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New Anthem in three verses for SATB/Piano. Text and music by John Metz, self-published MetzScores.com.   Charismagical  Alternates peppy unison sections with more broadly expressive SATB sections. The text affirms the joy of a congregation working and singing together. Could also be done as a response between choir and congregation.   1st Verse: Unison — […]

This is a work for mixed choir SATB div. without instruments composed by Sergio Rodríguez.Timing: 8,30 min. Text language: Latin. The work is published and available in www.54musics.com. You can find purchase options there. http://www.54musics.com/products-page/obras-para-coro/ave-maris-stella-edicion-digital/

SATB/Piano or Harp.  The original source of this Noel is Volume One of the Nouvelles Poésies published in Paris between 1630 and 1737. The complete title page of this eight-volume series was Nouvelles Poésies Spirituelles et Morales sur les plus beaux Airs de la Musique Françoise et Italienne, avec use Basse continue. These volumes contained […]

Three Fables based on popular tunes of the day found in a 17th Century French source.  (See The Fables of La Fontaine, Juilliard Performance Editions, John Metz, Pendragon Press 1986.)  New and catchy words by John Metz.  1. The Fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper  2. Fable of the Peacock and the Nightingale  3.  […]

This piece contains a harmonic language that is both lyrical and overwhelming in its expansiveness. It moves like a glacial Irish jig, oceanic in how it envelopes the audience, while maintaining an internal rhythmic energy. Eight part mixed chorus Hear the music and buy the score by cliking on the picture: http://seeadot.com/shop/went-ireland/

Click the cover image to view the score in its entirety.   While the part writing in this new release by J.D. Frizzell is accessible to high school choirs, the scope of the text, by e. e. cummings, makes the work suitable for university and professional choirs as well. The brief aleatoric section in the […]