New Publications

If your church choir needs an easy to medium anthem for Thanksgiving or general use, please consider  my newest publication, “For This and More (I Thank You Lord).”   http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/162110.html   Thank you, John Ray Raycreations Music

The following two Christmas/holiday pieces, which you can both see and hear on swirlymusic.com, are for adult choirs (SATB) which can also incorporate a unison children’s choir:   Christmas Candles – http://www.swirlymusic.com/music/childrens-choir/gordon-thornett-christmas-candles-satb-childrens-choir/   Christmas Time in the Eyes of a Child – http://www.swirlymusic.com/music/choral-music/gordon-thornett-christmas-time-in-the-eyes-of-a-child-satb/   The following piece is just for a children’s choir, in Unison (plus optional […]

Click the cover image to view and listen to the score in its entirety.   This subdued setting of a 15th century text, by Tom Council , is an ideal choice for inserting a quiet and reflective moment in your mixed choir’s upcoming holiday concert.  Take a listen today at www.collavoce.com and, while you’re there, […]

      Click the cover image to listen to and view the scores in their entirety.   These new settings of popular Shakespeare texts are suitable for a wide range of mixed choirs and are ideally suited for festival type settings.  Take a listen today at www.collavoce.com.

I’ve just posted my new SATB divisi arrangement of the Horatius Bonar hymn “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say” at http://www.wardsattic.com/music.  Direct link to the PDF score is here.  The tune is Tallis’ “Third Mode Melody” (used by Ralph Vaughan Williams in his “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis”).  This arrangement is intended […]

Written as a response to the 9/11 tragedy, this is a haunting minimalist meditation on the Kyrie. Not technically demanding, but a mental challenge for any group. We suggest you close your eyes and let these powerful harmonies wash over you.     buy link: http://seeadot.com/shop/kyrie/