SKU: HL.288346

UPC: 888680910938. 8.5x11.0x0.281 inches.

This 5-movement, multi-media choral drama honors one of the great heroes of the emancipation era. The journey of those who sacrificed becomes a story we can relive and honor. Dr. Kean's goal was to compose and arrange original music and traditional spirituals in a style that is evocative of the enslaved Africans' frame of mind. The spirituals are accompanied with kalimba (thumb piano) to honor the sub-Saharan African musical tradition of connecting with ancestors and with the marimba to sound like the west African balafon. This is a work that will move an audience to tears. Medium to Advanced. The Journey of Harriet Tubman has generated a much needed discussion of African American enslavement and and cultural appropriation. The composer has dedicated half of his royalties from this work to The Equal Justice Initiative, a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Please visit https://eji.org/about for more info.

SKU: SU.80400860

SSAA Chorus & PianoDuration: 10:00 Commissioned by: the California Chapter of the American Choral Directors AssociationDedication: for the 2011 All-State Women's ChoirPremiered by: the 2011 California All-State Women's Choir, Sigrid Johnson, conductorCopyright 2011Text author: Federico Garcia Lorca Published by: Paulus Publications (SP547) Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.

SKU: SU.80400540

SSAA Chorus & Piano Duration: 12:00Commissioned by: Colorado Children's Choir, Deborah DeSantis, Artistic Director, to celebrate the life of Melissa Willim TraskDedication: To celebrate the life of Melissa Willim TraskPremiered by: Colorado Children's Choir, Deborah DeSantis, Artistic Director, April 2008Copyright 2008Text author: Meggie Gultiano Published by: Paulus Publications (SP501) Published by: Paulus Publications Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.

SKU: SU.80400880

SSAA Chorus, & Harp Duration: 4:00Dedication: For the Twin Cities Women's Chorale, Mary Bussman, Artistic DirectorPremiered by: The Twin Cities Women's ChoraleCopyright 2011Text author: Edna St. Vincent Millay Published by: Paulus Publications (SP549) Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.

SKU: JK.01403

Original anthem for mixed treble chorus (SSAA) and piano or organ, on mountains guarding us through the day and guarded by stars by night.
Composer: Crawford Gates
Lyricist: Pansye H. Powell
Difficulty: Medium / difficult acc.

SKU: MN.70-900

UPC: 688670709005.

Four poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley:The Invitation,Hymn of Pan, With Music Sweet as Love from To a Skylark, andMusic, When Soft Voices Die. Notable addition to repertoire for capable women's choirs. Added-note triads, and non-triadic constructions (such as sonorities built from seconds), create colorful harmonic base. Melodic writing basically lyrical. SSA a cappella.

SKU: CA.966200

ISBN 9790007167677. Language: Latin.

Matsushita's setting of a hymn for Pentecost is a dialog between women's choir and piano: while the choir develops its melodies from the Gregorian hymn, the piano provides a counterpoint with the minimalistic sounds of fourth and fifths, together with short independent motives related to the text of the hymn. Corresponding to the chorale, the meter changes continually, as if floating. The choir is treated homophonically throughout and, in preparation for the climax of the piece it is briefly divided into six parts at the words pacemque dones protinus (true peace bring unto us). One again Matsushita proves himself a master of economy in his use of compositional means; thus his works of new church music are appealing, effective, and they express humility.

SKU: ST.CN23P

ISBN 9790220225147.

Commissioned by the BBC as part of the celebrations for International Women's Day, and reflecting its theme of hope, Like a Singing Bird was premiered live on Radio 3 on 8 March 2015 by Sarah Connolly and the St Catharine's Girls' Choir, conducted by Edward Wickham. The distinctive vocal scoring features a small solo group of sopranos or mezzo-sopranos drawn from the upper-voice ensemble. The anthem is the first of three which are collectively entitled Echoes from Willow Wood, the second also being available in Choral Now. The text, Christina Rossetti's poem 'A Birthday', features in Virginia Woolf's classic essay A Room of One's Own, based on lectures delivered at Newnham College and at Randle's own Cambridge alma mater, Girton, an institution at the forefront of women's education for two centuries. Inspired by the clock in Girton's Stanley Library, the 'chiming rhythms' which are a driving force within the piece offer a further level of connection. The music moves from quiet anticipation to bright affirmation, the sense of something life-changing heralded by an Advent plainchant quoted in the second half. The final couplet is set apart in a hushed recitative, reflecting, in the composer's words, 'the hope I and other young female composers can have as we try to make our mark in what has traditionally been a male domain.'.

SKU: XC.HRMG1737

UPC: 785147101451. English.

This inspirational text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is framed with a rhythmic ostinato in a crisp a cappella setting. The piece may be performed SSA with optional solo or SSAA with equally divided voices, at the discretion of the director.  .