It’s never to early to start planning your holiday programming! “A Cradle Hymn” is David von Kampen’s stunning Christmas piece for SATB chorus unaccompanied. The opening extended vocalise is easily singable by the whole choir and creates an amazing mood. This score is well-suited to children’s and youth choirs or college and university choirs who are looking […]
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Ad Te Clamamus – Michael John Trotta – SATB.unaccompanied
Ad Te Clamamus – Michael John Trotta – SATB/unaccompanied click on cover for full score for and recording This popular Hymn dates back to the Middle Ages composed by the German monk Hermann of Reichenau. It has been sung as part of the Daily Office since the 13th Century, with a text dating back […]
The Holly and the Ivy | Jason Horner | MusicSpoke
“The Holly and the Ivy,” in a madrigal style, is carol arrangement for a cappella SATB choir and tambourine. It is well-suited for choirs with a range of abilities from high school, church choir, collegiate level singers, and community ensembles. The middle section features the use of alleatoric composition and is open to many creative […]
Four new Einojuhani Rautavaara publications
In My Lover’s Garden (I min älsklings trädgård) SSAA A suite of three choral songs to texts by Edith Södergran, English translation by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (Swedish/English)Four Songs to Poems by Aleksis Kivi. TTBB. Texts in Finnish.Four Romances from the opera Rasputin SATB According to Rautavaara these are “unabashedly sentimental and thoroughly melodic pieces”. Available also for male […]
Bread from Heaven-English Eucharistic Motets for 2 and 3 part voices
Excited to announce a new collection of Eucharistic motets in English from the Renaissance masters that I edited and is now ready for purchase! All the relevant info, including a description and a generous sampling of the contents, is here: http://www.chantcafe.com/2015/02/bread-from-heaven-new-book-of-english.html Thanks, Heath Morber Director of Music St. John’s Catholic Chapel Champaign, IL
NEW for Black History Month! Zanaida Robles “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” from E.B. Marks Music
“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” for Soprano Soloist, Mixed Chorus, and Piano Zanaida Robles has created a marvelous new festival arrangement of “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” that brings new shades of meaning and drama to James Weldon Johnson’s indelible words, while honoring J. Rosamond Johnson’s original musical setting and melody. Visit http://www.ebmarks.com/publications/, www.halleonard.com, […]