Beyond The Sea is a swingin' pop standard by Charles Trenet and Jack Lawrence that starts quietly with unison vocals and a walking bass line then builds to a sensational finish! Arranged for SATB by Kirby Shaw.

Uses: General Community Choir Social Justice UnityScripture: I Peter 4:10; Mark 10:42-45; Proverbs 11:25; Galatians 6:9This sacred offering challenges the church to take its ministry beyond thewalls and to truly serve the others as a community of faith. With tuneful purpose the music frames the words and presents the concepts of unity humanity and charity with confidence and beauty. The optional C instrument speaksin gentle dialogue with the vocal lines providing a pleasant option for directors wanting to include an instrumental component to their performances.

This new offering from Ruth Elaine Schram is perfect for the Easter season. Beyond the pain there is hope; beyond the cross there is life. Beyond the grave there is glory behold our risen Lord. The piano and celloaccompaniment enhance the message of the powerful text.Available separately: SATB. Approx. Performance Time: 4:00.

Commissioned for Tenebrae and their director Nigel Short. John Tavener writes:'Mother and Child celebrates the miracle of childbirth. It also celebrates Mary in her universal aspect as mother of all Prophets andco-redemptress with Christ. But behind all this is the Theophanic Light single and infinite and the same in every Religious tradition. The music is at once tender ecstatic and luminous and follows the text. I have interpolatedinto Brian Keeble’s poem texts celebrating the Eternal feminine in Greek and then at the climax an outburst in Sanskrit of ATMA. This is supreme Reality the true Self shining and infinite the one single God expressedin music by pulsating awesome strokes on the Hindu Temple Gong with organ and choir in massive blocks. This seems to say that the real ‘Mother and Child’ are both beyond birth and beyond death and beyond time.'

Novello New Choral Series-In Out of the south cometh the whirlwind chant-like melodies and colourful organ writing combine to explore the relationship between God and the natural world. Awarded a 2011 King James Bible Composition Award the work uses rich language from the Book of Job to chart a trajectory from doubt toward belief. At the opening lyrical melodies build from a single pitch to proclaim the majesty of the ?wondrous works of God.? But doubt painted with nervous lines in the altos and basses soon invades only to be diffused by a beautiful voice from beyond a treble solo. Their faith restored the choir joyfully celebrates God?s power and mystery and the anthem ends inquiet contemplation.The Novello New Choral Series is an inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers offering pieces for all types of choirs including sacred and secular works from simple four-part settings to more expansive yet accessible repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. This collection is perfect for choirs looking to broaden their repertoire and explore some of the best new music around.Zachary Wadsworth (b.1983) is a prizewinning young composer whose works have been hailed as ?astonishingly confident? and ?mesmerizing? (News & Observer). His song cycle Pictures of the Floating World was premiered at the Lincoln Center and his opera Venus and Adonis was recently staged by the Boston Metro Opera. His works have been published by E.C. Schirmer and Alliance Music recorded on Gothic Records and broadcast on NPR?s Performance Today and BBC Radio?s The Choir. A winner of the 2011 King James Bible Composition Awards Zachary has also received prizes from the American Academy of Arts and Letters ASCAP and the Lotte Lehmann Foundation. A native of Richmond Virginia he currently lives in Calgary Alberta.'Zachary Wadsworth's Out of the South Cometh the Whirlwind is a highly imaginative and compelling

Written for larger mature choirs Gjeilo uses the Latin ?Agnus Dei? text as support for this symphonic-sounding choral work. With its beautiful colour intonation and phrasing it is a great choice for advanced high school college and beyond.

Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series music by David Dickau-New accessible setting of Campion's well-known poem exploring joy and pain resolving in the anticipation of lovers reuniting. A wonderful concert selection for high school and beyond.

Steven Sametz's remarkable stylized treatment of this traditional spiritual with its powerful solo and haunting choral writing will leave audiences staggered. Requires an accomplished soloist (tenor or possibly alto) and a strong choir for college and beyond.

Dale Warland Choral Series-This musical setting of the famous Mary Elizabeth Frye poem Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep begins very placidly and takes the refrain of I Am as a mantra for existence. The use of a dramaticSoprano solo is both a musical and theatrical choice with the soloist communicating as if from beyond death to those still alive. The chorus is also a character interaction at times reclusive or electric but always with asteely presence.

Originally an instrumental work Swedish composer Gunnar Eriksson has created a remarkable experimental version for choir which is both deceptively simple and impressively powerful.Deliberately schematic the score offers a base for improvisation. Each choir is encouraged to create their own unique representation of the emotional meaning inherent in the music itself. Dynamic and intense this is best for choirs looking to stretch beyond the limits of standard choral repertoire. Recorded by the Sophia Vocal Ensemble Bengt Ollén conductor.

India.Arie's touching song sings like a mantra with its deep message of looking beyond everything in your past and see yourself for who you are. A lifting arrangement for mixed and treble voices. India.Arie's touching song sings like a mantra with its deep message of looking beyond everything in your past and see yourself for who you are. A lifting arrangement for mixed and treble voices.

Vincent Novello was a British composer and Organist who gave the Novello publishing company its first embryonic form. Here he arranges Rule Britannia! for Voice SATB with Piano accompaniment to introduce some contrapuntal interest in the verse.When 18th century British composer Thomas Arne included his song Rule Britannia! in a masque based on the life of Alfred the Great that was presented at Cliveden the country home of Frederick Prince of Wales he could not have imagined that more than two hundred seventy years later his ditty would be known throughout the British Isles and beyond. Rule Britannia! is widely used in the Royal Navy and British Army and is featuredeach year at the Last Night of the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall as a national sing-along.At the time of writing the Dutch actually ‘ruled the waves ’ so this song was more an exhortation than a status report. The lyrics were also a statement of civil liberty. Since Cromwell’s time Britain had had a standing army which could be turned against the native population. A standing navy however existed solely to protect the nation from invaders protecting a free populace.

I Am My Beloved's And My Beloved Is Mine Song of Solomon 6:1-4-Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon) is beyond a doubt the most musical of all Biblical books - The Psalms notwithstanding. Here is another fine addition to this repertoire: Ani l'Dodi set to a simple melody with supporting choral parts is as accessible as it is lovely. Program this for a Passover or Spring concert or perhaps for a wedding.