The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts, David (Volosin) Katz, founder and chief judge, the nation’s most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts, now it is fourteen year, is honored to share announcements of 2024 winners in CHORAL CONDUCTOR, ENSEMBLE and related COMPOSITION categories. Please follow the links below to […]
radio preview of St. Louis Carols
On St. Louis’s classical radio station, 107.3 fm, Julie Schuster, host of “Friday Morning with the Arts,” interviews Philip Barnes, artistic director of the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, on Friday, 20 December, between 9 and 10 am. The topic will be the Chamber Chorus’s holiday program, comprising original carols and new arrangements made expressly for […]
Three New Arrangements for Men’s Choir
You are invited to peruse three new arrangements for men posted to my catalog at J.W. Pepper MyScore: Gentle Annie (Stephen Foster), Now the Powers of Heaven (Alexsandre Shemetev), and O, Savior of the World (John Goss). Bill Sherrill
People You Love – by Eric Bibb, arr. Larry Nickel
Eric Bibb’s “People You Love” is powerful to say the least. This beautiful piece, arranged by Larry Nickel, deals with the subject of death in such a sensitive and meaningful way – this is a tear-jerker, for sure. Enjoy! Sheet Music available at Cypress Choral Music – https://cypresschoral.com/composers/larry-nickel/people-you-love/
Hills of Salvation – by Connie Kaldor, arr. Patrick Murray
Connie Kaldor’s “Hills of Salvation” has been given a fantastic choral work up by another young Canadian from Ontario Patrick Murray. This anthem sings itself – with rich and solid harmony. Enjoy! Sheet Music available – https://cypresschoral.com/composers/patrick-murray/hills-of-salvation/
Updated Version of Christian Virtual Hymnal 20K Released
The Christian Virtual Hymnal 20K has been updated to include the full scores of Bach’s Magnificat and Bach’s Mass in B Minor. So now the Christian Virtual Hymnal 20K provides transposable, customizable, searchable sheet music and MIDI for 20,000 public domain hymns. (No CCLI license required.) Verses can be re-ordered/deleted/displayed using any font/size available on […]