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CoverAbout Us Lies the Summer Night [level: Medium]
Brad Nix
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1076 | duration: 4:20 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano

The text speaks of nature, but ends on a religious note as poet Robert Louis Stevenson finds in the glow of the sky the symbol of the promise of Heavenly light. Elegant with great melodic interest, a dramatic climax, and an artistic piano accompaniment, this seasonal piece could find a home in both a concert and church setting.

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CoverAfter the Winter [level: Medium]
Giselle Wyers | Giselle Wyers Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1015 | duration: 4:35 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano or a cappella

While faced with the rigors of winter, the Claude McKay poem dreams of a magic, special place in nature with “ferns that never fade.” A unique, beautiful seasonal piece.

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CoverAmezaliwa Tushangilie! [level: Medium]
Robert J. Begisen
RELEASED: August 2023
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1730 | duration: c. 3’58 | price: $2.70
accompaniment: optional drum

“Let’s Rejoice and Celebrate!” Feature a tenor soloist in this new original Christmas Carol by composer Robert Jim Begisen. Written in Kiswahili, and complete with a phonetic pronunciation guide and translation. Perfect for holiday concerts or any time of year, this piece is great fun and quick to learn. Works well with mixed choirs of all levels and sizes; a cappella, SATB (no divisi) with optional drums (djembe and/or congas).

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CoverAugust [level: Medium]
Jacob Narverud
RELEASED: July 2022
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1692 | duration: 3'30" | price: $2.20
accompaniment: a cappella

The simple beauty of Francis Ledwidge's late summer poem shines in this elegant work for a cappella mixed chorus. Homophonic, with little divisi throughout, this poignant piece is ideal for developing ensemble unity and musicality. A heartfelt tune for the sensitive, expressive choir.

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CoverBe the Sunlight [level: Easy]
Debra E. Stempien & Gregory H. Turner | Janeal Krehbiel Choral Series
RELEASED: July 2023
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1731 | duration: 4'30 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano

A lovely new original by Stempien & Turner with many teachable moments. Melodic and lyrical with an accessible piano accompaniment and excellent ranges. With a heartwarming text, singable melody, and well-prepared harmonies, this piece is appropriate for treble choirs of all ages - from children’s choirs through college/community adult ensembles.

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CoverDobryi Vechir! (Good Night) [level: Easy]
Roman Yakub
RELEASED: March 2023
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1725 | price: $2.50
accompaniment: piano, opt. sleigh bells

A great new addition to any holiday concert! Translated as "Good Night" and "Happy Holidays", this original Ukrainian carol for mixed choirs with piano and optional sleigh bells is bursting with winter wonder and joyful holiday spirit!  Accessible ranges for all, melodic,  intuitive, and uplifting. A feel-good winter song for mixed choirs of any age!

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CoverDreams [level: Medium]
Cristine Temple-Evans
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1512 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

Everyone gets a turn at singing the melody making this a delightful piece for the singers and interesting for the listener.

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CoverFire, Burn Bright [level: Medium]
Joan Szymko | Sharon Hansen Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 988 | duration: 2:30 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano

This sprightly piece celebrates something we all love on a cold winter’s day: the crackling logs in the fireplace. A traditional folk poem from the English West Country provided the text. A colorful piano accompaniment adds great interest to the clever melodic realization of the text as it describes the various kinds of logs and how they react when lit.

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CoverHodie [level: Medium]
Jacob Narverud
BEST SELLER
voicing: SAB | catalog number: SBMP 1738 | price: $2.70
accompaniment: piano

Now available for SAB choirs, this rhythmic and dramatic BEST SELLER is the perfect way to open or close your holiday concert. The traditional Latin text is given a perfectly crafted modern setting with optional body percussion and driving piano accompaniment. A short contrasting lyrical section and an optional descant that soars above the final statement bring breadth and sweep in a piece that will be a holiday highlight.

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CoverHodie [level: Easy]
Jacob Narverud
RELEASED: March 2024
voicing: Two-Part | catalog number: SBMP 1778 | duration: 3'00 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: paino

Now available for Two-Part choirs, this rhythmic and dramatic BEST SELLER is the perfect way to open or close a winter concert. The traditional Latin text is given a perfectly crafted modern setting with a driving piano accompaniment. A short contrasting lyrical section and an optional descant that soars above the final statement bring breadth and sweep in a piece that will be a holiday highlight.

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CoverHoneyed Hearts [level: Medium]
Matthew Emery
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1495 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: piano

Upbeat, clever, tuneful, and unusual, this could well be the highlight of a program. The composer created a theme that gets tossed around emblematic of the poem that suggests we go “a-dancing with the daisies.”

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CoverIn the Bleak Midwinter [level: Medium]
René Clausen
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 620 | duration: 3:00 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: a cappella

The composer does a masterful job of setting this beloved text. Dramatic and beautiful -- choirs will love this piece.

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Coverlittle tree [level: Medium]
Paul Carey | Mary Alice Stollak Choral Series
voicing: SA | catalog number: SBMP 614 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: piano

A marvelous song for the young to "sing to" the Christmas tree. Great fun, and a musical delight.

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CoverLong Ago (In the Bleak Midwinter) [level: Medium]
Gustav Holst, arr. Jacob Narverud
BEST SELLER
voicing: SSA(A) | catalog number: SBMP 1739 | duration: c. 4’55 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano and optional string quartet

A new twist on a timeless carol, this BEST SELLER is now available for treble choirs! Narverud’s setting of Christina Rossetti's poem features Holst’s original melody and harmonization along with new connective material between the verses and beautiful cluster harmonies. Paired with an artistic piano accompaniment and optional string parts, it is a lovely statement for the season. 

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CoverLong Ago (In the Bleak Midwinter) [level: Medium]
Gustav Holst, arr. Jacob Narverud
BEST SELLER
voicing: SAB/Three-Part Mixed | catalog number: SBMP 1779 | duration: c. 4'30 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano and optional string quartet

A new twist on a timeless carol, this BEST SELLER is now available for developing mixed choirs! SAB or Three-Part Mixed, the Baritone part is written to accommodate changing voices. Narverud’s setting of Christina Rossetti’s poem features Holst’s original melody along with new connective material between the verses and beautiful modern harmonies. Paired with an artistic piano accompaniment and optional string parts, it is a lovely statement for the season.

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CoverMay Wind (Set Me Free) [level: Medium]
Jacob Narverud
RELEASED: July 2023
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1745 | duration: c. 3:17 | price: $2.70
accompaniment: piano

Narverud’s setting of this evocative Sara Teasdale poem tells a story about how experiencing nature and music can inspire deep love and happiness. Soaring vocal lines combined with rich, dissonant harmonies and a rocking piano accompaniment make this a powerful piece that will resonate with choirs of all ages. The duple-against-triple patterns represent the conflict between Love and Stubbornness, which ultimately ends with the triplet pattern (Stubbornness) surrendering to Love (duple pattern) for a beautiful, empowering ending — “Love: Set Me Free!”

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CoverO Come Emmanuel [level: Medium]
arr. Daniel Schreiner
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1504 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: a cappella

This is an extraordinary arrangement. Book-ended by solos, it is rich in creativity and will be the hit a of a Christmas program. Add drama to your concert by staging this to reflect the structure of the music, thereby creating a visual effect to support the aural.

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CoverSleep Now [level: Medium]
Joseph Piontek
RELEASED: March 2024
voicing: SSA(A) | catalog number: SBMP 1783 | duration: 3'55 | price: $2.70
accompaniment: piano with optional harp

James Joyce’s well-known poem is beautifully set to music in this lovely new lullaby for treble choirs with piano and optional harp. A stunning showcase piece for winter concerts, contests, or choral festivals, the choral writing is lush and the text is heartwarming. The glorious piano accompaniment and heavenly harp writing is the icing on the cake.

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CoverSpring [level: Medium]
Joshua Shank | Daniel Hughes Choral Series
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP 1184 | duration: 4:10 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella

Dramatically combining two Sara Teasdale poems, the composer has painted an enlightened statement on the spirit of spring. No bird calls in this, rather it might best be called a tone poem for singers.

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CoverSpring Shall Bloom [level: Medium]
Susan LaBarr | Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1311 | duration: 5:40 | price: $2.50
accompaniment: piano

An ostinato style accompaniment lays the foundation for the distinctive melodies of the singers as they vividly bring poet Rossetti’s promise of spring to life. This just might be the perfect opener for a spring concert.

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CoverStopping by Woods on A Snowy Evening [level: Medium]
Kenneth Riggs
voicing: SATB/SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1576 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano

The beloved poem dramatically comes to life in this creative setting. Perform it with an SATB choir and a treble trio or SSA choir.

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CoverToboggan! [level: Medium]
Mona Lyn Reese | Daniel Hughes Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1038 | duration: 2:10 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: flute or treble recorder

A classy piece, it was created with great whimsy reflective of the theme as the vocal lines occasionally have a downhill slide. The grace notes of the flute or recorder enhance the dance-like rhythms. Toboggan is a worthy novelty number or encore for a winter program.

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CoverTuimbe Kwa Furaha [level: Medium]
Robert Begisen
RELEASED: March 2024
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1781 | duration: 2'52 | price: $2.70
accompaniment: drum, shaker

Translated as “Let’s sing with Joy!”, here is another cheerful original by Kenyan composer Robert Jim Begisen for treble choirs, a cappella, with optional percussion. Written in Swahili, and complete with a phonetic pronunciation guide and translation. Perfect for holiday concerts or any time of year, this piece is great fun and quick to learn. This works well with treble choirs of all levels and sizes.

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CoverTwo Faces of Autumn [level: M]
Christopher Fox
voicing: SA | catalog number: SBMP 1527 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano, violin

The first “face” is foot-stomping fun with a fiddle leading a hoe-down parade, followed by a second gentler lullaby “face” that puts the piece to rest.

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CoverWe Sing of Golden Mornings [level: Easy]
Neil Ginsberg
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 525 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano

text by Ralph Waldo Emerson. If singing makes you feel good, singing this song will make you feel even better. The text speaks of only positive things, and the musical setting is upbeat and joyous. A great song for spring.

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CoverWinter Carol [level: Easy]
Timothy Snyder
voicing: Unison | catalog number: SBMP 107 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: piano

A charming unison setting of the Christina Rossetti poem that would appeal to any age group.


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CoverWinter Lullaby (little Dear-my-Soul) [level: Medium]
Luke Flynn
RELEASED: July 2023
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1737 | duration: c. 4'03 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano

A beautiful new lullaby for mixed choirs with piano accompaniment. Film and television composer Luke Flynn sets Eugene Field’s warm and cozy, feel-good poetry to a lyrical and timeless melody that SATB ensembles of all ages will love singing. Stunning and memorable!

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FEATURED NEW RELEASE
Amezaliwa Tushangilie! 
TTBB
by Robert J. Begisen