Solo Series
Remember Me As I Was Then
Text by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933); Music by Tom T. Shelton, Jr.
A song cycle of for Soprano Solo with Keyboard Accompaniment
I. The Kiss
II. After Love
III. Morning Song
IV. Change (Remember Me As I Was Then)
V. The Dreams of My Heart
Colla Voce Music 50-96760
* For Nancy Walker
Treble Music
A Song of Peace
2-Part Treble with piano
Hinshaw Music HMC 2168
* for the Charlotte-Mecklenberg Elementary Honor Choir
Animal Imagination
for Unison Children's Choir and piano
Hinshaw Music, HMC 2414
In Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Greensboro Youth Chorus
* Lyrics by Lucy Jones, Greensboro Youth Chorus Singer
The Bee
SSA with piano
Hinshaw Music HMC 2119
Text by Emily Dickinson
* For the 2000 North Carolina Middle School All-State Chorus
Before the Paling of the Stars
Unison with piano and violin
Santa Barbara Music Publishing; SBMP 1092
Poetry by Christina Rossetti
Beyond Borders
SA with piano and djembe
GIA Music G8807
*written for the "Amani Invitational Children's Choir Festival"
Christina Rossetti: Wind Trilogy
SSAA with Piano and Cello
Hinshaw Music HMC 2244
* Commissioned for the 2010 ACDA Southern Division Children's Honor Choir;
Sandra Snow, conductor; Memphis, Tennessee; March 13, 2010
Video Link
Christmastide
SSA with Children’s Choir, Solo, and optional Strings
Santa Barbara Music Publishing SBMP1448
* Commissioned by the Music Ministry of Myers Park UMC (Charlotte, NC)
Dreams
SSAA with piano
Hinshaw Music HMC 2169
* Commissioned by Durham School of the Arts Camerata Choir,
in honor of Mrs. Scott Hill's retirement
Fidelia Omnia Mandata Ejus
Unison with Piano and Violin
Hinshaw Music HMC 2236
* G.B. Pergolesi (1710-1736); arr. Tom Shelton
Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes
SSA with harp (or piano)
Hinshaw Music HMC 2080
Text by Thomas Dekker (1570-1632)
* for Nancy Walker
Home Is in My Heart
Unison with Piano and Flute
HInshaw Music
A Hope Carol
Two-Part Treble with piano and flute
Hinshaw Music HMC 2118
Text by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
The Hope of the Future (La Esperanza del Futuro)
Two-Part Treble with piano
Hinshaw Music HMC 1858
* for Debbie Brooks, Leslie Dunn, and Donna Morrison; Three great leaders in Education, who put children first.
I Am A Child
Three-Part Treble Voices with Flute, Hand Drum, and Piano
Colla Voce 18-96710
* Selected for the ACDA National Children's Choir Reading Session, Miami 2007
* Commissioned by the Past State Presidents of North Carolina Alpha Delta Kappa in
commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of North Carolina Alpha Delta kappa, 1954-2004.
I Saw Three Ships
SSAA with Four-Hand piano accompaniment
Colla Voce Music 18-96620
In Yourself Believe
SSA with piano and optional windchimes
Hinshaw Music HMC 2120
* Commissioned for the 50th Anniversary of the North Carolina Summer Institute for Choral Arts
Is The Moon Tired?
SSA with Vibraphone and Piano
Colla Voce 18-96640
Text by Christina Rossetti
* Commissioned by the Hillborough County Public Schools, Florida
Mary’s Lullaby
SA with Piano and Flute
Hinshaw Music HMC2521
The Mountains Are Calling Me
Two-Part Treble with Piano and Glockenspiel
Santa Barbara Music Publishing SBMP 943
* Commissioned for the 2009 Haywood County Elementary Choral Festival, October 16, 2009
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Music, Joyful Music
Two-Part Treble with flute and piano
Hinshaw Music HMC 1985
* for the 2001 Guilford County Elementary Honor Choir
Musica Dei
Treble - Multiple Divisi, with oboe and piano
Colla Voce Music 18-96590
My Heart Remembers You (Tom Shelton and Maribeth Yoder-White)
Two-Part Treble with Descant
Hinshaw Music HMC 2207
* Commissioned by the Lower Primary Division of the Hong Kong International School in celebration
of their 40th Anniversary
My Mother’s Love
Two-Part Treble with piano
Hinshaw Music HMC 2352
* for Agnes Shelton and Gail Neville
Video Link
O Jesulein zart
SSA with piano and optional flute or violin accompaniment
* Optional instrumental accompaniment available: flute, harp, string quartet
* Original music using text from the original German carol
* in German
Colla Voce Music 18-96560
* Commissioned for the 25th Anniversary of the Charlotte Children's Concert Choir; Sandy Holland, conductor.
One Voice
SSA with Piano and Violin
Hinshaw Music HMC2490
* Commissioned by the 2014 North Carolina Elementary Honors Chorus
Pie Jesu
Unison with piano and oboe
Hinshaw Music HMC 1954
* Selected for the ACDA National Children's Choir Reading Session, Los Angeles, 2005
* for the Children's Choir of the 2001 Montreat Worship and Music Conference
Video Link
Prayer of the Children
Two-Part Treble with Descant, piano and bells
Hinshaw Music HMC 2079
* Commissioned for the 2002 North Carolina Elementary Honors Chorus in loving memory of
Rebecca Carnes
Proverbs
SA with piano and percussion
Santa Barbara Music Publishing SBMP 1009
*Commissioned for the Rockingham County Elementary Honor Choir
Remember Me As I Was Then
SSAA with piano
Colla Voce Music 18-96550
Poetry by Sara Teasdale
Shady Grove
SSAA with Piano and Opt. Violin, Double Bass, Guitar, and Banjo
Walton Music WLG155
* Commissioned by the Greensboro Youth Chorus
She Walks in Beauty
Two-part Treble with piano
Hinshaw Music HMC 1886
Text by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
* for the Greensboro Youth Chorus
Song of Dedication
Two-Part Treble with piano and handbells
Hinshaw Music HMC 1873
* for the LOGOS singers of First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, NC
Stars
SSA with Violin
Santa Barbara Music Publishing SBMP 832
Text by Christina Rossetti
* Commissioned by the Raleigh Fine Arts Society's in honor of the 10th Anniversary of the Elementary
Choral Celebration and its founder, Martha N. Zaytoun
There Will Be Rest
SSAA with Piano
Colla Voce Music 40-96570
* Commissioned by the Greensboro Youth Chorus
* In memory of Paul Oakley
This World is Full of Beauty
Unison with Descant, Piano and Violin
Choristers Guild “Sing Out” Series
CGE115
* Commissioned by the Transylvania Elementary All County Chorus
To the River I Run
SA with piano and tonechimes
Musicspoke.com
Turkish March (W.A. Mozart, arr. Tom Shelton)
SSAA a cappella
Colla Voce 18-96650
* for the Greensboro Youth Chorus
Video Link
We Sing Alleluia
SSAA with Piano, Flute, Violin, Tonechimes
Galaxy Music, I.3476
* Commissioned for the 2016 Southern Division ACDA Children’s Honor Choi
TB Music
Cangia, cangia tue voglie
T(T)B with piano and flute
*In Italian
Hinshaw Music Company HMC 2295
* G.B. Fasolo (1598-1694)/arr. Tom Shelton
* For the South Carolina Middle School TTB Choral Festival, October 25, 2011
Three-Part Mixed
Because You Cared
Three-Part Mixed with Piano
Heritage Music Press 15/1480H
* In honor of Mr. Donald Golding, principal, Atkins Middle School (1973-1997)
Video Link
The Bee
Three-Part Mixed with piano
Hinshaw Music HMC 1778
Text by Emily Dickinson
* For the 2000 North Carolina Middle School All-State Chorus
Cangia, cangia tue voglie
Three-Part Mixed with piano and flute
*In Italian
Hinshaw Music Company HMC 2347
* G.B. Fasolo (1598-1694)/arr. Tom Shelton
* For the South Carolina Middle School TTB Choral Festival, October 25, 2011
Video Link
The Moon Was But a Chin of Gold
Three-Part Mixed with flute and piano
Hinshaw Music HMC 1779
Text by Emily Dickinson
* For the 2000 North Carolina Middle School All-State Chorus
She Walks in Beauty
Three-Part Mixed with piano
Hinshaw Music HMC 2034
Text by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
* for the Greensboro Youth Chorus
We All Smile in the Same Language
SA(T)B with Piano, Steel Drums, Percussion and Optional Bass
Heritage Music Press 15/2514H
* Commissioned by Catawba County Schools in honor of the 2007 Middle School All-County Chorus
SATB
Das Gläut zu Speyer
Ludwig Senfl (1486-1543)/arr. Tom Shelton
SSATTB voices, a cappella
Walton Music, WLG147
* Edited and Arranged in honor of the 60th Anniversary of the North Carolina Summer Institute for Choral Arts.
Echo
SATB with piano
G. Schirmer
50600445
* Commissioned by the Eastern Division ACDA Middle School Honor Choir
Go Down Moses (Spiritual, arranged by Tom Shelton)
SATB with piano
Santa Barbara Music Publishing SBMP 494
* for the UNCG Summer Music Camp Choirs
Video Link
I Want Jesus to Walk with Me (Spiritual, arranged by Tom Shelton)
SATB with Saxophone
Hinshaw Music Company HMC 2187
* for the Lutheridge Middle School Choir, 2007
Lo! Newborn Jesus
Combined SATB and unison choirs with piano or 4 octaves handbells
Choristers Guild CGA 1369
* For Kevin McBeth and the Manchester United Methodist Church Music Program
A Spotless Rose
SATB with Piano and Flute
Choristers Guild CGA 1517
* Commissioned by Doylestown United Methodist Church