New Publications

A new arrangement of ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ for S/A voices by Bernard Sexton has just been published by Cailino publications. www.cailino.com. ‘Bernard Sexton takes the exquisite pairing of Christina Rosetti’s text and Gustav Holst’s iconic tune and reimagines the work for 2-part choir, piano and optional woodwind solo. The result is stunning! The piano […]

It’s never too early to start planning your Christmas concert. Cypress Choral Music would like to introduce you to a great Canadian treasure, composer Pierre Massie. Hailing from the great province of Ontario, Pierre has produced some wonderful music for the festive season. Enjoy!

The Allegro series of music by award-winning composer Bernard Sexton for intermediate/advanced choral groups has just been launched. Seven new pieces from this series are now available at www.sheetmusicplus.com . Sound files and preview scores are available by clicking on the url beneath each title description. She Walks in Beauty The text by Lord Byron […]

I expect we all know people who have been separated, geographically, by COVID-19. This blogpost, on my 2017 piece “The World to me”, is for them. Please take a look and a listen (and by all means share!). Thanks very much. http://simonbeattie.co.uk/blog/archives/4345/ If anyone would like a free copy of the score, please let me […]

“Some say thy fault is youth” by Michael A. Gray for SAB, piano now available for free download This work is a driven argument that both faults and graces may be seductively misused. It is part of an on-going project; “The Book of Sonnets” for SAB choirs. They are all free and available at http://www.graymichael.com […]

“From Where We Stand” is a stirring, patriotic anthem. It is the finale song from the upcoming musical “American Twistory” and it is available at no charge in the hopes that it will inspire all Americans to “never fall from where we stand”. A link to the music is: https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/SQX03HEfZw (press the download arrow) Lyrics […]