If it’s June, Halloween can’t be far off. Plan your Halloween choral celebration with one of these creepy numbers which are sure to have your audience screaming – with pleasure, of course: “The Milkman” for SATB & piano (also small ensemble) and “Zombie Apocalypse” for SATB & Piano (also SSA & TTBB) Check them out […]
New Publications
Christian Virtual Hymnal 7.0 Released
MusicEase Software has just released version 7 of the Christian Virtual Hymnal which provides transposable, customizable sheet music for over 9,000 hymns, Handel’s “Messiah”, and Mozart’s “Requiem”. This includes almost all of the more popular hymns and over 1,500 shape note hymns. Since all the music is public domain, no CCLI license is required. Hymns […]
“The Mysterious Barricades” by Francois Couperin (arr. Southard) SATB or TTBB
This arrangement of “The Mysterious Barricades” by Francois Couperin is a vocalise created from harpsichord piece of the same name from 300 years ago that I became mildly obsessed with. The first time I heard it I was hypnotized by its kaleidoscopic and weaving melodies, harmonies, and textures, its many suspensions, as well as its […]
New SATB Choral Work – “Bennington” by Keane Southard
“Bennington” for 12-part cappella SATB Choir is an experimental work and was an exercise in giving up control of the aspect of music I am most attached to, which is harmony. In the work, I don’t give any specific pitches at all but let the singers choose any pitch in their upper, middle, or low […]
New SATB Choral Work – “Missa Brevis” by Keane Southard
“Missa Brevis” for a cappella SATB Choir by Keane Southard is a setting of the “Kyrie”, “Gloria”, “Sanctus”, and “Agnus Dei of the mass ordinary. The “Kyrie” deals with topic of mercy and compassion, which is something I have been thinking about a lot during the past few tumultuous years for my country and the […]
New Releases from Daniel E Gawthrop
As a self-published composer I’ve been on FaceBook for some years now. In the beginning it was pretty good about allowing me to let people know about my new choral and organ publications. More and more, however, their algorithms have limited the number of my Friends who actually see my posts. Accordingly I have decided […]