New Publications

Please enjoy this exquisite rendering of the the classic Robert Frost “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” – as sung by the West Coast Mennonite Chamber Choir. One can hear the snow falling in the dark forest.

https://cypresschoral.com/composers/larry-nickel/miles-to-go-before-i-sleep/

Another free piece to any choir directors until its publication date, Sept. 15th, “Bless Us With Peace”. Includes permission to make copies for your choir. Email request to . Please include your position and location, and I will send you PDFs for your use.

We hope everybody had a great long weekend. We believe this piece carries the sentiment of the day. Enjoy your short week everybody!

https://cypresschoral.com/composers/james-fankhauser/on-monday-i-never-go-to-work/

“Since I left you” by Michael A. Gray for SABpn is now available for free download.

Nothing looks true in this slow, turbulent journey. The work is part of an on-going project of setting Shakespeare’s “Book of Sonnets” to SAB choirs. You can download the pdf at
http://www.graymichael.com

See you on the flip side!
Michael A. Gray

During this period of anxiety and uncertainty, Ronald W. Cadmus has written a lyric speaking to our hopes, dreams and better angels. The setting is available in both SATB and SSA voicings and would make a wonderful performance vehicle for both live and virtual choirs. I’ve copied the lyric below.

For further info and a perusal copy please contact:

THE GIFT OF DREAMS TO DREAM

Somewhere in every heart, there is a place of wonder
Where shining stars are stepping stones
To guide you on your way
Tiptoe through each secret possibility
That whispers in the stardust on the ground
Let the magic sensibility
Spread your wishes all around.

Somewhere in far-off skies, lies a new horizon
Where all good things tomorrow brings
Are waiting to unfold

Just look within your heart
find all that you can be
life has given you a gift,
the gift of dreams to dream.

Dreams of mornings new
Dreams of simple beauty
Dreams of happiness and hope
Dreams of Spring,
Such wondrous things

Sometimes when we are lost,
Lost in a world of darkness
There is a place, where we can see
The promised world of light

Just look within your heart
find all that you can be.
Life has given you a gift
the gift of dreams to dream.