New Publications

“This Year May We Hear” was composed for the convocation at Westminster Choir College.  It will be performed on Sept. 6 by 20 incoming Freshmen.  SATB with piano, 2 minutes in length.  If you would like a pre-publication copy, please contact me at text by Fran Gordon Immerman music by J.A. Kawarsky  

Product Description Featuring more than 100 competitive show choirs from around the United States in photos, quotations, and stories, this edutainment-style book details the pop culture and theater influences that, over time, built this unique entertainment genre into the mecca of music lovers that it is today. Read real-life accounts of show choir performers, directors, […]

I have just set “Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace” (Prayer of St. Francis) for SATB & organ; a gift to Cortlandt Bender, new Minister of Music at First Presbyterian Church of Burlingame, CA. To hear a midi (piece has not yet been sung), please visit kenmalucelli dot com, click on Sacred Choral, […]

My name is Jack Bielan. I am co-founder and for twenty-five years have been Musical Director for Valley Outreach Synagogue in Los Angeles. I’m also a former studio musician/arranger in the L.A. area.   Two years ago I wrote a song called “Kol Hatovim Holchim (We Only Lose The Best)” which we premiered at our […]

Roll the Tide is a lyrical and moving piece based on a beautiful poem by Elisabeth Eliassen. It is in a style that suggests a spiritual.  The piece was premiered by the 2011 Kodály Summer Institute Chorus at Holy Names University and conductor László Matos on July 29th, 2011.    It is suitable for high school, […]

A highly imaginative and colorful new arrangement of the Basque Carol from the pen of celebrated composer and organist Craig Philips   Try this out for Christmas!   Click this link to Listen to Sample Audio and View Music         For more info or to order, contact: Estelle Cole Paraclete Press 800-451-5006, […]