(A Practical Guide for Students and Teachers). By Blake Henson and Gerald Custer. Book. 208 pages. Published by GIA Publications

Composed by Gerald Custer. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Christmas. Octavo. Sacred Music Press #10/4988S. Published by Sacred Music Press

By Gerald Custer. Sacred. Collection. Text language: English (mostly) with Latin, Hebrew. Published by GIA Publications

SATB choir, divisi, piano accompaniment - Intermediate

SKU: GI.G-8705

Composed by Gerald Custer. Advent. Choral. Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. GIA Publications #8705. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-8705).

UPC: 785147870500. English. Text by Gerald Custer.

Masterful choral writing and understated piano accompaniment combine in this original work by Gerald Custer. The poetry paints a wintry yet hopeful picture while intricate vocal harmonies and delicate broken chords throughout the piano part draw you into this hoary landscape that tranquilly gives way to love’s bright promise.

SKU: GI.G-9124

Step-by-Step Instructions and Exercises. Composed by Blake R. Henson and Gerald Custer. Music Education. 278 pages. GIA Publications #9124. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-9124).

ISBN 9781622771745. English.

Need to adapt an SATB work for your small SAB choir? Have sopranos who can’t sing divisi…but know a great trumpet player who is happy to help out? Need to simplify a viola part for a beginner? In straightforward, step-by-step fashion, authors Blake Henson and Gerald Custer show how to take a piece of existing music and craft a workable, polished arrangement that meets the needs of your ensemble in the real world. Arranging: A Beginner’s Guide is full of ideas, examples, and exercises to try out and adapt, grounded in the belief that arranging is not only a necessary skill, it is one that is relatively easy to learn and master. This book is written for conductors, church musicians, teachers, and students at all levels. Learn how to: • reconfigure a piece to fit your choral circumstances • translate your ideas into practical, performable music • turn a solo song into a choral piece • write a descant • transform a piano part into an arrangement for band or strings • extend a hymn into an anthem with introduction, interludes, and coda • create within copyright law With numerous examples and helpful tips—plus humor and insight—this engaging and practical workbook is designed to make the arranging process simple and fun. “We are generally familiar with an endless supply of songs and sounds. However, as performers and as listeners, we need ways of experiencing this information and inspiration in fresh and new ways for insight, understanding, and sometimes for the important and practical reasons of accessibility. This is at the core of Arranging: A Beginner’s Guide: Step-by Step Instructions and Exercises, and the tools we need to approach informed creativity are systematically outlined in this comprehensive guide to arranging.” —Tim Sharp, Executive Director American Choral Directors Association Sought after for his choral, solo vocal, and orchestral work, Blake Henson has received numerous commissions from choral and instrumental ensembles of all kinds. Dr. Henson is an experienced and popular teacher of theory and composition. A Grammy-nominated, award-winning composer and arranger with more than 95 works in print and two CDs, Jerry Custer teaches music theory and composition at Wayne State University in Detroit. Also by Blake Henson and Jerry Custer, available from GIA Publications, Inc.: From Words to Music: A User’s Guide to Text for Choral Musicians (G-8728) and The Composer’s Craft: A Practical Guide for Students and Teachers (G-8533).

SATB choir, piano

SKU: LO.15-3274H

Composed by Johannes Brahms. Arranged by Gerald Custer. Choral. Octavo. Heritage Music Press #15/3274H. Published by Heritage Music Press (LO.15-3274H).

ISBN 9780787717636.

Gerald Custer presents one of the most well-known Brahms love songs in this sensitive scoring that retains the harmonic richness of the original. The strophic setting takes voice leading into careful consideration and highlights men and women separately and together.

SATB choir, keyboard accompaniment, trumpet 1 in B-flat, trumpet 1 in C, trumpet 2 in B-flat, trumpet 2 in C, horn in f, trombone 1, trombone 2, tuba - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.G-7606

Composed by Gerald Custer. Christ the King. Choral. Tune Name: Carwithen. Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages. GIA Publications #7606. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-7606).

UPC: 785147760603. English. Text Source: All Hail the Pow'r of Jesus' Name, Edward Perronet, 1726–1792, alt. by John RIppon, 1751–1836. Text by Edward Perronet.

Gerald Custer has composed a new tune for the text “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name.” This resolute setting is made even more powerful with optional parts for brass sextet. Each stanza builds on the preceding stanza, culminating in a triumphant ending with majestic block chords for chorus, organ and brass. Brass sextet part is optional.

SATB choir, divisi, piano reduction - Late intermediate

SKU: GI.G-8790

Composed by Gerald Custer. Evoking Sound. Music Education. Octavo. 8 pages. GIA Publications #8790. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-8790).

UPC: 785147879008. English. Text by James Agee.

Arranged by Gerald Custer. Shawnee Sacred. Christmas, Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Shawnee Press

(SATB/ORGAN/TRUMPET) Composed by John Bacchus Dykes. Arranged by Gerald Custer. Shawnee Sacred. General Worship, Patriotic, Sacred. Octavo. Duration 195 seconds. Published by Shawnee Press

SATB choir, alto voice solo, keyboard accompaniment - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.G-10504

Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley. Edited by Gerald Custer. Choral. Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages. GIA Publications #10504. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-10504).

English. Scripture: Psalm 5:8.

SATB choir, piano reduction - Intermediate

SKU: GI.G-7764

Composed by Gerald Custer. Christmastide, Christmas Vigil, Christmas Night, Christmas Dawn, Christmas Day. Evoking Sound. Music Education. Octavo. 8 pages. GIA Publications #7764. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-7764).

UPC: 785147776406. English. Text Source: “Kit Smart’s Carol” by Christopher Smart, 1722–1771, “Wedderburn’s Carol” by Martin Luther, tr. John or Robert Wedderburn, 16th c. Text by Christopher Smart.

If you have a college choir, or an above-average high school or church choir, and if you've grown a bit weary of the same or similar Christmas repertoire year after year, look at these settings of two classic carols: a 16th-century translation of part of Luther's Vom Himmel hoch and an 18th-century work by an under-appreciated poet.  .

SSATB choir - Intermediate

SKU: GI.G-7026

Composed by Thomas Morley. Edited by Gerald Custer. Evoking Sound. Music Education. Octavo. 4 pages. GIA Publications #7026. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-7026).

UPC: 785147702603. English. Text Source: No. IV from The First Booke of Balletts to Five Voyces, 1595. Text by Thomas Morley.

Text Source: No. IV from The First Booke of Balletts to Five Voyces, 1595.

By Gerald Custer. Text by: William Yeats. For SATB Chorus and Piano accompaniment. Evoking Sound. Sacred. Level: Medum. Text language: English. 8 pages. Published by GIA Publications.