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Lullaby for a King [level: Medium]
J. Edmund Hughes
| Nicole Lamartine Choral Series
voicing: TB | catalog number: SBMP1685 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano
This gently rocking lullaby incorporates a charmingly beautiful melody with original text for two verses, then brings in the traditional text of Silent Night for verse three using the same memorable melody and harmonic ideas. Easily learned, it is a very accessible piece that is perfect for Christmas services or concerts.
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Daybreak [level: Easy]
James Owen Bowyer
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voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1671 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano
As with daybreak, this piece innocently starts first with one melody, then, as in a round, a second melody appears, then a third, and finally a forth. This presents a great opportunity for teaching and produces a dramatic end result.
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Friendship Dance [level: Medium]
Tim Sarsany
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP1636 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: flute, tom tom drum, bells
Colorful, stylish and dramatic, the singers take on a chant-like style with a drum and flute adding to the impact of the piece.
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Gaudeamus Hodie [level: Medium]
Victor C. Johnson
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1653 | price: $2.80
accompaniment: piano
Composer Victor Johnson has created a feel-good concert opener with a fun, memorable melody and a joyful, accessible accompaniment. Translated as “Let’s Rejoice Today” with a combination of both Latin and English texts, this is full of teachable moments and makes for a great introduction to mixed-meter singing. With comfortable ranges for developing voices and clever use of octave doubling, all choirs will feel and sound good singing this piece. Ideal for any concert or festival.
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Good News, the Chariot's Comin' [level: Medium]
arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
| Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP1650 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: a cappella
Stacey Gibbs does it again, a fabulous setting of the Traditional setting of Good News, The Chariot’s coming! This spirited setting of the favorite spiritual for a cappella lower voices is easily learned and rhythmically accessible. An excellent concert or contest feature!
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Good News, the Chariot's Comin' [level: Medium]
arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
| Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1651 | price: $2.70
accompaniment: a cappella
Stacey Gibbs does it again, a fabulous setting of the Traditional setting of Good News, The Chariot’s coming! his spirited setting of the favorite spiritual for a cappella mixed voices is easily learned and rhythmically accessible. An excellent concert or contest feature!
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing [level: Medium]
Felix Mendelssohn - arr. Josh Sparkman
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1670 | price: $3.00
accompaniment: piano
This joyful new mixed-meter arrangement of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is the perfect winter concert opener or closer. Scored for mixed choir with piano accompaniment, all parts are accessible, rhythmic, and exciting. Sparkman's stunning, slower middle section brings contrast and warmth to Mendelssohn's melody, and the exuberant ending will leave your audience in awe.
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Joy [level: Medium]
Hans Bridger Heruth
| Cameron LaBarr Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP1662 | price: $2.90
accompaniment: piano 4 hands
Four hands on the keyboard give great rhythmic support to this dramatic piece. A superb festival offering for the large choir, it is guaranteed to brighten any program. The SSAA setting of Joy is dedicated to Dr. Erin Plisco and the 2021-2022 Missouri State University Women's Chorus
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Light the World [level: Medium]
Connor Koppin
| Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1664 | duration: c 5'00"
| price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano
With text from the inaugural addresses of three former presidents (FDR, JFK, and Obama), this very inspirational and dramatic selection will be a great concert piece for more advanced mixed choirs. Featuring a variety of sections, this song in mixed meter includes a brief a cappella section toward the end and has a challenging piano accompaniment that your pianist will enjoy.
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May Wind (Set Me Free) [level: Medium]
Jacob Narverud
voicing: SSA(A) | catalog number: SBMP1655 | duration: c. 3’16”
| 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 treble 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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My Spirit Looks [level: Difficult]
arr. Jacob Narverud
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1661 | price: $2.30
accompaniment: a cappella
Narverud’s arrangement of Daniel Read’s popular gathering song from the nineteenth century Book of Sacred Harp will encourage ensemble unity and sound exploration while adding contrast on your next concert. With notated stylistic features of shape-note singing traditions developed in the Northeast, this new arrangement is energetic, fun to sing, and promotes social togetherness. The comfortable ranges for all voice parts and octave doubling between Sopranos and Tenors make this an ideal piece for school or community ensembles.
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Ndandihleli [level: Medium]
arr. Charlotte Botha
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP1654 | price: $2.35
accompaniment: opt. djembe
This poignant, traditional isiXhosa Love Song from South Africa has been skillfully arranged by Charlotte Botha for Tenor-Bass ensembles of all ages. Memorable and enjoyable, with a text that will spark conversation in rehearsal, your singers will want to sing this one over and over again. Complete with both IPA and Phonetic pronunciation guides, detailed movement instructions, and an optional djembe part available as a free download on the SBMP website.
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O Captain! My Captain! [level: Medium]
Jonathan Rippon
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1652 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: a cappella
Walt Whitman’s famous text is creatively set to music by British composer Jonathan Rippon in a fresh, modern a-cappella style where the voices serve as the accompaniment to the haunting melody. Perfect for the Sea-Shanty craze, this piece contains elements of nautical themes and musical imagery where each voice part is featured throughout. Moderate ranges and little divisi make this a great choice for high school and collegiate choral ensembles.
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Sing On! [level: Medium]
Lane Johnson
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP1668 | price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano
"Whatever comes your way, sing on! Keep your music going... sing on!" A great concert piece for SATB voices, SA and now SSA. Carefully crafted melodic lines with exciting rhythms lie over a lovely harmonic progression that is supported and enhanced by a flowing piano part. The uplifting text and spirit of the piece will appeal to singers and audience members alike.
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The Front [level: Medium]
Christopher Fox
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1667 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano, snare drum, cello
A sonnet to a fallen soldier/poet, this moving work examines the healing effect of nature in the aftermath of war, and midway through, shifts to recognize the sacrifice made by so many. The lyrical content provides an opportunity for singers to explore the difficult theme of war while focusing on healing and looking forward, supplemented by a lush cello and bookended by a marching snare cadence reminiscent of the sound of battle.
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The Gift to Sing [level: Medium]
Matthew Emery
| Jamie Hillman Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1663 | duration: c. 3’25”
| price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano
The Gift to Sing, the inaugural piece in the Jamie Hillman Choral Series, is a setting of the poem of the same name by revered African American poet and civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson. Matthew Emery’s (b. 1991) unique ability to tell a story through song is perfectly coupled with Johnson’s hopeful and inspiring words on the power of singing to overcome grief, strife, and adversity. The work utilizes a somewhat varied strophic form, though phrases are slightly varied and developed. Different textures are created so that each section presents the main theme, and various voices add counterpoint which cause the piece to blossom. An exciting choice for concert, festival, honor choir, competition, assembly, or Black History Month.
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The Moth’s Serenade [level: Medium]
Andrea Ramsey
| Janeal Krehbiel Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1660 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano
Clever goings on here, starting with the famous poem by Paul Fleischman, herein enhanced by the special drama of the music. This is both sophisticated and fun.
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The Parting Glass [level: Medium]
arr. Stuart P. O’Neil
voicing: TB | catalog number: SBMP1658 | duration: c. 3’15”
| price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano, flute
According to tradition, "The Parting Glass" was to be sung at the end of social gatherings of friends and families. This stirring and achingly beautiful folk song can be traced back to seventeenth-century Scottish and Irish publications. Perfect as a concert closer.
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Winter Is Past [level: Medium]
Jeremy Samuel Faust, M.D.
| Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1659 | 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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A Blessing [level: Medium]
David N. Childs
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP504 | duration: 4:00
| price: $2.70
accompaniment: piano, flute
Melodist Childs has done it again. A beautiful setting of the Sara Teasdale poem with a final benediction for peace from the bible. A soaring flute part and rhythmically supportive piano part add to the beauty of this gem.
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A Bonnie Wee Lassie [level: Medium]
arr. Richard D. Wetzel
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP1484 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: piano
The hilarious text is brought to life via a spirited music style, with the singers often given special opportunities to illuminate significant words, thereby adding to the delight and intrigue of this piece.
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A Christmas Carol [level: Medium]
Sheena Phillips
voicing: SSAATBB | catalog number: SBMP723 | duration: 4:25
| price: $2.25
accompaniment: a cappella
The G.K. Chesterton poem is treated to a hauntingly beautiful melody. Listen to this piece once, and you will long to hear it again.
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A cuckoo flew out of the woods [level: Easy]
arr. B. Wayne Bisbee
voicing: Unison | catalog number: SBMP239 | duration: 2:40
| price: $2.05
accompaniment: flute, piano, opt. triangle
A delightful, upbeat arrangement of a Slovac carol; suitable for all ages.
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A Dream Within a Dream [level: Medium]
Jeffrey Cobb
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1292 | duration: 4:30
| price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano
Edgar Allen Poe asks, “Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?” A pensive poem, now enhanced by beautiful music, singers will love this as all parts have their turn at being important.
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A Hope Carol [level: Medium]
David Dickau
| Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1048 | duration: 3:30
| price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
A beautiful setting of the contemplative Rossetti poem, ever melodic, it will be a joy to sing. An artistic piano accompaniment adds color and support. Choirs of all sizes will enjoy this special piece.
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A Joy Forever [level: Medium]
Nancy Gifford
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP1492 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano
As stated in the opening line of the lyrics, “a thing of beauty is a joy forever.” So be it for this beautiful song.
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A Jubilant Day [level: Medium]
Judy A. Rose
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1566 | price: $3.00
accompaniment: a cappella
“I’ve found a jubilant day” is the message delivered by this newly composed spiritual. A great closer, it is sure to please an audience and have them feeling jubilant.
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A la Media Noche [level: Medium]
arr. Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP304 | duration: 4:30
| price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano, flute, percussion, claves, shaker, conga
The gals can really ring out on this festive arrangement. To be sung in Spanish, it will add a special merriment to the holiday concert.
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A La Nanita Nana [level: Easy]
arr. Ed Henderson
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP374 | duration: 3:30
| price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano; opt. inst. charango, guitar, percussion - Opt. Violin 1&2, Viola, Cello
The piano imitates a guitar rhythm. Three-part choral writing adds an ethnic feel to this Hispanic carol. For more color, add the instruments. [The text was modified after the recording was made, hence does not exactly match what is in the printed score.]
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A La Ru [level: Easy]
arr. Paul Stuart
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP283 | duration: 2:22
| price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano
Treble choirs young and old will enjoy this setting of the Hispanic folk song. The text is in Spanish with an optional English version. In unison and two parts, the middle three-part a cappella section may be sung by the full choir, a smaller group, or a trio. A sprightly piano accompaniment lends great flavor to this arrangement.
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A Living Dream [level: Easy]
Jonathan Adams
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1109 | duration: 3:00
| price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano, flute
The Henry David Thoreau poem presents a challenge for all: “Live the life you’ve dreamed.” Not just a great graduation piece, this maxim is a challenge for all. Musically rich, and not difficult, many choirs can enjoy this excellent piece.
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A Lonely Land [level: Medium]
Giselle Wyers
| Giselle Wyers Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1363 | duration: 4:45
| price: $2.20
accompaniment: piano, violin
Composed to be performed by a US choir touring in Ireland, the violin offers a plaintive Irish folk melody, the piano adds a sprightly accompaniment, and the singers have soaring melodies. The result is a stunning, delightful composition.
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A Miner’s Life [level: Medium]
Seth Houston
| Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1086 | duration: 4:40
| price: $3.30
accompaniment: piano, Doumbek; opt. flute, violin, bass
The rousing pentatonic tune of this Irish folksong comes to dramatic life in this stunning arrangement, the text telling of the rigors of the daily lives of the hard-working miners. Perform this with piano and Doumbek, or add some or all of the optional instruments for a full-fledged Irish reel.
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A Nation’s Strength [level: Medium]
Zachary Moore
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP1452 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: piano, Bb trumpet
Brave men who work while others sleep,Who dare while others fly...They build a nation’s pillars deepAnd lift them to the sky.So ends the text of this extraordinary piece. Dramatic accompaniment helps deliver the profound message. Men and boys will love singing this.
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A Prayer Before Sleep [level: Difficult]
Carson Cooman
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP1174 | duration: 2:30
| price: $1.95
accompaniment: flute
Set to a Gaelic prayer translated into English, the flute plays the protagonist, dramatically opening the piece with a slow but flourishing melody, suggesting that this sleep may indeed be special. The choir is chant-like in their response to this opening as they implore “I am placing my soul and my body On thy sanctuary this night.” Sophisticated treble choirs won’t want to miss this most unusual piece.
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A Prayer for Peace [level: Medium]
Paula Foley Tillen
| Sharon Hansen Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP948 | duration: 5:50
| price: $2.05
accompaniment: piano
The text, by Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh, was written as a peace chant in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Composer Foley has created a hauntingly beautiful setting that unfolds dramatically, ending with a whisper of hope. Mostly SA, SSA, and briefly, SSAA.
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A Reason to Sing [level: Medium]
Rob Swenson
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1616 | price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano
“Cry out with a song of hope and peace,
And give to those who follow you a reason they should sing.”
So ends this special piece. A dramatic piano part sets the tone while the singers deliver the message. Creative and unique, singers will delight in performing this.
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A Rose in the Deeps of My Heart [level: Medium]
Jonathan Adams
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP982 | duration: 3:05
| price: $2.05
accompaniment: a cappella
The W.B. Yeats poem has inspired a lovely, contemporary madrigal. Skillfully crafted, beautiful choral writing brings this text to life.
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A Shepherd’s Carol [level: Easy]
Traditional, arr. Ken Berg
| Randy and Rachel Stenson Choral Series
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP1001 | duration: 3:10
| price: $2.15
accompaniment: percussion
Three drums set the pace and add great interest to this sprightly carol. Energy abounds as the voices continue to call for the shepherds to sing noel! This creative setting would be very effective used as a procession.
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A Soft Day [level: Medium]
Daniel Brinsmead
| Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1150 | duration: 4:00
| price: $2.40
accompaniment: piano
In Ireland a “soft day” is one with misty rain instead of the more typical Irish downpour. It is a day to celebrate the out-of-doors. The Aussie composer has beautifully captured the spirit of the message the Irish poet had depicted.
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A Song to the World [level: Medium]
Kevin T. Padworski
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP1589 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: a cappella
The text celebrates faith, hope, love, and singing.
This is definitely a song worth singing.
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A Universal Dream [level: Difficult]
Jenni Brandon
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP1058 | duration: 4:45
| price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano, djembe
The text expresses the universal message of liberty and freedom. A unique piece for women, it is both theatric and ethnic in its style, with a rhythmic djembe drum and a text that includes various translations of the word “liberty.” To properly realize its dramatic impact, it is recommended for the large choir.
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About Us Lies the Summer Night [level: Medium]
Brad Nix
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1076 | 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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Adam Lay Ybounden [level: Medium]
arr. Ian R. Loeppky
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1090 | duration: 1:40
| price: $2.15
accompaniment: djembe
Highly dramatic, open fifths sung by the men set the tone, with the tribal style of the arrangement intensified by the rhythmic impact of a djembe, and illuminated by the final melismas of the women. Bring vital life to a Christmas program with this special piece.
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Adeste [level: Medium]
arr. J. Edmund Hughes/Dan Hooper
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP371 | duration: 6:00
| price: $2.70
accompaniment: organ, handbells
“Angels We Have Heard on High“ joins “Adeste Fideles“ for a unique Christmas offering. Chant, handbells, optional audience/congregation sing-along, and a rousing, dramatic ending make this a great addition to the Christmas literature. Choirs can process in to this piece, a children’s choir could sing the unison melodic section—endless are the possibilities. Six minute duration.
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Adon Olam [level: Difficult]
Kenneth Lampl
| Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP1194 | duration: c. 6:00
| price: $2.80
accompaniment: a calleppa
The award-winning film composer produced a dramatic setting of a celebratory Hebrew text. Rich harmonies and exquisite melodic interest distinguish this fine composition.
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Adoramus te [level: Medium]
Vijay Singh
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1501 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano
Enhanced by a piano accompaniment that adds vital moments of drama, this “cool” setting of the Latin text is a winner. Singers will love this.
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African Lullaby [level: Easy]
arr. Joan Szymko
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP809 | duration: 2:00
| price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano, hand drum
The arranger cleverly weaves together two folk lullabies of African origin: the soothing African American song, “Angels Watching Over Me” and “Abiyoyo,” from the Bantu people of southern Africa. Choirs of all ages will enjoy this beautiful arrangement.
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After the Storm [level: Medium]
Susan LaBarr
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1066 | duration: 5:30
| price: $2.70
accompaniment: piano
Written in homage to the city of Joplin, MO, the 2011 victim of a horrific tornado disaster, the text resonates profoundly in our world of all too frequent natural disasters. The composer paints a musical collage of the ending sentiment of the poem as it suggests how to recover “one step at a time.” This beautifully rendered composition would provide a thought-provoking moment in a program as it deals with the extraordinary power of nature and the resilience of the human spirit.
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After the Winter [level: Medium]
Giselle Wyers
| Giselle Wyers Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP1015 | 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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Agnus Dei [level: Difficult]
Jacob Narverud
voicing: SSAATTBB div. | catalog number: SBMP1471 | price: $2.80
accompaniment: a cappella
Given a good acoustic this unique setting taken from a movement of Narverud’s Missa de Cinque Terre will be a stunning addition to a concert.
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Agnus Dei [level: Medium]
Javier Busto
| Jerry McCoy Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP119 | duration: 2:30
| price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella
Award winning Spanish composer, Javier Busto has created a stunning contemporary setting of this famous text within the reach of most choirs.
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Agnus Dei [level: Medium]
Jan Dismas Zelenka, arr. Robert Sieving
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP910 | duration: 2:40
| price: $1.95
accompaniment: piano
The Czech Baroque composer left a large legacy of wonderful music, including this little gem from one of his masses. Treble choirs of all ages will love singing this fine piece.
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Agnus Dei [level: Easy]
Daniel Schreiner
voicing: SAB | catalog number: SBMP1206 | duration: 5:00
| price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano
A master of style without venturing into “difficult,” the composer has created a sophisticated setting of this beloved Latin text.
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All Things Bright and Beautiful [level: Medium]
Philip E. Silvey
voicing: 2 part tre | catalog number: SBMP749 | duration: 4:00
| price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano
A charming setting with its text excerpted from the famous Cecil Alexander poem. Syncopation gives it a contemporary style, while some staccato writing adds to its color. It includes unison, 2-part harmony, occasionally a counter-melody for the lower part, and some 3 part divisi to emphasize the climatic moments. Featured on the 2009 ACDA National Reading Session
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All Works of Love [level: Medium]
Joan Szymko
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP942 | duration: 5:30
| price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano
The 2010 Raymond W. Brock Memorial Commission for ACDA, this stunning piece set to a text by Mother Teresa concludes: “All works of love are works of peace.” The composer is at her best here as she builds and weaves beautiful lines to create drama and passion.
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Alleluia [level: Medium]
Donald Kendrick
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP1404 | duration: 2:05
| price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella
After a unison chant, the piece builds to a dramatic climax, concluding on a quiet note. Sound the chimes four times to introduce the piece, provide the starting pitch, and dramatically begin a concert.
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Alleluia [level: Difficult]
Terry Schlenker
| Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP707 | duration: 5:00
| price: $1.70
accompaniment: a cappella
A beautiful setting for the advanced choir. Composer Schlenker knows how to create drama in his music—this piece is one of those rare ones that brings chills to the listener.
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Alleluia, Cantate Domino [level: Difficult]
Ko Matsushita
| Cameron LaBarr Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP1168 | duration: 5:00
| price: $2.70
accompaniment: a cappella
A tour de force for the women’s choir, this impressive piece is highly rhythmic, loaded with melodic interest, and extremely well crafted. Looking for drama for your concert, this will fit the bill.
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Alleluia, Rejoice! [level: Medium]
arr. J. Edmund Hughes
| Edith Copley Choral Series
voicing: SA | catalog number: SBMP1093 | duration: 4:45
| price: $2.10
accompaniment: bells
The Hodie chant is skillfully combined with O Come Emmanuel. The piece may be sung in the round, or used as a processional. This is a great program opener or closer. Also available for SATB and TB
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Allelujah [level: Medium]
J. Michael Haydn, ed. Michael Cleveland
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP312 | duration: 3:00
| price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano
chamrock A gem from the classic repertoire deserving a place in today’s literature. In a quick three, the piece dances off the page.
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Alleluyah Sasa! [level: Medium]
Ben Allaway
| Edith Copley Choral Series
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP881 | duration: 3:50
| price: $2.70
accompaniment: percussion
A rhythmic, upbeat, Kenyan-style piece with a Christmas text, though it could easily find it’s way into programs year-round. The lyrics are tossed back and forth, the English often coming first in one voice part, the Swahili translation following in another. A great concert closer, this is a highly dramatic “alleluia.”
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Always Keep This Close [level: Medium]
Zachary J. Moore
| Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP1342 | duration: 4:45
| price: $3.10
accompaniment: piano, opt. strings
The text will be dear to the hearts of choral singers with its sentiments such as “no notes are as connected as the souls that sing them”, and the final statement, “we are one.” Musically strong and creative, this is destined to be a compelling addition to women’s repertoire.
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