“Favorite piece“ of Musica International, the global choral repertoire database, for February 2025:   “Talvi-Iltana” by Jussi CHYDENIUS (Finland)   This piece has a cold and calm atmosphere, like a winter evening where the sounds envelop the listener in a peaceful and introspective mood, reflecting the essence of Finnish winter nights through a poem of Einari Vuorela. […]

We are blessed at Graphite to have such a deep pool of talented composers. It’s not always easy to keep up with all the great new music they produce—which is why we have a newsletter. To spotlight some of the pieces we’re most excited about. Our next couple January newsletters will focus on some different […]

  Dear Directors as we enter February and Black History Month, I have just discovered a newer recording of my arrangement of Follow The Drinking Gourd. This one follows the edited score at Colla Voce Music.  https://www.collavoce.com/zoo/item/follow-the-drinking-gourd-15-95940?highlight=WyJ0b20iLCJjb3VuY2lsIiwidG9tIGNvdW5jaWwiXQ== This version is sung by The Texas Voices, Alan Dyer, Director.  It may be too late for this […]

MusicEase Software’s Christian Virtual Hymnal 20K has been updated to now include full scores of Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat, Christ lag in Todesbanden, and Mass in B Minor, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli and Mozart’s Requiem in addition to 20,000 public domain hymns. No CCLI license required. All music is transposable […]

The Mendelssohn Glee Club of NYC is looking for TTBB men in preparation for its May 13, 2025 concert in the Upper West Side (UWS) of Manhattan. The Club, the oldest independent men’s chorus in the USA, founded in 1866, rehearses Monday evenings in the UWS of Manhattan. Our concert in Manhattan is free and […]