As some may remember, Brian Holmes posted a lovely Christmas poem on the Composers of Choral Music forum on December 25th last year. Brian, himself a composer, graciously allowed me to set this to music, and I’ve just got round to posting it on the Composers’ Showcase (https://choralnet.org/list/page/224833). Look for ‘Bright was the Star’ in the […]
New Publications
NEW SATB SACRED CHORAL MUSIC • FALL 2013 • FROM ECS PUBLISHING
NEW SATB SACRED CHORAL MUSIC • FALL 2013 Published by ECS Publishing www.ecspublishing.com Distributed by: Canticle Distributing, www.morningstarmusic.com NB: All titles below include hyperlinks to pages where you can view either PDFs for, and/or hear sound files for each title. Giancarlo Aquilanti [b. 1959]: Lux æterna Traditional Latin text SATB • #7794 • […]
That First Christmas Night for SATB or SA + Piano
The music is tuneful with syncopated, slightly bouncy accompaniment. It comes in two versions: SATB choir SA choir with piano – the alto part is optional and it can be and has been sung as a unison song with youngsters. The text is by Sister Mary Bernadette Ward SJM of words she considers […]
O Sacred Head Now Wounded – Thomas Keesecker
http://www.morningstarmusic.com/viewitem.cfm/item_id/50-3086
Omnes de Saba for SSAA or TTBB or SATB
Omnes de Saba uses an Epiphany text in a lively Medieval-inspired jaunt with a perky Alleluia refrain and chirpy contrapuntal in-between bits. There are three versions – all the same music, just different registers: SSAA or TTBB or SATB Here is the link. Click on the version you’re interested in and you will […]
new SATB-supported arrangement by Carol Barnett
Swedish Lullaby is a lovely new arrangement of Gustaf Hägg’s Cradle Song. It’s voicing, SATB-supported + piano, is suitable for middle school choirs. A perusal score and MIDI audio file may be found at the link below. http://www.carolbarnett.net/publishing3.html#swe