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CoverWhat We Need Is Here [level: Medium]
James Diegnan
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP 1414 | duration: 3:50 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: piano

The poignant Wendell Berry poem provided the inspiration for this special piece. Sensitive music it is, with beautiful melodies, both rare treats for male singers.

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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 Day Is Done [level: Medium]
Jason Webb | Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1209 | duration: 5:30 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano

With his signature keyboard style and consummate musical versatility, Jason Webb now takes on poetry to create this special piece with its beautiful message of parental love. A comfort for young singers, reflective for the mature, and rich musically, all will love this piece.

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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 Hear Her I Have Wings [level: Medium]
Mark Templeton | Paul Head Choral Series
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP 673 | duration: 2:00 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: a cappella

A sensitive, beautiful love song set to a text by Mary Coleridge. A special piece for the men’s choir.

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CoverWhen I Think of You [level: Medium]
Laura Farnell | Janeal Krehbiel Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 743 | duration: 4:40 | price: $2.50
accompaniment: piano

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

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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 Music Sounds [level: Medium]
Connor J. Koppin | Turtle Creek Chorale Choral Series
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP 1480 | 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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CoverWings [level: Medium]
Nancy Grundahl | Janeal Krehbiel Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1103 | duration: 4:40 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano

An inspirational quote from Victor Hugo soars to great heights in this sprightly composition. The piano adds special color, while the singers tell the story and bring a new dimension to bird-like tunes.

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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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CoverYe Jaliya-o [level: Medium]
Joan Szymko
voicing: SSA div. | catalog number: SBMP 734 | price: $2.10
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 string harp-lute played by the griots as a lead instrument. Also available in SATB

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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 Are the Music [level: Medium]
Joan Szymko
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 804 | duration: c. 4:45 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano

Inspired by the sensitive, imaginative text, the composer has painted a glorious picture with soaring melodies, building to a dramatic climax, supported along the way by an artistic piano accompaniment. Wonderful for the large choir. Read the poem

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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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CoverYou Cannot Lose My Love [level: Medium]
Sara Groves, arr. Susan LaBarr | Janeal Krehbiel Choral Series
voicing: SA | catalog number: SBMP 1144 | duration: 2:15 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: piano

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 for treble voices.

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CoverYour Heart Is My Heart [level: Medium]
Alex Gartner | Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1455 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: piano

The text offers loving solace to the many victims of breast cancer. The composer created a poignant and at times dramatic setting of the text. Here is a song worth singing.

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CoverYour Heart Is My Heart [level: Medium]
Alex Gartner | Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1479 | price: $2.50
accompaniment: piano

The text offers loving solace to the many victims of breast cancer. The composer created a poignant and dramatic setting. Here is a song worth singing.

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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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CoverYour World [level: Difficult]
Joan Szymko | Lori Hetzel Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 1577 | price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano

The piece opens with a challenge: “Your world is as big as you make it.” The choir dramatically soars to the challenge, and the piano stylistically adds to the impact of this special composition.

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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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CoverZing Uh Boo Day [level: Medium]
Allen Koepke
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1069 | duration: 3:30 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano

Liven up the action for your choir with this zinger of a piece. Composer/poet Koepke has created a strictly for fun bit of nonsense, providing us with a meaning-of-life spoof. A few nonsense syllables form the “profound” refrain as they answer life’s difficult questions. Rhythmic drive, high energy, three parts all the way, an upbeat piano adds to the mix. Singers will love to “zing” out on this one.

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