New Publications

Dear readers,   I’d like to announce the publication of my folksong arrangement “Soleram” – a folksong from Riau province, Indonesia, which has just been published by Earthsongs. http://www.earthsongschoralmusic.com/ Catalog number: S-383 Price per copy $1.75. For more information, please contact Earthsongs:   Best regards, Ivan Yohan composer/arranger

If you’d like a change from the traditional tunes for Palm Sunday next year, please take a look at a couple of youtube videos (see below), and let me know if you’d like to receive free pdfs of them for future use in your church or community. From my choral sequence for Palm Sunday, ‘Majestic Ride’, […]

http://www.wlp.jspaluch.com/13795.htm   Here’s a performance by the Harmonium Choral Society of Morristown, NJ, Anne Matlack, Director, from a December concert.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiMKon0G1Kc

New for men’s voices . . .    A new setting of a traditional poem, this work juxtaposes simple melodic beauty with a wider harmonic palette in the interior sections. These interior sections can be performed with the optional piano part, or a cappella. The use of the oboe, accents melodic fragments in a subtle […]

I am extremely proud to share my SATB work “When the Sun Comes After Rain” with text by Robert Louis Stevenson.  The score is published by Pavane Publishing (P1441), and is available on both JW Pepper and from Hal Leonard. http://www.jwpepper.com/When-the-Sun-Comes-After-Rain/10360809.item   Many thanks go to the University of British Columbia University Singers (Graeme Langager, conductor) […]

Looking for the perfect work to open your festival concert? Laudate Dominum is an invigorating work for SATB chorus and is perfect for teaching mixed-meter and choral phrasing. This jubilant setting offers a highly energetic perspective on a celebratory Latin text. Laudate Dominum runs the spectrum of musical expression, offering your advanced chorus the opportunity to express their […]