Take your time with rubato when conducting this gorgeous contemporary setting of the well-known Latin text. Delicate melodies, rich harmonies, and lush choral textures will bring out the musicality of...
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The sorrowful text from Shakespeare's 97th sonnet is artfully set for SAB choirs with mature musical taste. Sing the liquid phrases with a beautiful line and observe the tempo nuances to attain the mo...
Chanson folklorique originaire d'Afrique du Sud, cette chanson d'espoir est chantée en anglais et en xhosa. Le message positif de ne jamais abandonner est plein d'énergie et est facile à apprendre et...
This rhythmic call and response song from East Africa is so much fun to sing! The traditional harmonies are easy to find, with just a touch of optional divisi toward the end. A joyful song of praise.
Powerful and intense! Angular phrases and percussive attacks add to the drama in this contemporary setting of the day of wrath text. A tour de force for accomplished choirs.
Riveting and majestic, this contemporary setting of the traditional Latin text of 'Te Deum' is sure to impress. Choirs both large and small will easily achieve a big sound. Modal harmonies convey a se...
A rhythmic piano accompaniment drives this well-crafted arrangement of the classic spiritual. Singers will love the crescendoing choral riff that connects the syncopated refrains to the call and respo...
How fun! A unique setting of words adapted from a familiar English folk song. Handclaps, leg taps, and brushing palms decorate each voice part from the first statement of their independent line to the...
The familiar Latin text has been set many times by many composers, but this dynamic and rhythmic composition rises above. Opens with a driving marcato theme, which is brilliantly contrasted by the exp...
Perform this pair of authentic Asian folk songs separately or as a world music set. Singers will embrace imitating percussion instruments in the Chinese 'Flower Drum Song,' and adore echoing the lyric...
A basic synopsis of the Spanish: let's celebrate the holiday by playing tambourines and rattles. This lively a cappella arrangement of the traditional Andalusian villancico offers downloadable percuss...
A haunting piano motif, pensive minor melody, and flowing vocal phrases weave a fine musical fabric for SSA choirs. Composed as a 3-part round, the range of this piece is primarily one octave for all...
This elegant 12th-century Japanese text is set to original music with respect to the Japanese sound and culture. Ethereal and refined with flute and percussion, the singer sings of a wandering stag, d...
This bright holiday favorite has been arranged with a rhythmic and fun contemporary piano accompaniment supporting the traditional melody and harmonies. Added sections of ding dong dot the arrangement...
A poetic message of how we are all connected by the bonds of life is found in this moving, musical work. With a simple beginning, this piece has rhythmic and contemporary accompaniment and builds to a...
A favorite North American tune is creatively arranged incorporating unison and 2-part harmony, round and partner-style singing with original music. A treasure chest of teaching and learning that inclu...
The popular text of the familiar carol is set with original music that is bright and happy, giving this title new and refreshing energy. A wonderful selection for young voices, the chorus acts as a sh...
A multicultural feature for all choirs! Feel the pulse of African rhythms, sing Swahili salutations, experience world music. Hakuna matata!
It's the familiar 'Il Est NéöÇ sung in English, arranged in a French consort style. Open choral harmonies and accumulating counterlines add to the effect and further the festivity.
A haunting harmonic progression lays the framework for a descending chromatic line, which is sung by Part II and played on the bells. The arpeggiated piano part gently supports the delicate melody, pr...
Patriotic and uplifting, the lyrics of 'America' are set to a sweeping new melody, which leads into a stirring original chorus. A fully-harmonized refrain from 'America the Beautiful' also appears as...
Lively percussion captures the attention followed by a stacking of voices singing this popular South African folk song. Attention is given to vocal writing that creates rhythm patterns around the melo...
This charming Armenian folk song is both beautiful and simple. This arrangement offers the original Armenian text, a phonetic pronunciation guide and a singable English text. This allows you to perfor...
La nuit étoilée de Vincent Van Gogh est la source d'inspiration du compositeur pour cette chorale, qui est remplie d'images tirées de la peinture. Le texte est créé à partir d'une citation de Van Gogh...
This arrangement of the traditional spiritual is a powerhouse women's selection for your concert! Partner-style singing and full four-part singing go hand-in-hand along with a solo opportunity for you...
This playfully polyphonic piece, composed in a minor key, features a text by Emily Dickinson and lively music reminiscent of the Classical era. An agile piano accompaniment and satisfying vocal parts...
The words of Sir Alfred Lord Tennyson are beautifully set in this lush, contemporary choral for distinguished choirs. Seamless metric changes, rich vocal harmonies, and a graceful piano motif vividly...
Fine SSA repertoire that your women will adore. It's hard to say which is more effective, the sprightly and ardent 'Oh, no! ' refrain, or the fluid and pensive middle section. Contrasting sonorities,...
A perfect way to say goodbye, this gentle piece includes words from more than one Irish blessing and boasts a slight Celtic groove. Appropriate for and appealing to choirs of all ages.
This authentic Zulu folk song is a perfect fit for mixed and treble choirs in three parts. The multicultural groove of rhythmic choral parts is routinely punctuated by brief solos and joyful handclaps...
Based on the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe, this beautiful treble choral features a melody supported by an expressive piano accompaniment. Perfect for concert and contest use.
This artistic setting features a text adapted from Rossetti's reverent 'Before the Paling of the Stars.' A haunting melodic theme sets the tone for this minor-mode gem, which could be considered a con...
A whimsical chromatic piano motif opens and reappears throughout this buoyant Shakespeare text setting. Offers excellent three-part writing for treble or mixed ensembles and an appropriate balance of...
Using a text taken from Emily Dickinson's Complete Poems: Part Two-Nature, this intricate choral for treble voices weaves multiple melodies together in a stunning texture. Excellent for contest and co...
The poetry of this expressive winter song provides a florid description of the season's most distinct attributes. Warm choral harmonies are a stark contrast to the icy imagery, and an optional flute o...
Using an earnest text by William Morris, this thoughtful choral features a memorable main melody with many intricate counterlines as it ebbs and flows toward a peaceful close. Stunningly rich and movi...
This textured work of art is built on a captivating melodic theme that echoes and overlaps through the voices and an optional instrumental obbligato. Emily Dickinson's words are truly inspiring. There...
As this piece develops, gorgeous lines ebb, flow, and entwine, creating a lush tapestry of sound. Mature choirs will embrace the largely polyphonic texture and savor the meaningful poetry. A striking...
Pianists will instantly recognize this Clementi prelude, and now choral singers can share the beauty of his music during the Christmas season. Ingenious composer Ruth Morris Gray adds her own melody,...
An irresistible a cappella arrangement of the authentic Sotho folk song! Solid choral harmonies and infectious rhythms (supported with optional percussion patterns) create a backdrop for special featu...
Sung ostinatos join one by one in the opening of this rhythmic arrangement of the authentic Ghanaian folk song. Unison lines, block triads, and a reset of the dynamics in the choral bridge are a blast...
I can live my life on earth contented to the end, if but a few shall ... call me friend.' 'Success,' by 'people's poet' Edgar Guest is paired with a few lines from Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 50' to create...
Written in the style of a spiritual, this original gospel tune will be a highlight this Christmas season. Featuring call-and-response voicing, stylized articulation, and dramatic dynamic shifts, there...
Expressive legato vocal lines are set to Henry Van Dyke's powerful poem about the need for balance in all things. A flowing piano accompaniment provides harmonic support, while the voices remain indep...
Pensive and poignant, the poem describes nature's response to war. Haunting and harmonic, the music captures the ear. A perfect marriage of words and music, appropriate for developing choirs as well a...
Edge-of-your-seat excitement! Substantial contrasts in dynamics and articulation make this arrangement of the traditional spiritual a fitting entry point into the study of the style. Embrace the drama...
This traditional Hawaiian chant was used when master canoe builders called for people to bring trees down from the mountains to the ocean side so that canoes could be built. Now set to music, the word...
A bombastic and stately theme, based on stacked modal harmonies, gives a triumphant air to this contemporary setting of the traditional Latin text. Hushed B and C sections offer contrast before recapi...
This rhythmic setting of the Christina Rossetti text is a truly unique approach. Set in a minor key with light syncopations, the triadic harmony quickly falls into place. Program as a processional and...
We won't go until we get some - but how exactly do you make that holiday confection, anyway? Find the answer in this playful, original (and completely secular) holiday canon loosely based on a fragmen...
Here's an accompanied contemporary madrigal with a lighthearted lilt, guaranteed to bring a smile. This sprightly setting capitalizes on the energy of Shakespeare's witty words from As You Like It. Re...
Using the traditional Latin Sanctus text along with homophonic choral writing, this new original work provides developing singers the opportunity to experience techniques used in more advanced classic...
Using constant and flowing eighth notes in the piano accompaniment along with overlapping echoes in the voices to mirror the sound of a steady rainfall here is a beautiful setting of the James Joyce p...
The call of the river, the psalm of the skies, notes of its melody. This wonderful text celebrates each of us: school bus driver, clerk, policeman, neighbors, children, everyone in our lives and the r...
Un accompagnement de piano animé avec percussions optionnelles et percussions corporelles ajoute de l’énergie à cette chanson folklorique écossaise fougueuse. Les paroles sont remplies de bêtises et d...
Shakespeare's brilliance in crafting clever inventive poetry is demonstrated in his Sonnet 43. The beautiful love poem is a powerhouse of teaching and is set just as brilliantly for choral singing tha...
Sara Teasdale's text is superbly set in a steady and flowing concert work for mixed voices as well as men's ensembles. Diverse part-writing fills the choral, creating harmonic contrast and richness wi...
Delightfully playful with contrasting short and legato singing, this English folk song is a gem for any program. Harmonic writing surrounded by a round conjures its genesis of the English caroling tra...
Celtic charisma with poetic polish. This reflective Christina Rossetti text sits so naturally with the haunting melody that it's hard to believe one was composed without the other. Each new counter li...
The captivating words of James T. Fields are set to dramatic music evocative of a tumultuous sea and symbolizing the constant struggle of man versus nature. An exciting musical story that your choir w...
Fervent handclaps and a percussive piano part are suggestive of a stormy sea in this dramatic setting of a Tennyson text. Full, supported tone and agile annunciation create an impressive sound for you...
A traditional Japanese poem is set in a twisting and turning repetitive pentatonic fashion in this serene multicultural choral. Contemporary harmonies, sung with straight tone, will challenge and deli...
This playful lyric, adapted from a traditional 15th century Spanish text, tells of a nightingale singing on a branch, 'Dindirin, dirindin, daña.' Perform this wonderful mixed-meter setting withthe eff...
This dramatic choral for SAB choirs showcases three equally exciting, challenging, and achievable voice parts. Percussive phrases and varied sections will make for an impressive concert or adjudicatio...
A contoured melody hosts a melancholy text from Rossetti's poem 'Dream Land.' This is exquisite, accessible repertoire for serious student and adult choirs, with a climatic final verse of tremendous i...
Ancient Asian poetry (in both Japanese and English) is skillfully set over three inspired movements, which may be performed as a set or individually. Unique and effective.
Vocal and auxiliary percussion instruments add yet another layer to these traditional African folk songs. Authentic and artistic repertoire.
This pair of novelty nonsense-syllable settings is fine fare for choirs with a fondness for funny! Easier to achieve than similar songs, these Classical era tunes guarantee a chuckle. Performs well as...