Professor Sharon Gratto has built a career providing historical context to multicultural and folk music. Pavane Publishing is proud to launch her new series with this classic tune attributed to Huddie Ledbetter. A simple three-part treble choir accompanied by a stand-up bass gives an authentic American home-spun quality to the work. Truly fun to sing this arrangement sounds just the way the song should always be sung.

Nicholas Ryan Kelly an emerging composer was introduced to Pavane Publishing through his winning composition in the North Dakota State Edwin Fissinger competition. This new piece demonstrates his skills of musically describing the text. The piano writing is not an accompaniment it is part of the piece. The vocal writing the modulations all reveal an artist at work. Poet Bliss Carman provides a text describing nature's rich colors which are skillfully enhanced under Kelly's care.

Commissioned by the Texas Choral Directors Association for their 2010 convention this piece was premiered under the direction of Dr. Rollo Dilworth. Relating our lives to instruments in an orchestra this piece encourages us tolive our song. The music is powerful and motivating with rhythms and melodies that are driving and uplifting.

Originally set for SATB voices and performed by the ACDA National Honor Choir this new SSAA setting maintains the same energy and drive. The complex lines and rhythms are captivating but are also cleverly much easier to learnthan they sound making this piece a choir and audience favorite.

This is hilarious! Ellen Foncannon has created a clever parody on Bach's famous “Fugue in G Minor” that will have your audience in stitches! Your students will have a blast singing such funny words with such seriousBaroque music which has been simplified for young voices. From the first note to the resounding “A-Choo!” at the end this uproariously funny novelty is sure to be a big hit in your concert! Available: SATB SSAA TTBB 2-Part 3-Part.

Premiered at the 2005 ACDA convention this setting of a poem by William Butler Yeats begs the listener to tread softly on our dreams. Available for SSAA and TTBB.

The response to Kevin Memley's setting of Danny Boy for TTBB voices in 2011 was so strong we now offer voicings for SATB and SSAA. This setting begins and ends with the voices emulating the bagpipe sounds of Scotland.Everything about this song pulls at the heartstrings and Memley's skillful touch pulls it even deeper. For high school and up.

Thula Mama. This Zulu lullaby is tastefully arranged for a cappella mixed voices, as it should be. One can almost smell the grasses on the plains and feel the earth with this song. Tender and gentle, its greatest feature is how well it brings in the flavors of Africa. Easy

Now available in an SSSA voicing this multicultural piece in the Ron Kean series utilizes sounds from African folk songs. With a myriad of percussion instruments the rhythm is set. A joyful chorus emerges with an occasional solo interjection.

Here is a work for women's choirs that was premiered at the ACDA Western convention in 2012. A lovely melding of words and music is a highlight of the setting. Recommended for high school and up.

A mother's love for her daughter as she grows up is expressed in this poem by Jenice Meagher Cutler. Debra Scroggins' musical setting lives up to the title. The tenderness and emotion are deep and the warmth of the cello onlyadds to the sentiment. Excellent for treble choirs high school and older.

The poem by Yeats that serves as the text for this Ron Kean piece has been set by many fine composers. Ron's approach is unique bringing in overtones through whirlies to add an ultra-spiritual dimension to the impact of the work. Ron's vocal writing is always careful pulling lines into one another with suspended results. Singers simply love to sing them because everyone is equally important. Selected for the Iris Levine Treble Chorus Series this piece fits any general program for advanced treble high school college and community choir. Medium.

from Impressions-Reflections on Humanity-Impressions is a set of three outstanding pieces by Kevin Memley for treble voices. The texts are favorites of many and Kevin's treatments are exquisite masterpieces. Although the 3 selections are released separately they are best presented as a trilogy. High school and college.

Waller's beautiful poem has been elegantly set by Kim Kamerin. Contemporary tone clusters create colorful chords of expression. Written for his high school Women's Chamber ensemble this is a demanding piece but well worth the effort.