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For those choir directors like myself, although Advent and Christmas isn’t here yet, thoughts of Lent and Easter may be creeping into your thoughts. If you’re interested in doing something familiar, yet different, I offer my orchestrated version of this very familiar chestnut. Arranged for a flexible 20 piece chamber orchestrata, consisting of strings and […]

Steering By Monarchs (HP04-32) for SATB and piano. Duration 6:15. A story of a lost sailor guided out of a fog by butterflies migrating south. Based on poetry by Holly J. Hughes.  Prelude: Before Dawn (HP04-12a) for TTBB divisi unaccompanied. Duration 1:15. A short, atmospheric piece for low voices evoking the rolls and swells of the ocean.  Visit […]

TITLE # COPIES ACCOMP SOPR ALTO TENR BASS The Vital Worship Collection 20           New Hymns of Faith 20     x x x Bow the Knee a dramatic musical for Easter 40           The Ultimate Youth Choir Book for Christmas 30           […]

First Congregational UCC Appleton WI is looking for a paid student section leader for the fall term. Rehearsals are Wednesday and Sunday evenings, service Sunday morning. This position is intended for a college or conservatory student, but we will consider any qualified bass(not baritone) singer. for more info or to schedule audition.

The album “Psalms of Doubt and Wonderment”, featuring VOCES8 Scholars Ensemble, Stockholm Saxophone Quartet and Grammy Award Winner Ragnar Bohlin is now released by VOCES8 Records! See the focus track “My Prayers Rise to Thee” performed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7l_MQFNKh8 And you will find links to the album on all the mayor streaming services here:  https://orcd.co/psalmsofdoubtandwonderment?fbclid=IwY2xjawURNhRwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7V3CMFKsX7IFvyfs7azHVKimdEFti5lFqNsbqGD8rFUV3ljUc7g_sVn3OggA_aem_S1ZVFmVwcnRsvFnmBjFgpA  

I am sharing an Ask Ayurveda reading resource for anyone putting together a choir newsletter with a wellbeing corner. Coughs and throat comfort can come up around rehearsals, though this isnt a vocal technique guide. The article covers homemade cough preparations and includes cautions alongside them. There is quite a few recipes, so the cautions […]

I am putting together some notes on pre-concert nerves for adult community singers, because the usual “just breathe” advice dont always help. One useful distinction are short stage nerves versus stress that keeps following you home after rehearsal. Sleep, regular meals and a slow warmup seems boring, but theyve helped me more than trying a […]

Recently posted to my J.W. Pepper MyScore Catalog:  Three Christmas anthems, one from 15th Century France that I suspect you have not heard before.  And, then there is an arr. of “O, Holy Night” for choir, piano, and organ, (just in case you don’t have a powerful soloist lined up)!  Check them out at the […]

Seraphim [The Seraphim Singers] will host an open rehearsal for its 2026-27 season on Monday, September 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM at Episcopal Church of our Savior, 25 Monmouth St. Brookline, Massachusetts, 02446. Founded in 1997 by music director Jennifer Lester, and now directed by Eric Christopher Perry in his first season as permanent music […]

“That’s When Christmas Shines” is not your typical holiday song because it carries an urgent , universal message to heal our world through kindness in humankind. The SATB/piano arrangement is suitable for high school, college, community and other choirs. This song is not only a holiday song but with the alternate title of “That’s When […]