DEVELOPING VOICES
1.
Ritmo NEW!
Dan Davison
The Puget Sound Youth Vocal Ensemble; Dan Davison, Director
Following last year's very successful version for adult singers, this voicing will be great fun for young singers! It is a great opener, closer or encore, in Spanish style with hand percussion and lively 4-hands piano rhythms. HL08501736 SA(T)B with piano
HL08501702 SATB with piano
HL08501731 TTBB with piano
HL08501703 Piano 4-hands
Duration: Approx. 3:00
2. 'Tis the Season
NEW!
Kirk Marcy
Ballou Junior High School Chamber Ensemble; Dan Davison, conductor
A great teaching piece and just perfect for a Holiday processional or a winter time concert formation! With optional instruments it offers much flexibility and the voicing makes it very suitable for developing choirs. HL08501750 SA(T)B, a cappella with opt. bass drum, triangle and tambourine
Duration: Approx. 2:15
3. The True Lover's Farewell NEW!
arr. Reginald Unterseher
Male Ensemble Northwest; Wallace Long, conductor
For beginning high school choirs, this English folk song describes a heartfelt dialog between a young couple in a moment of farewell - a fine selection for more mature high school choirs and community choirs as well. HL08501740 SA(T)B with piano
Duration: Approx. 3:15
4. Come, Ye Ladies and Lairds NEW!
Dan Davison
The Ballou Junior High Vocal Chamber Ensemble; Dan Davison, conductor
A great piece for concerts or madrigal dinners! The setting is 16th century Scotland. Theatrical effects in dance, costume and instrumentation can be used, all according to available resources. HL08501739 SA(T)B with recorder, guitar and opt. instruments
Duration: Approx. 3:00
5. Morning Song (Cherokee "Amazing Grace") NEW!
arr. James Green
The Bach Children's Chorus; Linda Beaupré, Conductor
This simple canon provides a rewarding experience for middle through high school. Two Native American musical themes express the desires and ideals of the Cherokee Nation. Percussion instruments, easily played by the singers, contribute to an authentic performance. With excellent performance notes and a pronunciation guide. HL08501745 SAB 3 part voices, any comb., recorder, drum, percussion
Duration: Approx. 3:50
6. Come Travel With Me
Scott Farthing
The University of Missouri-Kansas City Concert Men's Chorus, Richard Nickerson, conductor
With its limited ranges and the vocal line supported by the accompaniment, this is the ideal TTB work for the middle and high school male choir. With references to Walt Whitman's "Song of the Open Road," the text encourages the young spirit to explore the journey of life. Moderately difficult. HL08501432 TTB
HL08501602 SATB divisi choir & solo, a cappella
Duration: Approx. 1:40
7. Tell My Ma NEW!
arr. Jon Washburn
Leesville Road High School, Capital Pride Women's Choir; Diane Covington, conductor
From the widely popular SATB arrangement, here is a great treble setting of this lively Irish folksong, with a rhythmic piano accompaniment. The solo can be sung by several voices, if preferred. For middle and high school choirs, it is fun to learn and perform - and a true crowd pleaser! HL08501572 SATB
HL08501755 SSAA with piano
Duration: Approx. 2:15
HOLIDAYS & FESTIVE OCCASIONS
8. Gloria Fanfare NEW!
Jeffery Ames
The Belmont University Chorale; Jeffery L. Ames, conductor
This setting of the majestic fanfare with keyboard and trumpets is accessible for choirs of various sizes. Sung in Latin or English. A striking choice! HL08501754 SSAATTBB divisi with piano, 2 trumpets
Duration: Approx. 2:35
9. Oy Es Dia De Placer NEW!
Thomas Pasqual, arr. Jody Noblett
San Antonio Vocal Arts Ensemble
If you don't know this great song, here is your chance! Of medieval origin, it is great for processionals or concerts and suits various levels and sizes of choirs. Enthusiastically received last year. HL08501717 SATB with percussion
Duration: Approx. 2:00
10. Past Three O'clock NEW!
Clif Hardin
The River Road Chamber Singers; Clif Hardin, conductor
A traditional street cryer melody from the 17th century turned into a carol, this a cappella piece imagines the cryer in the night being joined by carolers for part of his nightly walk. While suitable in any concert, this piece could be a secular holiday selection as well. For high school and beyond. HL08501730 SATB a cappella
Duration: Approx. 3:10
11. The Darkest Midnight in December NEW!
Stephen Main
VocalEssence; Philip Brunelle, conductor
This award-winning composition uses the delicate celesta (opt. piano) to set the mood for this Christmas carol message. Most suitable for churches, larger high school choirs and beyond. Has proven to be a great success with singers and audiences alike. HL08501696 SATB divisi with celesta or piano
Duration: Approx: 2:50
12. Rejoice, Ye Heavenly Powers NEW!
Stephen Main
First Community Church, Columbus, Ohio; Ronald Jenkins, conductor
Here is a new offering from church musician Stephen Main. School, church choirs and community choirs will love this exciting celebration. HL08501742 SATB with organ, brass & percussion
HL08501753 Instrumental parts
Duration: Approx. 5:25
13. Away in a Manger
NEW!
arr. Paul Sjolund
Kantorei; Richard Larson, conductor
This well crafted setting shows the lyrical beauty of this well known carol. A soprano semi-chorus adds to the gentle touch of this gem for a Christmas program. HL08500371 SATB, piano or organ, opt. flute
Duration: Approx. 4:00
SECULAR
14. The Stars Stand Up in the Air NEW!
Eric William Barnum
St. Cloud State University; Matthew A. Ferrell, conductor
For the high school choir, here is a poem speaking of grief and beauty in a masterful setting with a soaring soprano solo above the choir. Needs good preparation for a great performance - and is well worth it! HL08501738 SATB divisi, soprano solo with piano
Duration: Approx. 5:30
15. Northern Lights NEW!
Ola Gjeilo
Central Bucks High School West Chamber Choir, Doylestown, PA; Joseph Ohrt, conductor
Set to a text from Song of Solomon, this easy-to-prepare composition is a great selection for high school teachers and community choirs. The aurora borealis atmospheric lights inspired this Norwegian composer to a song that will render a most impressive performance. HL08501748 SATB a cappella
Duration: Approx. 4:35
16. I'VE BEEN IN THE STORM SO LONG NEW!
Arr. Jeffery Ames
University of Miami Frost School of Music Recording Choir; Jo-Michael Scheibe, conductor
With rich sonorities and unexpected harmonic twists, its repeated choral figures develop naturally and support a terrific female solo, giving a choir a chance to highlight its expressive stylistic sensibility in concert, festival or worship venues. This melancholy spiritual sounds more difficult than it is. HL08501602 SATB divisi choir & solo, a cappella
Duration: Approx. 4:00
17. A Soldier, and the One I Love NEW!
Dan Davison
The Puget Sound Youth Vocal Ensemble; Dan Davison, Director
The text describes beautifully the hopes and longings of those with near ones in harm's way. In addition to the setting with snare drum and piano accompaniment, you can add flutes, French horns and a string ensemble. HL08501735 SATB with piano, drum (opt. additional instruments)
Duration: Approx. 3:45
18. Verduron
arr. Randy Haldeman
Oregon State University Chamber Choir; Steven M. Zielke, conductor
This folk song from the Channel Islands is for high school and beyond. Its tongue-in-cheek story theme requires an energetic choir telling of a mademoiselle in distress. The French text is repetitive and easy to learn. A rhythmic piano and hand and body percussion makes it a real show-stopper! HL08501751 SATB with piano
Duration: Approx. 2:15
19. I Am Not YoursNEW!
David Dickau
The University of Southern California Thornton Chamber Singers; Jo-Michael Scheibe, conductor
Here is an impressive, yet romantically intimate piece inspired by the wonderful mood of Sara Teasdale's poem. A lovely choice for the mature high school choir and beyond or for a festival performance. HL08501733 SATB with piano
Duration: Approx. 4:00
20. Song to the Moon NEW!
Z. Randall Stroope
Oklahoma State University Concert Chorale; Z. Randall Stroope, conductor
One of Stroope's most impressive settings based on a Czech text. With an English singing text, it is highly suitable for mature high schools and beyond. An excellent center piece selection for any program or festival! HL08501728 SATB with piano, flute & oboe
Duration: Approx. 5:20
VOCAL JAZZ & NOVELTY
21. Bumble Bee NEW!
Anders Edenroth
The Real Group
Shape this song to your own needs! While written for mixed choir, this versatile gem of a piece is great with high school and vocal jazz ensembles, as well as with SSAA choirs, where the optional guitar and electric bass may play the T/B part. The flowing melody with text about nature's everyday wonders requires some extra attention to rhythms, phrasing and dynamics - but it is all worth it!
HL08501747 SSAATB or optional SSAA with guitar and electric bass
Duration: Approx. 3:30
22. Chili Con Carne NEW!
Anders Edenroth
The Real Group
This all-time, winner chart from The Real Group needs to be in your next concert program! Available for SSATB a cappella as well as for SSAA (visit our website for the fabulous recording by The Real Kids), offering younger school choirs to get into its jazzy groove! Features syncopated, Latin-like rhythms and witty lyrics, with repeated figures that make this easier to teach and learn.
HL08501651 SSATB a cappella
HL08501647 SSA a cappella
Duration: Approx. 3:30
23.Pseudo Yoik NEW!
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
Tapiola Chamber Choir; Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, conductor
This unique, "cheeky" piece has its roots in Scandinavian folk music. A festival piece with nonsense text and fun rhythmic patterns!
HL08501408 SATB divisi a cappella
HL08501409 SSAA a cappella
HL08501410 TTBB divisi a cappella
Duration: Approx. 1:30
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ERIC WHITACRE
24. Sleep NEW!
Eric Whitacre
Brigham Young University Singers; Ronald Staheli, conductor
Whitacre's music inspired poet Anthony Silvestri's text, drawing on the mystical moment between awareness and sleep. One of Whitacre's most performed works, it is most effective with a choir large enough to handle the divisi passages beautifully. HL08501462 SATB divisi, a cappella
Duration: Approx. 2:50
25. Five Hebrew Love Songs NEW!
Eric Whitacre
University of Miami Chorale; Jo-Michael Scheibe, conductor
With text by the composer's wife, Jerusalem born poet Hila Plitmann, each song in this delightful suite is profoundly personal and depicts a lush and romantic moment captured in song. Featured in this audio is "Kalá Kallá," translated into "Light Bride." HL08501466 SATB
HL08501490 SA
HL08501513 Full Score
HL08501510 Violin Part
HL08501473 Instrumental parts
Duration: Approx. 9:35
WOMEN'S VOICES
26. My Song
NEW!
David N. Childs
Leesville Road High School, Capital Pride Women's Choir; Diane Covington, conductor
For advanced middle school and high school choirs, this is the perfect easy-to-program piece! The song has a flowing and attractive piano accompaniment. HL08501741 SSA with piano
Duration: Approx. 3:25
27. A Cradle Song
NEW!
Kurt Knecht
The University of Montevallo Women's Chamber Choir, Montevallo, Alabama; Gary Packwood, conductor
Music with a touch of Gershwin meets the words of master poet William Blake in this Treble setting of A Cradle Song. An excellent secular choice for your Holiday program! For good high school girls choirs and beyond. HL08501732 Treble chorus with piano
Duration: Approx. 4:00
28. What Bird So Sings NEW!
Carl Ashley
Saint Andrew's Chorale Women; Carl Ashley, conductor
This composition was inspired by a poem including various bird songs. A charming and playful piano part supports the motif of this song—just right for the spring concert! For high school women and beyond. HL08501737 SATB
Duration: Approx. 3:30
29. Universal Song NEW!
Dan J. Hall
Tascosa High School, Les Chanteurs Women's Choir
Billy Talley, Director
Based on Shaker poems, this song combines a highly inspirational text with an uplifting musical setting, expressing gratitude and faith for everyone. HL08501722 SSAA with piano
Duration: 4:15
30. Lux Aeterna NEW!
Michelle Roueché
Brenau University Chamber Choir; Michelle Roueché, conductor
A rich setting, the beauty of this work illustrates that the heavenly light will always overcome the darkness. It is the perfect work for honing intonation and phrasing. HL08501746 SSAA a cappella
Duration: Approx. 3:30
31. Pastir Dobri NEW!
Ivan Bozicevic
Texas A&M Women's Chorus; Jess Wade, conductor
This Croatian song, with its lovely poem about the eternal heavenly light, is set to a distinctive and strong music theme with expressive dynamics in the choral line. With English translation and pronunciation guide. HL08501752 Treble SSA with piano
Duration: Approx. 4:25
FEATURED COMPOSER
Sydney Guillaume (1982) was born in Haiti, graduated from the University of Miami and now lives in Los Angeles. He takes great pride in his roots. His compositions convey a profound awareness of the beautiful Haitian musical culture amidst the local turmoil and adversity.
32. Koudjay NEW!
Sydney Guillaume
Miami Children's Chorus; Timothy Sharp, conductor
Great Haitian rhythms and harmonies and a text about "harmonizing life's activities" - dance being one - makes this a great concert or festival selection. An IPA pronunciation guide and translation help mastering the Haitian Creole text. Well worth it. Exciting! HL08501734 Treble chorus, SSA, a cappella
Duration: Approx. 3:35
33. Twa Tambou
Sydney Guillaume
University of Miami, Frost Chorale; Jo-Michael Scheibe, conductor
Fasten your seatbelts for this show stopper! From Haiti, this piece appears more complex than its straight four part and would be an excellent festival selection for good high school choirs and beyond. It tells the tale about three drums in playful competition. The rhythms are handled with ease, repeated patterns help quick learning, and there is a complete pronunciation guide for the Haitian language. HL08501683 SATB a cappella
Duration: Approx. 4:50
34. Kalinda NEW!
Sydney Guillaume
University of Miami Chorale; Jo-Michael Scheibe, conductor
Spice up your concert's close with exciting Latin rhythms and a Creole text. A fun challenge for an accomplished, larger high school choir, and a sure audience-pleaser!. HL08501493 SATB divisi unaccompanied
Duration: Approx. 3:40
CHORAL MASTERS35. Zigeunerleben (Gypsy Life) NEW!
Robert Schumann
Oklahoma Arts Institute Chorus; Jo-Michael Scheibe, conductor
A true golden classic for every high school choir! Frequently performed in concert and festival, this youthful, vigorous song has a nice solo quartet section. Add a tambourine for extra color. HL08500857 SATB, piano opt. percussion
Duration: Approx. 3:05
36. Te Deum
W.A. Mozart
Arnold Schoenberg Choir led by Erwin Ortner/Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
Share the exuberance of young Mozart with yet another generation! This edition, with helpful notes by Lynne Gackle, broadens your singers' technique and offers a wonderful musical experience to most choirs, including developing ones: "Wow! This is cool." Can be sung in Latin or English. HL08501575 SATB, piano opt. orchestra
Duration: Approx. 7:30
MEN'S VOICES
37. Kitty Of Coleraine NEW!
arr. Daniel McDavitt
Brigham Young University Men's Chorus; Rosalind Hall, conductor
A great addition to any men's choir performance, this Irish folk song tells how pretty Kitty's broken milk pitcher leads to romantic complications. Offers great opportunity for the singers to "act out" the story! A perfect concert closer or encore. HL08501744 TTBB with piano 4-hands
Duration: Approx. 2:30
38. Alleluia
NEW!
Reginald Unterseher
The Kellogg Street Youth Chorus; Reginald Unterseher, conductor
The composer points to the many colors, articulations, dynamic levels, and tempi to be explored in his piece-he compares it to "skiing down a mountain." Mature men's choirs will be rewarded from exploring this rich palette of expression. HL08501723 TTBB a cappella
Duration: Approx. 1:45
39. The Turtle Dove NEW!
arr. Ken Berg
Brethren Choir, Washington, D.C.; Patrick F. Vaughn, conductor
About steadfast love and devotion, this arrangement pays great attention to the choral ranges. Crafted to be accessible to young men's voices, it offers flexibility with TTB and TBB options. A lovely solo makes this piece a true gem!
HL08501726 3-pt men with solo, piano
Duration: Approx. 4:05
40. I Carry Your Heart with Me NEW!
David Dickau
The Viking Chorus of St. Olaf College; Christopher Aspaas, conductor
Following the solid success of Dickau's SATB setting of the beautiful love poem by e.e. cummings, here is his musical arrangement for men's voices. It is an impressive, yet romantically intimate piece, suited for festival high school, college and beyond.
HL08501727 TTBB
HL08501697 SATB with piano
Duration: Approx. 4:50
41. Ritmo NEW!
Dan Davison
Puget Sound Vocal Ensemble; Dan Davison, conductor
This popular, energetic piece is now offered for mature men's choirs, in a TTBB setting. A great choice, this Spanish-style piece could be an opener, closer or encore, with the choir's hand percussion further enhancing the lively 4-hands piano rhythms.
HL08501731 TTBB with piano
HL08501702 SATB with piano
HL08501736 SA(T)B with piano
HL08501703 Piano 4-hands
Duration: Approx. 3:00
SATB ADVANCED CONCERT
42. Across The Fields NEW!
Eric William Barnum
University of Washington Chamber Singers; Geoffrey Boers, conductor
Masterful blending of great poetry and sensitive music, ending with a soaring soprano solo.
HL08501729 SATB a cappella
Duration: Approx. 5:40
43. AGNUS DEI: Phoenix NEW!
Ola Gjeilo
Sofia Vokalensemble; Bengt Ollén, conductor
Gjeilo uses the Latin Agnus Dei text as support for this symphonic sounding choral work, with its beautiful color, intonation and phrasing.
HL08501749 SSAATTBB a cappella
Duration: Approx. 5:25
44. Skip to My Lou NEW!
arr. Paul Busselberg
Clear Creek High School Symphonic Chorale; Kyle & Sean Pullen, conductors
This riveting and unusual arrangement offers a chance for your choir to go all out!
HL08501724 SSAATTBB with piano 4-hands
Duration: Approx. 3:20
45. Song of Songs NEW!
David N. Childs
Collegium Vocale; David N. Childs, conductor
The sensitive setting with text adapted from Song of Solomon moves beautifully between different moods, marked "expressive," "flowing" and "with motion." A perfect selection for festival high school choirs, college and beyond.
HL08501743 SATB a cappella
Duration: Approx. 5:15
45. The Spheres NEW!
Ola Gjeilo
Orpheus Vokalensemble, Ochsenhausen; Gary Graden, conductor; from CD "Lighten Mine Eyes"
This movement is the beginning of a Sunrise Mass. It is to "be performed with the sense of floating in space." The setting uses the Latin Kyrie Eleison text.
HL08501725 SSAATTBB a cappella
Duration: Approx. 4:35
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