New Publications

Zolgotz! is for Treble (unchanged), Cambiata (changing), Baritone & Bass (changed) voices with piano (the bottom two parts are in unison for more than half the piece).  Zolgotz’s text is from an American folk poem about the McKinley assassination.  It’s gritty and powerful.  It’s newly published to my website and is available for free at… […]

A famous European pop / jazz singer, Caro Emerald, writes songs which are very attractive for choirs.   Now you’ll find 5 arrangements of her best songs, like A night like this, back it up etc.   http://www.jetsebremer.nl/en/component/content/article/63-vocal-group-mixed/211-caro   For mixed, female, male, a cappella and / or piano accompagniment

Weary Land is a spiritual lullaby on the suffering of Mary’s fleeing family.  Written for a High School chorus that needed a mature, thoughtful work, it is newly published on my website and available as a free download at…   http://graymichael.com   Enjoy!   Michael A. Gray

Published by Mindago Music. SATB, a cappella.  Duration 4:40, medium difficulty. A surprising and rich setting of the familiar Irish text, “May the road rise up before you…”  It features short soli for soprano and tenor. Listen to audio clip:   May be purchased at JWPepper.com or johnbeemancomposer.com

Please consider subscribing/visiting/bookmarking/sharing my new blog on issues facing today’s conductor and educator.   I am a high school choral director and K-12 Fine Arts Administrator.  I have also worked extensively in liturgical musical directing capacities.  I’d love to have your thoughts on my blog posts!  An excerpt from yesterday’s post on “Bad” Rehearsals: Some […]

Both full scores (mixed chorus and orchestra / treble chorus and orchestra) and the orchestral parts for The Seven Joys of Christmas by Kirke Mechem are now available for rental in clean, new engravings which were proofread by the composer. Please contact the publisher, ECS Publishing, for rental orders, and the distributor, Canticle Distributing, to […]