New Publications

“Not from the Stars” is a musically spirited proclamation of Shakespeare’s predictions of a reluctant lover’s fate.   The latest of an ongoing project, “Book of Sonnets,” this SAB work is available for free download from http://graymichael.com   Enjoy! Michael A. Gray

My call to prayer, “A Choral Prayer,” SATB accompanied, is available on my website. It is beautiful, accessible, and fresh for conductors needing such a piece for a church service. “A Choral Prayer” is also suitable for use as a choral benediction to end a service.   A full perusal score is availabe on my […]

New in 2015, this piece is a celebration of a Queensland Autumn in Australia. Composed for SSA & Piano for Advanced Primary to Secondary School students, and suitable for Assemblies and Parades, Eisteddfods and Choral Festivals. It teaches harmonic blending, question and answer techniques and contains some unison singing. “Autumn, at sunrise, and the skies are […]

I composed Hands of God in honor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s 25th Anniversary as a denomination and dedicated it to Wm. Chris Boerger for his service to the NW Washington Synod as the former Bishop and former member of my congregation.  He is now the ELCA Church-wide Secretary.  It is appropriate for […]

This choral setting of the popular Yiddish folksong employs the use of instrument-like sounds imitating the strumming of the balalayka, a Russian folk instrument similar to a guitar, and contrasts the upbeat “Tumbalalayka” refrain with dark harmonic colors and occasional smooth polyphonic textures.   SATB, medium difficulty, about 2’30” Music is available for perusal and […]

This is a FREE offer!         This piece was commissioned by the choir of Wesley United Methodist Church, Vienna, VA, USA. This piece features a lively beginning in which the piano part presents the theme from the middle section. The first entrance of the choir presents the main theme, and right after […]