New Publications

I believe that this piece is so important in these times, that I am offering it free of charge AND offering a modest donation to an ensemble that is willing to make a live recording for me, in-person or virtual. “I Am Here” is about caring and compassion, encouraging singers and listeners to be available, […]

Over the last several months Cypress Choral Music Publishing has worked to put together a collection of pieces by songwriter Robbie Smith and his writing partner Kathleen Glauser. Several of Canada’s top composers answered the call and contributed beautiful arrangements to the “Robbie Songs Project”. Today we feature Donna Rhodenizer’s beautiful arrangement of “Why Can’t […]

The groundbreaking and new conducting text, The Elements of Expressive Conducting by Michael Haithcock, has a new Choral Excerpts Supplement! Eugene Rogers review of the book is here – This is a remarkable resource for conducting students of all levels. The attention given to musical leadership and the alignment of the mind and body in […]

“Abendlied” has been widely regarded as Josef Rheinberger’s best known sacred composition which he wrote in 1855 at the age of 15. Cypress Choral Music curator Zimfira Poloz added this wonderful arrangement by the outstanding Nadezhda Averina to her Cypress series last year. Featured here is the Ponomaryov “VESNA” Children’s Choir under the direction of […]

Last month Edition Dohr in Germany published my Requiem written in 2002. My Requiem is in seven movements and mixes the traditional Latin Requiem Mass text with poetry by Bridges, Whitman and Keats. The work has no dramatic tension; it’s like a lullaby for the dead and a means of comfort for those who remain. […]

This week Dr. Joel Tranquilla celebrates Indigenous People’s Day by sitting down with composer Andrew Balfour and discussing his remarkable sonic and spiritual piece “Vision Chant”. Available at Cypress Choral Music Publishing https://cypresschoral.com/composers/andrew-balfour/vision-chant/