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All songsGrade 3 Mixed Chorus list
Mixed ChorusGrade 3(SSATB) (accomp)Code 27534

Musica Dei (The Gift of Music)

Porterfield · Alfred Music Company, Inc.

Performances252005–2025
Schools23
Avg concert1.521 is best
Straight ones56%14 superior ratings

Performances per year

How often this piece was programmed.

Average rating per year

1 is the best possible score, so lower is better.

  • Concert
  • Sight-reading

Share of its category

Against every grade 3 Mixed Chorus piece performed since 2005.

<1%of 5,658 performances

24 of this piece vs 5,634 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Hargrave High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Whitehouse HSavg 1.02×
  • Athens HSavg 2.01×
  • Bay City High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Cleburne High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Cuero HSavg 1.01×
  • Edison HSavg 1.01×
  • Fort Stockton High Schoolavg 2.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Away from the Roll of the Sea — MacgillivrayGr 3 · avg 1.02×
  • Sing We and Chant It — MorleyGr 4 · avg 1.02×
  • The Cloths of Heaven — KoscheGr 4 · avg 1.52×
  • A Jubilant Psalm — CrockerGr 2 · avg 2.01×
  • Adoramus Te, Christe — SebekTreble Chorus · Gr 2 · avg 2.01×
  • Agnus Dei — PoormanGr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • Alleluia — JamesGr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • And God Shall Wipe Away All Tears — SnyderGr 3 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 25 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2025Bay City High SchoolAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep (SATB) (accomp) — Farnell
  • In the Evening — Jay Althouse
Kara CowartVarsity21
2024Hargrave High SchoolAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Away from the Roll of the Sea (11501) (accomp) — Macgillivray
  • Pal Pa Haugen — Ellingboe
Brice CampbellVarsity11
2023Cleburne High SchoolAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Malakatumba (25330) (solo OR small group w/body percussion) (a cappella) — Elberdin
  • Hard Times — Stephen Foster/Arr. Nick Johnson
B Weslee VanceVarsity21
2019Whitehouse HSAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Londonderry Air — Chilcott
  • Daemon Irrepit Callidus (a cappella) — Orban
Amy McMichaelVarsity11
2018Jefferson High SchoolAAAMixed Chorus
  • For the Sake of Our Children — Jeffery Ames
  • Search Me O God (SATB) (a cappella) — Priano
Jennifer RichVarsity33
2018Tascosa High SchoolAAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Sing A Mighty Song — Daniel e. Gawthrop
  • O Domine Jesu Christe (Latin) (a cappella) — Palestrina/Walker
Tiffany RussellNon Varsity11
2017North Lamar High SchoolAAAAMixed Chorus
  • And God Shall Wipe Away All Tears (SATB) — Snyder/
  • The Cloths Of Heaven — Stroope/
Rebecca HildrethVarsity11
2016Sunnyvale HSAAAMixed Chorus
  • Rise Up In Festive Song (SAB) (opt hand drum & finger cymbals or triangle) — Clereau/Liebergen
  • In Flander's Fields — Leavitt
Megan SenterNon Varsity11
2015Hargrave High SchoolAAAAMixed Chorus
  • As Fair as Morn (SAB) — Wilbye/Haberlen
  • Over the Sea to Skye (SATB) — Anon. or Trad./Robinson
Brice CampbellVarsity12
2015Lamar High SchoolAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Esto Les Digo (SATB sop solo) — Lange/
  • Tshotsholoza — Jeffery Ames
Toni WorleyNon Varsity22
2014Cuero HSAAAMixed Chorus
  • The Turtle Dove (SATB) — Anon. or Trad./Rentz
  • Alleluia — Will James
Heather TurkVarsity11
2014MISS: Mission HSAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Benedictus — Lewis
  • Sing We and Chant It (SSATB) — Morley/
Kat CallawayVarsity11
2013Athens HSAAAMixed Chorus
  • Cantate Domino (descant required) — Poorman/
  • River and Sky — Butler/
Kern RailsbackVarsity21
2013Edison HSAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Dirait-on — Lauridsen
  • Requiem — Shearer
Valerie WatsonNon Varsity11
2013Sam Houston High SchoolAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Tutto lo di mi dici Canta — Di Lasso/Klein
  • The Cloths Of Heaven — Stroope/
Laura PeaseNon Varsity22
2012Whitehouse HSAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Away from the Roll of the Sea — Macgillivray/
  • Yedid Nefesh (SSATB) — Bleckner/
Amy McMichaelVarsity11
2011Fort Stockton HSAAAMixed Chorus
  • Go 'Way from My Window (SATB) — Niles/Purifoy
  • O Bella Fusa (Italian) — Di Lasso/Klein
Stephen GennetteVarsity12
2011Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolAAAMixed Chorus
  • Close Now Thine Eyes (SATB) — Gawthrop
  • A Jubilant Psalm — Crocker
Mary Lynn HokettVarsity22
2010Sunnyvale High SchoolAAMixed Chorus
  • Psallite (Latin & German) — Praetorius/Greyson/Leck
  • Steal Away (SATB) — Anon. or Trad./Schram
Megan SenterVarsity33
2010Trautmann MSCCCTreble Chorus
  • Adoramus te Christe (2 part) — Sebek
  • The Little Horses (SA) — Copland/White
Dortha JacksonVarsity23
2006Fort Stockton High SchoolAAAMixed Chorus
  • O occhi manza mia (Italian) — Di Lasso/Klein
  • Ma Navu (Hebrew) (SAB or SATB) — Snyder
Stephen GennetteVarsity23
2006Gilmer High School ChoirAAAMixed Chorus
  • Song of the Sea — Hannisian
  • Psalm 34 — Drummond
Randy DeckerVarsity23
2006Irons Junior HighBBBMixed Chorus
  • Riu Riu Chiu — Anon./Spevacek
  • Barter (SAB) — Dewald
Kathryn ZetterstromVarsity11
2006MissionAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Sing We and Chant It (SSATB) — Morley
  • Be Still Look Up and Listen — Patterson
Kat CallawayVarsity11
2005Whitehouse High SchoolAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Agnus Dei (Latin) (SAB) — Poorman
  • Duerme — Noble
Amy McMichaelVarsity12

  • Bay City High School

    2025 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Kara Cowart

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep (SATB) (accomp) — Farnell
    • In the Evening — Jay Althouse

  • Hargrave High School

    2024 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Brice Campbell

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Away from the Roll of the Sea (11501) (accomp) — Macgillivray
    • Pal Pa Haugen — Ellingboe

  • Cleburne High School

    2023 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity

    B Weslee Vance

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Malakatumba (25330) (solo OR small group w/body percussion) (a cappella) — Elberdin
    • Hard Times — Stephen Foster/Arr. Nick Johnson

  • Whitehouse HS

    2019 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity

    Amy McMichael

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Londonderry Air — Chilcott
    • Daemon Irrepit Callidus (a cappella) — Orban

  • Jefferson High School

    2018 · Mixed Chorus · AAA · Varsity

    Jennifer Rich

    Concert3SR3

    Performed with

    • For the Sake of Our Children — Jeffery Ames
    • Search Me O God (SATB) (a cappella) — Priano

  • Tascosa High School

    2018 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Tiffany Russell

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sing A Mighty Song — Daniel e. Gawthrop
    • O Domine Jesu Christe (Latin) (a cappella) — Palestrina/Walker

  • North Lamar High School

    2017 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Rebecca Hildreth

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • And God Shall Wipe Away All Tears (SATB) — Snyder/
    • The Cloths Of Heaven — Stroope/

  • Sunnyvale HS

    2016 · Mixed Chorus · AAA · Non Varsity

    Megan Senter

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Rise Up In Festive Song (SAB) (opt hand drum & finger cymbals or triangle) — Clereau/Liebergen
    • In Flander's Fields — Leavitt

  • Hargrave High School

    2015 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Brice Campbell

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • As Fair as Morn (SAB) — Wilbye/Haberlen
    • Over the Sea to Skye (SATB) — Anon. or Trad./Robinson

  • Lamar High School

    2015 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Toni Worley

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Esto Les Digo (SATB sop solo) — Lange/
    • Tshotsholoza — Jeffery Ames

  • Cuero HS

    2014 · Mixed Chorus · AAA · Varsity

    Heather Turk

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Turtle Dove (SATB) — Anon. or Trad./Rentz
    • Alleluia — Will James

  • MISS: Mission HS

    2014 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Kat Callaway

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Benedictus — Lewis
    • Sing We and Chant It (SSATB) — Morley/

  • Athens HS

    2013 · Mixed Chorus · AAA · Varsity

    Kern Railsback

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Cantate Domino (descant required) — Poorman/
    • River and Sky — Butler/

  • Edison HS

    2013 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Non Varsity

    Valerie Watson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Dirait-on — Lauridsen
    • Requiem — Shearer

  • Sam Houston High School

    2013 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Laura Pease

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Tutto lo di mi dici Canta — Di Lasso/Klein
    • The Cloths Of Heaven — Stroope/

  • Whitehouse HS

    2012 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Amy McMichael

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Away from the Roll of the Sea — Macgillivray/
    • Yedid Nefesh (SSATB) — Bleckner/

  • Fort Stockton HS

    2011 · Mixed Chorus · AAA · Varsity

    Stephen Gennette

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Go 'Way from My Window (SATB) — Niles/Purifoy
    • O Bella Fusa (Italian) — Di Lasso/Klein

  • Lubbock-Cooper High School

    2011 · Mixed Chorus · AAA · Varsity

    Mary Lynn Hokett

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Close Now Thine Eyes (SATB) — Gawthrop
    • A Jubilant Psalm — Crocker

  • Sunnyvale High School

    2010 · Mixed Chorus · AA · Varsity

    Megan Senter

    Concert3SR3

    Performed with

    • Psallite (Latin & German) — Praetorius/Greyson/Leck
    • Steal Away (SATB) — Anon. or Trad./Schram

  • Trautmann MS

    2010 · Treble Chorus · CCC · Varsity

    Dortha Jackson

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • Adoramus te Christe (2 part) — Sebek
    • The Little Horses (SA) — Copland/White

  • Fort Stockton High School

    2006 · Mixed Chorus · AAA · Varsity

    Stephen Gennette

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • O occhi manza mia (Italian) — Di Lasso/Klein
    • Ma Navu (Hebrew) (SAB or SATB) — Snyder

  • Gilmer High School Choir

    2006 · Mixed Chorus · AAA · Varsity

    Randy Decker

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • Song of the Sea — Hannisian
    • Psalm 34 — Drummond

  • Irons Junior High

    2006 · Mixed Chorus · BBB · Varsity

    Kathryn Zetterstrom

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Riu Riu Chiu — Anon./Spevacek
    • Barter (SAB) — Dewald

  • Mission

    2006 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Kat Callaway

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sing We and Chant It (SSATB) — Morley
    • Be Still Look Up and Listen — Patterson

  • Whitehouse High School

    2005 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Amy McMichael

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Agnus Dei (Latin) (SAB) — Poorman
    • Duerme — Noble