Mother’s Day Anthem…”Gentle Heart” is a new anthem for Mother’s Day services. Scored for SAB with piano accompaniment and written by Louis deLise (arranger & music director for Patti LaBelle), this touching lullaby celebrates a mother’s love for her unborn child. Also works well for Advent and pro-life services. Music and recordings available at www.bocagemusic.com […]
New Publications
Carol Barnett’s “One Equal Music” now available from Beady Eyes Publishing
TTBB a cappella text by John Donne duration: c. 4.5 minutes commissioned and premiered in 2001 by the Harvard Glee Club In setting John Donne’s sermon text, I was intrigued by the concept of opposing ideas resolving to a higher level, a world beyond opposition. How might it be expressed in music, this no […]
new pdf files for availability of sacred choral music (Anglican & pre-Vatican II Roman Catholic)
two May songs from Canasg Music Publishing
The Gowans Are Gay (rough translation: The Daisies Are Dazzling) is an infectiously cheerful 17th century Scottish song arranged simply and effectively for SATB voices by Katy Lavinia Cooper. The Bedfordshire May Carol (traditional English) is a foot-stomping folk-style arrangement by Sheena Phillips, for SATB with optional recorder (or flute) and fiddle. Check out […]
The Lord bless you and keep you PHILIP STOPFORD
The Lord bless you and keep you has just been released by Hal Leonard. This setting by PHILIP STOPFORD is for ‘a cappella’ choir SSATB and can be performed at any time of the year. Series: Henry Leck Creating Artistry Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation SSATB A Cappella Composer: Philip Stopford An absolutely stunning […]
Revised “Song of the Klutz” — “pussycats” are now “kittycats”
A kind choral director just told me that the word “pussycats” in my new and recently-announced piece “Song of the Klutz” was liable to generate snickers (or worse) in adolescent choirs. So, I have changed the word to “kittycats” and hope that solves the problem. The revised score can be downloaded (still FREE) from my […]