Fall 2023 ECS Publishing Group Choral Catalog

Introducing Curriculum Companions for Selected Repertoire!

These guides provide all-in-one lesson plans to help you and your students connect to the music.

◊ Step-by-step plans for rehearsal sequencing

◊ Theme and topics discussions

◊ Creative ideas for engaging singers

◊ Supplemental information to provide composer background and contextual insights

Authored by Coty Raven Morris and Colleen McNickle

Reconcile

Kyle Pederson

SSA Chorus and Piano, with opt. Descant and Drum

1.3633 Choral Score $2.80

Sheep May Safely Graze

J. S. Bach / Katherine K. Davis

SAB, Keyboard (Organ or Piano), opt. Two Flutes

1.2297 Choral Score $2.25

Sim Shalom

Jennaya Robison

SATB Chorus and opt. Piano or String Quartet

1.3587 Choral Score $2.25

Sound the Trumpet

Henry Purcell, arr. by Alfred Moffat and Rollo A. Dilworth

SAB and Piano

1.3666 Choral Score $2.65

When the Earth Stands Still

Don Macdonald

Now available for learn more

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

1.3430 Choral Score $2.65

Nathan Zullinger Look to This Day

SATB Chorus, Brass Quintet, and Organ

This setting of a Sanskrit poem is a great opener to a concert, especially with the forces of a brass quintet and organ.

Moderately Difficult

1.3671 Choral Score $2.85

1.3671A Full Score $22.00

1.3671B Instrumental Parts $35.00

Chris and Gabe

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

This beautiful work explores the realities of living as a transgender person and the love that transcends between two people.

Moderately Difficult

1.3669 $2.65

meet Gerald Gurss

A native Kansan, Dr. Gerald Gurss received his bachelor’s degree in voice at Emporia State University. He received his master’s degree in voice with a choral cognate from Miami University, where he studied with Ethan Sperry. Gurss received his DMA in choral conducting from the University of South Carolina, where he studied

Matthew Emery Breathe

with Dr. Larry Wyatt and Dr. Alicia Walker. His research focus is the inclusion and pedagogy of transgender singers in the choral rehearsal. is research has granted him speaking engagements at Wingate University, University of South Carolina, and the MacPhail Center for the Arts.

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

Commissioned by the Chronos Vocal Ensemble, this work is dedicated to the memory all of the victims of COVID-19. The lyrical quality of the writing lends itself to a beautiful sonic landscape.

Moderately Difficult

1.3670 Choral Score $2.65

Gerald Gurss

A six-time winner of an ASCAP/Chorus America Programming Award, conductor Mark Shapiro (Cantori New York, The Cecilia Chorus of New York, The Prince Edward Island Symphony) curates this series of extended, high-quality secular works for chorus and instruments. Any of these beautiful and challenging pieces, on stimulating literary texts, will prove enormously rewarding for an ambitious and skillful community or collegiate chorus.

Adolphus Hailstork

When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed (Ghost Chorales)

SATB Chorus and Brass Trio

The new setting of the Walt Whitman text by noted composer Aldophus Hailstork provides a challenge for an advanced ensemble. The harmonic progressions and vocal treatments are adventurous and effective.

Difficult

9195 Choral Score $3.15

9195A Full Score $17.00

9195B Brass Trio Parts $20.00

DALE WARLAND

Choral Series

Joshua Fishbein Out of the Ashes of Holocaust

Solo Soprano, Solo Alto, SATB Chorus, Violin, Violoncello, and Piano

This multi-movement work takes the listener through a journey of reflection and hope. Based on the words of Representative Barbara Mikulski to Congress, this traces a family’s journey in the trials of the Holocaust.

Difficult

9194 Full/Choral Score $9.45

9194A Violin & Cello Parts $15.00

Em er gi ng MUSICI ANS

Kenney Potter O Sing

SATB Chorus and Piano

Winner of the American Prize in Composition— Social Justice related, 2022 (professional division)

Edwin Fissinger

Choral Composition Prize, North Dakota State University Challey School of Music, 2021

The Emerging Musicians brand is designed to help identify publications that meets the need for quality, accessible publications for developing choirs.

This accessible work for younger mixed choirs is dedicated to the musical influences in the performers lives. It includes both accompanied sections as well as a cappella moments.

Moderately Easy

1.3678 Choral Score $2.25

CONTEMPORARY VOICES

DONALD NALLY CHORAL SERIES

Donald Nally is the conductor of the Grammy winning choir “The Crossing.” He has commissioned over 120 works and is also the director of choral organizations at Northwestern University. This series features publications from a diverse group of composers that reflect contemporary societal themes within the skill level of many choral organizations. Most of these publications have been recorded on releases from The Crossing choir, and this series makes them available for the first time on a wider basis.

Alex Berko

Exodus

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

Inspired by the Exodus text, “Who is like You, O God?”, this challenging work rewards the performers and listeners with an exploration into the possibilities and reflections of God. Commissioned by Donald Nally and The Crossing, and included on their recording “Carols After the Plague.”

Difficult

9193 Choral Score $3.50

meet Alex Berko

recent releases

Kile Smith Jerusalem

SATB Chorus (divisi)

unaccompanied

This work comes from a larger work entitled The Arc in the Sky The compositional style, while musically challenging, is very singable and balances consonance and dissonance.

Difficult

9190 $3.50

The Arc in the Sky (KSP-01-E) available as a download only.

e “stirring” (New York Times ) and “intoxicating” (Philadelphia Inquirer) music of American composer Alex Berko is characterized by a balance of intimacy and power, a keen sense of lyricism and emotional sensitivity, and a love of narrative. Berko’s music often poses questions about our personal environments and relationships to one another, and he is interested in weaving listeners through intimate stories and perspectives with universal values.

Vanessa Lann Shining Still

SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied

This challenging work, from the project “Carols After a Plague,” offers the performers and listeners an opportunity to reflect on the light left behind from those lost to COVID.

Difficult

9186 $3.50

Nicholas Cline she took his hands

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

This contemplative work effectively highlights activism for immigration. It is accessible for advanced choirs and audiences.

Moderately Difficult

9184 $2.95

Leila Adu-Gilmore Colouring-In Book

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

A work that explores vocal techniques and offers a significant challenge for singers. It is a whimsical text with depth of meaning that is rewarding to the performers and listeners.

Difficult

9206 Choral Score $3.50

Adu-Gilmore

Leila Adu-Gilmore is an astonishing force in the space where electropop, avant-classical and singer-songwriter meet. Exploring her roots in New Zealand, Britain, and Ghana, Adu is an international artist who has performed at festivals and venues across the world. Adu’s credits include Ojai Music Festival, Bang on a Can, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Late Night with David Letterman, and composing for a Billboard charted album. Adu holds a Princeton University music composition PhD. In 2022, she was awarded a Charles Ives Composer Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. meet

Ted Hearne

Ted Hearne is a composer, singer, bandleader and recording artist. Inspired by the overlay of di erent viewpoints and their sonic possibilities, he creates personal and multi-dimensional works that often explore unconventional interactions of text and music, and are rooted in a sense of inquiry. e New York Times has praised Mr. Hearne for his “tough edge and wildness of spirit.” Pitchfork called Hearne’s work “some of the most expressive socially engaged

Ted Hearne What It Might Say

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

music in recent memory—from any genre,” and Alex Ross wrote in e New Yorker that Hearne’s music “holds up as a complex mirror image of an information-saturated, mass-surveillance world, and remains staggering in its impact.”

The haunting setting from the Donald Nally Contemporary Voices series challenges the singers. A great piece for a resonant performance space.

Difficult

9199 Choral Score $3.50

Leila

Gwyneth Walker

Sing Evermore!

Nine separate songs, which can be performed individually, yet are ordered for a cohesive flow. The texts span many centuries (1598–1919), and all celebrate music, specifically the joys of singing. Performance options include flute and string quartet, or flute and string orchestra, or piano only, perhaps adding flute where written. Duration: 30:00

8542 Piano/Choral Score $10.25

8542A Flute Part $6.00

Version for Flute and String Quartet

8542B Full Score $47.00

8542C Parts $40.00

Version for Flute and String Orchestra

8542D Full Score $49.00

8542E Parts $60.00

All 9 songs from Sing Evermore! now available separately

Merlin’s Song

SATB Chorus, Flute, and Piano

An epic poem by Emerson that talks about music as mystery. The text is matched with equally mysterious music.

Medium

9212 Choral Score $3.15

In Praise of Music and Poetry (A Reconciliation)

Soprano and Baritone Soloists and Piano

A charming duet (or duel!) between a woman (who loves music) and a man (who loves poetry). Ah, the battle between Dowland and Spencer, the rivalry between the lute and the couplets! They both survive...

Medium

9213 Choral Score $2.65

The Lost Chord

SATB Chorus and Piano, with opt. Flute

This piece gives occasion to explore complex harmonies as an expression of the mystery of chords. These are added-tone sonorities—clusters. The author searches for that perfect peace, the one lost chord divine, which, perhaps may only be heard in Heaven. It is a grand Amen.

Medium

9214 Choral Score $2.85

Refuge

SATB Chorus oand Piano, with opt. Flute or Flute and String Quartet

An assuring text from master poet Sara Teasdale, its central theme is that one can take refuge in singing. Ever sensitive to the text, Walker crafts word painting throughout with shimmering accompaniment figures, textural changes, and fanfare-like passages in the voices on the word “free.” Excerpted from the larger work Sing Evermore! and available in both SATB and TTBB voicings. Duration: 2:50

Moderately Easy

8514 SATB Chorus $2.65

The Caged Bird Sings

SATB Chorus, Flute, and Piano

Based on a poem by African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906). The bird, a prisoner in his cage, beats his wing until the blood is red on the cruel bars. He sings a plea, to Heaven, for he would be free.

Medium

9215 Choral Score $3.15

The Gift to Sing

SSA Chorus and Piano, with opt. Flute

The message of “The Gift to Sing” is that, even in the darkest of times, music can lift the soul. I have a magic way to turn the gloom to brightest day—I softly sing. One can sing softly, one can sing forcefully (with determination) and one must always sing with passion!

Moderately Easy

8518 Choral Score $2.85

I Hear America Singing

TTBB Chorus unaccompanied

Walt Whitman’s poem “I Hear America Singing” (excerpted from Leaves of Grass), with its many references to men singing at their work, seems best suited to the direct and forceful character of unaccompanied men’s chorus. I hear America in song.

Medium

9216 Choral Score $2.65

Sky-Born Music

SATB Chorus, Flute, and Piano

A short flute introduction of music floating across the sky opens “Sky-Born Music.” The poet (Emerson) writes that music is heard not only in places of beauty, but also in the mud, the dark, in the daily flow of things. For there, always, something sings.

Medium

9217 Choral Score $2.85

Everyone Sang

SATB Chorus and Piano, with opt. Flute

The texts for these songs span many centuries and have the common thread of praising music for its power—from Richard Barnfield”s “In Praise of Music and Poetry” (published in 1598) to the uplifting “Everyone Sang,” written by Siegfried Sassoon at the end of World War I. There is even a reference to Merlin, of King Arthur’s court, in Emerson’s opening poem “Merlin’s Song.”

Medium 9218 Choral Score

Past Favorites

White Horses

SATB Chorus and Piano

The text is adapted from an E. E. Cummings poem that suggests imagery of a knight on a white horse which can be interpreted as a love song. The piano introduction transports the listener away from present day reality and into night and the past.

Moderately Difficult 4548 Choral Score $2.65

Crossing the Bar

SATB Chorus and Chamber Orchestra or Piano

Crossing the Bar creates images of the sea using poetry from Tennyson, with the “final voyage” leading us out across the water, to see our “Pilot, face to face.” The musical setting endeavors to express the growth from peaceful to ecstatic moods, the tolling of the bell, the meeting of the Pilot. “May there be no moaning of the bar, when I put out to sea.”

Medium 6378 Choral Score $2.65

6375 Chamber Orchestra Sc $13.25

6376 Chamber Orchestra Pts $67.73

6378-CTE Choral Track $49.99

$2.85

Adrian Dunn

Adrian Dunn is a critically acclaimed singer, composer, conductor, and educator. His most recent concert work Emancipation recently aired on PBS featuring e Adrian Dunn Singers & Dunn’s Rize Orchestra. He and e Adrian Dunn Singers performed the lm score for the 2022 major motion picture, Honk for Jesus.

Adrian

I Open My Mouth

SSATBB Chorus unaccompanied

An exciting new arrangement of the Negro Spiritual. This setting is a great closer for advanced high school and older choirs.

Moderately Difficult

1.3676 Choral Score

$3.15

Bells

Soprano Solo and SSATBB Chorus unaccompanied

A great closer for a concert. A fresh take on a popular Negro Spiritual.

Moderately Difficult

1.3675 Choral Score $2.85

Orin Johnson

Oseh Shalom

SSATB Chorus unaccompanied

The liturgical text from Reformed Judaism is set using traditional jazz chords, making for a challenging but rewarding experience for both the audience and the performers.

Moderately Difficult

1.3668 Choral Score

$2.65

Orin Johnson is Director of Music and Liturgy at St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in the Shaw neighborhood of St. Louis, a post he has held since 2022. From 2012 to 2022 he was Director of Music Ministries at Sts. Joachim and Ann Parish in St. Charles County, Missouri. From 1998 to 2012, he was Coordinator of Music and Liturgy at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, Illinois. Originally from Tyler, Minnesota, Orin received his B.A. in Music and Folklore & Mythology from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his M.A. in Music Performance, with Choral Conducting emphasis, from Radford University in Radford, Virginia, and his M.A. in eology from Aquinas Institute of eology in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dunn

Adrian Dunn

Shruthi Rajasekar Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

SATB Chorus divisi unaccompanied

A gorgeous setting of a popular remembrance text. This is a beautiful synthesis of Indian and Western choral writing.

Moderately Difficult

SRM-001 SATB Choral Score $2.65

9207 TTBB Choral Score $2.65

Alvez Barkoskie, IV

Pie Jesu

Soprano Solo and SATB Chorus unaccompanied

This work features a soprano solo while the ensemble supports with lush harmonies. This setting is a rewarding challenge for senior high and adult choirs.

Medium

1.3672 Choral Score $2.15

Alvez Barkoskie, IV

Alma Redemptoris Mater

SSATB Chorus unaccompanied

This meditative work uses stunning harmonies and chant-based melody to evoke the text of the adoration of Mary.

Moderately Difficult

9196 Choral Score $2.15

Organist, composer, and choral conductor, Alvez Barkoskie IV is a native of St. Augustine, Florida. In 2021 he completed his Doctor of Musical Arts in organ performance at the University of Oklahoma with his dissertation “An Analysis of ree Recital Pieces by William Lloyd Webber.” He also holds a MM in Organ Performance (University of Oklahoma, 2014), a MM in Composition (University of Texas–Austin, 2012), and a BM in Organ Performance and Composition (Stetson University, DeLand, Florida, 2009).

Henry Mollicone A Requiem for George Floyd

Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus, and Piano or Chamber Orchestra

A contemporary requiem featuring many different styles of composition. Written in memory of George Floyd.

Medium

9178

Piano/Vocal Score $4.50

9178A Add’l Full Score $37.00

Score and Parts available on rental.

Alvez Barkoskie IV

Learn more about Shruthi Rajasekar on page 14.

meet

Terre Roche

David Conte

The Harper’s Song

from Two Winter Scenes

SSAA Chorus, Violoncello, and Piano or Harp

Terre Roche

Star of Wonder

SSA Chorus unaccompanied

A recently written carol, this piece works in both the church and school holiday settings. Its accessibility lends itself to younger choirs.

Moderately Easy

9208 SSA Choral Score $2.25

Also available

9219 3pt mxd Choral Score $2.25

9209 TTB Choral Score $2.25

Terre Roche is a singer, songwriter, guitar player, teacher, author, innkeeper and founding member of the folk trio “ e Roches”. She has performed in many clubs and concert halls throughout the US and Europe and appeared on numerous TV shows over the course of her 45 year career.

David Conte Mistletoe

from Two Winter Scenes

The second of two winter scenes. A dreamy and lyrical setting with a touch of sadness in the tone. A beautiful and lyrical cello part. May also be played with harp accompaniment.

Moderately Difficult

9157 Choral Score $2.85

9157A Cello Part $5.00

Also available as a vocal solo:

9169 Two Winter Scenes

Em er gi ng MUSICI ANS

SSAA Chorus, Violoncello, and Piano

The first of two choral pieces based on winter scenes. A lovely text by Walter de la Mare, set with a vaguely mysterious and dreamlike choral treatment with a lovely cello part.

Moderately Difficult

9156 Choral Score $2.65

9156A Cello Part $5.00

David Conte

La Llorona

SA Chorus and Piano, with opt. Guitar, Two Violins, and Double Bass

This is a new voicing of David Conte’s arrangement of the popular Mexican folksong and is accessible for all treble choirs.

Moderately Easy

9210 Choral Score $2.25

9210A Full Score $12.00

9210B Instrumental Parts $20.00

Michael John Trotta I Celebrate Myself

SSAA Chorus unaccompanied

This setting of a Walt Whitman text is an empowering opportunity for treble choirs. It is a rewarding work for both the performers and the audience.

Medium

1.3677 Choral Score $3.15

Also available for SSATB:

1.3583 Choral Score $3.15

Gwyneth Walker

The Gift to Sing from Sing Evermore!

SSA Chorus and Piano, with opt. Flute The message of “The Gift to Sing” is that, even in the darkest of times, music can lift the soul. I have a magic way to turn the gloom to brightest day—I softly sing. One can sing softly, one can sing forcefully (with determination) and one must always sing with passion!

Moderately Easy

8518 Choral Score $2.85

Gwyneth Walker

Gwyneth Walker Refuge from Sing Evermore!

SSAA Chorus and Piano

An assuring text from master poet Sara Teasdale, its central theme is that one can take refuge in singing. Ever sensitive to the text, Walker crafts word painting throughout with shimmering accompaniment figures, textural changes, and fanfare-like passages in the voices on the word “free.” Excerpted from the larger work Sing Evermore! and available in both SATB and TTBB voicings. Duration: 2:50

Moderately Easy

9222 Choral Score $2.65

A Star in the East

Three Carol Settings

Two-Part Treble Chorus, Brass Quintet, Percussion, and Organ

A festive collection of three carol settings on Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella; In the Bleak Midwinter; and Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow.

Medium

9167 2pt Treble Choral Score $3.75

9167A 2pt Treble Full Score $23.00

9162B Instrumental Parts $40.00

Also available:

9162 SATB Choral Score $4.35

9162A SATB Full Score $25.00

Lizzy Hoyt and Keith Sinclair

Vimy Ridge

TTBB Chorus and Piano, with opt. Guitar

This stunning setting takes the performers back to the famous battle on Vimy Ridge during World War I. It traces a moving story that will captivate audiences.

Lizzy Hoyt

A nationally recognized Celtic songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist ( ddle, guitar, harp), Lizzy Hoyt has released ve independent albums, two music videos, and given countless concert tours across Canada. Known for bringing history to life with her songs like “Vimy Ridge,” “New Lady on the Prairie,” and “White Feather,” she was awarded the QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE MEDAL by the Governor General of Canada for her outstanding contribution to commemorating Canadian veterans and history through music.

Shruthi Rajasekar Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

TTBB Chorus unaccompanied

A gorgeous setting of a popular remembrance text. This is a beautiful synthesis of Indian and Western choral writing.

Moderately Difficult 9207 Choral Score $2.65 SRM-001 SATB version $2.65

meet Keith Sinclair

Keith Sinclair has been making music for over 20 years. He is primarily a guitar player and vocalist and has performed as a solo artist and as a sideman with a wide range of local and international artists. As a graduate of the Capilano University Jazz Studies program, Keith has enjoyed a rich and diverse musical life and is well versed in many di erent genres including rock, pop, funk, jazz, and folk. A recipient of the MusiCounts Fred Sheratt Award for outstanding post-secondary graduates of Canadian music programs, he also spends his time as a private music instructor. Keith has also enjoyed over a decade with the world renowned Chor Leoni Men’s Choir.

Shruthi Rajasekar

Named by e Guardian as a composer “who will enrich your life,” Shruthi Rajasekar is an IndianAmerican musician exploring identity, community, and joy. A 2023 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, Shruthi draws from her unique dual background in the Carnatic (South Indian classical) and Western classical traditions to create intersectional music. She was awarded the Global Women in Music Award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights & Donne in Musica Adkins Chiti Foundation. Shruthi has been an artist-in-residence at Tusen Takk Foundation, Britten Pears Arts, and the Anderson Center. As a soprano and Carnatic vocalist, Shruthi has performed and recorded in numerous traditional and experimental settings. She was a Marshall Scholar in the UK, where she pursued postgraduate studies in composition and ethnomusicology. A graduate of Princeton University, Shruthi lives in Minnesota and serves on the board of new music chamber ensemble Zeitgeist.

Erick Lichte; Cameron Wilson

Auld Lang Syne

TTBB Chorus, Violin, Acoustic Guitar, and Percussion

A high-energy setting of the familiar tune. This is a great closer for seasonal concert. Percussion part is included in the choral score. Guitar and Violin Parts are available separately.

ERICK LICHTE Choral Series

Erick Lichte is the Artistic Director of Vancouver Canada’s Chor Leoni Men’s Choir. He was also a founding member, singer, and Artistic Director of the male vocal ensemble Cantus. The publications in this series feature TTBB pieces as well as works with multiple voicing options. They reflect a wide range of styles and a diverse array of composers.

Philip Biedenbender

Lift Thine Eyes

TTBB Chorus unaccompanied This setting re-envisions Mendelssohn’s popular movement from Elijah. A good challenge for a younger TTBB ensemble and rewarding for an adult ensemble.

Terre Roche Star of Wonder

TTB Chorus unaccompanied

A recently written carol, this piece works in both the church and school holiday settings. Its accessibility lends itself to younger choirs.

available

Gwyneth Walker I Hear America Singing

TTBB Chorus unaccompanied Walt Whitman’s poem “I Hear America Singing” (excerpted from Leaves of Grass), with its many references to men singing at their work, seems best suited to the direct and forceful character of unaccompanied men’s chorus. I hear America in song.

Felix Mendelssohn

Zebulon M. Highben

A Christmas Carol

SATB and Harp or Piano

Winner of the 2023 Weiger Lepke-Sims Family Sacred Music Award from the American Harp Society. This beautiful G. K. Chesterton poem is matched with an original melody. May be accompanied by harp or piano. Harpist plays from choral score.

Medium

50-0241 Choral Score $2.25

Mark Sedio

In a Still, Cold Winter Night

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

A lyrical Christmas anthem that may be sung a cappella or with optional guitar accompaniment. Guitar part available as a complimentary download from our website.

Moderately Easy 8916 Choral Score $2.25

Peter Latona

Away in a Manger

SATB a cappella

The tenderness of the carol is heightened by this arrangement, and choirs that take time to explore its expressiveness will benefit. While not difficult, an effective performance requires control and attention to phrasing. The melody is taken up by the tenors in the middle verse.

Moderately Easy

50-6531 Choral Score $2.15

Carl

B. Schmidt and Harold C. Schmidt

He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child

Il est né, le divin enfant

SATB a cappella

This lively arrangement of a traditional French carol may be sung in either English or in French. Appropriate for both church and school use.

Medium

50-8708 Choral Score $2.85

Matthew Culloton

Once in Royal David’s City

SATBB divisi, a cappella

Bridging the ancient and the modern, Culloton has created a contemporary setting of this old English carol.

Medium

50-4901 Choral Score $2.65

Michel Guimont

O nata lux de lumine

O Light from Light, by Love Inclined

SATB a cappella

This brief, deeply moving setting of a traditional Latin hymn is appropriate for worship or concert use.

Medium

50-1233 Choral Score $2.25

Michel Guimont is the director of music at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Ottawa, Canada. He was the conductor of the Ottawa University Choir between 2010 and 2017. He has published numerous compositions and was named Musician of the Year in 2015 by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians.

Philip Biedenbender

Once in Royal David's City/ Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

SATB Chorus and Piano

A fresh take on two familiar carols. This piece is a great opener for a concert. The two melodies are layered in a rhythmic, exciting manner enabling a rewarding experience for the singers and audience.

Moderately Difficult

1.3674 Choral Score $2.85

meet Philip Biedenbender

Philip Biedenbender is an award-winning composer whose works have been performed by musical groups across the globe. He holds a bachelor’s degree in theory/composition from St. Olaf College and a master’s degree in choral conducting from Florida State University. As a pianist, he has collaborated with numerous honor choirs, ensembles, and organizations, including the St. Olaf Choir

René Clausen

The Sussex Carol

SATB divisi and Organ, with opt. Brass Quintet and Timpani, or SATB divisi and Full Orchestra

A festive and creative setting of this wonderful traditional English Carol. Three accompaniment options: 1) Organ, 2) Brass Quintet with Timpani and Organ, and 3) Full Orchestra. Score and Parts available on rental. Medium

Katherine K. Davis

As It Fell Upon a Night

SATB Chorus, Soprano Solo (descant) and Piano or Organ

An accessible setting of a delightful traditional English Carol.

Moderately Easy

1.1291 Choral Score $2.25

and the Oregon Bach Festival Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy. A former Choral Director at Ashbrook High School in Gastonia, NC, he currently serves as Managing Director, Assistant Conductor, and Pianist for the Charlotte Master Chorale as well as the Chancel Choir Director at First ARP Church in Gastonia.

Gustav Holst/ Bruce W. Becker

arr. Kyle Pederson

In the Bleak

Midwinter

Opt. Baritone Solo, SATB Chorus, and Piano

An original Christmas piece that quotes sections of the familiar carol.

Medium

1.3667 Choral Score $2.85

Michael Larkin

Wild and Lone the Prophet’s Voice

SATB and Piano

The use of the PLEADING

SAVIOR tune brings the sense of longing and anticipation needed to match this lovely Advent text.

Moderately Easy

50-0491 Choral Score $2.25

Karen Marrolli Rejoice and Sing

SATB and Piano

An original adaptation of Psalm 30:11 and Zephaniah 3:14-17, 20.

Medium

50-6379 $2.65

Karen Marrolli Love, Come Down

SATB and Piano

A gentle, flowing setting of an original text that quotes from “Come, Down O Love Divine” and Vaughan Williams’ lovely tune DOWN AMPNEY

Medium

50-4844 $2.65

Susan LaBarr Gather at the River

SSA and Piano, with opt. Violin and Cello

The combination of two river imagery texts, “When Peace Like a River” and “Shall We Gather at the River,” form the foundation for this work. For All Saints

Sunday or general use.

Moderately Easy

50-6180 Choral Score

$2.65

50-6180A opt. Score and Parts $20.00

Also available

50-6110 SATB Version

$2.65

Z. Randall Stroope Come, Walk with Me

SATB and Piano, with opt. Oboe, Violin, and Viola

Inspired by the text of St. Anthony, a 3rd century Egyptian hermit, Stroope has created a stirring anthem of hope and light.

Medium

50-0361 Choral Score $2.65

50-0361A Full Score $20.00

50-0361B Instrumental Parts $15.00

meet

Francisco Carbonell

Francisco J. Carbonell is a Spanish internationally awarded composer who has received recognitions in more than twenty composition competitions. He completed studies of Composition at the Conservatory of Valencia, Spain, and Sacred Music at the Ponti cal Institute of Sacred Music in Rome.

Francisco J. Carbonell O sacrum convivium

SATB a cappella

Imaginative writing characterizes this thoughtful setting of Thomas Aquinas’ 13th-century Eucharistic hymn. The tension and release achieved both within each phrase and across the work lends emotion to the devotional text.

Moderately Easy

50-2668 Choral Score

$2.25

Ryan Kelly Vision of Paradise In paradisum

SATB and Organ

An English setting of the In Paradisum text from Psalm 24:3-5. Appropriate for All Saints day services. Part of the Music for Duke University Chapel Series.

Medium

50-1287 Choral Score $2.65

Ryan Kelly is professor of music and associate director of choral activities at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. His D.M.A. in choral conducting is from Michigan State University. He is an active lecturer and clinician with numerous appearances at national, regional, and state conferences.

Tom Trenney Speak, Lord

Solo Voice, Two-Part Mixed Voices or SATB, and Piano

An original piece that challenges the singers and congregation to stand up for justice. A memorable and repetitive chorus creates a fervent prayer that congregations and choirs will find to be deeply moving.

Moderately Easy

50-7982 SATB $2.85

50-7981 Two-Part Mixed $2.85

David M. Cherwien

All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly

SAB and Organ, with opt. Instrument in C

The tune HOLY MANNA is matched with a text by Sylvia G. Dunstan. Themes of gratitude, unity, outreach, and kindness are prevalent throughout.

Moderately Easy

50-8322 Choral Score $2.65

50-8322A C Instrument Part $6.00

New in the Presbyterian Association of Musicians Series

Pentecost

SAB and Piano, with opt. Children’s Choir, Violin, and Cello

A creative and moving setting of a William Blake poem that has been reimagined in contemporary language.

Moderately Easy

50-8881 Choral Score $3.15

50-8881A Score and Parts $30.00

Song of Assurance

SATB and Piano, with opt. Flute and Cello

This moving, original piece incorporates themes of healing, hope, and praise.

Medium

50-6160 Choral Score $2.85

50-6160A Flute/Cello Parts $10.00

Dominick DiOrio Come, Great Love

SATB and Organ

This original text is a powerful prayer for God to inhabit our music and worship.

Medium

50-0078 Choral Score $3.15

Mark Patterson

Tom Shelton

meet

Ryan Kelly

Robert Buckley Farlee God, Bless Us, and Keep Us God, Bless You and Keep You (Wedding Blessing)

SAB and Organ, with opt. Congregation

This choral prayer, written by Susan Ruth Briehl, can be used as a benediction or as a choral anthem. The second text may be used as a wedding blessing. Includes a reproducible part for optional congregation.

Easy

50-3434 Choral Score $2.25

Henry Mollicone

Ave Maria

Two-Part Mixed Voices and Piano

This setting of the Ave Maria text has the flavor of a folk song with flowing choral lines.

Moderately Easy 9161 Choral Score $2.25

Alvez Barkoskie, IV

Pie Jesu

Soprano Solo and SATB Chorus unaccompanied

This work features a soprano solo while the ensemble supports with lush harmonies. This setting is a rewarding challenge for senior high and adult choirs.

Medium

1.3672 Choral Score $2.15

Alvez Barkoskie, IV Alma Redemptoris

Mater

SSATB Chorus unaccompanied

This meditative work uses stunning harmonies and chantbased melody to evoke the text of the adoration of Mary.

Moderately Difficult

9196 Choral Score $2.15

Mark Patterson

Welcome, Prayer, and Blessing

SATB and Piano

This collection of three short choral pieces that can be used as short anthems, or as an introit, blessing, and benediction.

Moderately Easy

50-4912 Choral Score $2.85

Kevin Siegfried

Come to Zion

SATB a cappella

The composer is known for his vibrant settings of traditional Shaker songs. This arrangement is rhythmic, joyous, and fun to sing.

Medium

50-9344 Choral Score $2.25

Gwyneth Walker Through Many Dangers

SATB and Piano

The familiar melody and text are adapted and blended with original composition to create an original setting and a new twist on the well-loved hymn Amazing Grace.

Medium

50-4765 Choral Score $3.20

Paul M. French

My Vows to the Lord I Will Make

SAB and Piano

A mantra-like piece that calls to mind a Christian at prayer while walking to a commitment ritual. The music—both individual elements and overall form— enhances the pledge from Ps. 116:14. Choirs will quickly be able to learn and settle into the spirit of the work.

Moderately Easy

50-8742 Choral Score $2.25

Paul D. Weber

Psalm 150

Congregation, SATB, Trumpet, and Organ, with opt. String Quartet Psalm 150 is set here in a jubilant call and response style. A reproducible part of C Trumpet is included. Part for Congregation available as a complimentary download.

Moderately Easy

50-0049 Choral Score

Tim Sarsany

All Creatures of Our God and King

Congregation, SATB and Organ, with opt. Full Orchestra This expansive setting of the LASST UNS ERFRUEN tune was originally conceived with full orchestra accompaniment, but works well with organ alone. Effective choral stanzas are included along with congregational involvement. A complimentary downloadable page for congregation is available on our website. Orchestra Score and Parts available on rental.

Moderately Easy

60-2283 Choral Score $3.15

60-2283A Addtl Full Score $30.00

Michael Burkhardt

When the Morning Stars Together

Soprano Solo, Tenor Solo, SATB, Handbells, and Organ with opt. Congregation, Descant, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Cymbals

Pairing the tune HYMN TO JOY with Albert F. Bayly’s text, this anthem begins in a mystical way and expands by adding instruments and voices to build to a glorious chorus of praise.

A reproducible page for congregation is included.

Moderately Easy

60-0006 Choral Score $2.85

60-0006A Full Score $15.00

60-0006B Instrumental Parts $35.00

James J. Chepponis

Serve in Faith and Charity

Assembly, SATB, and Organ, with opt. Cantor, Brass Quartet, Timpani, Suspended Cymbal, and Handbells (3 octaves)

A festive setting of a sending song that may be used for ordination, confirmation, or for any type of mission or commissioning service. A reproducible part for Assembly is included.

Moderately Easy

50-2699 Choral Score $2.65

50-2699A Full Score $15.00

50-2699B Instrumental Parts $40.00

James J. Chepponis

Psalm 19 / Salmo 19

Assembly, Cantor, SATB, and Organ, with opt. Guitar, Flute, Oboe, Brass Quintet, Suspended Cymbal, Timpani, and Strings

Commissioned for the dedication of Christ Cathedral in Orange, California in 2019. The optional instrumentation for flute, oboe, brass quintet, percussion, organ, and strings is perfect for a festive liturgy but can also be pared down for other occasions. The alternate refrains and different sets of verses make it work at multiple liturgies at which Psalm 19 is appointed. Both assembly and choral writing is very singable. It can be done in English, Spanish, or a combination of the two. A complimentary page for Assembly available on our website as a complimentary download. Moderately Easy

80-605F Bilingual Choral Score $2.65

80-605E Bilingual Full Score $25.00

80-605 Choral Score $2.25

80-605A Full Score $25.00

80-605B Flute and Oboe Parts $10.00

80-605C Brass and Percussion Parts $35.00

80-605D String Parts $35.00

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Daddy’s Baby

SATB Voices a cappella

15-93970 $2.15

James Taylor, Don Grolnick, & Deen E. Ensminger That Lonesome Road

SSAA Voices a cappella

15-93980 $2.15

Mollie Painter & Dan Andersen

American Flag

SATB Voices and Descant with Piano

24-95590 $2.20

SA Voices and Descant with Piano

24-95600 $2.10

Taylor & Deen E. Ensminger

Z. Randall Stroope

Prelude to Peace

SSA and Piano

48-96590 $2.15

Ticong Tico

The Crooked Song

Three-Part Treble Voices and Piano

24-95640 $2.15

Aderbal Soares

O Sapinho (Little Toad)

Brazilian Folk Song

SA Voices with Piano

24-95670 $2.10

Every Minute

SA and Piano

15-93990 $2.10

Leeann Starkey

Lullaby

SA Voices with Piano

24-95650 $2.10

Jovano, Jovanke

Macedonian Song

SSA and Piano

20-95540 $2.15

Stephen Foster

arr. Jimmy Baas

Beautiful Dreamer

TBB Voices with Piano

24-95660 $2.10

Deen E. Ensminger

Nancie Kester

Ruth E. Dwyer & Jill Friedersdorf

Welcome Aspen Hill Music

ECS Publishing Group is pleased to announce our new relationship with Aspen Hill Music!

Aspen Hill publishes original choral works by composer Christopher Aspaas, spanning the genres of church, school, and concert music. Aspen Hill Music will be available on all ECS Publishing Group websites and through all ECS dealers in May of 2023. ECS will also handle copyright administering and licensing for Aspen Hill. For more information please visit our website.

meet Christopher Aspaas

Christopher Aspaas serves as Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music at TCU. At TCU, Christopher leads the Concert Chorale, TCU’s agship mixed ensemble as well as the Frog Corps, TCU’s premier tenor-bass vocal ensemble. He also

teaches coursework in basic conducting, choral conducting, choral literature, advanced choral conducting and oversees the graduate choral conducting program. His travels as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator and lecturer have taken Christopher to more than half of the United States, Canada, Germany, South Korea, China, and the Sultanate of Oman.

Important Collections for the Choral Library

The Renaissance Singer

This comprehensive collection includes 47 pieces representing 14 composers from the renaissance era. The collection includes historical background as well as a liturgical index. It is useful as a reference and useful for choirs in concert or worship settings. Paperback. 165 pages.

2974 $15.50

Henry Clough-Leighter, ed.

The A Cappella Singer

A Collection of Motets, Madrigals, Chansons, Carols, Ayres, Ballets, etc.

Collection of thirty arrangements for women’s voices. Composers include Palestrina, Vittoria, Weelkes, Morley, and more. Paperback.

Contents vary between versions.

1545 Women’s Voices $16.30

1682 Mixed Voices $17.00

Thomas Dunn

Seasonal Sounds

SATB Chorus with Piano or Orchestral Accompaniment Consists of five well-known secular Christmas songs arranged in a ten-minute medley: Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town; Here Comes Santa Claus; Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Frosty, the Snowman; Jingle Bells.

Duration: 10:00. RBM-119

Full Orchestration Rental Excerpt “Jingle Bells Finale” also available

A Feast of Carols

Chorus with Piano or Large or Reduced Orchestral Accompaniment

Written for the Dallas Symphony and contains: Gloucester Wassail; Il est née, le divin enfant; O Come, O Come Emanuel; The Holly and the Ivy; God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen; We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Duration: 16:30

RBM-102 SATB Choral Score $9.95

RBM-102A TTBB Choral Score $9.95

RBM-212 Wind Ensemble Sc & Pts $225.00

Full/Reduced Orchestration available on rental Excerpt “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” also available

RBM-008 SATB Choral Score $1.95

Full/Reduced Orchestration available on rental

Gloria

SATB, Piano or Organ or Brass Quintet/Percussion or Brass Ensemble/Percussion

Written for the New York Pops Orchestra in 1990. It is a rhythmic yet lyrical setting of the liturgical Latin text which has been used with much success on both Holiday and general-purpose programs.

Duration: 7:30.

Glad Tidings

Mixed Chorus and Large Orchestra with Narrator

An embellished narrative telling of the Christmas story. Includes: O Little Town of Bethlehem; Away in a Manger; What Child Is This; Angels We Have Heard on High; March of the Kings; We Three Kings; Silent Night; Still, Still, Still; Lo, How a Rose; Let All Mortal Flesh; Joy to the World; O Come, All Ye Faithful. Duration 30:00.

RBM-117 Choral Score $12.00

Full or Reduced Orchestration Rental

Sing We Now of Christmas

RBM-008A TTBB Choral Score $1.95

A Symphony of Carols

Chorus with Piano or Orchestral Accompaniment or Wind Ensemble

Written for the Dallas Symphony and contains the following carols: Chanticleer; Pat-a-pan; Fum-Fum-Fum; Silent Night; Still, Still, Still; and Adeste fideles.

Duration: 13:00 RBM-104 SATB Choral Score $8.95 RBM-104A TTBB Choral Score $8.95

Christmas Ornaments

Mixed Chorus with Piano or Orchestral Accompaniment

Arranged in 7 movements: Personent Hodie; Deck the Halls; Lullaby Carols; Bell Carols; I Wonder as I Wander; The 12 Days of Christmas; Personent Hodie. Duration: 23:00.

RBM-105 Choral Score $7.25

Full Orchestration Rental Excerpts also available separately:

RBM-028 Deck the Halls $1.95

RBM-029 Lullaby Carols $2.15

RBM-009 Bell Carols $2.15

RBM-018 I Wonder as I Wander $1.55

RBM-013 Personent Hodie $1.85

SATB Chorus with Piano or Full Orchestra or Reduced Orchestra

Commissioned by the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1999 and designed as a Christmas carol sing-along—with optional audience participation. The carols contained in the arrangement (in this order) are: O, Come, All Ye Faithful; Away In a Manger; The First Noël; Joy To the World; Silent Night; Hark, the Herald Angels Sing. Duration: 8:00

Howard Goodall Unconditional Love

A Cantata of Gratitude and Remembrance

Soprano Solo, SATB Choir, Piano, Organ, and Brass Ensemble

A poignant reflection upon the COVID-19 crisis. The cantata commemorates the selflessness and togetherness felt by communities across the world during the pandemic. Full score and parts available on rental in North America from MorningStar.

Medium

56-0119 Choral Score $17.00

CD202 CD Recording $15.95

Michael John Trotta For a Breath of Ecstasy

SATB Chorus, Oboe, and String Quartet or Piano

Each of the movements of For a Breath of Ecstasy chronicles Teasdale’s search for solace amidst life’s many storms. The tapestry of different vocal forces set against the backdrop of oboe and strings reveals moments of yearning, love, joy, and peace. Vivid imagery portrays transcendent moments of solace that are revealed in an individual’s relationship to nature and in love. Duration: 30:00

1.3523

Philip Lasser

The Elements

SATB Chorus (divisi) and Two Violoncellos

This work was commissioned for and premiered on the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice to WW1, ending the carnage and bringing new hope. Duration: 14:00

Difficult

8938 Full/Choral Score $6.15

8938A Instrumental Parts $22.00

Philip W. J. Stopford

Missa Deus Nobiscum

Mass of 'God With Us'

Robert Convery Voyages

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

A six-movement set of variations in which the thematic material for each movement is drawn from the preceding movement. Based on a cycle of poems by Hart Crane. Commissioned and performed by Grammy winning conductor Donald Nally and The Crossing Choir.

Duration: 20:00

Difficult

8999 Choral Score $6.75

Soprano Solo, SATB divisi, and Keyboard or Orchestra

A setting of the Latin Mass. The text is that of the Ordinary of the Mass—excluding the Credo—with the Gloria being divided into four movements. The Kyrie has a noticeably Celtic flavor. A beautiful work that is appropriate for both concert use as well as for worship. Full Score and Parts on rental. Duration: 30:00

Medium

70-700 Choral Score $9.95

70-700A Addtl Orchestra Score $100.00

The Benedictus (SSAA and Keyboard) is available separately

50-5222 Choral Score $2.25

Clara Wieck Schumann ed./arr. James McCullough

If You Love for Beauty Liebst du um Schönheit

SATB Chorus and Piano

Clara Schumann’s solo song expressing thankfulness for “True Love” has been expertly and effectively adapted here for SATB voices

Medium

1.3589 Choral Score $2.25

Susan LaBarr My Very Own

SATB Chorus and Piano

A simple setting of several scriptural passages about love. Written for the wedding of two Texas-based choir directors, the work is highly melodic and simple in its construction.

Moderately Easy

1.3490 Choral Score $2.25

Polly M. Rupe arr. Kevin Siegfried

Gentle Words

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

This accessible setting of the Shaker tune brings a message of kindness to others. It works well in a secular and sacred context.

Kyle Pederson Choose Love

SATB Chorus (divisi) and Piano, with opt. Handpan or Electric Guitar

An ethereal, deeply moving piece that begins in Latin and moves to an English text about our individual choices and decisions. The option of handpan gives a unique effect.

Medium

1.3646 Choral Score $3.20

1.3646 Instrumental Parts $30.00

Bend

SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied Premiered at the ACDA North/North Central conference in 2020. Addressed to those facing struggles, it presents the metaphor of a tree bending in the wind. As we bend together, our community is strengthened.

Moderately Easy

1.3613 Choral Score $2.65

Karen Marrolli Come and See

SATB Chorus and Piano, with opt. Violoncello

An original text that calls for slowing down, centering our thoughts, and showing compassion.

Moderately Easy

1.3657 Choral Score $2.65

1.3657A Violoncello Part $6.00

Until Love Is Spoken

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

This lovely setting of a message of love and peace works well for any SATB ensemble. Can be used in both sacred settings and graduations.

Death Came A-Knockin’ Travelin’ Shoes

Three Treble Soli and SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied Requires three treble soloists with power below the staff and confidence in the blues style. The singers are determined to be “ready to go” into the kingdom of God and remind us that we will all face this journey, so we had best live right and shout “Hallelujah” when our turn comes.

Medium

7.0743 Choral Score $3.50

Don Macdonald

When the Earth Stands Still

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

“I wrote this for my wife Allison Girvan’s small but advanced youth choir...I decided to compose a song much as a contemporary songwriter would, with my own lyrics and a form based around repeating verse and chorus.” —Don Macdonald

Moderately Easy

1.3430 Choral Score $2.65

Stuart Chapman Hill When Our Voices Rise

SATB Chorus (divisi) and Piano

Students’ short journal entries became the text for this piece about unity, which still allows the individual to shine.

Moderately Easy

1.3609 Choral Score $2.85

Ruthie Foster

tr. & arr. Paul Rardin

Jonathan Adams

Ave maris stella

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

A beautiful setting that captures the essence of the Ave maris stella text. This work is a rewarding challenge for advanced choirs and audiences.

Medium

9183 Choral Score $2.25

Lux Aeterna

SATB unaccompanied

A gorgeous setting of the popular text from the Requiem Mass. The homophonic writing and the voice-leading makes it accessible for advanced high school and collegiate choirs.

Medium 9182 Choral Score $2.25

Brett D. Epperson

Da pacem Domine

TTBB unaccompanied

This sublime setting of “Grant us peace, Lord” is a great work for advanced high school and collegiate-level TTBB choirs. The chant-like textures are balanced with chordal dissonances making for a rewarding experience for singers and audience.

Medium

1.3664 Choral Score $2.25

Matthew A. Armstrong and Shelly Armstrong

Remember

SATB unaccompanied

A richly harmonic setting of a Christina Rossetti poem about holding on to the memories of one who has departed.

Medium

1.3654 Choral Score $2.25

There Is Sweet Music Here

SATB or SSAA Chorus and Piano

Tennyson’s beautiful poem is set in a lyrical and reflective way. May be performed as part of a trilogy of Tennyson poems.

Medium

1.3652 SATB Choral Score $2.25

1.3647 SSAA Choral Score $2.25

Down By the Riverside

SSA Chorus and Piano, with opt. Descant and Claves

A very accessible setting of this classic Spiritual. Wonderful for those just starting to learn part-singing. Useful for both school and church settings.

Easy

1.3656 Choral Score $2.65

Taylor Scott Davis

Music, When Soft Voices Die

SATTB Chorus unaccompanied

An exquisite setting of Percy Shelley’s famous poem written for Apollo5. Accessible dissonances enhance the beauty for choir and the listener.

Moderately Difficult

7.0746 Choral Score $2.25

Henry Purcell / arr. by Alfred Moffat and Rollo A. Dilworth

Sound the Trumpet

SAB and Piano

A new voicing for a classic favorite, this piece will help introduce mixed ensembles to Baroque style.

Medium

Melissa Dunphy

Waves of Gallipoli

TTBB Chorus unaccompanied

A haunting musical setting of quotes from the 16th Commonwealth Battalion, Gallipoli, 1915. It is an effective piece for war remembrance for advanced TTBB choirs.

Moderately Difficult

9185 Choral Score $3.15

Also available for SATB Chorus

8827 Choral Score $3.15

Fred Gramann Beautiful

Soprano Solo, SSATB Chorus, Flute, and Piano

A rich and expressive setting of Romans 10:14-15.

Medium

9177 Choral Score $3.15

9177A Flute Part $5.00

Michael Burkhardt

Christopher Gilliam Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life

SATB Chorus divisi, unaccompanied

A well-known text by George Herbert combined with a sensitive choral setting.

Moderately Difficult

9176 Choral Score $2.65

Mark O. Fax Make a Joyful Noise

SATB and Piano

A newly discovered composition by a noted African American composer. This piece was sung regularly at Howard University under the composers direction.

Moderately Difficult

1.3658 Choral Score $2.65

Jean Ritchie / arr. Kevin Siegfried Now Is the Cool of the Day

SATB Chorus unaccompanied

Commissioned by the Capital Hill Chorale, Frederick Binkholder, Artistic Director. Set in Shaker Harmony style, this is a great contribution to an Earth Day celebration.

Don’t You Let Nobody Turn You Aroun’

Soprano Solo, SATB (divisi) unaccompanied

A song of determination and encouragement to stand up to the pressures of racism and oppression.

Medium

1.3659 Choral Score $2.85

Marsh Jubilate Deo

SATB and Organ

An exuberant expression of praise from a rising British composer.

Moderately Difficult

50-3420 Choral Score $2.85

Love Bade Me Welcome

SATB Chorus divisi, unaccompanied An iconic text by George Herbert is combined here with rich harmonic texture for advanced choirs.

Moderately Difficult

9160 Choral Score $2.65

Kenney Potter

Canticum Novum

SA(T)B Chorus and Piano

This setting enables young singers to respond to current events and is geared for young mixed-voice ensembles.

Moderately Easy 1.3665 Choral Score $2.65

Kevin Siegfried With My Blessing I Have Blessed You

Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied This traditional shaker piece is a blessing given from mother to child. It is a part of a larger work entitled “Angel of Light.”

Medium

8783 Choral Score $2.25

Deep Peace

SSATB or SSA or TTB Chorus and Piano

This lyrical setting of a favorite Irish blessing is very accessible and works well for benedictions and graduations. Easy 1.3660

Score $2.65

1.3662 TTB Choral Score $2.65

Te Deum

SATB and Organ

A joyous expression of praise, equally thrilling for both choir and organ.

Moderately Difficult

50-3421 Choral Score $3.75

Eric O. Poole

Daniel Lynch

Joanna

Christine Ammer

The A to Z of Foreign Musical Terms

Students, singers, instrumentalists, conductors, and composers—from beginners to the most advanced professionals—this handy book provides quick answers and definitions of basic terms as well as guides to Italian, German, and French pronunciation. Paperback. 125 pages.

4469 $12.00

John Moriarty

Diction

Italian, Latin, French, German: the Sounds and 81 Exercises for Singing Them

Text book for singers. A comprehensive singer’s guide to the pronunciation of Italian, French, Ecclesiastical Latin and German, in an approach developed for diction classes at the New England Conservatory of Music. A thorough and scholarly treatment in a practical, easily used format.

0650 $38.00

Up Front!

Becoming the Complete Choral Conductor

ed. Guy B. Webb

This book shares the experience and knowledge of twelve outstanding professional choral musicians, each writing on just one critical topic. The result is an exceptional resource for all levels of choral directors. Paperback. 293 pages.

4638 $35.70

Carl Schalk

Singing the Faith

A Short Introduction to Christian Hymnody

Carl Schalk’s vast experience as a teacher, author, musicologist, and composer makes him uniquely qualified to present this compact but insightful history of Christian hymnody in the Western Church. In it he guides the reader through the contributions, conflicts, and questions which arose through the successive periods in the development of Christian song from the Old Testament through the twentieth century.

90-59 $15.00

Eileen Guenther

In Their Own Words Slave Life and the Power of Spirituals

This groundbreaking study of slavery and spirituals is the first to place the unique voices of an enslaved people squarely within the context of their daily lives. Dr. Guenther’s deeply researched account weaves a succinct history of “America’s original sin” into an examination of the role of singing and religion in slave life and directly correlates slave testimonies—in their own words—to the themes of Spirituals. In addition to surveying the musical styles, performance practices, and melodic and rhythmic characteristics of spirituals, In Their Own Words includes a biblical concordance to 100 of the spirituals most frequently sung.

90-52 $28.00

Rivals or a Team?

Clergy-Musician Relationships in the Twenty-First Century Collaboration between clergy and musicians is vital to the ministry of the Christian church. This book explores the importance of teamwork, identifying ways in which musicians and clergy can exercise their separate roles effectively, and suggesting strategies for building supportive relationships. Including heart-felt testimonies from musicians and clergy, Guenther takes a clear-eyed look at conflict, reasons musicians leave a church, and approaches for transition when the situation just does not work any longer. This distinguished church musician and seminary professor encourages musicians and clergy to work together with mutuality and collegiality in order to fulfill the promise of their ministry. Forward by Paul Westermeyer.

90-63 $18.95

Carl B. Schmidt

The Story of Randall Thompson’s Alleluia Revisited: A Facsimile Edition with Commentary

The fascinating story of Randall Thompson’s”Alleluia” from its conception to its development is engagingly told. Besides the narrative, this book includes information concerning the original manuscripts and printed editions as well as complete detailed appendices and color reproductions of the original manuscript. Hardcover.

7524 $28.95

Carl B. Schmidt and Elizabeth K. Schmidt

The Music of Randall Thompson (1899–1984) A Documented Catalogue

This extensive work is the culmination of more than a dozen years of research concerning Thompson’s manuscripts, printed editions, lost compositions, and works that he was asked to write, but did not. In compiling the catalogue, its authors personally examined all the evidence found in Thompson’s own extensive Nachlass at Harvard University’s Houghton Library, the bulk of which remains uncatalogued.

8016 $45.00