By Michael Jackson. By Robert Kelly. Arranged by Ed Lojeski. Pop Choral Series. Nineties, Pop, Show Choir. Octavo. 16 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

SATB choir, cantor, assembly, keyboard accompaniment Composed by Liam Lawton. Arranged by Ed Bolduc. Celebration Series. Sacred. Octavo. With guitar chord names. GIA Publications #10793. Published by GIA Publications

Choir Secular (SATB choir)

SKU: AP.49747

From Jingle Jangle. Composed by Davy Nathan, Michael Diskint, and Philip Lawrence. Arranged by Alan Billingsley. MakeMusic Cloud; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Pop Choral Series. Christmas; Movie; Secular; Winter. Choral Octavo. 16 pages. Alfred Music #00-49747. Published by Alfred Music (AP.49747).

UPC: 038081568348. English.

The square root of impossible is possible in me. Here's an empowering musical theater-style anthem with an up-to-date sound. This captivating song from the Netflix Christmas musical fantasy Jingle Jangle captures a joyfully adventurous spirit with lyrics that are not holiday-specific, so you can program it year-round! Three well-conceived choral voicings invite all types of groups to program this uplifting powerhouse as their big entrance, grand finale, or spotlight feature. Perform with piano alone, the sparkling SoundTrax audio, or the fully rendered SoundPax orchestration. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

(A Journey through the Lord's Prayer). Composed by Pepper Choplin. For Choral (SATB). Brookfield Choral Series. 96 pages. Published by Brookfield Press

A Journey with the Shepherd. Composed by Pepper Choplin. Brookfield Choral Series. Softcover. 96 pages. Published by Brookfield Press (HL.195817).

SATB choir, soprano descant, brass quintet, and organ, with optional timpani and percussion - Early Intermediate

SKU: MN.60-4011

Composed by Jeremy J. Bankson and K. Lee Scott. Easter, 21st Century. Instrument parts. MorningStar Music Publishers #60-4011. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.60-4011).

UPC: 688670640117. English.

The hymn tune SHADES MOUNTAIN (K. Lee Scott, 1987) is paired with a 1976 Erik Routley text in this concertato for choir, congregation, brass quintet, organ, and optional timpani and percussion. Six stanzas of the fifteen-measure melody are provided here. Two stanzas are notated in SATB layout. Stanza 2 encourages the congregation to sing in four parts as in a hymnal layout (reproducible congregational pages are provided). Stanza 4 is for the choir alone, a cappella, in four parts. One stanza (1) asks the women of the congregation to sing with the women of the choir, and this concept is repeated with the men (stanza 3). Stanza 5 is unison, stanza 6 is unison with descant. An introduction and interlude before the final stanza round out the piece. A majestic piece, full of wonderful variety and color.

Chorus Parts. By Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, W.S. Gilbert. (SATB). Opera. Size 6.8x10.5 inches. 48 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.

Choral SATB Choir and Piano

SKU: PR.312419020

From Terra Nostra. Composed by Stacy Garrop. Sws. Performance Score. 12 pages. Duration 3:15. Theodore Presser Company #312-41902. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.312419020).

ISBN 9781491131862. UPC: 680160680474. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. English.

Commissioned by the San Francisco Choral Society and the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, Terra Nostra is a 70-minute oratorio on the relationship between our planet and humankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. Part I: Creation of the World explores various creation myths from different cultures, culminating in a joyous celebration of the beauty of our planet. Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines human achievements, particularly since the dawn of our Industrial Age, and how these achievements have impacted the planet. Part III: Searching for Balance questions how to create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. In addition to the complete oratorio, stand-alone movements for mixed chorus, and for solo voice with piano, are also available separately.
Terra Nostra focuses on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. The oratorio is divided into three parts:Part I: Creation of the World celebrates the birth and beauty of our planet. The oratorio begins with creation myths from India, North America, and Egypt that are integrated into the opening lines of Genesis from the Old Testament. The music surges forth from these creation stories into “God’s World” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which describes the world in exuberant and vivid detail. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “On thine own child” praises Mother Earth for her role bringing forth all life, while Walt Whitman sings a love song to the planet in “Smile O voluptuous cool-breathed earth!” Part I ends with “A Blade of Grass” in which Whitman muses how our planet has been spinning in the heavens for a very long time.Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines the achievements of mankind, particularly since the dawn of the Industrial Age. Lord Alfred Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall” sets an auspicious tone that mankind is on the verge of great discoveries. This is followed in short order by Charles Mackay’s “Railways 1846,” William Ernest Henley’s “A Song of Speed,” and John Gillespie Magee, Jr.’s “High Flight,” each of which celebrates a new milestone in technological achievement. In “Binsey Poplars,” Gerard Manley Hopkins takes note of the effect that these advances are having on the planet, with trees being brought down and landscapes forever changed. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “A Dirge” concludes Part II with a warning that the planet is beginning to sound a grave alarm.Part III: Searching for Balance questions how we can create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. Three texts continue the earth’s plea that ended the previous section: Lord Byron’s “Darkness” speaks of a natural disaster (a volcano) that has blotted out the sun from humanity and the panic that ensues; contemporary poet Esther Iverem’s “Earth Screaming” gives voice to the modern issues of our changing climate; and William Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much With Us” warns us that we are almost out of time to change our course. Contemporary/agrarian poet Wendell Berry’s “The Want of Peace” speaks to us at the climax of the oratorio, reminding us that we can find harmony with the planet if we choose to live more simply, and to recall that we ourselves came from the earth. Two Walt Whitman texts (“A Child said, What is the grass?” and “There was a child went forth every day”) echo Berry’s thoughts, reminding us that we are of the earth, as is everything that we see on our planet. The oratorio concludes with a reprise of Whitman’s “A Blade of Grass” from Part I, this time interspersed with an additional Whitman text that sublimely states, “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love…”My hope in writing this oratorio is to invite audience members to consider how we interact with our planet, and what we can each personally do to keep the planet going for future generations. We are the only stewards Earth has; what can we each do to leave her in better shape than we found her?