New Publications

Canadian-born Matthew Whittall (b. 1975) has been living in Helsinki, Finland since the beginning of the century. His focus as a composer is in orchestral music, but as a choral singer he has a love in composing choral pieces. Love is Little (2009) is a modern motet which uses a Shaker hymn as cantus firmus. […]

American-Finnish composer Alex Freeman (b. 1972) studied in the Eastman School of Music, Boston University and Juillard School of Music before completing his doctoral degree in the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Choir music forms a notable part of Freeman’s list of work. Cathedral of Spring for chamber choir (2019) is set to poems of e.e. […]

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Dear conductors, I have three new unpublished pieces available (digital download) on SheetMusicPlus   THE FLY (on a poem by William Blake) SATB a cappella COME TO ME  – (on a poem by Christina G. Rossetti) SATB a cappella SURGE, AMICA MEA – (from Song of Solomon) SATB a cappella    Enjoy!   Ivo Antognini […]

An amazing gift from the Manhattan Choral Ensemble to choirs everywhere: a new, FREE resource. 16 pieces, free for non-commercial use. For their 20th Anniversary, the choir invited composers to contribute to a choral songbook- which you can now download for free. “In celebration of the Manhattan Choral Ensemble’s 20th Anniversary Season, we are proud […]

In the current lockdown, I know a number of choir directors are spending time looking at new music. If you would like to see free PDF scores of any of the things on my SoundCloud page (https://soundcloud.com/simon-42-1/), then please just let me know. Many thanks. Simon Beattie

Dear Directors: I am happy to submit “A Seal Upon Your Heart”. This of course is the Song of Solomon text, “Set Me as a Seal Upon Your Heart”. This was written for The Texas Voices for their concert on the Settings of Song Of Solomon. It was published by a small company that had […]