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CoverTerminus [level: Easy]
Nancy Hill Cobb | Robert J. Ward Choral Series
voicing: TBB | catalog number: SBMP 342 | duration: 2:15 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

The rolling sea provides a metaphor for life in this text by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The piano sets the mood, the singers sing in unison, two and three parts in this easy, dramatic piece.

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CoverThanksgiver: A Child's Rhyme [level: Moderate]
Jean Belmont Ford | Joel Rinsema Kantorei Choral Series
RELEASED: August 2023
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1736 | duration: c. 3’10 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: a cappella

Celebrated choral composer Jean Belmont Ford creates this new unaccompanied original work for advanced mixed ensembles with a message of strength and unconditional love. “Hold this thought when far away from those you love who cannot stay…” Powerful and poignant, this challenging work is unique and bold.

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CoverThat Music Always Round Me [level: Medium]
David N. Childs
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1440 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

The poem of Walt Whitman comes to vivid life in this special composition. Dramatic throughout, this would be a glorious opener or closer for a concert.

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CoverThe Castle Builder [level: Medium]
Susan LaBarr | Janeal Krehbiel Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1173 | duration: 3:58 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano 4 hands

Longfellow’s poem, with its challenging message to young people to “Build on, and make thy castles high and fair,” marches to great music here. The dramatic 4-hand piano part artistically sets the pace for the well-crafted vocal parts. This is highly recommended for large choirs.

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CoverThe Castle Builder [level: Medium]
Susan LaBarr
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1175 | duration: 4:08 | price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano 4 hands

Longfellow’s poem, with its challenging message to young people to “Build on, and make thy castles high and fair,” marches to great music here. The dramatic 4-hand piano part artistically sets the pace for the well-crafted vocal parts. This is highly recommended for large choirs.

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CoverThe Dawn’s Awake [level: Medium]
Nancy Hill Cobb | Robert J. Ward Choral Series
RELEASED: March 2024
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP 1763 | duration: 2'35 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: piano

An exciting, rhythmic new concert opener for Tenor-Bass choirs with piano. With a fiery, optimistic text, this fanfare-like piece begins with stately unison lines, growing steadily to two parts, then three, then four, for a bright and bold conclusion.

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CoverThe Dream [level: Easy]
Jason Shelton
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1243 | duration: 3:50 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: piano

A circle made of song, a dream of harmony, to love and be loved as I am—these are quotes from this song. Written in a Glee/Broadway style, an opening solo sets the mood, the choir soon joining in with their own take on this message. Upbeat with fine melodies, this is a winner.

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CoverThe Eyes of the Heart [level: Medium]
Kim André Arnesen
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP 1465 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: organ

Sub-titled “A New Psalm 121,” poet Euan Tait has added his own verse to a beloved Psalm. Starting in unison, this special piece builds to a dramatic ending.

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CoverThe Four-Leaf Clover [level: Medium]
Kevin T. Padworski
voicing: SAB | catalog number: SBMP 1532 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano

This delightful piece set to a whimsical poem will be a favorite of singers and audiences. A sprightly piano accompaniment adds color and support for the melodies of the singers.

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CoverThe Gift To Sing [level: Medium]
Coleman Peterson | Kyle Pederson Choral Series
RELEASED: July 2023
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1748 | duration: 3'05 | price: $2.70
accompaniment: piano

Treble choirs of all ages will love singing this new pop-choral style piece by young composer Coleman Peterson. With speech-driven rhythms, a driving piano accompaniment, and a stellar text about being grateful to have the opportunity to sing, this one’s a show-stopper! 

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CoverThe Gift To Sing [level: Medium]
Coleman Peterson | Kyle Pederson Choral Series
RELEASED: March 2024
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1784 | duration: 3'05 | price: $2.70
accompaniment: piano

Abounding with energy and optimism, this contemporary concert work setting of James Weldon Johnson's text evokes hope and youthful exuberance. With speech-driven rhythms, a driving piano accompaniment, and a stellar text about being grateful to have the opportunity to sing, this one's a terrific closer!

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CoverThe Harbor [level: Medium]
Brian A. Foy
RELEASED: March 2024
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1767 | duration: 5'30 | price: $2.70
accompaniment: piano

Patriotic and proud! A compelling piece about the story and meaning of the Statue of Liberty. Written for mixed choirs with piano, choirs of all ages and levels will feel empowered singing this. Perfect for concerts or festivals any time of year, but especially appropriate for special events, assemblies, and award ceremonies. “I lift my lamp. Come live your dream at last.”

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CoverThe Light I Cannot See [level: Medium]
Brian A. Foy
RELEASED: August 2023
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP 1752 | duration: c. 4'04 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: piano

“Play me the music I cannot hear…” A beautiful and heart-warming new piece about neurodiversity for Tenor-Bass ensembles with piano accompaniment. Written in the form of a conversation, this popular-song style choral work flows along with plenty of rhythmic interest and dissonant harmonies. As the piece goes on, the audience learns that the “light” being described represents the unseen value of those who are neurodivergent, and that we can work  through this disconnect in communication if we stand together, regardless of cognitive identities. 

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CoverThe Light of God [level: Medium]
Kevin Foster | David N. Childs Sacred Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1026 | duration: 3:55 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano

After opening with the Latin Locus iste, The Light of God quickly finds English as the mainstay throughout. Later, the Latin phrase re-enters, soaring above the energetic rhythmic pattern sung in English. A great concert piece with its outstanding piano accompaniment and fine choral writing, this piece would also be a bright star in the church literature.

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CoverThe Love of Truth [level: Medium]
Z. Randall Stroope
RELEASED: June 2021
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1644 | duration: c. 4:43 | price: $2.50
accompaniment: piano

Set to a profound text from the journals of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius this elegant piece could be the centerpiece of a program. The English and Latin text ("all things are woven together") is expressed in dramatic style with mixed meter and melodic moments that embody the interconnected fabric of all things.

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CoverThe Moon is Distant from the Sea [level: Medium]
David N. Childs
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 719 | duration: 3:40 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

A best selling piece in its SATB version, the choral conductor in Ireland who ultimately provided the recording requested that David Childs set this for treble voices. This piece promises to be a favorite of treble choirs. Also available for SATB or TTBB.

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CoverThe Music of My Soul [level: Easy]
Alejandro Consolacion II
voicing: SA | catalog number: SBMP 1496 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

The lyrics laud the value of music, and the melodies give oral proof of that value. Singers will adore this piece because they all get their turn at these beautiful melodies.

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CoverThe Music of My Soul [level: Medium]
Alejandro Consolacion II
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1502 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

The lyrics laud the value of music, and the beautiful melody provides aural proof of this value. An elegant accompaniment makes this piece extra special.

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CoverThe Peace of Wild Things [level: Medium]
Emily Feld | Matthew and Michael Culloton Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1401 | duration: 4:30 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: a cappella

Wendell Berry’s famous poem comes to gorgeous life in this sensitive and dramatic setting. Fine choirs will love this as will their audiences.

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CoverThe Poem, The Song, The Picture [level: Medium]
Terry Schlenker
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 951 | duration: 4:20 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella

A provocative poem by Federico García Lorca inspired this beautiful piece. Tight harmonies underlay a dramatic melody. To be sung in English.


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CoverThe Power of a Song [level: Easy]
Roslyn Sieh
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1248 | duration: 3:20 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano

...music can bring us together as one. I believe in the power of a song. The composer makes a strong statement on the many powers of a song. Uplifting, spirited, and not difficult, this needs to be sung!

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CoverThe Power of a Song [level: Easy]
Roslyn Sieh
voicing: SA | catalog number: SBMP 1250 | duration: 3:20 | price: $2.05
accompaniment: piano

...music can bring us together as one. I believe in the power of a song. The composer makes a strong statement on the many powers of a song. Uplifting, spirited, and not difficult, this needs to be sung!

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CoverThe Pure, The Bright, The Beautiful [level: Medium]
Frank J. La Rocca
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1070 | duration: 5:40 | price: $2.30
accompaniment: piano

The text, with its recipe for living a good life, is treated to a beautiful melody, often shared among the three voice parts. The composer has created a tasteful, precious setting — all ages of treble choirs can take delight in this piece.

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CoverThe Unknown Region [level: Medium]
Randall Johnson | Randy and Rachel Stenson Choral Series
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP 1162 | duration: 5:35 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano

Set to Latin text from the Requiem Mass and English text by Walt Whitman, this is a blockbuster piece, very high on the drama scale. Easier than it sounds or looks says Randy Stenson who has conducted it, it would be a great closer or centerpiece for a concert.

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CoverThe Unknown Region [level: Medium]
Randall Johnson | Randy and Rachel Stenson Choral Series
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP 1156 | duration: 5:35 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano

Set to Latin text from the Requiem Mass and English text by Walt Whitman, this is a blockbuster piece, very high on the drama scale. Easier than it sounds or looks says Randy Stenson who has conducted it, it would be a great closer or centerpiece for a concert.

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CoverThe Weaver [level: Medium]
Jacob Narverud
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1283 | duration: 4:00 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

The story of a weaver at work is here told, subtly revealing a metaphor for family life. Composed to be part of a concert titled Modern Families, here is a text to think about, and special music to enjoy. With much melodic involvement for all, and divisi only for the sopranos in 4 chords, this is within the reach of many choirs.

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CoverThe Wound in the Water [level: Medium]
Kim André Arnesen
voicing: SATB, solo soprano | catalog number: SBMP 1409 | duration: 70:00 | price: $16.95
accompaniment: piano, and string orchestra

Labeled a “masterpiece” by all who have heard it, this received its premier in Norway performed by Conspirare conducted by Craig Hella Johnson. Set to a profound text by Euan Tait, composer Arnesen has again created a very special addition to the library of major works.

FROM THE POET, Euan Tait:
The Wound in the Water explores the theme of Mammon by singing of our exile and the wounding of our world, of the beauty of the earth, and of the struggle of profoundly divided humanity towards a shared song. Mammon, the traditional symbol of the love of greed and money, is a force that divides us, both internally — we become divided from ourselves, from our capacity for love - and communally — human beings become creatures of competition and conflict. Our relationship with ourselves, others, and the vividly living planet that is our home, slowly erodes and then collapses — and we come to live as homeless exiles in this threefold sense. This work recognizes the long journey towards healing that we have to undergo, and ends with a fragile attempt at a shared song.

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CoverThere Has to Be a Song [level: Easy]
Andrea Ramsey | Janeal Krehbiel Choral Series
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voicing: SA or TB | catalog number: SBMP 963 | duration: 3:10 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano

The text comes to spirited life as this gospel style setting lauds the value of a song to improve the quality of our lives. This is a song that needs to be sung! Also available for SATB.

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CoverThere Is Sweet Music Here [level: Medium]
Zachary J. Moore | Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1277 | duration: 4:15 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano

The Tennyson poem lauds the many soothing values of music. The composer first created tranquil music emblematic of the text, and then, repeating the words “music here,” gradually takes us to great heights for the ending, bringing this celebration of music to a dramatic close. With divisi only at the ending, this special piece can be enjoyed by choirs of any size.

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CoverThere Will Come Soft Rains [level: Medium]
Brian Holmes | Matthew and Michael Culloton Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1062 | duration: 4:15 | price: $1.95
accompaniment: a cappella

Two poems by Sara Teasdale contrast the sadness and ugliness of war with the resilience and splendor of nature in springtime. A masterful setting of these profound texts, with great word painting and sensitivity, it would fit especially well in thematic concerts about war or peace or nature.

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CoverThere’s Gonna be a Homecomin’ [level: Medium]
Kyle Pederson
voicing: SSATB | catalog number: SBMP 1588 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano

Plenty of joy, fun, and playfulness in this piece. With a gospel groove, a rockin' piano accompaniment, and vocal lines that all parts can sink their teeth into--this piece is perfect for your first/homecoming concert of the year. The text affirms the power of any community (church, school, family, town) to surround its members with love and be a voice and force for wholeness, reconciliation, and hope.

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CoverThis Is the Morning That Will Rise [level: Medium]
Matthew Emery | Jamie Hillman Choral Series
RELEASED: March 2024
voicing: SAB. opt. T | catalog number: SBMP 1773 | duration: 4'21 | price: $2.70
accompaniment: piano

A lyrical new piece for mixed choirs — SAB with an optional Tenor part, and piano accompaniment. Stylistic features include offbeat rhythms paired with modern harmonies and a contrasting piano part. Uplifting lyrics make this an enjoyable song to learn and to perform.

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CoverThis Is Your Time [level: Medium]
J. Reese Norris | Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1584 | price: $2.60
accompaniment: piano, percussion, opt. guitar

The profound text quotes Sir Winston Churchill with his challenge to young people. This dramatic piece needs to be sung!

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CoverThis Is Your Time [level: Medium]
J. Reese Norris | Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: TBB | catalog number: SBMP 1585 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: piano, percussion, opt. guitar

The profound text quotes Sir Winston Churchill with his challenge to young people. This dramatic piece needs to be sung!

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CoverThis Perfect Beauty [level: Medium]
Jenni Brandon | Bowling Green State University Choral Series
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1344 | duration: c. 7:30 | price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano, flute

The fascinating Amy Lowell poem opens “’Tis you that are the music, not your song.” The composer has beautifully captured the drama of the text as it glorifies music of the spirit, the earth, the ocean, “one music with a thousand cadences.” A virtuoso flute adds vibrant color to this special piece.

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CoverThreaded with Stars [level: Medium]
Susan LaBarr
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 1240 | duration: 3:40 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: a cappella

Starting in unison, then adding a part, and another, and mid-way through we reach the stars with all four parts involved. This is a treble a cappella piece that is stunning. Sara Teasdale off in the heavens would delight to hear this wonderful setting of her poem.

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CoverThree Nightsongs [level: Medium]
Joshua Shank
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 598 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano

1. Evening 2. Moonsong 3. Water Youngster poet Hilda Conkling's poems see the world through fresh eyes; Joshua Shank discovers the beauty of her poetry and composes with fresh ideas. A wonderful marriage of text and music.

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CoverTo Hold All Sounds [level: Medium]
Andrea Ramsey | Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 1120 | duration: 6:30 | price: $2.25
accompaniment: organ, timpani

Dramatic and profoundly moving, set to text from Whitman’s LEAVES OF GRASS, this is an outstanding piece for the large choir. Organ and timpani provide color and excitement. 6:30 in length, it would be a fine closer or centerpiece for a concert.

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CoverTo the Holy Spirit [level: Medium]
Joan Szymko
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 838 | duration: 3:30 | price: $1.70
accompaniment: piano

Wendell Berry’s poem inspires us to imagine the extreme reaches of the “holy spirit.” As always, Joan Szymko perfectly captures the sense of the text to bring us a dramatic piece.

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CoverTread Softly [level: Medium]
Connor J. Koppin | Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1447 | price: $2.15
accompaniment: piano

This setting of the profound Yeats poem wiill be a favorite of singers as the composer lets each section have a turn at singing the melody, the conclusion bringing them together as one.

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CoverTurning the Pages [level: Easy]
Daniel Brinsmead | Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
RELEASED: September 2023
voicing: SSA | catalog number: SBMP 1755 | price: $2.70
accompaniment: piano

Written for the Australian Children’s Choir, this new pop/musical-theatre style choral piece by Daniel Brinsmead is joyful, catchy, and fun! Speech-driven original lyrics, a rocking piano accompaniment, and accessible vocal writing in mostly two-parts throughout. Treble choirs of all ages will love singing this: “I’m turning the pages of a story unwritten…the story of my life!” 

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CoverUmi Sono Ai [level: Medium]
Kousaku Dan, arr. Rachel Stenson | Randy and Rachel Stenson Choral Series
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP 974 | duration: 4:40 | price: $2.20
accompaniment: piano

A beautiful, beloved Japanese song, it tells of a man who goes to the ocean to reflect upon his life. In each wave he sees opportunity. Though the retreat of each wave may reflect his failures, a new wave of hope soon appears. It carries him, it lifts him, and sends him toward his destiny. Sing the song in the original Japanese, or in the English version provided by Randy Stenson.

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CoverUmi Sono Ai [level: Medium]
Kousaku Dan, arr. Rachel Stenson | Randy and Rachel Stenson Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 995 | duration: 4:40 | price: $2.50
accompaniment: piano

A beautiful, beloved Japanese song, it tells of a man who goes to the ocean to reflect upon his life. In each wave he sees opportunity. Though the retreat of each wave may reflect his failures, a new wave of hope soon appears. It carries him, it lifts him, and sends him toward his destiny. Sing the song in the original Japanese, or in the English version provided by Randy Stenson.

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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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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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CoverWe Are the Voices [level: Medium]
Jim Papoulis | Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1482 | price: $2.80
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 Are the Voices [level: Medium]
Jim Papoulis | Robyn Lana Choral Series
voicing: SSAA | catalog number: SBMP 1258 | duration: 4:30 | price: $2.35
accompaniment: piano/drum

In every heart there is a place that shows us who we are. The opening phrase presents the challenge 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 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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CoverWhat We Need Is Here [level: Medium]
James Diegnan
voicing: TTBB | catalog number: SBMP 1414 | duration: 3:50 | price: $2.15
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
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The profound poem comes to vivid life in this dramatic choral setting.

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