New Publications

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 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 […]

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 […]

Go Lovely, Red Red Rose is a collaboration of two texts; “Go, Lovely Rose!” by Waller, and “A Red, Red Rose” by Burns. This piece features creative divisi and tells a story of a man talking to a rose about the woman he loves while secretly she is standing over his shoulder listening. The level […]

I am proud to announce that my new edition of “Et Resurrexit” by Giacomo Puccini “senior” (great great grandfather of the more famous opera composer of the same name), for SSA choir and keyboard accompaniment (optional unison violins, cello, bass and continuo), has just been published by Hinshaw Music Inc. (HMC 2288). This piece is […]

SSA with two short S solos a cappella c. 11:00 minutes seven short movements using traditional Requiem texts (Latin) peruse and purchase at http://www.carolbarnett.net/publishing3.html#treble