Thank you for your interest in choral music by Abby Henkel Roman

10% of all profits will be donated to the Indianapolis Children’s Choir and the Earlham College Music Department.

Recordings of these compositions are on the Listen page.

Conductors: For a perusal copy, please email me with the piece(s) you’d like to see.

At this time, I am not registered with ASCAP or BMI and there is no performance fee for this music beyond purchasing printing and photocopy rights. All music is protected by US copyright law and is not permitted for reproduction except where permission is strictly granted by the composer.

For questions or to inform me of upcoming performances of my music, please contact me. If I’m able to attend your concert, I’ll be happy to do so!

How to order music

Music is purchased by completing the order form at the bottom of this page. You will receive an email with your purchase total and payment instructions (Venmo or Paypal). Once payment is completed, a PDF of the music you ordered will be sent via email.

Perigee

  • For a cappella SATB choir with divisi, soloists, and reader

  • 9 minutes

  • Music by Abby Henkel (2022); poetry by Mary Craig (2020, used with permission)

  • In memory of and dedicated to Simon Craig Vodosek

  • Supported by an Emerging Artist Award from the Bloomington Arts Commission

View a preview of the score (3 pages, PDF)

Watch a recording by Voces Novae with footage of Simon

Thank You

  • For a cappella SATB choir with divisi and soloists

  • 5 minutes

  • Music by Abby Henkel (2022); poetry by Ross Gay (2017, used with permission)

  • Commissioned by the Bloomington Chamber Singers, funded by the Bloomington Arts Commission

View a preview of the score (3 pages, PDF)

Watch the rehearsal recording by the Bloomington Chamber Singers

Venite ad me

  • For a cappella SSA choir with divisi

  • Music by Abby Henkel (2021); Latin liturgical text (public domain)

  • 1:30 minutes

View a preview of the score (1 page, PDF)

Watch a recording of the premiere by Voces Novae

Sorrow is Not My Name

  • For a cappella SATB choir with divisi

  • Music by Abby Henkel (2021); poetry by Ross Gay (2007, used with permission)

  • 2:15 minutes

View a preview of the score (2 pages, PDF)

Watch a recording by the Earlham College Chamber Singers

Missa Brevis

  • For a cappella SSA choir with divisi

  • Music by Abby Henkel (2007); Latin liturgical text (public domain)

  • 12:30 minutes

  • Dedicated to my grandparents, Richard and Margery Henkel

View a preview of the score (5 pages, PDF)

Listen to the recording from my senior recital at Earlham College

Use the form below to order sheet music for printing and performing ($5 per piece). You will receive an email with payment instructions. Once you have paid, you will receive the music in the form of a PDF via email. Ordering here gives you permission to print as many copies as you specify ($1.50 per copy).

For example, if you would like permission to print 30 copies of “Perigee,” select that piece from the dropdown, then type 29 in the box labeled “Number of copies.” Your total would be $48.50 ($5 for the PDF plus permission to print one copy, then 29 x $1.50 per additional copy). The PDF score you receive will state your name and the number of copies you are permitted to print.

Note:

  • Permission to print one copy is included in the $5 purchase price of the piece.

  • You will not receive any hard copies by using this form; the purchaser is expected to print the copies.

  • Please submit a separate form for each different composition you wish to order.

If you’ve purchased a piece in the past and simply wish to order permission to print more copies, skip the “number of copies” field but fill in the following one as well as “which piece would you like to order?” You will receive a new PDF specifying the number of copies to be printed.

Order Form