“So Still” by Brian Tate is movement #2 in his “Emily Carr Suite”. Brian sets the perfect choral soundscape to Emily’s text. With closed eyes, the words and music take you to the described magical place amongst the trees. Here at Cypress we’re preparing many pieces going out on reading sessions. Enjoy this beautiful piece […]
New Publications
Christian Virtual Hymnal 15K with over 15,000 hymns released
MusicEase Software just released: the Christian Virtual Hymnal 15K providing transposable, searchable, highly customizable sheet music for over 15,000 public domain hymns plus Handel’s Messiah and Mozart’s Requiem. Features include: Select from among many alternate tunes; re-arrange, edit and delete verses; use any computer font/size for verses; scale to any size and quickly reformat; extract […]
Christian Virtual Hymnal 15K with over 15,000 hymns released
MusicEase Software just released the Christian Virtual Hymnal 15K providing transposable, searchable, highly customizable sheet music for over 15,000 public domain hymns plus Handel’s Messiah and Mozart’s Requiem. Features include: Select from among many alternate tunes; Re-arrange, edit and delete verses; Use any computer font/size for verses; Scale to any size and quickly reformat; Extract […]
Painter of Wintertime – by Robbie Smith, arr; Frances Farrell
Frances Farrell’s arrangement of Robbie Smith’s “Painter of Wintertime” is a Christmas piece that will catch you by surprise. Light hearted and beautifully crafted lyrics set to a relaxed melody that perfectly crafts a magical winter landscape. Let your choir enjoy singing “Painter of Wintertime” this winter season. Available at Cypress Choral Music https://cypresschoral.com/composers/frances-farrell/painter-of-wintertime/
Let’s Have Some Music – by Robbie Smith; arr. Laura Hawley
If you want a barn burner to start your choir’s concert, look no further. Robbie Smith’s “Let’s Have Some Music” will get the choir and audience ready for a wonderful evening. Available at Cypress Choral Music https://cypresschoral.com/composers/laura-hawley/lets-have-some-music/
Emptying the Finale Folder
A favorite song heard every Christmas is “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” music and lyrics by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin. Teaching in high school, I loved to work with vocal jazz and one Christmas I made an a cappella arrangement of this song for my POP Group. But because of copyright, it […]