New Publications

A mostly homophonic setting accessible to any well-trained high school chorus – SATB  4:20, The WIld Swans at Coole is one of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) best known poems, first published in 1917 (public domain).   All of my music is written in Sibelius, so professional copies are available in PDF.   Please have a look […]

You might consider some of my recent SATB compositions for your Christmas programme (Click on the title for more information- previews and Mp3s )   In a Stable –  based on an old Irish melody, a warm, reflective arrangement Dormi Jesu – a new, lyrical setting of this text Welcome Carol – a rollicking, energetic […]

Announcing a new pricing option for my Carols, Distinctive Arrangements for Women’s Voices. Instead of $15.95 per copy (no photocopying allowed) for the nicely bound book, you may now purchase a single master copy for $150.00 and photocopy (for your choir only) over the years. There are eighteen carols in the book, so it is a resource that you can […]

HEER RANJHA PROTOPYE by Carson Kievman (for SATB & Tubular Bells) is now available for performance Written for Paul Hilliar’s Theater of Voices who were visiting Princeton University when I was completing my Ph.D. For various reasons it was not performed.  It is now available for a premiere.  This work was created as a prototype for […]

SINE NOMINE (Auctore Ignoto) by Carson Kievman (for mixed voices) is now available for performance   Originally commissioned for the International Josquin Festival Conference, Princeton University First performance by the Binchois Consort of London, Andrew Kirkman, conductor  Dr. Rob Wegman (Associate Professor of Music), conference organizer Recorded in the Princeton Chapel, October 1999 Full perusal score and first […]

My arrangement of the Spiritual “My Lord, What A Morning” is now available to the public.    Here is a beautiful and accessible arrangement of the Spiritual.    Full perusal score and recording are available on my website.   This arrangement may be purchased from my website or from sheetmusicplus.   http://www.michaelsandvik.com/my-lord-what-a-mornin/ http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/my-lord-what-a-morning-digital-sheet-music/20127083   God Bless, […]