Song Database

Welcome to GALA Choruses’ Song Database!

There are many excellent choral databases on the web, so this catalog focuses specifically on 

  • repertoire that is LGBTQ+ identified by theme, composer, or lyrics
  • songs that fit the mission of GALA choruses
  • queer-focused Commissions
  • standard LGBTQ repertoire for newer choruses
  • “Street songs” for LGBTQ community engagement gigs

We welcome your feedback on ways to make this new database even more user friendly, or to suggest repertoire.

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Title

Composer

Voicing

Difficulty

Performance Link

Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the Dream

Steve Milloy

SATB, 2 soloists and storytellers
3-Intermediate
Link

Boxes

Catherine Dalton

SATB, SSAA or TTBB
4-Challenging
Link

Lifting As We Climb

Joan Szymko

SSAA, narrators and speakers
3-Intermediate
Link

Love, Death, What Else?

Nathan Hall

SSAATTBB, many short solos and readings
4-Challenging
Link

Mississippi Goddam

Nina Simone

SSAA
2-Average
Link

Motherless Child

Gwyneth Walker

SATB
1-Easy
Link

Naked in the Leaves

Robert Seeley

TTBB or SATB
2-Average
Link

Our Phoenix

Mari Esabel Valverde

SATB
3-Intermediate
Link

Quiet No More

Michael Shaieb, Ann Hampton Callaway, Julian Hornik, Our Lady J, Michael McElroy, Jane Ramseyer Miller

SSAA, SATB, TTBB
4-Challenging
Link

Singing in the Choir

David L McIntyre

SATB
2-Average

Speak to Me of Clothes

Michael Bussewitz-Quarm

TTBB
Link

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Mozart

3-Intermediate

Wanting Memories

Ysaye M. Barnwell

Melody, SATB (can be adapted for SSAA and TTBB voices
2-Average
Link

We Hold Your Names Sacred

Mari Esabel Valverde

SATB, SSAA or TTBB with name readers
4-Challenging
Link

When Thunder Comes

Mari Esabel Valverde

SATB or SSAA
4-Challenging
Link

Why Am I Painting the Livingroom

Peter Berryman

SSAA or SSATB
2-Average
Link