2025–26 Choral Programming Report
What school choirs actually sang from September 2025 through July 2026, drawn from concert programs directors shared on ChoirTrends.
Data as of November 11, 2026. Totals update as directors add programs from this school year.
Concert programs
Schools
Different titles
Performances
Highlights
- The most widely programmed piece was “Time” by Jennifer Lucy Cook, sung by 8 different schools.
- Elaine Hagenberg was the most widely programmed composer, with music on concerts at 11 schools.
- Roger Emerson was the most widely programmed arranger, at 14 schools.
- 933 performances covered 861 different titles — most pieces appeared on only one school’s concert, and 11 reached 3 or more schools.
- May was the busiest concert month, with 27 of the year’s 81 programs.
Most-Performed Pieces
Pieces sung by at least 3 different schools during the year, ranked by number of schools.
|
#
|
Piece
|
Composer
|
Arranger
|
Schools
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time | Jennifer Lucy Cook | — | 8 |
| 2 | Does The World Say? | Kyle Pederson | — | 4 |
| 3 | Hallelujah Chorus | George Frideric Handel | — | 4 |
| 4 | Muusika | Pärt Uusberg | — | 4 |
| 5 | By Night | Elaine Hagenberg | — | 3 |
| 6 | O Love | Elaine Hagenberg | — | 3 |
| 7 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Paul Simon | Kirby Shaw | 3 |
| 8 | Glow | Eric Whitacre | — | 3 |
| 9 | Tundra | Ola Gjeilo | — | 3 |
| 10 | United in Purpose | Rollo Dilworth | — | 3 |
Most-Programmed Composers
|
#
|
Name
|
Pieces
|
Schools
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elaine Hagenberg | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Jennifer Lucy Cook | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | George Frideric Handel | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 21 | 7 |
| 5 | Andy Beck | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | Ola Gjeilo | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Rollo Dilworth | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Michael John Trotta | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | Eric Whitacre | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Kyle Pederson | 3 | 6 |
Most-Programmed Arrangers
|
#
|
Name
|
Pieces
|
Schools
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Emerson | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | Mark Brymer | 12 | 9 |
| 3 | Kirby Shaw | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | Audrey Snyder | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | Mac Huff | 7 | 5 |
| 6 | Andy Beck | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Alan Billingsley | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | Jay Althouse | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Craig Hella Johnson | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Greg Gilpin | 4 | 4 |
Winter vs. Spring
Top composers in winter concerts (September–January) and spring concerts (February–July).
Winter
|
#
|
Name
|
Schools
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Frideric Handel | 6 |
| 2 | Ola Gjeilo | 5 |
| 3 | Eric Whitacre | 5 |
| 4 | Michael John Trotta | 4 |
| 5 | Andy Beck | 4 |
Spring
|
#
|
Name
|
Schools
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elaine Hagenberg | 10 |
| 2 | Jennifer Lucy Cook | 7 |
| 3 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 6 |
| 4 | Rollo Dilworth | 6 |
| 5 | Kyle Pederson | 6 |
Concert Calendar
Concert programs per month.
View as table
|
Month
|
Programs
|
|---|---|
| September | 0 |
| October | 3 |
| November | 4 |
| December | 22 |
| January | 0 |
| February | 7 |
| March | 4 |
| April | 8 |
| May | 27 |
| June | 6 |
| July | 0 |
Where the Programs Came From
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New Jersey
32 schools
Also: California, Germany, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
About this data
Rankings come from concert programs uploaded by choral directors. To protect privacy, a piece, composer or arranger is listed only after at least 3 different schools have performed it, and no schools, directors or students are ever named.
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