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CoverVidi Aquam [level: Medium]
Kevin T. Padworski
voicing: SSATB | catalog number: SBMP 1483 | price: $2.50
accompaniment: piano 4 hands

Upbeat and exciting with four rhythmic hands on the keyboard, this would be a bright spot in a program. The brief Latin text, part of a Catholic Easter ceremony, is given festive treatment, ending in a glorious alleluia. This would be a lively opener or closer for a concert.

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CoverVoces Lucis [level: Medium]
Andrea Ramsey
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1047 | duration: 3:50 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano, cello

Poet Charles Anthony Silvestri created an intriguing poem for the composer about the “Voices of light.” To be sung in Latin, a beautiful choral melody develops into an interwoven tapestry involving the four voice parts. The texture is made special by the cello countermelodies and the artistic piano accompaniment. With no divisi, this elegant piece will appeal to many choirs.

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CoverWade in de water [level: Medium]
arr. Allen Koepke
voicing: SSAATTBB | catalog number: SBMP 227 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: a cappella

Hold your hats, this one will raise the house. A favorite of honor choirs.

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CoverWade in the Water [level: Easy]
arr. Ashley Nelson
voicing: SAB | catalog number: SBMP 1434 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: a cappella

This arrangement really swings. Not difficult, it will be a bright spot on a program.

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CoverWait With Me [level: Medium]
Coleman Peterson
RELEASED: January 2023
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1715 | duration: c. 3’55” | price: $2.50
accompaniment: a cappella

Powerful harmonies. Captivating lyrics. High school and college ensembles of all sizes will bond together singing this ballad and creed of true friendship. With glorious suspensions and modern parallel a cappella movement, this mixed choral piece explores the promises we can make to the people we love -- that when life's storms set in, we'll be right at their side, waiting with them for the wind to stop howling and the sky to open.

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CoverWake up, Ollie Brown! [level: Medium]
Ben Allaway
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 45 | price: $2.30
accompaniment: a cappella

A variety of African-American musical styles join in this choral drama. Four soloists are featured and are backed up by a “chorus of angels.” A dramatic piece.

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CoverWaking, The [level: Medium]
Giselle Wyers | Giselle Wyers Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 868 | duration: 3:17 | price: $2.30
accompaniment: piano

This delightful setting of a Theodore Roethke poem gloriously describes awakening to the beauties and wonders of nature. Vivid imagery, lovely vocals, and a flowing accompaniment all combine to create a piece that is especially suitable for spring and summer concerts. Also available for SSA.

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CoverWalk in Jerusalem [level: Medium]
spiritual, arr. Paul Rardin | Jerry Blackstone Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 352 | price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano

Arranger Rardin is at it again, here with a gospel rock setting of the wonderful spiritual. Dig in and enjoy the fun this one provides. Audiences are guaranteed to love it.

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CoverWalkers with the Dawn [level: Difficult]
Luke D. Rosen | Bowling Green State University Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1562 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano

The Langston Hughes text comes to vivid life in this highly rhythmic piece that might have listeners covertly tapping their feet.

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CoverWana Baraka [level: Medium]
arr. Shawn L. Kirchner
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voicing: SSATBB | catalog number: SBMP 482 | duration: 3:00 | price: $2.50
accompaniment: a cappella

An upbeat Kenyan religious folk song that will be a concert favorite for any season of the year. The arrangement builds with great excitement leading to an extensive rhythmic play on the word alleluya. The short text is Kenyan; a pronunciation guide is included. Also available for SSA div. or TTTBBB.

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CoverWe Are A Chorus [level: Medium]
Alice Parker
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1498 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

This is a fun, upbeat piece not to be missed. The legendary composer wrote both the text and the music. It will be a stunning opener for a concert or it could make a great encore.

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CoverWe Are the Music Makers [level: Easy]
Jonathan Adams
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 852 | duration: 3:25 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano

“We are the music makers, we are the dreamers of dreams.” This is the opening statement of this elegant, dramatic piece.

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CoverWe Are the Voices [level: Medium]
Jim Papoulis | Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1482 | price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano, djlembe

“In every heart there is a place that shows us who we are.” So begins the opening phrase presenting the idea that unfolds in this significant song. Bound to be the hit of a program, it builds to a big ending, the rhythmic beat of a djembe adding to the excitement.

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CoverWe Carry Peace [level: Medium]
David N. Childs
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1124 | duration: c. 5:00 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella

The fascinating, profound text, by New Mexico poet Keith Wilson, gets sensitive treatment in this beautiful choral setting.
The first stanza:
We carry peace with us in a small sack.
We throw it like seed.
There is always Enough to go around.
Though, most do not pick it up.

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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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CoverWe Were Not Made for Silence [level: Difficult]
Melinda Bargreen
RELEASED: March 2023
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1710 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: A cappella

Composer Melinda Bargreen has written an impassioned, empowering new work for unaccompanied mixed chorus. With rich harmonies in full eight-part divisi throughout, this piece is bold and unifying. Written in response to choruses being "silenced" during the Covid pandemic, yet applicable to any challenging situation one faces in everyday life: "there is no way to stop our hopes, our dreams, our music.” Especially appropriate for large ensembles.

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CoverWeep No More [level: Medium]
David N. Childs | Randy and Rachel Stenson Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 965 | duration: 3:40 | price: $2.50
accompaniment: piano

Over 100,000 copies have been sold of the treble version—now available for mixed voices, this special piece is bound to also become a favorite in this voicing. Also available for SSAA or TTBB.

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CoverWeeping Mary [level: Medium]
arr. Brad Holmes | Charlene Archibeque Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 750 | duration: 2:00 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: a cappella

Shape note music comes to life with the SATB choir divided into three choirs to lend a dramatic, antiphonal effect to this arrangement. At times all singers are involved, or only one of the three choirs, or a combination of two. The voicings: Choir I: SSA; Choir 2: SAT; Choir 3: A/T TB. The recording conducted by the arranger demonstrates the performance style needed for this piece.

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CoverWere You There? [level: Medium]
arr. Kevin S. Foster
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1080 | duration: 3:50 | price: $2.35
accompaniment: a cappella

The arranger works his special magic as he uses the title words, “Were you there?” to become a musical underlay for the other questions that make up this text. The story having been told, the underlay of “Were you there?” then becomes a musical collage, with repetitions gently leaving one to ponder the question. A captivating, thoughtful arrangement, excellent for church or the concert hall.

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CoverWhat Child Is This? [level: Medium]
arr. Lindsay Goodson | Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP 975 | duration: 4:45 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: a cappella

An elegantly beautiful arrangement of this beloved carol. The melody is the English Greensleeves, refreshingly new to the ear as it veers from the usual tune for this carol. Both men and women get the opportunity to sing the tune in this creative setting.


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CoverWhat Child Is This? [level: Medium]
Kyle Johnson
voicing: SAB | catalog number: SBMP 1264 | duration: 4:00 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano, flute

This charming arrangement has the flute offering a touch of The First Noel bridging the verses. All singers get their turn singing the melody, the piano contributes, often adding rhythmic contrast, and a short a cappella section leads to the final majestic “Raise the song on high.”

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CoverWhat We Need Is Here [level: Medium]
James Deignan
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1593 | price: $2.40
accompaniment:

The profound poem comes to vivid life in this dramatic choral setting.

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CoverWheel that Moves the Sun and Stars, The [level: Medium]
Eric Barnum | Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 908 | duration: 3:30 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: piano

Set to a provocative poem from Dante’s PARADISO, the piano assumes the roll of the wheel, and the choir dramatically tells the story of the creation of the world.

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Coverwhen god decided to invent [level: Medium]
Joshua Shank | Matthew and Michael Culloton Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 693 | duration: 6:07 | price: $2.30
accompaniment: sop sax. or oboe

The composer creates his musical interpretation of the invention of the world with the help of the E.E. Cummings poem. The is an audience pleasing/choir-will-love-it piece.

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CoverWhen I Think of You [level: Medium]
Laura Farnell
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 904 | duration: 4:40 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano

The composer adapts two famous poems of Sara Teasdale to create this beautiful, tender love song.

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CoverWhen Music Sounds [level: Medium]
Connor J. Koppin | Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1402 | duration: 4:30 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano, opt. Strings

The composer has created beautiful melodies, and wisely gives each section the opportunity to sing them. A dramatic piano accompaniment adds to the grandeur of this special composition.

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CoverWhen You Go A-courtin' [level: Easy]
American Folk Song, arr. Jeffrey Benson | Charlene Archibeque Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1044 | duration: 2:30 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: piano

A fun, foot-stomping American folk song, the piece has a conversational style, the guys talking to the gals and vice versa. The message is pure Americana, with sassafras tea, a long-tail coat, and an old leather bonnet part of the mix.

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CoverWhere Dwells the Soul of My Love [level: Medium]
David N. Childs
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 463 | duration: 4:00 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano, oboe or flute

Composed as a commission for a junior high honor choir, this elegant piece is appropriate for any age group with its beautiful melodies, expressive accompaniment, and poignant text.

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CoverWhere Will I Go? [level: Medium]
Garrett Hoffman
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1521 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

The artistic setting of the poem won the young composer first prize at the 2018 PMEA composition contest. An elegant piano accompaniment and excellent melodies are the hallmark of this special piece.

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CoverWhy Fades a Dream? [level: Medium]
Nicholas McKaig | Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 960 | duration: 4:30 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano

Set to a highly provocative poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar, the composer beautifully captures both the mood and the meaning of this “recipe for living” text.

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CoverWill the circle be unbroken? [level: Medium]
arr. Paul Rardin
voicing: SSA trio/SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1268 | duration: 4:55 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: a cappella

This popular hymn dating back to 1907 is cleverly arranged to come full-circle, with three treble soloists the book-ends of the piece. Made famous by many gospel singers, this special arrangement will be a joy for singers and audiences.

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Coverwinter [level: Difficult]
Joshua Shank
voicing: SATB/solo quartet | catalog number: SBMP 534 | duration: 7:27 | price: $2.50
accompaniment: a cappella

Snow gently and dramatically falls in a colorful, artistic musical creation for the advanced choir. Text by e.e. cummings.

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CoverWinter Is Past [level: Medium]
Jeremy Samuel Faust, M.D. | Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
RELEASED: January 2022
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1659 | duration: c. 3’30” | price: $2.15
accompaniment: cello

After a beautiful and contemplative opening--written to acknowledge a coming together after the Covid-19 pandemic, though also appropriate for other times--Winter is Past builds in momentum, eventually lunging towards a thrilling climax. It captures the re-emerging of life, its splendor, and with it, the joy we take from making music, even as we reflect on what has happened: "The rain is over and gone, the flowers appear on the Earth; The time of the singing has come!"

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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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CoverWise Words [level: Medium]
Blake Henson | Cory Boulton Choral Series
RELEASED: July 2023
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1729 | duration: c. 6'55 | price: $2.80
accompaniment: piano, violin

“Beauty is ours when we dare to see it.” A delightful new choral ballad, lilting with love and kindness, set to a fresh new text by poet Gerald Custer. With very little divisi in only the Soprano and Bass parts, this piece is highly accessible for mixed choirs of all ages and sizes. An important and powerful message with a supportive piano accompaniment and solo violin feature.

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CoverWith a Lily in Your Hand [level: Medium]
Eric Whitacre
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voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 431 | duration: 2:15 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: a cappella

Re-issued in 2002 after some minor revisions by the composer. The text by Federico Lorca receives dramatic treatment. In English. One of THE THREE FLOWER SONGS by Eric Whitacre.

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CoverWithin the Circles of Our LIves [level: Medium]
Giselle Wyers | Giselle Wyers Choral Series
voicing: SSATB | catalog number: SBMP 1395 | duration: 4:25 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: a cappella

The profound text by Wendell Berry offers some possibilities for choirs wishing to add a bit of staging to their performance. The composer, reflecting on the text, uses ascending intervals of the fifth, sixth, and fourth as motives symbolic of a circle. At the conclusion, the sopranos having been together throughout, now divide into two parts, echoing each other to add to the drama of the ending. This is a cleverly constructed composition that will delight singers as they bring it to life.

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CoverWoven Together [level: Medium]
Jacob Narverud
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1151 | duration: 6:30 | price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano; opt. inst. ens.

Based on a pentatonic Sacred Harp tune, this piece affords several performance options beyond SATB. The introduction could allow a procession; a children’s chorus could sing one of the verses; a program insert could invite the audience join in on one verse. Composed for a massed choir event, it is that rare piece that can serve this purpose. The uplifting text advocates togetherness and thankfulness and speaks to all ages.

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CoverWrite On My Heart [level: Medium]
David N. Childs
RELEASED: August 2023
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1753 | duration: c. 4’52 | price: $2.70
accompaniment: piano

“Only you I choose among the entire world.” A gorgeous and timeless piece by David N. Childs for SATB choir with piano, set to a passionate and thought-provoking text by Rumi. Lush choral writing, interesting and soaring vocal lines for all, and a stunning piano accompaniment make this a must-sing for any advanced mixed choral ensemble.

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CoverYe Jaliya-o [level: Medium]
Joan Szymko
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 726 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: percussion

From the notes by the composer: I am an admirer of traditional West African music, with its direct simplicity and wonderful rhythmic complexity. I have composed an original piece of music with text excerpts from “The Pulse of Life” by Catherine De Vinck interwoven with the dominant Lambango lyric:

“Ye Jaliya-o, Allah le ka Jaliya da”
Oh music, God created music.

The “you are the heart, you are the sound....” “Pulse of Life” chant begins as an undercurrent that rises and falls until it overtakes the piece. The rhythms in this piece are clearly African influenced, as is its tonality. The raised fourth (C sharp) is characteristic of Sauta, one of the kora traditional tunings. The kora is a 21 s. Also available in SSA.

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CoverYemaya Assessu: A Hymn of Thanksgiving [level: Medium]
arr. Judy A. Rose
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP 1537 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: percussion

Starting with a unison chant, this piece with African roots gradually adds layers of sound, building to a dramatic ending. The celebratory text lauds the value of water in our world and introduces the enchanting legend of the Goddess Yemaya.

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CoverYou [level: Medium]
James Keller
RELEASED: March 2023
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1713 | price: $2.70
accompaniment: flute, piano

A new, alluring love song for mixed choirs of any size. Heartfelt and romantic, with powerful poetry, rich harmonies, and a beautiful flowing piano accompaniment. The flute obbligato is the icing on top and is available as a free PDF download at SBMP.COM

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CoverYou asked me to speak [level: Medium]
Kim André Arnesen
voicing: SSAATTBB | catalog number: SBMP 1275 | duration: 6:30 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: a cappella

Soaring musical phrases contrasted by those of delicate nuance make up the hallmarks of this sophisticated piece. It is highly recommended for the advanced a cappella choir.

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CoverYou Cannot Lose My Love [level: Medium]
Sara Groves, arr. Susan LaBarr | Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP 824 | duration: 2:15 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella

The song, by an established pop-gospel singer/composer, tells us “you will lose a lot of things, but you cannot lose my love.” A tender love song, beautifully arranged.

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CoverYour Soul Is Song [level: Medium]
Daniel Hughes | Daniel Hughes Choral Series
voicing: SSAATTBB | catalog number: SBMP 1157 | duration: 6:00 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella

As the music builds to its peak, it travels through lush harmonies, with much textual overlay adding to the intensity of the journey. After a final dramatic choral splash the music peacefully ends with the simple unity of a soul-felt song. Beautiful.

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CoverYove, Malay Mome [level: Medium]
Alexander Tanev, ed. Gabriel Hristova | Bulgaria Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 871 | duration: 2:50 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: a cappella

An energetic dance tune by a 20th century eminent Bulgarian composer. The piece has a permanent place in the Bulgarian choral repertoire, often being chosen for tours and contests. Both Bulgarian and a transliteration appear in the score.
Pronunciation: hear the Bulgarian text recited by Gabriela Hristrova FREE Download

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CoverZekiel [level: Medium]
arr. Allen Koepke
voicing: SATB div./tenor solo | catalog number: SBMP 642 | duration: 3:30 | price: $2.35
accompaniment: a cappella

A tenor soloist is featured in this show-stopper arrangement of Ezekiel Saw the Wheel.

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