A World of Good Music
Did you know that Graphite Publishing currently features scores in thirty-three distinct languages?! Our “Shop Music” page has a nifty filter option that can help connect you to songs written in languages from all around the world.
Dr. Tracy Wong hails from Malaysia and is a choral conductor, music educator, composer, vocalist, and pianist. She advocates for repertoire-based music education by writing pieces that are teaching tools for singers to develop vocal technique, musicianship skills, and artistry. As part of her continued search to define her Chinese-Malaysian-Canadian identity, Dr. Wong’s music also shows the coming-together of different languages and musical elements that continue to influence her composition writing. Peruse the entire Tracy Wong Series! 
Jong Jong Inai
SAB & Body Percussion
Also for 2-part treble & 3-part treble
A catchy Malay folk song about everyday life, a maiden, and a little accident! This Malay folk song is usually sung by children, passed down by their elders, while playing a game of tag.
He Ranglo
Experience the vibrant energy and rhythm of the garba – a community celebration and dance found throughout Gujarat, India.
Singkap Siaga
TTBB & body percussion
Also for SAB, SATB, SSA, & SSAA
“A gutsy and fiery piece which is inspired by the almost-extinct Malay tradition of shadow puppet theatre and its music.” – Wayang Kulit Kelantan.
Timothy Hoekman is a highly experienced performer, teacher, and coach, and has written in many genres and has works published by Theodore Presser, Colla Voce, Plymouth Music Company, Recital Publications, and Classical Vocal Reprints. He was recently announced as the winner of the Delta Omicron 2025 Triennial Composition Competition for his Bagatelles for Clarinet and Piano, and in 2002 he was the MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year for his song cycle To Make a Prairie, commissioned by the South Dakota Music Teachers Association. Peruse our entire Timothy Hoekman Music collection! 
Drei Galgenlieder (Three Gallows Songs)
SATB & Piano
Three poems from Christian Morgenstern’s poetry collection entitled Galgenlieder (Gallows Songs)—whimsical, humorous poems with sometimes serious undertones.
Omittamus studia
SATB & Piano
Omittamus studia is a setting of a rambunctious Latin text from the medieval collection known as Carmina burana. Hoekman’s setting of these words combines jazzy rhythms with florid vocal writing, resulting in a highly entertaining piece for singers, pianist, and audience.
Il est né le divin enfant
Soprano solo & Orchestra
A lively arrangement for soprano and orchestra of this well-known French Christmas carol. The text is in French, but could also be sung in English translation.
The oak tree and the cypress
SATB a cappella
This choral work sets Kahlil Gibran’s iconic meditation on marriage to music, illuminating love as a balance of unity and individuality. It’s a meditation on love that holds, but never confines.
“Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.”
-Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
Bonny Portmore
Voice & Piano
“Bonny Portmore” is an Irish folksong lamenting the loss of Ireland’s old oak and ash forests, specifically the Great Oak of Portmore, also known as the Portmore Ornament Tree, in County Antrim.
“All the birds in the forest they bitterly weep,
Saying, “Where shall we shelter, where shall we sleep?”
For the Oak and the Ash, they are all cutten down
And the walls of bonny Portmore are all down to the ground.”
-Irish traditional
From Such Sparks
This moving piece, written in memory of a beloved choral conductor, celebrates how every person can be a spark of light—the light of all who strive, in all our different ways, to make the world a better and more beautiful place. Download includes a pronunciation guide.
“Her light radiates undimmed through the night.
Uminitsotsot ka-eile avukot or yitkab’tsu, v’ya-iru et kol ha-olam michvodam.
From such sparks, torches of light gather and illuminate the entire world with their glory.” -Proverbs, Chapter 31 and Abraham Isaac Kook: Orot Hakodesh
Flames Will Grow
Flames Will Grow is an emotional plea for release, an expressive instillment of rage, and a tour-de-force where saxophonist, pianist, and singer all take part in the catharsis. This is new music for those looking for something unique and unheard for their coming program.
“how long can i / hide the flames / wanting to rise / out of this fire… / if i can only recount / the story of my life / right out of my body / flames will grow” -Rumi (1207-1273)
Chôros No. 10 (“Rasga o Coração”)
SSAATTBB div. choir & Orchestra
A massive work for symphony orchestra and choir that is a declaration of love for Brazil.
Gamaya
This Vedic mantra comes from one of the Upanishads, sacred Sanskrit books likely written between 500-200B.C.
Sangeetham
TTBB a cappella
“The shining truth is that the core of my being is music.” This is the inspirational message of Sangeetham, which means “music” in the classical Indian language Sanskrit.
Afka Hooyo (Mother Tongue)
SATB, Djembe, Hand Drum
Sung completely in Somali, Takach uses Hadrawi’s joyful text and driving syncopated rhythms to celebrate the official adoption of the Somali alphabet.
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