Partitions chœur

Uses: Epiphany, General Scripture: Luke 1:78, John 8:12, II Peter 1:19 Like a tapestry of sound, this a cappella gem begins with measures of vocal ahs before moving into an expressive theme supported...

Combining two spirituals with original music and employing two soloists, this arrangement from first time contributor Carlos Simon is amazing. Series editor Eugene Rogers wrote and said get this piece...

Using excerpts from Virginia Woolf's suicide letter to her husband, this is a powerful and moving work. Winner of the prestigious University of Michigan Brehm Choral Composition Competition this 7-min...

Specifically written for a cappella mixed voices, this expressive setting of the Irish melody will melt hearts with its traditional setting glinting of contemporary writing. It's a beautiful introduct...

Practical and artful, this mini-collection takes classic praise choruses from the early days of the worship movement and turns them into approachable miniatures for use in traditional worship services...

L'hymne très populaire de Greg Gilpin, qui a été chanté dans le monde entier dans toutes les voix, a été réimaginé par le compositeur comme une œuvre a cappella. L'introduction commence comme le piano...

American rock band Smash Mouth released this hit in 1999 from the album Astro Lounge and became one of their most successful songs, making its way into movies most notably in the Shrek franchise. This...

This work for mixed chorus and semi chorus of the text from Ruth 1:16-17 and texts from Proverbs 30:18-19 and Psalm 139:6 is a rich, largely homophonic setting that expressively portrays Ruth's famous...

Part of a larger work, Requiem for Peace, this piece was built on a cantus firmus melody by Kuni Murai and honors the suffering civilians of the world who have been caught in the cross fire between wa...

This haunting Irish ballad will certainly become a favorite of your singers! The modal flavor of the setting and the effective use of solo soprano will create a moment of breathtaking beauty in concer...

This accessible setting of two traditional spirituals will be a very effective selection in concert. Featuring baritone and mezzo soprano soloists with choir back-up, the rich choral harmonies will re...

This setting of a prayer for peace from the Jewish liturgy is a fitting work for our time. Opening quietly, it builds steadily to an intense emotional outpouring, then gradually retreats to a hushed c...

This South African folksong is quite simple to learn and quite effective in performance, with the parts entering gradually and then taken away. Intended as a morning ceremonial song, it may be sung a...

The Pulizer Prize winning Israeli-American composer Shulamit Ran composed these four settings for the Bar Mitzvah occasions of her two sons. From the story of creation to passages such as How fair are...

The choral ensemble creates a spare and stark vocal atmosphere with steady, pulsating vocal effects as the solo lines emerge from the texture. First Soon ah will be done and then I wanna die easy, whi...

Jon Washburn has crafted a lush and dramatic setting of this traditional Japanese folksong. Using the choir as a traditional Japanese stringed folk instrument, Jon sets the mood with a gentle vocal ac...

THE GIFT WAS CREATED WITH THE LONG, WARM REVERB OF A CATHEDRAL IN MIND. THE REQURED THE COMPOSER TO CREATE SPACES IN THE MUSIC WHICH LEAVE ROOM FOR ECHOING RESONANCE. IT IS DREAMLIKE AND IMPRESSIONIST...

The text of this exciting choral work is based on the inscription on the Statue of Liberty. It will be sung for President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, their families and other invited frien...

Using the sturdy but lilting Shaker tune, Jeffrey Douma has crafted a beautiful a cappella setting appropriate for any good high school or college choir. With a text that is as important today as it w...

Though it sounds very much like a folk song, Lorena was actually composed in 1856. It became extremely popular during the Civil War, when it was a favorite of both Confederate and Union soldiers who l...

This arrangement of the beloved folk song was first premiered by the Yale Glee Club in the fall of 2006, and has since become an audience favorite. Probably referring to the Red River that flows north...

Donald Grantham has set the beautiful and descriptive Jane Kenyon Poem in a serene and gentle musical pallet. With lush harmonies and much rubato within a slow tempo, this is atmospheric in its final...

These three choral vignettes are inspired by the whimsical poetry of Emily Dickinson. All three pieces require a free play of fancy and imagination. Using extended, aleatoric passages, non-metrical an...

Long, legato lines and shifting tonal centers describe this setting by Matthew Emery of this famous James Joyce poem. Speaking of the power of both love and music and how they intertwine and collide,...