A new and free Christmas Carol for everyone. Everything needed for learning and performance is available as free downloads from the dedicated page on my website – the SATB score, a 2 part score for schools, the words and accompaniment plus other aids. You can also see and hear a performance via a link to […]
New Publications
New Christmas carol by Peter J. Durow from Colla Voce Music, LLC
It’s snowing here in Indianapolis, a perfect time to announce the release of a new Christmas carol. This new setting of the final stanza from Jean de Brébeuf’s “Huron Carol” by Peter J. Durow evokes images of a simpler time, of pine bows and twinkling candlelight. The straight-forward part writing and homophonic texture […]
Two New Traditional Publications, plus a new piece in MS
I am happy to announce two new releases in my new relationship with Henry Leck’s highly respected Creating Artistry series. “Clap Your Hands” is a fun, energetic American folk tune set for SA (with a touch of SSA) and piano. Suitable for quality children’s choirs through high school, this would make a great, energetic ending […]
New FREE Passiontide Anthem
Dear all, I have just completed a new 5-part (SSATB) unaccompanied anthem that I am giving away for free to all who want it for Tenebrae/Passion week/Passiontide. Difficulty level: Expert. The text comes from the Vulgate translation of Lamentations 1:2 (Part) “She (Jerusalem) weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her […]
2014 Music Sales Choral Binders
Peruse recent choral music online with the new 2014 Music Sales Choral Binders! These binders offer a glimpse at the diversity of recent titles within the Music Sales Group choral catalogues (particularly Chester Music and Novello) and include Sacred, Secular, Christmas and Pops genres. The 2013 Binders were also recently put online and you can […]
KUBLA KHAN by Samuel Taylor Coleridge SATB 6:40
This famous poem is among the most exotic in all of English literature. Coleridge (1772-1834) became addicted to opium, and the fantastic visions he experienced are depicted in Kubla Khan. I have tried to reflect these many moods in their abrupt changes and clashing emotions. Animato, difficult – 6:40. All my compositions are written in Sibelius, so fully […]