this short celebratory introit was the first of several unaccompanied works I composed for Matthew Owens and the Wells Cathedral Girl Choristers. The text ('Let us all rejoice') exists in a number of versions and here honours 'all the saints at whose solemnly the angels rejoice'. The texture essentially imitative is governed by a syncopated melodic phrase which gives way to softer material in the middle section. The return of the opening idea drives the piece towards a broad jubilant conclusion. The work was arranged for SSATB in 2010 for the Exon Singes Festival the upper parts unaltered. 'John Phibbs

These a cappella works are a nice addition to the repertoire for women's chorus. Includes: Jetzt ist die rechte Freudenzeit (Schein) Ecce Maria (Praetorius). German Latin and English texts. Available: SSA/SSAA a cappella.