Click the cover to view the score in its entirety. (SATB audio sample available) James Q. Mulholland’s ever-popular “If Love Should Count You Worthy” is now available for TTBB with Horn and Piano. Represented on countless reading sessions, clinics, and festival lists, this poignant work, warning of Love’s best and worst characteristics, offers everything […]
New Publications
The Lord Is My Shepherd, SATB, accompanied, no divisi
My setting of the 23rd Psalm, “The Lord Is My Shepherd” is newly available to the public. http://www.michaelsandvik.com/compositions/choral/chorus-arranged-by-category/scripture Through December 31, all music is on sale at 10% off (except Christmas music, which is 25% off). Repeat: My arrangement of “Away In A Manger” is also now available to the public. http://www.michaelsandvik.com/compositions/choral/chorus-arranged-by-category/christmas Right […]
Londonderry Air, “O Danny Boy” Tenor Solo, SATB, strings (violin and viola soli within), two flutes, bass clarinet
This work was begun in 2007, and then set aside, but recently I reorganized and completed it. The poem’s first verse is presented by the soloist, followed by a variation of the melody vocalized without text, and finally the tenor is joined by the chorus for the second verse. Several instrumental interludes are included. I will soon prepare […]
Away In A Manger For SATB (no divisi) accompanied
My arrangement of “Away In A Manger” is now available to the public. http://www.michaelsandvik.com/compositions/choral/chorus-arranged-by-category/christmas Simple, beautiful, and tender, the piece uses the slightly less common tune cradle song as its basis. Though simple, it has proved effective with choirs from beginning levels to college level. Right now, through December 10, it is on a […]
Zippy, energetic, short (1:30) SATB a cappella Chanukah opener/closer
Only four weeks until Chanukah…. still looking for a fun, seasonal piece? A favorite of school, community, festival, synagogue, and professional choirs, Jonathan Miller’s a cappella “Shehecheyanu” sets a Hebrew prayer that is said on the first night of Chanukah. The prayer is joyous, the musical setting infectious and easy to learn. Perfect for […]
A Civil War Requiem, by Paul Carey
As this coming spring marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War, I am pleased to announce the availability of a composition which was premiered last Spring by the Mid-Columbia Master Singers, directed by the fine young conductor Justin Raffia. The piece is called “A Civil War Requiem”, and is a […]