Jennifer Lucy Cook

Jennifer Lucy Cook (she/her) is a composer and lyricist based in Los Angeles. Jen specializes in music for the stage and screen, choral music, and pop songwriting. Recent choral commissions include Cantorum Chamber Choir, Choral Arts Ensemble in Minnesota, and the Utah Valley University Chamber Choir. She is the recipient of the Edwin Fissinger Composition Award, the Chorus Austin Composition Prize, the HerVoice Competition with Chicago A Cappella, and the Cantus Emerging Composer Award. She is an alumni of the Johnny Mercer Foundation Writer’s Grove with Goodspeed Musicals, and her theater commissions include Full House Theatre Co., British Youth Musical Theatre, and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. Her musical recaps of the Bachelor recently went viral on TikTok. She earned a Master’s degree in Musical Theater Writing from Goldsmiths University in London and a Bachelor’s in Media Music from Brigham Young University. jenniferlucycook.com


Compositions by Jennifer Lucy Cook

Blow, Blow, thou Winter Wind (Cook)

Jennifer Lucy Cook treble choir, Difficulty : 3, percussion, less than 3 min.

Blow, Blow, thou Winter Wind (Cook) (Practice Tracks)

Jennifer Lucy Cook treble choir, Difficulty : 3, a cappella, less than 3 min.

For You I Will Be An Island

Jennifer Lucy Cook mixed choir, Difficulty : 5, a cappella, 3-5 min.

Over and Over

Jennifer Lucy Cook treble choir, Difficulty : 3, 1-2 instruments, a cappella, less than 3 min.

Over and Over (Practice Tracks)

Jennifer Lucy Cook treble choir, Difficulty : 3, a cappella, less than 3 min.

They Are Mother

Jennifer Lucy Cook mixed choir, Difficulty : 4, piano, 3-5 min.

They Are Mother (SATB Practice Tracks)

Jennifer Lucy Cook mixed choir, Difficulty : 4, piano, 3-5 min.

1: (Easy) No divisi in voice parts, accompaniment doubles or supports vocal parts, diatonic, symmetrical phrases, textures mostly homophonic, simple rhythms, stepwise voice leading (conjunct), moderate ranges, no extended techniques, and limited sustained singing.

2: (Medium Easy) Limited divisi, voices somewhat independent from accompaniment, some chromatics, phrases may be longer or more fragmented, mostly homophonic, moderate rhythmic complexity, some difficult intervals (disjunct motion), moderate ranges, extended techniques are simple, limited sustained singing.

3. (Medium) Limited divisi, unaccompanied, or with independent accompaniment (voice parts not doubled), many chromatics, phrases of varying lengths, more contrapuntal textures, moderately complex rhythms, some difficult intervals (disjunct motion), moderately difficult/challenging ranges, extended techniques are potentially challenging, and some sustained singing.

4. (Medium Difficult) Abundant divisi, unaccompanied, or accompanying instruments are fully independent from voice parts, many chromatics and/or key changes, long and/or broken phrases, potentially little homophony, complex rhythms, many difficult intervals (disjunct motion), difficult/challenging ranges, potentially difficult extended techniques, and a demand for sustained singing.

5. (Difficult) Adundant divis, unaccompanied, or accompanying instruments are fully independent from voice parts, many chromatics and/or key changes, long and/or broken phrases, potentially little homophony, complex rhythms, extreme ranges, use of challenging or unusual extended vocal techniques, abundant sustained singing.