Comfort and Joy this Holiday Season Part 1: Holiday music for virtual performance Contributing Editor: Jonathan Campbell We live in uncertain times. What can choral music offer? Certainty! We can bring joy to our communities, no matter the circumstances. 2020 taught us that choral musicians can overcome almost anything. If we can’t sing in person, […]
Sounds of Stow Concert
After more than a year and half of silence, the Sounds of Stow Chorus and Orchestra is delighted to announce its first concert of the 2021-2022 season on Sunday, November 21 at 2pm at the Hale School in Stow, MA. The program put together by Barbara Jones, Artistic Director, includes pieces by contemporary composers and […]
Graphite brings Comfort and Joy this Holiday Season, part 2
Comfort and Joy this Holiday Season Part 2: Music for Live Performance Contributing Editor: Jonathan Campbell We live in uncertain times. What can choral music offer? Certainty! We can bring joy to our communities, no matter the circumstances. 2020 taught us that choral musicians can overcome almost anything. If we can’t sing in person, we […]
Free SATB arrangement of “How Ya Gonna Keep Em Down on the Farm (After They’ve Seen Paree?)”
A popular tune published in 1919, How Ya Gonna Keep Em Down on the Farm is now available as an SATB score with piano. Choral directors: Interested in performing this? It runs ~2:40 and is easy and fun to sing. Usage is 100% free for non-commercial use. The score, live performance and part demos can […]
Ikan Kekek – by Dr. Tracy Wong
In many choral music circles Tracy Wong needs no introduction. Her piece “Wau Bulan” has been tremendously popular for a few years now. We here at Cypress Choral Music publishing stumbled upon this delightful video of Tracy’s “Ikan Kekek” featuring the students of St. Jospeh’s Private School Chamber Choir in Kuching, Malaysia. Enjoy! Available at […]
New Book: “Music, Wellness, and Aging: Defining, Directing, and Celebrating Life”
A new book by Dean D. VonDras, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, and Scott F. Madey, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Shippensburg University has just been released: “Music, Wellness, and Aging: Defining, Directing, and Celebrating Life” (Cambridge University Press, 2021). This book will be of interest to all choral […]